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Keep Looking for Another Rice Cooker
I was so looking forward to fluffy rice, but I did not find it here! I used the included guidelines for cooking brown rice, and it came out so underdone. I tried to turn it on for another cycle, but it switched right over to the warm cycle. I had to add additional liquid to get it to run another cycle. After two cycles, it still wasn't near done. The instructions are to leave it on warm until it is done- but there is no indication of how long that will be. I started my rice two hours before dinner was supposed to be ready and it is still not ready!
I'm not impressed at all and would not recommend this to anyone. It's going back to the store.
[Tuesday, September 09, 2008]
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MUST READ: I learned the secret to using this tool!!!
I purchased this rice cooker without reading any reviews. At first I cooked long grain rice and had no problems with boil over. Then I tried making Jasmine rice and the explosions started. Frustrated, I went online to read product reviews. After my 100th review, I, too, hated this product and would've given it a really bad review. It was going in the trash. However, I have a Cuisinart blender and toaster that I love so I kept reading more reviews. There's an earlier post in this thread that gives a very scientific review of how the instructions are wrong. And instead of using the glass cover you should use the steam tray as the top when cooking rice. I had nothing to lose, so I tried it using Jasmine rice.
The results? No boil over and absolutely no mess whatsoever. I must say that my Jasmine rice taste a little like long grain rice as it's light and fluffy and not mushy how I like it. BUT, I didn't have any spill over, there was no mess on my counter, and the rice is delicous. So I completely agree. DO NOT USE THE GLASS COVER, use the STEAM TRAY instead as your cover and you will not have any spill over. The other review wrote something about the heating plates needing to be extra hot to steam the food so it was set up more for steaming than cooking rice. The hole in the glass top didn't provide enough air...
Just use the steam tray instead of the glass cover. For my more mushier rice I will just add a tiny bit more water or not. This is now a great product in my book. I just wish CuisinArt would've gotten their directions right.
So 4 stars for having me to clean up the mess on my own and go online for the truth, and wasting my time. Otherwise, 5 stars because I now have excellent rice and a beautiful rice cooker/steamer.
[Thursday, July 31, 2008]
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Stay away if you don't want to have to clean up boil over 70% of the time
Got into brown rice with a change to more macrobiotic diet. Bought Cuisinart because of the brand - assumed top of the line. This is the bottom line-it is poorly designed. First time I doubled the recipe (box says 8-15 cups). I used the measuring cup provided accurately doubled recipe. TOTAL MESS. Went back and read the fine print "do not make less than or more than the amount is the instructions. That means 2-4 or 3-5 servings. So I did it again and made the smallest 2-4 batch of brown rice. Precise measures etc. I watched it boil over - not as big a mess as first time, but enough to drip down the sides and spatter the outside of the cooker. The reviewer who cut them slack with info about bubbles and using the steamer goes too far. It should work just fine without the steamer. Note his cautions about the steamer getting hot, etc. You should be able to enter the ingredients, walk away and come back to perfect rice and one pot to clean. Returned it today and spent the extra money for Zojirushi NS-ZCC18 10-Cup Neuro Fuzzy Rice Cooker and Warmer. Wish me well.
[Monday, July 28, 2008]
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