Rice Cooker 10 cup Uncooked/20 cup Cooked, Rice Maker, Steamer, Saute, Steamer and Warmer, 5.2 QT Large Capacity, Brown Rice, Quinoa and Oatmeal, 8 One-Touch Programs

I have a Zojirushi rice cooker, but I wanted a rice cooker with a sauté function which the Zojirushi doesn't have. I had bought another brand with the sauté function, but it was a sauté/simmer function which meant the unit would sauté until liquid was added and it would automatically switch to the simmer function. For some recipes, this doesn't work. I tried cooking 2 cups of steel cut oats in this cooker, and it boiled to the top leaving dried oatmeal on the top of the cooker as well as clogging up the steam release. I returned this cooker and decided to try this Comfee' Rice Cooker. I have had this rice cooker only a couple of days, but, so far, I am happy with the results. So far, I have made steel cut oats that I make in quantity for my husband and I to warm for breakfast. I put steel cut oats, water, cinnamon, brown sugar, and a little vanilla in the pot. The cereal came out perfect using the brown rice setting. I will explain later in this review why I chose the brown rice setting. Tonight, I made brown rice pilaf. I used the sauté setting, melted butter, added and sautéed the onions, added brown basmati rice and garlic, added beef stock and seasonings, and chose the brown rice setting. The rice was perfectly cooked and fluffy. Even though the unit was on keep warm for 45 minutes, the rice was not crusted or burned on the bottom. With my Zojirushi rice cooker, I have to remove the pot from the cooker as soon as the rice is done or the rice at the bottom of the cooker is crusty. Although this rice cooker comes with only a basic pamphlet of user instructions, you can download a more comprehensive manual that includes few recipes. The following is a description of the cooker controls, what can be done with each, and how they can be used. COOKER CONTROLS: - STOP/KEEP WARM Press the Stop/Keep Warm button to stop the cooking process and to keep cooked food warm - ON/OFF/START Press the On/Off/Start button to turn the cooker on or off and to start the cooking process - DELAY TIMER Press the Delay Timer button to delay the start of the cooking process for up to 24 hours. Use the + and - buttons to adjust the length of time. - "-" Decrease time or temperature - "+" Increase time or temperature - TEMP Press the temp button to raise or lower the temperature, and then press "+" or "-" to adjust temperature. Can be used only with Sauté and DIY cooking functions. - TIME Press the Time button to adjust the cooking time, and then press "+" or "-" to adjust cooking time. Can be used with the Slow Cook, Oatmeal, Chili, Pasta, Soup, Stew, Steam, Sauté, and DIY cooking functions. As for the cooking programs, I'm not sure that all of them would be useful as temperatures are not stated for any of them. - The 3 rice setting are pretty basic, Quick Rice cooks white rice in a shorter amount of time, White Rice cooks white and short grain rice, and Brown Rice cooks brown rice and long grained rice. - The Oatmeal function cooks traditional rolled oats and can use the delay timer to have oatmeal ready for breakfast. For steel cut oats, I used the Brown Rice setting that has the longer cook time required for steel cut oats. - Soup, Soup, and Stew functions provide a simmer at a low temperature, but the temperatures are not stated. - The Slow Cook function does not allow Hi and Low slow cooking. The temperature is set at 300 degrees that is equivalent to the Hi temperature on slow cookers. If you want to slow cook on a low temperature you could set the temperature to 190 degrees on the DIY function. - For the Sauté function, you have control over both time and temperature. This is one of my favorite features as it works to sauté onions and garlic for rice pilaf and risotto as well as for browning meats used in soups and stews. - For the Steam function, you have control over the time which is really all you need for steaming. - To change the cooking function or the time and temperature, press "stop" and then select the function, and time and temperature. I have pressure cookers and other multicookers that have multiple preprogrammed functions, and, honestly, I don't use them most of the time. For some foods, I think a slow simmer produces a better result than cooking with a pressure cooker. My primary purpose in buying this rice cooker was to have the sauté function for making rice pilaf and risotto. Happily, I have now found that this rice cooker does a better job of cooking rice than the expensive Zojirushi rice cooker I have. After hours of research and reading reviews, I have finally found a rice cooker that works for me. For me, use of this rice cooker is not complicated at all. It's pretty straight forward once you know how to operate it. The downloaded manual does help, but some of the operation is learned by trial and error. UPDATE 7/11/22: For those of you who like steel cut oats, which my husband and I prefer over rolled oats, this is my recipe for steel cut oats cooked in this rice cooker. This make 1 1/2 quarts that lasts my husband and I 4-5 days. - 1 1/2 cups steel cut oats - 4 cups water - 1/2 tsp. pure vanilla extract - 1 tsp. cinnamon - 1 tbsp. brown sugar (I use coconut palm sugar) - 1/4 cup or more raisins Place everything in the rice cooker pot, stir, turn cooker on, select brown rice function, press start. To warm the oats for breakfast, put desired portion in a bowl, add a little milk, and microwave for about 1 minute on high. What could be easier?? I have used this rice cooker multiple times since I bought it, and, so far, I am very happy with it. UPDATE 09/30/2022: As mentioned previously, I have never been a fan of rolled oats. To me, cooked rolled oats always tasted pasty. My husband likes them so I made a batch for his breakfasts. I added all ingredients to the pot and used the oatmeal setting. Ingredients I used were: - 3 1/2 cups water - 2 cups rolled oats - 1/2 tsp. vanilla extract - 1 tsp. cinnamon - 1 tbsp. brown sugar (I used coconut palm sugar) - 1/4 cup raisins or more as desired It looked pretty good and tonight I decided to try it. I spooned some into a bowl, broke it up into smaller pieces, and added some milk. Then I warmed it in the microwave for one minute. WOW!! It was really good!! I guess it make a difference on how it is cooked. I will definitely be making rolled oats for breakfasts again. UPDATE 01/13/24: I have had this rice cooker for almost 2 year, and I still love it. I have experimented with a couple foods, and have come up with a couple of new recipes that come out perfect with this rice cooker. I have added cream of wheat to my husband's choices of breakfast cereal. This recipe is basically the same as the the rolled oats recipe mentioned previously except the water to cereal proportions. For cream of wheat, use 4 1/2 cups of water to 1 cup of farina. I now make our rice pilaf in this rice cooker. I use brown rice for the health value, but white rice can also be used. The only difference would be to select the white rice setting for white rice. You can also add vermicelli to this rice pilaf and need only to brown the vermicelli in butter before adding it to the other ingredients. I do this in the microwave, but it can also be done in the rice cooker. This rice pilaf make about 18 4 oz. servings. It freezes well and can be thawed and warmed in the microwave. This is the recipe for rice pilaf in this rice cooker. - 6 tbsp. butter - 1 large onion, diced - 3 cups long grain brown rice or brown basmati rice - 6 cloves garlic, finely minced - 2 tsp. fresh rosemary minced or 2/3 tsp. dried and finely chopped - 1 1/2 tsp. fresh thyme leaves or 1/2 tsp dried - 1 1/2 tsp Kosher salt or 1/2 tsp. table salt - 1/2 tsp. pepper - 6 cups chicken, homemade, or vegetable broth - 2 tsp. lemon juice, fresh or bottled - 2 tsp. Worcestershire sauce - 2-4 large bay leaves - 3/4 tsp. paprika - 4 tbsp. fresh parsley, finely chopped - 4 tbsp. shredded carrot 1 - Heat rice cooker in sauté mode. When hot melt the butter. 2 - Add onion to the pot and sauté until translucent. 3 - Add the rice and cook, stirring constantly, until all of the rice is coated in butter. 4 - Add the garlic and cook, stirring constantly, until fragrant. 5 - Add rosemary, thyme, salt, pepper, lemon juice, Worcestershire sauce, bay leaves, and broth. 6 - Close the pot and select the brown rice setting (white rice setting if using white rice). 7 - After the cooking has completed, fluff the rice with an fork, add chopped parsley and carrot, and stir 8 - Let sit a couple of minutes and serve. I freeze this rice pilaf in 8 ounce packages for two of us, and serve it with brochettes, fish filets, pepper steak, and so much more. I have had this rice cooker for almost 2 years, and use it quite often. I sold my Zojirushi rice cooker since I have been using only this one. If this rice cooker ever quits working, I would most definitely buy another one. I hope this review was helpful for you. I will update this review if my opinion changes.

This rice cooker is awesome. The size is perfect for smaller meals, and the 4-cup uncooked capacity makes more than enough rice for a family dinner or a few meal prep servings. Despite its compact size, it’s very versatile with multiple cooking programs like white rice, brown rice, quinoa, oatmeal, steaming, and slow cooking. The digital panel is simple to use and the one-touch programs make cooking effortless. I especially like the delay timer and the automatic keep-warm function, which makes meal planning much easier. The rice comes out perfectly cooked and consistent every time. Cleanup is also very easy. The non-stick inner pot wipes clean quickly, and it’s great that the pot and accessories are dishwasher safe. The stainless steel exterior looks nice on the counter and is easy to maintain. Overall, this is a high-quality, convenient, and reliable rice cooker that works exactly as expected. Highly recommended!

Perfect basmati rice every time. I adjust the water down to keep rice fluffy. You can steam veggies at the same time toward the end of rice cooking. I haven’t tried the other functions yet, but look forward to the convenience of cooking oatmeal, etc. This rice cooker is kind of like a small instapot without the big price tag and the smaller size is more practical for my husband and me, plus it’s easier to store. One thing about the digital read out that I had to look up is that, once the cooking begins, the readout looks like it’s glitching, but it’s supposed to be showing broken, circling lines. A digital umber read out shows up toward the very end, counting down to let you know when the cooking will be complete. I wish the countdown started right away, but I’ve gotten good at estimating.

Now this is a very nice rice cooker. I already started using mines and I love it. I use it to cook, white rice and yellow rice. I have also steamed vegetables on it. When doing yellow rice, do your mixture first on stove, then put everything in rice cooker and let it finish there. Or you can put everything in the rice cooker. But it works great.

Love the ease of this rice cooker. It can also steam vegetables. Only issue I had is that the instructions aren’t good and it’s not real self explanatory how to use it. Rice comes out very good every time and all I have to do is add rice and water. It alerts when it’s done.

Works great for rice, soups, stews and slow cooking

Es una excelente inversión para la cocina cuando se es soltero. Ya hice arroz blanco, arroz integral, spaguetti, huevos cocidos, y lo más importante, yogurt (aunque no trae el modo Yogurt, pero sigue leyendo). La olla se saca y se lava muy fácil. Lo que no he intentado es lavar el sello de silicón. Un día hice un spaguetti con sabor fuerte e inmediatamente comencé a hacer yougurt. Creí que iba a tener un yogurt sabor a pasta a los 4 quesos, pero no, no guardó los sabores. Espero que siga así. En cuanto a recetas cualquier recetario para arrocera (que no sea de presión) le sirve. Sólo le he encontrado 3 desventajas: a) La temperatura está en grados Farenheit, y no se puede cambiar a grados centígrados, necesitarás una tabla, calculadora, o al asistente de Google. b) Los pasos en la temperatura van de 5 en 5 grados centígrados (aprox. de 9 en 9 grados Farenheit). c) El tiempo máximo de trabajo es de 8 horas. Aunque es suficiente para muchas recetas, para el yogurt se necesitan 10-12 horas. Se soluciona fácil, pero sería mejor que trajera más tiempo. RECETA PARA EL YOGURT (así lo he estado haciendo) 750 ml de leche entera, de esa que dura 3 días. 3/4 de Yogurt natural (el único que conseguí es Alpura de 125 ml). Opcional (siempre le pongo): 3 cucharadas de mermelada de fresa y dos sobres de azúcar tipo Splenda. EL YOGURT DEBE ESTAR A TEMPERATURA AMBIENTE, frío no sirve. También la mermelada, si la usas, debe estar "al tiempo". Equipo: La Comfee y (muy deseable) un termómetro. Debes saber usar el modo DIY (Do it yourself). 1. En el modo DIY establece una temperatura de 176 o 185 grados Farenheit (80 y 85 grados centígrados, respectivamente) por 30 minutos (el tiempo por defecto, aunque no la dejarás ese tiempo). Puedes mover la leche cuando se comience a sentir caliente. Cuando llegue a 80 grados déjala así unos 3 minutos. Evita que hierva. 2. Saca la olla y deja que se enfríe hasta unos 40-45 grados. En ese momento agrega el yogurt "al tiempo". MEZCLA SIN AGITAR. Luego agrega la mermelada y el azúcar y sigue mezclando. 3. Pon la olla de regreso en la arrocera y en el modo DIY establece una temperatura de 113 grados Farenheit (45 grados centígrados) por 4 horas. Cuando hayan pasado 2 horas presiona el botón de Stop y repite este mismo procedimiento para volverle a poner otras 8 horas (en total, 10 horas) a esa misma temperatura (113 grados Farenheit). La temperatura que medí de la leche fueron de 43.5 grados centígrados, lo cual es bueno. 4. Cuando el tiempo haya expirado NO dejes que entre al modo de mantener caliente. Inmediatamente saca la olla, y de manera opcional, quítale el suero con una cuchara. Guarda el yogurt en uno o varios recipientes y mételos por varias horas (yo lo hice por 8) al refrigerador. No lo consumas caliente. 5. Disfrútalo.

Makes good rice. Way too big for my family of 4 tho. Nonetheless, good rice cooker.

Excelente producto, llegó súper bien

Compre una para mi y me sorprendió lo práctica que es. Mis papás estaban escépticos respecto a la arrocera, esperaban que el arroz se pegara o quedara mal pero después de que vieron lo sencillo que es de usarla, sus funciones y lo bien que queda el arroz me pidieron que les comprara una. El único punto en contra que le veo es que es un poco complicado limpiar la tapa superior y el empaque que trae pero no es imposible hacerlo. Recomiendo el producto ampliamente.