I bought 2 Vitamix Foodcylers.: 1 for myself - I live in an apartment and 1 for my children -they live on an small acreage. I put the recycled food in a small bin and in over a month have not filled it; plus no rotten smells;  I put some recycled food in my planter on my deck, mixed with soil and can see it breaking down into fertilizer for my herb garden in the spring.  My family says, their Recycler is used daily & it does not add to smells in their large garden compost, the results are so broken down it is easy to mix with soil and they are not attracting animals by the smell as it mixes with the soil immediately. They just put the recycled food in a bin, and only have to empty to the compost weekly.  This is our 3rd month of usage and we love it.