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Still trying to figure out if I'd use a slow cooker (or an Instapot) often enough to justify it.  Would help if I'd actually write down how many times I slow cook or pressure cook anything to begin with.

Once in awhile I think of the free leftovers dropped off by my late youngest bro, he used to slow-cook batches of stuff like chili or venison stew and so forth back in the day... but then his wife would get home from work sometimes and say "oh I forgot to tell you there was a sale on frozen veggies, so you should realize there's no room in the freezer right now for this chili..."  -- and I'd be the beneficiary of that miscalculation.

My versions of such things are tasty but tend to get done more quickly, or parts of it done ahead and so less time marrying up the flavors of the rest of it.  There really is a difference between some of those creations and something that got at least the equivalent of simmering on the back burner for 8 hours.