I had purchased the same exact Hoffritz fondue pot as pictured but while heating olive oil for fonduing steak the handle of the pot melted off the very first time I used it. It makes tranferring the pot from stove to table very difficult- not to mention dangerous!Also, the oil goes from extremely hot-splattering hot oil all over and burning the outside of everything to taking forever to cook 15 minutes later even though the burner below is on.In my opinion an electric burner might be easier to control temperature and keep temp more even.