I just received this as a gift this week. Today I made Beef Stroganoff with round steak. Believe it or not it as done before my noodles were done cooking. Just 10 minutes for my meal. The meat was ever so tender. It works just like my Mirro pressure canner except there pressure regulator on this is much nicer. It really rocks, my Mirro just spins even though it should rock. I can see I am going to get a lot of use out of this. It will be nice for cooking my sauce for my home canning. This is truely a real time and energy saving cooker...goodbye crockpot!