Want to prep ingredients Sunday night, head to work in the morning, and then come home to a fresh meal? According to Healthline , slow cooking also helps lessen AGE (glycotoxin) production when cooking meat. AGEs link to a heightened risk of heart and kidney disease. Using the touchpad, select your mode and press Start. This unit’s microprocessor takes over, monitoring your food and making necessary cooking adjustments itself. A Cooking Progress bar shows your food’s status in its chosen setting (also new to the Plus)!

Other features to consider: Do you want to sear meats or saute, not just slow cook? How about automated temperature probes that cook meat to precise temperatures? Or automatic shut-off for set-&-forget operation, etc. Also, this isn’t just a slow cooker insert… Calphalon designed it to double as a multi-purpose one-pot cooking tool for maximum flavor. The VM7900 takes over from there, perfectly cooking your meal of choice. Once finished, the unit switches to Keep Warm automatically for up to 12 hours. You can also manually extend the preset cook times up to 12 additional hours. For example, you can easily braise meals without the oven— Simply remove the insert and place it on your stovetop to brown or sear meat, then return to the base to slow cook!Automatically switches to Keep Warm once your food finishes. Unless stopped manually, the Keep Warm mode shuts off after 12 hours for safety. Better flavor & texture: Along with nutrition, food soaks up more spices over long cook times, improving taste. Also, trapped steam bastes and tenderizes meat beautifully, giving cheaper cuts a 5-star-like texture.

Allows for extra cooking versatility, steam vegetables while using the pressure cooker side for your meat Once plugged in, select your cook mode. For rice, press the Rice Cooking button. The screen cycles through the White Rice , Brown Rice , Sweet Rice , and Reheat settings with each button press.Vitaclay’s unique slow cooker uses an unglazed Zisha clay inner pot – naturally free of lead and other toxic metals. A US-based lab test confirmed this, showing “None detected” for lead, cadmium, arsenic, and mercury. This slow cooker from Hamilton Beach offers significant advancements over its manual version. Sure, it provides safety and automation, but it’s an absolute game-changer for meat… Hamilton Beach specifications applicable to all slow cookers (and their components) prohibits the product from containing any measurable amounts of lead.” Countertop space: If you have limited free space, a 10-quart slow cooker isn’t too practical – unless you have a spare storage cabinet.

Program setting: Set your food to cook at low, med, or high for up to 12 hours. Use the Up & Down arrows to adjust time in 30-minute increments. Using the twist-dial selector, choose from classic Low, High, and Warm heat settings. Use each function manually (no set time limit), or use the programmable controls to select an automated cook time.

Check out the Crock Pockets silicone Crock-pot dish dividers in action via the video below!

Although not a “slow cooker,” the Duo Plus multi-use pressure cooker has a slow cooking mode, among 14 others. Automatically switches to Keep Warm for up to 14 hours ( Probe & Program settings only) – perfect for when you’re not home.

Compatible with most oval-shaped 6-Qt slow cookers (can also be used in 7-Qt and 8-Qt slow cookers) - Is this last part accurate?

Probe setting: Cook meats to an exact desired temperature for consistent results. No more under or over-cooking. Duo Plus has the same programs as our previously featured model – the Instant Pot Nova. These settings include Pressure Cook, Slow Cook, Rice, Bean/ Grain, Steam, Saute (also used to boil water or sear), and Yogurt, to name only a few. Power interrupt technology: Keeps the slow cooker going after brief power outages (5 seconds or less) without resetting. However, Duo Plus offers several new features, including Cake, Egg, and Sous Vide! And it couldn’t be easier to use: