Ok, I admit the title is rather ostentatious, but after many, many... many years, I think I have finally got this crock pot thing down.  I put the nom noms in.  I turn on the power.  I say prayers to our lord and savior Gordan Ramsey.  And after many hours of impatient waiting, somehow at the end of all, food!

While crock pots can last a lifetime, unfortunately, my previous one had finally developed a crack in it, and I decided it was time to move on.  This was roughly six months ago.

Ladies and Gentlemen, feast your eyes on my latest and greatest in crock pot hotness: The Ninja Foodi Everyday Possible Cooker Pro!  (Seriously, how many drops of acid did marketing take while watching anime before they came up with that name?)

This is the smaller 6.5 quart pot sibling to the more popular and more expensive 8 quart brother that people rave about.  Now, I know I could have purchased another crock pot for even cheaper than this, but there were a couple of reasons why I decided to go with this.

First and foremost is the fact that steel will not fracture like the ceramic bowls of a crockpot.  Also, it's advertised as an 8-in-1 cooker, with other functions that, if I am being perfectly honest, I haven't tried yet, but do intend to some day... just as soon as I figure out how.

With the weather cooling down as low as the mid 40F this week (at night), I decided to fire up the new crock pot again.  This time, I have chuck roast with cabbage, mushroom, onions simmering away.