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

Comment: quick and easy to use, good size for one person or two, durability to be tested.

Comment: It works fine except that the rice on the bottom of the inserted bowl gets overcooked/burned. Nothing I've done prevents it. When the light for the cooking cycle goes out, I've been right there to get out the rice and it's still burned. I've tried shutting it off earlier in the cycle but that is hard to figure out because different rices take different times to cook. Besides, I don't want to have to do that - that's why I bought a rice cooker. Sometimes the rice water boils over. That's a mess. I think it has to do with the type of rice and if you're making 3 cups. Another negative point is that there is a little cup that comes with the cooker that you're supposed to use to measure rice. Make a mental note that it is a 2/3 cup measurement. If you lose the little cup (which is likely to happen in our home) you'll still be able to use the machine. The rice that's not burned is great. Rice is nice and firm. Machine easy to use.

Comment: It does what it is made to do -- cooks rice.
It takes up very little counter space.
It's easy to clean.

It's not a fancy rice cooker, mind you, and I wish it had an on/off button (it automatically turns on when you plug it in). For the price paid, it's a decent addition to my kitchen, even though it probably will not be used that often.

Comment: I am a single person, so this was just perfect for me. Makes perfect rice, brown or white.

Comment: I have yet to make a pot of rice without it being at least scorched on the bottom, following the directions perfectly. You can't turn off the 'warm' function at all, so you have to wait for it to click then jump to unplug it if you don't want your rice warmed to carbon.

The simple idea of a rice cooker is to heat the rice until it's cooked, then stop, without having to watch it like a hawk. This is only barely better than a pot on a stove. I WANTED to like it, Black and Decker hasn't let me down before, but they didn't manage it.

That said, the steamer function works pretty well, letting one cook one big potato's worth of potato chunks to perfection pretty well, and you can also steam something like sausage slices while cooking the rice at the same time. (this actually makes the rice a little better. Use a little less butter, and the sausage's fat renders into the water. Still burns on the bottom, but tastes good)