Bests & Worsts Reviews from Amazon

Nice Features for a crock pot. It is very large. I think you could put two roasts in, or a rather large turkey breast, I have not tried that yet. The best part is the amount of control you have. The lid has a rubber gasket to keep all the liquid from collecting under the edges. What I did as soon as I got it: Lift out the ceramic pot. Washed the crock with warm soapy water. Then I made a large amount of beef stew, 3 pounds of barely pan browned stew meat, with half a jar of spaghetti sauce as a seasoning. This cooked on low for 5 hours. Saved all the extra liquid and 3/4 c of beef bits from the stew adding two cups of stock, and immediately made a lentil, barley, and green pea soup, right in the same session, cooking on high for an hour. Now I have enough food frozen for four meals. As to the smell that was mentioned in some reviews, almost all new electric cooking devices have a "new" smell. If you realize that some of the adhesives, oil, etc needed to put the device together might burn off, then you are mentally ok with it. In about 15 minutes that process is done, and you won't have it again.