this be the second Zojirushi rice maker I buy , both exactly the same . we use the first one infrequently at home in nc to make white rice in a little over a half hour , brown rice in closer to a hour and a half . although it work perfectly , I do not begin to use it nearly every day until I discover that I could download the lose instruction manual from the mfr to use the delay cooking function , and more importantly that on the `` porridge '' set it will make excellent irish oatmeal from scratch use the preset instruction . now , we use the preset button to have rice ready for dinner , and oatmeal reliably ready in the morning . take avge 30 seconds to set up , cook uniformly , without ever boil over . we buy another for we NYC pie a terre , now can plan and control breakfast at home . just the right amount for two people .