Hamilton Beach’s 10 qt Stay or Go spans 15.75 by 12.5 in. Bigger need not mean longer.
Allow manual heat clearance and lid room; it stands 11.5 in tall.
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Stay or Go® Sear & Cook 6 Quart Slow Cooker, Silver: Source 1 ↗ · September 26, 2026
Pot volume and counter width do not grow together
Capacities range from 3 to 10 qt. Hamilton Beach's Extra-Large Stay or Go holds 10 qt and measures 15.75 in along its longer side; GreenPan Elite holds 6 qt and needs 19 in along that side. A larger pot can therefore have a shorter footprint dimension than a smaller-capacity cooker.
Check the shorter horizontal side too: Extra-Large Stay or Go measures 12.5 in there and GreenPan Elite measures 12.4 in. The longer and shorter measurements normalize makers' different width and depth labels; they do not tell you which way the controls face. Use the operating drawing for orientation.
Leave room to cook safely and lift the lid
Hamilton Beach's matte-black 3 qt cooker is 8.5 in high; BLACK+DECKER's Digital Slow Cooker with Temperature Probe is 14.3 in high. Body height is only the starting point for working beneath a cupboard. Reserve the manual's heat clearance and access for the cord, handles, controls and raised lid.
Total pot capacity is not a recommended food fill level; follow that model's fill limits and recipe guidance. Our slow-cooker comparison uses pot and body measurements without timing recipes or measuring food temperatures, so those dimensions cannot establish cooking speed or safe doneness.
Before you buy
Is the stated capacity how much food I can put in?
It's the maker's pot size. Each manual gives its own fill limits, so follow those and your recipe rather than filling to the stated quarts.
Why does the finder use a longer and shorter side?
Makers label the same two measurements differently: BLACK+DECKER gives its 7 qt a 17.7 in width and an 11 in length, while GreenPan says Long and Wide. Sorting each footprint into its longer and shorter side lets you compare them whichever way the cooker is turned, as long as it can sit that way on your counter and still reach an outlet. Not always. Hamilton Beach's 10 qt Stay or Go sits on 15.75 by 12.5 in, a shorter long side than all five 6 qt cookers here (16.3 to 19 in). So a spot short on length favors that Stay or Go, which stands 11.5 in tall; allow each manual's heat clearance and lid room too.
Which ones can brown food in the pot?
Two say so in their names: GreenPan's Bistro 4-Quart with In-Pot Browning and Hamilton Beach’s Stay or Go Sear & Cook in the common capacity group above. The other eight don't mention searing in their names, so look at a model's manual before you try it.
Do any have a probe or a locking lid?
BLACK+DECKER's 7 Quart Digital, the tallest here at 14.3 in, names a temperature probe and sous vide, Hamilton Beach's model is called the Advanced Temp Tracker, and GreenPan's 8-Quart has a locking lid in its name. Controls and programs beyond that aren't compared here, so read each product page for them.
7 Quart Digital Slow Cooker with Temperature Probe + Precision Sous VideView at BLACK+DECKER
