This appliance automatically chops vegetables and simmers broth at the optimal temperature to make nearly two quarts of homemade soup with minimal human intervention. Food processing blades inside the soup cooker slice vegetables and gently stir ingredients as they cook. A digital timer can be set up to 24 hours in advance to automatically start the cooking process and the device automatically maintains the set temperature from 104º F to 248º F to simmer or rapidly boil the contents. A removable basket keeps herbs, meat, or stock bones immersed in the soup as it cooks yet enables you to easily strain them from the finished dish. The lid opens without stopping the cooking process for adding seasoning as the soup simmers. The lid, blades, and basket are removable and hand washable. Plugs into AC. 14" H x 9 1/2" W x 8" D. (6 lbs.)