The crock pot is as expected.    Love the size and being able to use pre-sets.  The only negative is that it was made in China. In doing research on slow cookers on- line,  it was stated that the original CrockPot is the only one made in the USA yet.  After receiving this one, I flipped it over and saw that it was made in China-Uugh!   As usual, can’t believe everything you read.