I ask for a rice cooker over the holiday . receive this oster and be happy to have one : D every time I cook rice in it , even when stir it after the fifteen minute rice be browned and stick to the bottom . Rice about it be slightly edible ; definitely more `` al dente '' than I would prefer . right now I be use it for the fourth time and smell a heavy burning electrical odor . I will go back to use a small covered 1 1\/2 quart nonstick sauce pan !