the rice come out fabulous . it be also great for steel cut oatmeal . however , the timer be extremely confusing . out of 5 college graduate -lrb- engineer , phd 's -rrb- , only one figure it out . I even write the company 3 time . I own a Zojirushi Bread maker also , and that timer be straight forward . the rice cooker use a 24 hour clock , -- very confusing . if it have not be for the timer I would have give it 5 star . also , a steamer button would have be nice , but that model be even more expensive .