I only purchase this item because it be the cheapest programmable rice cooker I could find . the difference between the 8 cup and 20 cup be like a dollar . anyway , it work like any old other rice cooker . I have not fix more than 4 cup of uncooked rice in it -lrb- figure it will come in handy around Thanksgiving time -rrb- or stem meat in it . it be easier than my last cooker to clean and burn the rice on the bottom after leave on to long just like all the other rice cooker I have ever use . nothing spectacular -lrb- besides the delay feature which I love -rrb- , but do the job .