Black & Decker 3 Cups Uncooked Yields 6 Cups Cooked, Rice Cooker

Comment: Product makes wonderful rice, much lighter than using the stove. Read problems with these rice cookers boiling over. I have only made upto 2 cups of brown rice, not 3 so I am not sure if making 3 cups would cause the water overflow people seem to have. It also steams vegtable, but this model seems small to bother with.

Comment: A good rice cooker at a good price! Stir the rice about 20 minutes into the cooking. Cleans easily. Set it, stir the rice once, and forget it!

Comment: I'm not giving this rice cooker 5 stars because I just can't get *that* excited about it. Hey, it's just a rice cooker. But it does exactly what it's supposed to do and does it reliably. It's a great size for my family of 2 adults and 2 children, although, like others I was pretty surprised when I saw how small the bowl is. To answer some specific concerns of reviewers: the rice doesn't stick in the least, and I've not had it get brown and crusty on the bottom; I have not had any problem with a starchy mess coming out the steam hole; brown rice needs a bit more water (as it says in the instructions) and comes out just fine. The instructions say that the cooker will take between 20 minutes for a small amount of white rice to 60 minutes for the largest amount of brown rice. I made a full pot of short-grain brown rice just last night, and I am sure that it did not take 60 minutes. In addition, once cooking is complete, the cooker automatically switches to a warm cycle, and the rice can be held in this way for up to 5 hours.

Comment: This unit is for 3 cups uncooked rice, which produces 6 cups cooked, rice actually expands to fill capacity. I received this as a present, but plan to upgrade to a more advanced unit. This one is good, small, and inexpensive. You have to expect a few short comings, but it does a great job considering price.

Comment: I bought this rice cooker for my husband for Christmas. We never had a rice cooker so we didn't know what to expect and for the price (and the other reviews) I thought I'd give this one a try. If there was any confusion about how much rice it would make, one look at it would be a huge clue....but I knew it would be fine for the two of us. I've made 2 'measures' of raw rice and it was way too much for both of us ~ even though it's designed for 3 cups (measures) I doubt we would ever make that much.

We love the small size and have cooked brown rice, jasmine and basmati perfectly so far. We learned that if the warmer is left on too long it will get a little browned on the bottom so we just unplug it and let it steam. I would give it 5 stars, however it does 'spew' as someone else wrote earlier and I've learned to put a paper towel under it to catch any mess. I don't know if that is because it's such a small size or if that's common with rice cookers in general. However, the unit is very easy to clean. I read that some cookers have a hinged, non-removable lid and I knew I didn't want that. For the price, this cooker is simple, efficient, takes up very little space and a bargain!