If you work outside the home and want to have a hot homecooked meal waiting for you to serve, either just yourself or the whole family then a Crock pot is a must.  This isn't your Mother's crockpot either.  Where Mom's was round, all one piece this is oblong, you can take it out of the electrical component and put together what ever you want cooked, that hen you have in the freezer and haven't used or the roast that looks too pretty to cut up to fit in a circle crock pot.  You can assembly your meal, put the lid on the crock pot and store it in the fridge then in the morning when you get up,...