If you are looking for one appliance that does everything except wash the dishes, this one may be it. It steams, fries, roasts, and is a pressure cooker too. I've owned a pressure cooker/slow cooker that is considerably smaller, but it did the job. This one does all that and more. One complaint is the amount of counter real estate it consumes, so it might not work for people with small kitchens. Another is the weight of the appliance. It's super heavy, but that's probably because it does so many things. Nothing that takes away from its over-all performance.