update 12\/10 : I have have this cooker for a year now and be ready to pass it on and get a better one . initially I think it be fine , but I be tired of pot of rice with a crust at the bottom or hard-ish grain . this cooker be basically a hot plate . like the Scarecrow : it have no brain . it do not sense you rice , and it do not make any adjustment . the fancier and more expensive pot do . I be glad I have it for a year , so I could realize that I like have a rice cooker , and I 'll be glad when this one be go and I have a better one . original review : I be not give this rice cooker 5 star because I just can not get \* that \* excite about it . hey , it be just a rice cooker . but it do exactly what it be suppose to do and do it reliably . it be a great size for my family of 2 adult and 2 child , although , like other I be pretty surprise when I see how small the bowl be . to answer some specific concern of reviewer : the rice do not stick in the least , and I have not have it get brown and crusty on the bottom ; I have not have any problem with a starchy mess come out the steam hole ; brown rice need a bit more water -lrb- as it say in the instruction -rrb- and come out just fine . the instruction say that the cooker will take between 20 minute for a small amount of white rice to 60 minute for the largest amount of brown rice . I make a full pot of short-grain brown rice just last night , and I be sure that it do not take 60 minute . in addition , once cooking be complete , the cooker automatically switch to a warm cycle , and the rice can be hold in this way for up to 5 hour .