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We Love The Convenience of A Crock Pot

Especially When It Was Made For Travel

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You get to toss your favorite slow cooker recipe into the crock at the beginning of the day, turn it on, and walk away. When dinner time rolls around, you are ready to serve, and what’s more, as long as your crock pot has a removable crock, you can even do it with a bit of elegance and style.

What could be easier?

Pros And Cons

Pros

  • Set it and forget it, hands-free cooking: Most kitchen cooking appliances require you to hover over the preparation like a mother hen. On the other hand, a slow cooker lets you place your ingredients in the crock and leave them to cook while you go about your busy day.
  • Slow cookers are a great way to tenderize: Low and slow cooking is a tried and true method of tenderizing those cheaper cuts of meat, and a crock pot does that perfectly.
  • Modern Features: Most modern-day crock pots have a ‘keep warm setting’ built right in. It can be a setting on a dial that you manually flip. Or, better still, most modern digital versions can switch over to keep warm automatically at the end of the cooking cycle.
  • Easy Cleanup. When cooking low and slow, the chances of food sticking to the bottom is minimal. Add to that most crocks today lift out of the actual cooking base making cleanup a snap.

Cons

  • Crock pots take time, so if you want food now, the last thing you want to pull out is the crock pot.
  • Browning or searing meat before slow cooking in a traditional slow cooker is not a real option. For that, you will need to step up to an instant pot / slow cooker combination

Meals Without Limits

Why limit your crock pot to just making dinner? Why not set your crock pot up the night before? That way, when you get up in the morning, breakfast is served.

Or you could even use it to make yogurt, apple butter, or for that matter, even a cobbler. The possibilities are endless!

Looking For A Few Recipe Ideas For Your Crock Pot

We’ve got you covered!

  • Beef Stew
  • Pulled Pork
  • BBQ’d Ribs
  • Pot Roast
  • And so much more.

Why We Only Pick 3

There are a lot of choices when it comes to countertop kitchen appliances, including everything from toasters to coffee makers, toaster ovens to microwave ovens, and slow cookers to instant pots or even air fryers. Then, once you decide what appliances would work for you, come choices like quality, size, and features. The list keeps going and growing.

At Plum Cookin’, we know every home, and every family has a different budget. So rather than dragging you through a long list of the top 10 or 20, only to discover the best one is either far more than you need or way outside the family budget, we only offer you our #1 picks in 3 different categories.

Our #1 pick for Overall Favorite,

This pick will always be the overall workhorse in that category we think will do a great job in just about any home kitchen.

Our #1 Pick for a Great Upgrade,

We feel this pick is a cut above the rest and while the price may be more than our favorite, or even a little more than some would like to pay. If you’re looking for the top-of-the-line, with the most features and quality that’s hard to match, This just might be the one for you.

Out #1 Budget Pick

Our budget pick may be missing a few of the bells and whistles found with some others, but they’re still some of the highest quality out there. They are well equipped to handle most of the needs in the average home kitchen and maybe even a few you’ve never thought of before. All without breaking the monthly family budget in two.

Our Favorite

Hamilton Beach Portable 6-Quart Set & Forget Digital Programmable Slow Cooker with Lid Lock, Temperature Probe, Stainless Steel

Not your mom’s slow cooker:

Patented temperature probe:

Clip-tight gasket lid:

Easy to clean:

6-quart capacity:

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Upgrade

All-Clad SD700450 Programmable Oval-Shaped Slow Cooker with Black Ceramic Insert and Glass Lid, 6.5-Quart, Silver

6.5-quart, oval-shaped, stainless-steel slow cooker with removable black ceramic insert, large enough to cook food for a crowd and goes right to the table for serving.

4-20 hours cooking times with a complete cycle time of up to 26 hours for preparing home-cooked meals on any schedule

Easy-to-read digital display and large push-button controls for intuitive use to easily find your perfect programs

Integrated handles on insert for an easy grip and glass lid to trap in heat and moisture. Screen – LCD

Dishwasher-safe insert and lid for easy cleaning. Keep warm- No. Slow cooking settings- High mode- 2 to 8 hours. Low mode- 4 to 20 hours Warm

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Budget Choice

Portable Cook 6 Qt. And Carry Slow Cooker in Stainless, Dishwasher-safe Stoneware and Lid by Crock-Pot

Crock-Pot 6-Quart Cook & Carry Manual Slow Cooker: Serves 7+ people

Crock-Pot 6 quart capacity The Crock-Pot portable slow cooker has a lid-mounted locking system

High/low cook settings Convenient warm setting

Removable oval stoneware Dishwasher-safe stoneware and glass lid

Polished, silver stainless steel exterior with black accents and plastic handles

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