I fully admit I am a food nerd. I am extremely picky when it comes to kitchen gadgets and even more so kitchen appliances. I never expected to love this thing so much, but I do. I normally associate all things with this brand as being platinum grade silicone microwave cooking vessels because I worked for a high end kitchen supply store for a part time second job and they made you study the brand before you could sell it to any of the shoppers. So I already came into this purchase with a positive based biased essay. But unboxing it and getting to hold it in my hands I noticed that it was made from plastic. Which really disappointed me since I've only used their silicone products until this purchase. I was skeptical that anything plastic was capable of cooking and producing anything but a subpar end result. However, I was sorely mistaken. My pre-teen child can eat a package of bacon by himself in one sitting. He's become the bacon efficianodo of our household. He was so excited when this arrived. Then when we finally used it, the instructions were clear, easy to follow, and the cooking times were actually spot on for our microwave. It produce a perfectly crisp bacon because all the bacon fat settles into the bottom of the v-shaped ridges keeping it far away from your delectable bacon. This thing takes cooking bacon from being a chore to becoming a pleasure. It frees you up from having to hover over that pan so you're free to work on cooking something else, or to get to work on something else, like enjoying your cup of coffee! This was one of the best things I have bought in a long time. Give it a try, because it's totally worth every penny, especially if there's at least 1 bacon lover living in your home!