Omg! I just cooked my first meal on the crock pot last night and it was amazing. I was afraid to try it while I wasn’t home and since yesterday we were snowed in it was the perfect day. I put 2 pieces of steak with potatoes and carrots added a little bit of water, salt, pepper and steak sauce and 5 hours later it was done. The steak was so soft and tender that we didn’t even need a steak knife. The steak was so delicious that I even surprised myself and couldn’t believe how good this meal turned out. My cousin Sarah gave this to me as a shower gift and I think every women should owe one of these kitchen helpers it’s like having your own personal cook all you have to do is set it then walk away and do a few errands and when you return you'll be surprise to see that the personal chef (crock pot) will have a hot meal waiting for you and your husband or your other half, how perfect is that and it’s perfectly safe. This is one of the best kitchen inventions I have discovered aside from dishwasher which I don’t own one yet!