My family loves it when I bake or cook, because the house smells so good.. If I am doing things right, the smell will radiate to the neighbors.. lol I love to do roasts in my electric roaster.. Keeps my oven free to do other baking and things.. I also LOVE to do no-bake cookies.. My family loves them because its quick and easy.. I always make a double batch because they go so fast.. lol My mom always said that if you dont taste your food while cooking (always be clean and neat) then you arent doing it right. My daughter and I always bake the day before Christmas whether we use the oven or not.. Its fun and a good way to teach your kids to cook. Mastering ROASTING in an electric roaster I was BBQing on our deck one day and the BBQ caught on fire.. I will NEVER use a BBQ again.. That I made my husband in charge of..