This pot is my favorite christmas gift ever. I often think of using it when i  trying to decide what to make for dinner... Hmmm... what can I  make something in the pretty red rooster!  when I fell for this pot i didn;'t know I could still get basting spikes like my other Staub pieces so I was pleasantly surprised that they figured out how to solve that problem.  well worth the wait to get this beauty!