It’s a good idea for your slow cooker to have a transparent glass lid, so you can keep a watchful eye on your food.

From delicious one-pot stews and soups to tender joints of meat, you can trust them to cook your food to perfection, resulting in home-made meals that are succulent, full of flavour – and ready when you are. Editorial independence means being able to give an unbiased verdict about a product or company, with the avoidance of conflicts of interest. It scored full marks on our curry, soup and stew tests, and cooked meat and vegetables to perfection. Good Housekeeping participates in various affiliate marketing programs, which means we may get paid commissions on editorially chosen products purchased through our links to retailer sites.However, there is a ‘keep warm’ function and our tester noted that cleaning it is a doddle, with the ceramic pot requiring minimal scrubbing. With a clear display, it’s easy to see how long your food has got left and lets you set the table ready for your slow-cooked feast.

If the Crock-Pot PRC507B finishes cooking your meal before you're ready, the Keep Warm function ensures everything stays at the perfect temperature so it's ready to eat. There are generally slow cookers with a capacity of 2–6 litres, but if you are not looking for an extra small model, we recommend a slow cooker with a capacity of three litres.Usually there’s also a setting for keeping food warm, which you can use when the food is ready but you’re not yet ready to eat it.

Since getting one anything that used to take me 8 hours to cook in the slow cooker now takes about an hour in the Instant Pot.However, thanks to the handy, automatic ‘keep warm’ function, it will still keep your food toasty until you’re ready to serve. litre cooking pot, which can accommodate enough food for eight people – plenty for mid-week dinner parties or if you like to prep meals in advance. Our experts at the GHI make a beef stew, chicken curry and vegetable soup in every slow cooker we test, using both their high and low settings. capacity is ideal for catering for up to 5 people and 2 handy heat settings allow you multiple cooking options as and when you require them. We normally have a light lunch and decent dinner midweek and a decent lunch and dinner at weekends as we are all home together.

Read more about the condition New other (see details): An item in excellent, new condition with no wear. The beef stew we made lost a little moisture but tasted flavoursome, while our chicken curry had deliciously moist meat that was falling off the bone. Otherwise, the outside stayed cool throughout and the accompanying recipe book is filled with handy cooking tips. You place your food inside a sealed pouch and then pop it into a temperature-controlled water bath to cook. The countdown timer is a great function, though, the large capacity is great for families and batch cooking, and results are superb.But if you want to be certain to fit in big pieces of meat or make large batches, it’s a good idea to look at the larger models, which are usually around 6 litres.