This little hot pot express is easy to lift and pour and boils water or soups fast,is cool to the touch and has a wide pour spout features a flip top lid and thirty two ounce capacity you can even heat vegetables and stews in this little kettle has non stick surface, adjustable thermostat allows you to select the temperatures from low to high, I am real impressed by it's speed, I purchased this kettle for using at my place of work, plan on purchasing another for a friend as well, recommend this kettle for one person service, does not take up a lot of room and would be easy to store.