Crock-Pot 7-Quart MyTime Cook & Carry Slow Cooker, Stainless Steel review

The CPSCVTS70LL-S is a seven-quart stainless-steel Crock-Pot MyTime Cook & Carry cooker. Its standout choice is not just a digital timer: MyTime asks what kind of food and how much you are cooking, then lets you choose when you want the meal finished. A separate Manual function lets you choose High or Low and enter a cooking duration. Those are different routines on the same appliance, and each is more useful if you know which kind of control you actually need.

Choose a serving time, not only a cook duration

In Schedule Meal mode, choose one of four food groups—Meat, Poultry, Soup or Veggies—then select an amount. Meat and poultry use a 0–2 lb or +2 lb choice; soup and vegetables use Half Pot or Full Pot, with Full Pot defined as about three-quarters full. Then choose when you want the meal complete. The display begins with an earliest end time based on those inputs, and MyTime automatically determines the heat setting and adjusts the cycle. The guide directs stews to Soup, recipes outside its four groups to the closest main ingredient or Manual, and larger meat or poultry cuts to additional time beyond the earliest end time.

This is a meal-finish scheduler, not simply a delayed-start button: the goal is a chosen completion time, with the cooker selecting how to manage its cycle from food and amount inputs. The manual limits this schedule routine to no more than 12 hours from the cook-start time; after the selected meal time passes, it automatically changes to Keep Warm. The maker's directions do not publish a precise temperature trace or promise that every recipe finishes identically, so treat the category and amount choices as guidance rather than a substitute for a recipe. If your routine is to enter a known number of hours on High or Low, use the separate Manual control instead.

The Manual function is a different plan

Manual mode lets you choose High, Low or Keep Warm, then set a timed duration in 15-minute increments up to 20 hours. When the timed cook finishes, the unit changes to Keep Warm. The manual says Warm is only for already-cooked food and recommends no more than four hours on it. This mode is the clearer fit for a recipe that specifies a temperature and duration; it is not the same as asking MyTime to have dinner ready by a selected clock time. The timed plan is not a probe-controlled slow-cook program, and this model does not add sous-vide cooking.

The difference matters against the seven-quart Poseidon CPSCVC70LL-B-122, which uses a conventional digital countdown, and the six-quart Moonshine CPSCVO60LL-TGT, which uses fixed One Touch periods. MyTime is the specialized choice if you plan dinner around a serving time; it is not necessarily better if you already know how many hours a recipe should cook. No probe or sous-vide mode is documented for this model.

Capacity, carrying and counter space

Crock-Pot lists a seven-quart capacity, 13.05-pound empty weight and outside dimensions of 16.2 inches long by 11.5 inches wide by 10 inches high. The weight is for the appliance before adding food, and a full ceramic insert will be heavier to move. Seven quarts is a nominal vessel capacity, not a guarantee of a certain number of servings; the owner guide recommends keeping the stoneware between half and three-quarters full for typical cooking. If you make a small portion most days, a smaller pot may be easier to store and use.

The Cook & Carry lid has a gasket and locking clips for transport. The guide says to carry by the side handles on the base, never the lid handle; use the clips after cooking, not as a cooking seal. Set it on a stable, level, dry counter with six inches clear on all sides. The listed ten-inch height is not an open-lid measurement, so check actual lift space beneath cabinets.

Cleaning and ownership details

The page lists the stoneware and glass lid as dishwasher-safe. Its owner guide also permits the stoneware in an oven or microwave, but not under a broiler or on a stovetop; the glass lid is not oven- or microwave-safe. No maximum oven temperature is stated, so do not infer one from another model. Avoid sudden temperature changes, cool hot ceramic before washing, and never immerse the base. The digital clock uses a replaceable CR2025 coin cell. Warranty: one year limited.

Who should choose this exact configuration?

Consider the CPSCVTS70LL-S if seven-quart capacity, a transport lid and the option to schedule a meal's completion time all fit your routine—and you are comfortable choosing from four food groups and amount bands. In the finder it meets a seven-quart minimum, a 14-pound empty-weight ceiling, an automatic-Warm requirement and a locking-lid requirement in the same cooker plan. It will not meet a 13-pound weight ceiling. Its schedule feature is not proof of open-lid cabinet fit, so a strict clearance requirement remains unknown.

Choose the Poseidon if you prefer entering a duration directly and do not need MyTime's food-and-amount scheduling. Choose the six-quart Moonshine if fixed One Touch periods are enough and a smaller vessel matters more than choosing a meal finish time. If you never transport a filled cooker, a simpler manual-dial model may avoid the clips and digital setup entirely. The MyTime's distinctive value is the pairing of meal-finish scheduling, a separate manually timed option and a seven-quart lock-lid vessel—not an extra cooking mode or guaranteed result. Crock-Pot's exact product page showed Out of Stock when checked; that is not a verified statement about any retailer's inventory. This is a source-based assessment, not a claim of ownership or hands-on testing.

Check Crock-Pot's exact CPSCVTS70LL-S page and its official CPSCVTS70LL-S owner guide.