If you want to clean your crockpot easily you can add a bit of soap and water and put it in low for a little bit. Then you can easily wipe away all the mess
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Kitchen & Dining
Crock-Pot 7-Quart Manual Slow Cooker with Locking Lid
Slow Cookers
The Crock-Pot 7-Quart Manual Slow Cooker is the straightforward, no-frills slow cooker that defined the category — a 7-quart stoneware insert, locking lid, and three-setting dial with no digital complexity. Available on Amazon.ca (ASIN B009Q8EQ9A) at around $69 CAD.
11 mentions · 3 threadslast mention Sep 2025ClearPick Score
7.9 / 10
Decent
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Slow Cookers
Crock-Pot 7-Quart Manual Slow Cooker with Locking Lid
~$69 CAD est. on Amazon.ca
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Once the crockpot is cool, fill it with hot, soapy water and let it sit overnight if you need to; there should be no trouble getting the food off.
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Cook on low for 8-10 hours. Take chicken out and shred then place chicken back in crock pot and serve. It's good with hard and soft taco shells... Also makes a great dip with tortilla chips.
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When I was an undergrad there were three guys and a seven quart crock pot... The Crock Pot was pretty much their only source of sustenance their junior year. Somehow, some way they never got food poisoning, and they graduated on time
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Liners are a scam and a complete waste of your money. Dont be afraid to soak/clean your pot.
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Literally my least favorite dish to clean. Ill clean everything else and be like well theres no room for the crock pot now, guess ill clean it tomorrow... repeat
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Every 1-2 weeks I'll cook a big hunk of braising meat and eat it for days.
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I gave someone a pressure cooker for Christmas who used to be devoted to her crock pot. She won't use the crock pot any more. It's all pressure cooker now.
Comparison
We occasionally make overnight oatmeal with steel cut oats and dried cranberries. Comes out great the next morning.
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Omg what a great idea, I always end up soaking it for like a day.
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the crock cleans easy enough with hot water a good scrubber.
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✅ What Works
- The 7-quart capacity handles a whole pork shoulder, a full pot of chili for a crowd, or a large beef brisket without having to cut the meat to fit. For families cooking for 6+ or meal preppers who batch-cook on Sundays, this is the right size — smaller slow cookers force too many compromises.
- The dial-only control is the right design for slow cooking. Three settings (High, Low, Warm) cover every slow cooker recipe ever written. No timers to set incorrectly, no digital displays to malfunction, no Bluetooth pairing. You set it and leave. Crock-Pot invented this category and the simplicity is intentional.
- The locking lid with gasket seal is the practical feature that sets this model apart from bare-lid competitors. It lets you take the slow cooker to a potluck, lock the lid, and transport it without spillage. The gasket creates a real seal — not just a friction fit.
- Stoneware retains heat exceptionally well. After cooking, the insert stays warm for 30–45 minutes without the Warm setting, which is useful for dinner parties where serving time is variable. It also distributes heat evenly across the base and sides, reducing hot spots.
⚠️ Worth Knowing
- There is no built-in timer. The slow cooker runs until you turn it off or the food overcooks. If you work long hours and want dinner to automatically switch to Warm after 8 hours, you need either an outlet timer or a programmable slow cooker — not this model.
- The High setting on this Crock-Pot runs hotter than older slow cooker recipes assume. Recipes written before 2010 that say 'cook on High for 4 hours' may be done in 3. The first time you cook a family recipe, check an hour early.
- The stoneware insert is heavy — about 5 lbs empty, 12+ lbs full. Lifting a 7-quart slow cooker full of chili from the counter is a two-hand operation, and transferring the insert to a serving dish requires care. This is the inherent trade-off with the larger sizes.
- The exterior brushed stainless finish marks easily with fingerprints and water spots. It's purely cosmetic but worth knowing if you keep countertop appliances out permanently and care about aesthetics.
ClearPick Verdict
The Crock-Pot 7-Quart Manual is the best slow cooker for Canadians who want simplicity, capacity, and portability in one appliance. The dial-only control, locking lid, and 7-quart stoneware insert cover every slow cooker need for families and meal preppers. The lack of a built-in timer is a genuine limitation for anyone who can't be home to switch it off — if that's you, look at programmable models. For everyone else, this is the benchmark slow cooker at its price.
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