Crockpots: Best Invention EVER?

[Casey Dupre]

This thread is making me hungry. What size crockpot is good for a single person who wants to cook large portions and store the rest for later?

In Louisiana, the correct answer would be the largest crockpot you can find

[Casey Dupre]

I just made a chili in mine with ground wild hog, ground beef, deer and pork sausage, and ribeye steak. Browned all the meat first, then threw in crockpot with tons of onions, green bell peppers, tomatoes, onion tops, celery, rotel, and topped it off with Killian's Irish Red. Fantastic!

[Jamie J. Skibicki]

I have a 22 quart and a 6 quart.

22 quart is good for stuff with lots ingredients (sausage and peppers, bee stroganov, chilli). The smaller one is good for roasts, sloppy joes, pulled chicken and pull pork.

[coreJack]

I have a 22 quart and a 6 quart.

And here I was looking at the 3.5 quart crockpots on Amazon. Guess I better upsize that.

[IWillLiveFreeOrDie]

And here I was looking at the 3.5 quart crockpots on Amazon. Guess I better upsize that.

Go as big as you can. Nothing sucks worse than running out of room in your crockpot. Especially if you are doing roasts. The vegetables take up a lot of room before they cook down.

Size really does matter!

[Sgsolberg]

I have to admit, I keep misreading the title of this thread as "Crackpots: Best Invention Ever?"

I gotta get some more sleep...

[Guido]

In Louisiana, the correct answer would be the largest crockpot you can find

Correct answer. Preferably the size that will allow you to cook an entire large chicken or hamhock. That way you'll have meat to last you for a whole week.

[Chewie_jrc]

Any brand crockpot you folks recommend? Or does it not matter.

[MAD9692]

My crockpot and my Dyson DC Animal vacumn are probably the 2 best purchases I have made over the past few years.

[coreJack]

I ordered one. We'll have to get a SS crockpot recipes thread going soon.

Any brand crockpot you folks recommend? Or does it not matter.

Chewie, FWIW, here's the one I ordered - http://www.cookware.com/Hamilton-Bea...5-HMB1134.html