Bought a $20 slow cooker after years of thinking it was a gimmick

I used to laugh at slow cookers thinking they were just for making mushy stews but after a 12 hour shift during a snowstorm in Ohio I came home to a perfect pot roast that cost me like $8 total. Honestly it changed my mind about meal prep on a shoestring budget. Anyone got a go-to cheap cut of meat that works best in one of these?

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gracewebb13h ago

You're giving these things too much credit. They're just glorified hot plates that turn everything into the same sad, gray mush after 8 hours. Better off spending that $20 on a cast iron skillet and learning how to actually sear meat.

jordanc324h ago

You're missing the point @gracewebb. A seared steak is great but a chuck roast that's been in the crock pot for 10 hours is a completely different thing. It's about tough cheap cuts that need low heat to break down, not trying to make a ribeye.