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I also never gotten my firmware update from e-mailing the YouTube chef guy.

Could be. It also depends on the size of your dutch oven too I guess. I always cook in a giant one. LOL.

I've done slow cooking in a dutch oven with limited success. With the slow cooker, the heat comes from the side of the pot (cooking vessel) so the content is heated quite thoroughly. With the Control Freak, the heat only comes from the bottom, and the top portion of the food stays under-cooked (tough). It will work out a lot better if you use a braiser instead of the dutch oven.

Sorry I'm always late to answer the questions. But chromedome did all the answering so well I have nothing to add! By the way, I still have yet to acquire the firmware; the Breville live chat is always unavailable when I'm free to chat with them 😑

Really glad I found this thread. I've been using this thing pretty much since it came out, and I have always thought that I was the only one using it, since I could never found anyone talking about using it anywhere 😕 Not only that, to find someone else that actually has 2 units like myself is definitely mind blowing 😲 Thanks for the tip about getting the firmware. I've been looking for it forever. Didn't know I was supposed to contact Breville for it. I wonder why they don't just let you download it yourself...