I made two hot process trial 1 pound batches yesterday. I recorded all the pertinent information. I made a peach fragrance batch and a green musk fragrance batch. The peach batched needed more fragrance but the musk came out just right. See picture below. I used a crockpot on the first batch and yes it was dry around the edges and some was burned. So I used the oven method on the second batch at 195 degrees and had no heat issues. I am going to try two more 1 pound trials today. A coconut fragrance and a Blue Bell Ice cream fragrance. Thanks again for the advice everyone, Keith