Maxi-Matic DRC-1000B Elite Platinum 10-Cup Stainless Rice Cooker, Black

I owned this rice cooker for less then 4 hrs. brought it home. got excited. On the first use, it started smoking. i unplugged it. I had to throw the rice away. the smoking was a burnt electrical smell. I am not a fan of Elite anymore i will not buy anything they make. I bought a single burner that i was going to use and put in a smoker. that lovely think gave out electrical smoke too. i wish that i could say i loved it because i was excited to use it. Roll the dice on this product, you may get a good one.

This is a very simple, straight forward rice maker. It has worked reasonably well for me. I generally make several cups of rice at a time and just save leftovers for later since it burnt the rice when I made a small amount. I have also started using more water than it recommends and the results are perfect. I'll admit I could never get rice to turn out making it on a stove (I probably would mess with it too much during cooking) so this has been great.
It requires a little cleaning after use but its pretty minor, the non-stick pot is a breeze to clean and wet cloth over the rest seems to keep it looking nice. I have not had any trouble with it spewing starch all over like others say. It obviously steams like every other rice maker so I put it out on the counter where it won't be blowing it right into a confined space but other than that its straight forward.
Overall it works fine especially for the reasonable price when I purchased it.

We bought this item to replace our 12+ year old worn and old looking rice cooker. Biggest mistake ever. After about a month, it just stopped working. I would never recommend this brand to anyone.