My Cook's Essential electric pressure cooker from QVC is a combination pressure cooker, browner, steamer, crockpot, etc. First I brown the onions and meat with the browning setting, then add the veggies and broth, then the pressure cooker setting, and when it's done it stays hot up to 8 hours. The soup turns out great. I use it the same way for stews, pot roasts, etc. I can spend just a few minutes in the morning getting things prepped, then leave the house for the day and return to a hot meal for supper. I don't worry about leaving raw meat and veggies in a crockpot and hoping they're done, the pressure cooker gets everything done in a hurry, infuses the veggies and meat with the spiced broth, then keeps it all at the ideal serving temp all day. I still have my older pressure cooker which I still love. My mom blew up hers in the 1950s, beets all over our while tin ceiling.