Disclosed herein is a cooking system for cooking food, the cooking system comprising: a housing defining a hollow chamber configured to receive a food container, said housing having an upper portion defining an opening to said hollow chamber; a food container having a hollow container interior and being positionable within said hollow chamber, wherein an end of said food container extends above said upper portion of said housing when said container is installed within said hollow chamber; a lid moveably attached to said housing and moveable between a first position that covers said upper portion of said housing and said opening to said hollow chamber when said food container is installed within said hollow chamber and a second position where said lid does not cover said opening to said hollow chamber, and at least one heating element is associated with at least one of said lid and said housing