Fighting For Slow Cooker: The Samurai Way

The Test Kitchen's Guide to Purchasing a Slow Cooker Today's slow cookers come in a wide array of sizes with a great deal of different features. Which A slow cooker promises to be a bit dream grandma who sits at the kitchen all day Cooking for you, but use the wrong cooker and that fantasy could fizzle. A cooker might Run hotter than expected, drying out the food or turning it mushy, or slower than you Want, so dinner is not ready when you're. Then there can be problems with hot spots, That make food cook unevenly. And what if operating your system is so perplexing That you must pore over the manual each time you use it? For the Perfect machine that would deliver a properly cooked meal and be completely Simple and intuitive to use, we went shopping. Previous experience taught us that glass Lids were a must, as they permit you to see progress without losing heat. So were ovalshaped Crocks, as these can accommodate large roasts and provide more versatility than round crocks....