Santa brought me this for Christmas. I wish he'd included bandages in my stocking. The handle design is seriously flawed and as I pulled out the first batch of sauerkraut balls, it snapped, causing the hot basket to fall onto my hand. OUCH. It was unusable after the first batch. Then, due to the design, I had all of the cooking oil that I had to get out somehow so I could clean up the mess and return it. I used a turkey baster and took care of it that way. All-metal construction in the handle as well as a removable liner would improve the design.