I bought this cooker 3 days ago and just made my first dish. Cooked the chicken with a cheese topping as the first part of the recipe and put it on high for 4 hours as instructed. It cooked way too hot! The cheese was browning on the the  bottom and sides of the pot and starting to get hard with 23 minutes to go...way too hot instead of "slow" cooking.  We'll be sure to subtract time from the suggested cooking time, at least on the high setting. It will be passable until it's time to be replaced but we'll look for another alternative in the future.