I have two electric pressure cookers, and needless to say, I love them! But don't just save it for winter, its also good for making dinner on hot summer days when you don't want a lot of heat added to the kitchen -- I use mine to make corn on the cob, cook frozen hot dogs, make hardboiled eggs in the morning, anything where I want to cook, but don't want to add a lot of heat into the kitchen (because I'm using a contained unit with so little hot water / steam involved, it keeps the kitchen much cooler than it would otherwise be).