Woah. YDI for throwing away perfectly good food.

First world problems! Honestly, it's not that big of a deal, fish that bad boy out and dine! I'm guessing everyone reading this has eaten without washing your hands before, and that's usually worse. Just saying.

Sounds like you either have an infestation or you have very shoddy household sanitation, although there is a third option covered after this paragraph. Cockroaches don't linger in houses if they don't have a steady supply of water and food because they are afraid of humans. They also see us as being as dirty as we see them. Make sure not to leave unsealed food laying around, take the garbage out every night or get an airtight container for it, wipe down counters and cooking areas every night with at least soap and water (bleach is best for counters, but don't use it on food prep areas), sweep the kitchen at least once a week (every night is best), mop at /least/ once a month(once a week is best) and don't leave soaps, oils, pet foods, fabrics, or other things laying out in the open. The third option is that they are coming in because of heat, rain, or cold. Keep windows and doors closed or have fine mesh installed to keep them out if you want to have them open. Check floor borders for sections that are missing or loose and replace them. Seal cracks around windows and door frames with caulk. Have someone look to see if they are getting in through the flooring or ventilation.

There are starving people out there and you're throwing away perfectly good food just because there was a bug in there. I assure you there are millions of other bugs in our food, they are just too small for us to see, so we don't care about them. Why would you care about that one? It's not like it's poisonous or something. You should have just scooped it out. It's not a big deal. People should stop being such neat freaks.

NO. NO. NOPE. GOD. NO. I DESPISE roaches and absolutely do not blame you for throwing the food away. I'd have done the same. :/ That shit grosses me out! I live in an apartment building and we get sprayed once a month and yet I still, every once in awhile, find them in our bathroom. We must have dirty neighbors because I religiously clean.

Hi, OP here, to answer your question, the slow cooker was sitting on the bench, underneath a shelf in our kitchen. As I took the lid off, the roach came from above, literally jumping into the pot! So I definitely did not see it before I took the lid off!

So why throw out the whole pot?

You should definitely get your house checked out by an exterminator. Cockroaches come in groups. Also, if the cockroach is fully cooked, it'll kill any germs in and on it, so it wouldn't be dangerous or anything.

You should've taken it to your nasty neighbors see what they would've thought.

You tossed all that for one roach? YDI for being a weakling.