[chaosagent]

Plus, crock pots as well as other faddish items are not easy to clean. Unless you get a super-special device that ensures the actual food-holding part is separable. They all are basically hand clean, and some are not thoughtful as far as how simple or heavy it is even for hand cleaning. If you want to use it all the time you’ll be washing it all the time, and it should be simple to clean.

As far as I know, my wife has never had to really CLEAN our crockpot. They make plastic liners that go in the crockpot so the food cooks inside the liner. Then when you're done, drain out any residual juices and throw the liner away. Wipe out the crockpot with a paper towel and you're done.

Last time I checked the liners were about 20 cents a piece.

[grey_whiskers]

I’ll check this out, too.