With most restaurants, patrons order, wait until their food is placed before them at their table, and commence eating. At the Melting Pot, they allow you do the cooking for them - and it's a whole lot of fun to do so. Depending on what courses you order and partake in, the supplies are places before you, and then the items to dip arrive. If you've ordered the cheese course, the cheese is allowed to heat up, and then you are free to dip items into your shared pot at the table. If it's the main meat course or vegetable course you've come for, the meat is raw, the veggies uncooked, and you place them in the broth to cook. You can tailor them to your liking and have fun at the same time. It's a great way to change up dinner.