Is searing meat before cooking worth the extra effort?
http://www.thekitchn.com/is-searing-meat-before-cooking-worth-the-extra-effort-47332
http://www.thekitchn.com/is-searing-meat-before-cooking-worth-the-extra-effort-47332
Hence the beauty of the slow cookers that you can sear the meats with beforehand.
People kept telling me how great they were. I got one. After a week of coming home to my flat smelling like day old warm farts I unplugged it and threw the whole thing, food and all to the end of the garden where it stayed until I moved out.