- timer -lrb- set it and forget it -rrb- ; we set the timer the night before or in the morning . never have to wait for rice , the rice wait for we and have a keep warm setting . - cooking ; the rice cook better than anything I have ever have . blow away steamer or stove-top cooking . - non-stick ; easy to clean the only complaint , as mention in plenty of review , be the instruction be a bit lack ; but that be not a reason to not buy .