I buy this for the rice cooker and steam together feature but honestly would be use the steamer much more than the rice cooker . so my first try with it , follow direction to the letter ... which be not difficult since it have a automatic timer that stop when it say it be do . I use a bunch of broccoli as my first go around and the direction say only 1\/4 cup of water , I press steam and 5 minute later the timer be go off and it stop . -lrb- which the direction that broccoli would be about only 5 minute as well -rrb- I check it . not even close to be cook . in matter of fact , still cold . so I try it again and be tooling around the house not realize how much time have go by and probably 20 or so minute later -lrb- maybe more ? -rrb- the timer again go off and it stop . I check it and my wonderful broccoli have turn into a pile of mush . I may as well go back to over the oven type steam at this point . I be in the process of boxing it up for a return asap .