This was a gift, and I didn't think I'd like it. However it has been a game changer. I cook almost everything in it, with amazing results and literally no mess. It came with a small cookbook, but I easily find recipes for anything I want to cook online. This week I cooked roasted veggies in 15 minutes, a perfectly medium rare 1-1/2" thick filet in 10 minutes, a baked potato with crunchy skin and fully cooked potato inside, to name a few. But the best part is the cleanup. Where I ordinarily have several dirty pots and pans to wash after a meal, there is one non-stick pan that cleans up in a few short minutes. And I'm done! Love this!