Crockpot Bliss

Anyone who has been in my kitchen knows I love my crockpots. I use one an average of three times per week, often more. So, when my big one broke about two weeks ago, I was hurting. We've picked up more fast food and eaten more frozen dinners than usual. I talked to DH about it Tuesday and he told me to go get a new one.. and to "get a good one", in his words. :) Coming from him, that's high praise... he's willing to let me spend a little more because he knows I'll get plenty of use out of it.

After some debate, I ended up with this Hamilton Beach Set 'n Forget 6-quart model.

And let me tell you, I LOVE it! It has all kinds of bells and whistles, including a meat probe that's built in. It will cook the meat until the temperature you set, and then it will turn itself down to "warm" to avoid over-cooking your meat. How cool is that? It also has timed cook settings and a even a manual mode, so you can use it like a regular crockpot if you don't want to mess with all the extra features.

This is not a paid review- I just wanted to share my cool toy in case anyone else is in the market for a new crockpot.
P.S. I'm linking here to Amazon so you can see what I'm talking about... but just between you and I, I paid less than Amazon's price at a local store that starts with Wal- and ends with -Mart. ;)