A strata—essentially a savory bread pudding—is a more revealing test. Slow cookers can make lovely, delicate-textured stratas, but some models have hot spots along the wall of the insert, where it’s ...

Unlock to see our ratings and compare products side by side This score reflects the results using the slow cooker's high setting for 5 hours when cooking our beef stew recipe. High scores indicate ...

Multi-cookers, such as the Instant Pot, promise speedier meal prep, slow cooking, and more. And while they may be the hottest product in kitchen appliances, slow cookers just keep on braising, with ...

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Consumer Reports has no financial relationship with advertisers on this site. Multi-cookers like the Instant Pot promise speedier meal prep, slow cooking, and more. And while they may be trendier, as ...

Consumer Reports bought and tested 17 of the most widely sold programmable and manual slow cookers, including three models from the venerable Crock-Pot brand. You'll also see slow cookers from ...