The waring wsm1u soup maker is an innovative product which creates healthy soup from start to finish in just 20 minutes it allows you to pack away your pots pans and your hand blender and get the same results everytime in one place the soup makers rapid 1000 watt heating element and non stick cooking plate browns vegetables onions and garlic in less than 2 minutes with functions to boil liquids and simmer soups additionally the soup maker can be used as both a soup maker and a traditiona