I woke up at 0200 for no other reason than that, which is irritating because then I was tuckered by 0500 and slept until 1030. So while I did get the secondary forced sleep, I did not get adequate enough first hand *beauty* sleep, and I need three times that if I ever want to get over the ugly I have been forced to become! No less than 8 hours guaranteed! Make it happen! (Stewie voice)
I want to go back on Paleo, this time starting with a 3-5 day Bone Broth fast, but I will NOT spend around $200 on packaged broth for that, so in comes the homemade part, which any moron can do with a slow cooker. I have an Instant Pot (different brand), and while the SS interior is what I want, I'm on my 3rd one because the previous two boiled over on the slow cook setting, needing warranty replacement.
I haven't used my crock pot and wonder if the paint on the ceramic bowl will leach off during a 24 hour cook, everything says of course it will in my mind, so my search led to this all Stainless made in America version... The price seems ridiculous, but I weigh in what the broth would cost me just for that fast, and if I did said fast once a year, it makes the cost of the slow cooker moot. It's priced the same roughly as 12 days worth of packaged broth.
Other cons of the cooker include it's hot to the touch, there is no timer, there is no temp display, and there is no off besides unplugging. That presents a learning curve, but of course I can take the temp and have a log book for all the settings. I don't care about the timer, as it's a 12-24 hour process for that. For everything else, I have timers.
The pros are the SS interior, and it has a Lifetime warranty that goes with the pot for whoever I give it to. I just think of all the garbage kitchen gadgets I had or still have, all with 1 year warranties that have expired, and it just makes sense.
Then there's the fact that most Autoimmune conditions are a result of leaky bad guts, so repairing that with a Bone Broth / Paleo diet will make the price laughable compared to the gut pain and skin conditions and brain fog etc etc...
https://www.360cookware.com/collect...inless-steel-stock-pot-with-cover-slow-cooker