I have had my new crockpot for about a week. I was so excited with how big it was and the style of it. Most of the time you see black or just stainless steel with this size but this one has gray on it which I love. I used my new crockpot at my mothers 60th birthday party and I was so impressed it fit almost 10lb of hamburger in it. I really like that it doesn't take long at all to heat up and it even has a warm button for when you are finished with the cooking. The lid actually can sit on the handle and stay off of the counter super awesome feature. I am very happy with how easy it is to clean just lift the pot part out clean it and put it back in for easy storage. Very nice style , heating features and easy to clean very simple to use as well.