It takes like 2 sticks of butter for it to really work and if your just making a meal for family its not practical,I think its more for redturaunt style cooking.

It's so large, in fact, that one stick of butter just won't cut it - you really need 2-3 sticks of butter for it to work decently well

I'm not sure about saving and re-using the contaminated butter, but hate to waste a stick every time.

It’s probably going to be fine, but know with one stick of butter, it won’t even reach th wheel, takes 2 sticks of butter to work!