Slow Cooker/Crock Pot - 2 or 4 quart?

We use a 4 quart.... Even on travel days. We plug the crock-pot into the Inverter and dinner cooks as we drive

In your situation I would get the 4 qt. You can always make something smaller in the 4 qt but the 2 qt is usually not large enough. JMO
By the way, I grew up in SW Michigan in little town called Coloma. Do you know the town?

bcsd guy: Yeah, I know Coloma fairly well. I grew up in Hartford, but live about 30+ miles further east now after living in the U.P. and northern Michigan for about 25 years. Paw Paw Lake, the old Wil-O-Paw bowling alley, Deer Forest, PP Lake Golf Course, the Loma in Coloma. :)

My 2 quart has become a dedicated warm appetizer / fondue pot. LOL!

We use a 4qt and think you will find it much more useful than anything smaller. I use the slow cooker liners for easy cleanup and they are too large for a 2qt. Lots of recipes out there for a 4qt and actually use it more than my 6qt at home.

We use a 2 qt for some things, but I would never have it as my only CP. There are just some soups, chilies and stews that can only be made in amounts above 2 qts.

Its a no brainer. 2 Qt is just too small!

I picked up a brand new boxed 2 quart at my sister-in-law's favorite thrift store for peanuts a while back and took it along on our most recent trip.

Worked out well because we have such limited space for extra appliances, and it made four servings. So that was two nights in a row for the two of us. I just cut the recipes in half. The smaller one heats up very fast and so gets the job done faster than my big one at home.

(Gail, I just folded those big liners under and poked the excess into the little handles, and it actually worked fine.)

4 quart, we cook ten pounds of chicken often.

Thanks for all the input. After reading over the replies my wife and I think we'll go with the 4 quart. Not only is it larger, but if we end up making a bit more than we need for one meal we'll use the leftovers the next day or two.