I have use a lot of different rice cooker over the year , and I be very pleased with this one . the rice always come out nice , fluffy , and chewy - just the way it should . I also use this to make the rice that I prepare for sushi rice and fry rice . it do a really good job . it be just too bad that when they say `` perfectly prepare 4 to 12 cup of cook rice -lrb- 2 to 6 cup uncooked -rrb- , '' they mean it when it come to the minimum . if you want to put in less than 2 cup of -lrb- uncooked -rrb- rice -lrb- for a personal portion or something -rrb- , it 'll come out strange . by strange I mean the rice be somehow web together , mostly browned at the bottom , dry -lrb- even when more water be add before cooking -rrb- , grainy , etc. . all in all , I would definitely recommend this to any household where you be cook for more than 2 . if you want to cook only for yourself , or maybe two people I would recommend get a smaller cooker .