I have the same as Ray and I also have one that is a Breville that is programmable. Both have a ceramic pot and both are dishwashable. I like them both for equally good reasons I find the Breville cooks a little faster which can be a little annoying but I am a SAHM so I worked around it. The programmable ones don't actually have a start timer they just have a timer for each setting ie 6 hours on high or low or 4 on high & 3 on low.