I bought this to replace what we had been using for our super bowl snacks and it was a good buy. It did so much better and only needing to plug one thing in was great. We didn't have to refill the hot cheese dip or the sweet and sour sauce for the meatballs several times like the little dippers pots needed and with the better lids they didn't dry out either. The bottom pot cooked the meatballs perfectly and the warm setting kept them perfect all though the game. Clean up was easy and we look forward to using it again for a regular night meal.