It definately gets food hot, which is the idea, but be careful opening it because heat makes the inner lid come off causing danger of spills and burns. It's cute and okay to use knowing to carry it carefully but I am disappointed.
The included food grade steel bowl is discoloring and I'm concerned about the metal and possible safety issues. I thoroughly hand cleaned the bowl in hot water and Dawn after I received the Lunch Crock-Pot. After the 1st use of canned soup in the bowl, the bowl has all sorts of odd very noticeable multi colored swirls in it even after washing it with Dawn again. I have various stainless steel pots and pans at home and I've never seen such discoloration in them so I suspect the steel in this Crock-Pot may be leaching chemicals into my food. CrockPot, please let us know if this discoloration is normal and to be expected and please let us know EXACTLY what grade of steel this is other than just stating that this is food grade steel.
Response from crock-pot.comBy Robert, Consumer Care, March 7, 2018
Thank you for taking the time to leave your review. Unfortunately, we are unable disclose specific details on the grade of stainless steel used for patent purposes. However, the product, like all of our products, is UL listed for safe home consumption, and we have never had any recalls on our products for anything of this nature. We will forward your feedback to our product development team for review.
I bought three of these, one each for me, my daughter, and my husband. My daughter and I have been using them for two weeks and love them. I make soups on weekends and freeze them. On workdays, I pop one into the crock and plug in when I get to work. Thawed and perfect temperature by lunchtime.
I would recommend this to a friend!
Response from crock-pot.comBy Bryan, Consumer Care, May 19, 2018
Thank you so much for your positive review. We are very glad to hear you and your family are all enjoying your new Lunch Crocks®!
I bought 6 of these for teacher gifts next year. However, my husband works outdoors everyday, and usually Heats his food on the defrost. I thought I might save him a little bit of trouble and got him one of these as well. He loves it. In about a half an hour or so he has is steaming hot lunch. Small, portable, and easy clean. Love this.
I would recommend this to a friend!
Response from crock-pot.comBy Bryan, Consumer Care, May 19, 2018
Thank you so much for your positive review. We are very glad to hear your husband is enjoying his new Lunch Crock®!
This little Crock Pot works great for taking your leftovers to work. Just plug it in about an hour before you plan to eat and your lunch is ready to eat. So easy to clean up too. Just put the liner and the lid in the dishwasher and it is ready for the next time. Love mine!!
I would recommend this to a friend!
Response from crock-pot.comBy Bryan, Consumer Care, May 19, 2018
Thank you so much for your positive review. We are very glad to hear you are enjoying your new Lunch Crock®!