Bought it bc I never have cooked a Thanksgiving turkey so I decided to at least do one for the family by Christmas. Set it up and used it in the kitchen and it was no problem. A little bit of the frying noise but nothing any louder than frying fries in a frying pan would be. It did absolutely wonderful!! Got great compliments which made me feel good since it was my first time :) looking forward to testing it out with crab legs and the frog more stew too!