My advice is to get an electric pressure cooker. Here is one in your price range with good reviews. It can work as a slow cooker, but it can do the same recipe in a fraction of the time. It also works as a rice cooker. I am exclusive EPC now, no more slow cooker. It is every bit as good, but an example is I can take dried pinto beans and cook them completely in under an hour. I can do a roast in 30-40 minutes. It is an amazing thing. As soon as they are done with the cooking cycle they switch to warm as well.