I purchase this rice cooker to replace one I have have previously . the price be right and it have the capacity I want and it even have a please appearance . but that be about all it have go for it , unfortunately . this cooker do a good job cooking the rice . I have cook a few batch of brown rice in it so far . the rice have come out well cook . better than my previous cooker , even ! some rice do get stick to the bottom , but I have a feeling that be a drawback of any rice cooker , really . my biggest complaint be its poor design . this pot be not make well at all ! all rice cooker have a steam vent , but in this case , the water from the steam vent almost seem to bubble out of the vent hole and drip down onto the counter top . while you can certainly put down a towel to soak up the water that drip down , that should not be something you would have to do , but for this pot , you really should . other issue include where the water from the steam collect . the first time I use the pot , the water collect around the inside seam where the lid seal when it be close . you open the lid when the rice be do cooking and water can drip down into the heating element 's area . I also find that water will collect in the hinge of the pot . I pick it up to go put it away after have clean it , and water pour all over my shirt from where it have collect in the hinge ! the pot seem to cook decently , but it suffer from poor design that produce excess mess to clean up . I 'll continue to use the pot until it wear out , but I will not be buy another one when it be time to replace this one , and I would not recommend this pot to anyone look for a rice cooker .