Don't understand. Friend brought theirs over yesterday, we made tamales and then they cooked them in the pot. Took only 20 minutes! But hey, steaming them in a double boiler takes 40 minutes so that was a savings I guess. If you include the time to pack the tub carefully and program it, maybe it was slower.

And it didn't really 'steam' the tamales. They came out pretty gummy and a little dry. So no fan here.

I'll stick to actually cooking my food thanks.