Breville RC19XL Gourmet Rice Duo

The sturdy, stainless steel appearance of this model hides some design flaws. Foremost, the glass lid is ill-fitting on the base pot, providing lots of leeway for steam to escape during cooking. Secondly, the bell mechanism is, frankly, an overrated feature here. The sound produced is far too quiet for it to be practical in a busy kitchen. Despite these two shortcomings, the two stainless steel steaming baskets are very useful, and the Breville RC19XL succeeds best in its most important task: cooking rice to perfection. Overall, a not-too-pricey cost for a modern design and general practicality.

We had a Salton rice cooker for about 5 years and the heating element burned a hole right thru the aluminum rice pot. In looking for a new rice cooker we had a few criteria:

A. Needed to have non-stick rice pot
B. Needed to have stainless steel steam-tray(s)
C. Needed 10 cup capacity or greater
D. Needed to look good to go with our stainless steel Crock-pot
E. Needed to be purchased out the door (tax and delivery) for under $50.00
F. Needed to be great at cooking rice!!

I am happy to report that after 3 months of use, this unit does all of the above items very well. The non-stick rice pot works great. The 2 different size SS steam trays work perfectly. It has 10 cup capacity even when using the steaming trays. The SS exterior looks great and is easy to clean. Amazon delivered it for $49.00 and it cooks rice great!!

Now this is our first non-stick rice pot and the manual suggests stirring the rice once it is...Read more

I bought the rice cooker and love it. It does exactly what it promised,it's so easy to use,and for the price, you can't beat the performance of this rice cooker versus cooking on the stove top! I am thinking about buying one for my mom for Christmas.

Ironically, I had a similar problem with the lid, but had not problems reordering a replacement part. I called their 1 800 number and got the lid in about two weeks or so.