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 Not just a rice cooker October 8, 2008
Thomas Taylor (south Florida)
This has become my favorite kitchen appliance. With this cooker, I can cook just about anything and not worry about messy microwave spills. I use it to cook or steam just about anything: white rice, brown rice, soup,rice flavored with soup, rice and veggies, rice with seafood, potatoes, stews, just about anything. I've even done pasta a time or two with no problems.
The only down side I've found is minor. You have to be careful taking the top off - it's easy to burn yourself from the steam. That's easy to avoid, though.
I already have one steamer. This second one will be for the office.
 Does not work June 24, 2008
Elizabeth E. Alter
I bought this based on all of the good reviews it had on Amazon. I tried it several times,(following the directions exactly) and the cooker would not even come close to fully cooking the rice. I would not recommend this to anyone.
Doesn't work May 24, 2008
L. Lenhardt (Syracuse, NY)
Maybe it's good for white rice. I don't know. Doesn't work for brown rice.
 Pretty good but not perfect May 16, 2008
Stephanie Sullivan (Boston, MA USA)
I think it's pretty good but not perfect. The construction of the lid seems overly complex to me. It makes fine rice, but I'd like to see the lid construction simplified.
It does make good rice for me. It took a little experimentation to get it right with my microwave (they all seem a little different).
Love the Rice Cooker/Vegetable Steamer May 15, 2008
juice (Arizona)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Well, it's been a month and I finally made some brown rice.... and my favorite, steamed broccoli. The rice (TJs Brown Basmati) I cooked for 20 minutes at 50% power level and followed instructions on bag which said 2 Cups water, 1 Cup rice. After 20 minutes, there was still water left and rice was still hard so I cooked for an additional 12 minutes at 50% level and that did the trick. It was perfect... I did let it sit for a few minutes and it fluffed up beautifully. As for the broccoli, I followed instructions 3-4 minutes on high, not vented... then let it sit closed for an additional 3-4 minutes, so I did 3 and 3, because I like it just barely softened and very green. Not sure I saved much time (15 mins total), but I didn't have to watch either of these. I was doing other things while they cooked away. Maybe I'll buy another so I can do them sort of simultaneously, as this is a favorite meal. A great value too.
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