Maxi-Matic Elite Gourmet Rice Cooker with Glass Lid

I purchased this rice cooker over the comparable model by RIVAL...what a mistake!!! This thing only worked once and didnt do a good job the first time! I hate that we waited a full month before using it a second time because now we can't return it. The thing simply stopped heating and the indicator lights would not work. Please do not buy this thing. Very poor quality, if I had it to do over again I would purchase the RIVAL.

I bought this at a local store because the size was perfect and the price was right. It worked excellent two times. The third time I tried to use it the lights didn't come on and it wouldn't heat. I could not find the receipt to return it so I opened it to inspect it. One of the two 120V wires is connected serially with a component that I suspect is a fuse that blew. It's not a common type that could be picked up at a local hardware or electronics store though and I could not find anything that matched it online. I would not recommend this product to anyone.

What a worthless piece of crap. It burnt my rice to the bottom of the bowl four times. On the fifth, a burning smell was emitted from the device, followed by the light going out. The device was broken from then on. I would not recommend this product even as a practical joke.