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No one wants to eat dry, washed-out chicken and gooey dumplings. Could we fix these problems by dipping into our bag of slow-cooker tricks?

You don’t need a whole bird to create a satisfying version of this holiday classic. But you do need to figure out how to make a rich, savory gravy in the slow cooker.

This long-cooking Southern stew seemed a natural for the slow cooker. Instead, we got an alarming mush. The right timing—and a trick—helped us fix it.

The slow cooker is a perfect place to prepare a long-simmered chili—but if you’re using turkey instead of beef, problems loom.

Enchiladas in the slow cooker? We had our doubts. And they only deepened after we tried a few recipes.