Sales Rank: 320


Features:

Accessories include textured spatula and measuring cup

Sleek, modern rice cooker with reheat and keep-warm functions

Extra-thick, nonstick titanium-coated inner pot distributes heat evenly

Cooks 3-1/2 cups of raw white, brown, rinse-free, and mixed rice

Features push-button lid opener, carry handle, retractable cord, LCD clock, timer

Average Rating:
Rating: - Great Rice Every Time!
This is my first rice cooker and I love it! It makes great rice every time. I have made white, brown and jasmine rice so far, they all came out fantastic. I eat rice every day now and I feel great!

Pros
- Small size, good for one person or a small family.
- Changes to keep warm mode after rice is done so it doesn't burn or get cold.
- Retractable cord
- Three cooking modes
- Countdown timer starts at 13 minutes
- Delayed start timer
- Very durable
- Easy to clean (except one part, see below)
- Great price!

Cons
- The unit has an inner lid with a small valve that may be difficult to clean if you don't have a dish washer.

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Rating: - Small sized, fuzzy logic, thick cookpot @ affordable price
OVERALL, in balancing its features and price, this small capacity rice cooker is an excellent value. It has a number of excellent features, few of which are mentioned in the brief editorial review. They really should have been, to do this appliance justice:
* fuzzy logic microprocessor control produces EXCELLENT rice: Without reservation I can say that this rice cooker makes the best rice I've ever cooked. Grains are fluffy and don't stick to one another. There's no goo on the bottom, no browning of the rice, and absolutely no burning.
* THICK cookpot (5 mm) makes for even cooking
* titanium non-stick finish makes for easy clean up
* retractable cord of reasonable length
* multiple settings (white rice/mixed, brown, porridge)
* clock with timer for autocook at later time. The default cook time (the one last entered) remains the same until changed, making it easy to set up the next time.
* easy to set digital clock and timer
* no need to unplug/plug to start
* 'countdown' feature tells you when the rice is almost done, beginning at 13 minutes.

Thus far I've successfully cooked white, brown, basmati, and wild rice in this appliance. FYI, the porridge setting can also be used to make risotto.

The only 'down' sides to this appliance are minor:
1. The front to back measurement is longer than side to side, making it most easily placed towards the back of the counter. However, the steam vent is placed at the rear. Unfortunately, if you have cabinets above, this combination of features will result in steam condensing on the bottom of the cabinet--which will NOT result in a good outcome for your cabinets in the long run! This can be dealt with entering the settings you want, then bringing the cooker forward, letting out the cord a bit, and turning the appliance 90 degrees.

2. The manual notes that placement should not be where the appliance will be in the sun, since the appearance of the plastic may change over time. (I think the sun could also heat the rice cooker--something that mainly affects you if you set the timer to start later, or keep rice warm for an extended period.) I mention this because it doesn't appear on the box, and did require that I find another place to put this, where it would always be out of the sun, rather than where I had originally planned.

3. The manual is not the greatest. The cooker is shipped with the inner lid in place. However, there is no mention of how to remove the inner lid; FYI, it's a press-fit, meaning that it should be pulled off gently, using both hands and gentle pressure. After use, the lid needs to be washed, of course. The lid is then replaced in the same way. The instructions for using the pot to prewash the rice are a bit confusing, and there are LOTS of marks in the pot's interior.

4. Its capacity is small. If you are cooking for yourself, for a couple or for a small family/group, for one meal a day, it will meet your needs nicely. If you eat rice twice a day, and don't mind resetting to cook it for the second meal, this will still meet your needs. Otherwise, consider a fuzzy logic rice cooker with larger capacity.

Bon appetit!

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Rating: - Answers for Grosse Pointe
Glutinous rice is also commonly called sweet rice.
Brown rice, even American, takes much longer to cook than white rice.
Japanese rice has been sold with some kind of flour on it that has to be rinsed off first. Within the past year we have been able to buy "rinse-free" rice.
Porridge in this context is probably Okayu (Japanese) or Congee (Chinese). This is a gruel made of a little rice & a lot of water. We used to flavor ours with ginger & crab. Usually served to babies or convalescents.
Appliances made for the Japanese & American markets will work in both. The difference in voltage is only the difference between 110-120. So the amount of voltage will affect the rice. Also, the rice will need more water if it is older, rather than this year's "new crop."