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" Best on a Budget  Hamilton Beach Stovetop-Safe Programmable Slow Cooker ($80, amazon.com) A nonstick insert you can heat on the stove for browning means no extra pot to wash. The cooker auto-flips to a keep-warm (154\u00B0F) cycle so food won&amp;#039;t dry out.  Small Wonder   Calphalon 4-Qt. Digital Slow Cooker ($80, amazon.com) You won&amp;#039;t feed a crowd with this crock, but it can hold a whole four-pound chicken and deliver a hearty stew for four. It&amp;#039;s also programmable for up to 24 hours and can keep food simmering so you&amp;#039;ll always come home to a hot meal.  Most Versatile   Ninja Cooking System ($200, amazon.com) This multitasker has settings for browning, baking, and roasting-which offers major flavor benefits. It serves up truly delicious fare, like a roast as good as oven-cooked and the tastiest beef stew in all of our tests. How We Tested Although half of you already own a slow cooker, new features led us to check out 18 contenders. We scrutinized how quickly foods reached safe temperatures (the faster, the better), the convenience of Keep Warm settings, ease of use, and the savory results (i.e., how well each one made a beef stew). "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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