The Most Ingenious Way to Clean a Slow Cooker Is Also the Easiest

I love a slow cooker. I inherited mine from a friend a few years ago (it's an older version of this). It's amazing and probably will be for decades to come: My mom still has the one she got for her wedding in the '70s and it works great. I love that I can throw a few ingredients in there in the morning and come home from worked to a perfectly done meal. The thing I don't love -- and I'm sure other slow cooker fans will agree -- is that the long cook times sometimes leave you with a ring of crust...