Consumer Reports bought and tested 14 of the most widely sold programmable and manual slow cookers, including three models from the venerable Crock-Pot brand. Here's their take.

My slow cooker of choice is the Crock-Pot 7 Quart Oval Manual Slow Cooker, which is now on sale for a hefty 30% discount on Amazon. But what makes the Crock-Pot a favorite cooking tool in my ...