Although there are only two of us using the cooker, it's a good size to make dinner with some leftovers. It's easy to clean, but very heavy. I'm very happy with this slow cooker.

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Love, love, love this great quality piece of equipment! After accidentally dropping the ceramic insert of my CrockPot (helpful hint: ceramic and travertine are not a good recipe), I was coveting this slow cooker. Received it as a gift about a year ago and have been very, very happy with it. The only thing that makes it less than perfect is the lack of a dual level heating program. I.e., I can set it for X number of hours on low, or X number of hours on high, but can't set it for X at high and have it switch to Y at low. But it's a minor gripe, and I do love the automatic warm feature. Buyers should realize, however, that this is a very large capacity cooker. I sometimes find myself using a dutch oven on the stovetop for smaller quantities, as it can be just a bit too large for certain recipes. Also, it is quite heavy, probably due to the very high quality stainless steel of the body. It's much heavier than my old CrockPot. So, if you have back problems, strength issues, arthritis, etc., you might want to visit a store and try handling this to be sure it's going to work out okay for you.

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I loved the slow cooker... until the ceramic insert cracked! I was hearing little popping noises and didn't know what it was. Then I realized that the the insert had cracks! All Clad wanted the original receipt to replace it, so we took it back to bed bath and beyond and they exchanged it. The second time we just out right returned it. The cracks all happened within 3 months of use with no extreme temperature change William sonomas is recommending that we try the more expensive one with the heat-responsive cast-aluminum insert that functions as a cookware in itself (can go on the stove top)... a hundred dollars more!! but may consider it since it got really much better reviews. Btw, WS told us that many are reporting the same cracked issue with the ceramic insert and everyone has been thrilled with the heat-responsive cast-aluminum insert one... go figure...

Used the product for over a year before it failed. The problem appears to be cheap, poor quality manufacturing in the heating element. I live near the All-Clad facility in Canonsburg, PA, so I regret saying that outsourcing to China requires a great deal of effort to maintain quality control, which effort isn't shown in this product.

I was thrilled to receive this cooker as a gift eighteen months ago. I used it a lot, and was very happy. But when I plugged it in last week, the screen filled with 8s and it wouldn't turn on. The warranty is for only one year, so we went local to repair it. No luck - All-Clad doesn't supply parts. So we called All-Clad and were told that they don't do repairs. They told us to buy a new one. So it's a great cooker until it stops working. I think we'll use the ceramic insert as a planter.