Yes clean it, yes pat it dry. Sift some flour very lightly on the 'top side of the chicken [makes the 'evil' skin {YUMMM} extra crispy] and put about [six more or less] peeled whole garlic cloves in the cavity -nothing else. Roasting for a small to medium bird takes an hour about. House smells great, you don't get vampires or werewolves in the neighborhood and the whole chicken tastes of the sweet roast garlic taste.

Crock pots, for meats - you have to brown the meats first! Otherwise it looks like dirty gray glue on the outside. I use chicken broth canned and add water as needed. I find beef broth saltier and tastes kind of tinny. Once meat is done, you really can't tell the difference. I don't normally do crock pot cooking as it requires LOTS of planning, really.

A big chest freezer 'came' with our house when we bought it...It's been a long time 'running' as it was old when we got our house and the mortgage is almost paid off...I cook mostly for the 2 of us, and freeze in single or double portions what's left over...Sometimes I make Huge batches of beef chuck which I get on sale then cook and split up into a Cuban stew called Ropa Vieja [old clothes-not as bad as it sounds] and bar-be-que. Bag it or container it and freeze it...then microwave it. Whatever I cook..- I've always adhered to a philosophy of 'effort VS reward'...time spent, ease of putting it together and how it tastes....
Now that I'm not working, I'm getting and freezing all sorts of things at Farmer's Markets, right now it's early berries...Strawberries, blackberries and whatever comes next... Whatever I can get in season-I clean cut[if needed] freeze then bag - ASAP [freezing first-then bagging] enables you to take out some loose pieces as you need them -Process is also good for spicy peppers[freeze whole] and I just cut, bag & freeze tomatoes in season. I think I would be worse off health-wise were it not for that HUGE chest freezer in my big kitchen! When that dies tho [the freezer] I DO HAVE remodel plans - hope I can live thru that!

Enuf of food! - j