Bests & Worsts Reviews from Amazon

This thing is bigger than I had imagined, which makes me happy. The first one I ordered got lost in shipping, but the reorder arrived quickly. I am fairly experienced with home made panel cookers, so I have no doubts that this will cook well. Unfortunately, it's cloudy today so I will have to update after cooking with it. The assembly instructions were clear enough, especially after watching the video on youtube. The instructions mention breaking it in to achieve the proper shape. I found a nice workaround using small office clips and some masonry twine. I clipped the clips to the corners and tied the twine with a prussic knot to draw the upper and lower panels together. Proper shape and more rigid, still adjusts easily. Can't wait to cook! Update: I just braised 2 cornish game hens in red wine. Ambient temperature was 32 degrees F, 2 1/2 hours and they're fall off the bone tender. Thin walled non-stick black pot with glass lid inside a large pyrex bowl with pyrex lid. Reached 225 F (inside the bowl on top of the pot- probably hotter inside the pot) and hovered there, simmering nicely. Started cooking at 10:30 am. Love this thing! Six stars! Another update: After cooking the hens, I still had time to bake potatoes to go with them. Those took about 2 hours, came out perfect. Also, today I found some half gallon canning jars that are amber (like beer bottles) which should make good cooking vessels. Also available on amazon in several sizes. Got them at Ace Hardware, Ball is the brand, new product, I believe. I might try solar canning some high acid fruits in these. Another update: Cooked a quiche sort of thing today. 1 lb sausage browned, 1 bell pepper diced, 1/2 onion diced, some frozen chopped spinach, dozen eggs, stirred all together, then into the cooker. 3 hours (partly cloudy), then into a Wonder Bag (look it up). an hour and a half later I had a hot meal on the table for my wife, after the sun had gone down. Still loving this thing.