I can say it do the job without have to stand over it and the rice come out perfect . I have see the other review that say to unplug it after cooking be do but I have try both way and it do not seem to change anything so save a bit on the electric bill and unplug it for the ten min standing time the rice will stay warm for hour even unpluged the one con be that it do indeed brown the rice on the bottom but it you let be sit for the correct time as say in the instruction it come out fine . if you really need to pick out the browned rice it only amount to a few bite so not much of a loss