I purchase this rice cooker about a year ago and have be amaze with the result . I have use it to prepare brown , wild , long and short grain white rice , and it have perfectly cook they all . I also frequently use the timer function to have steel cut oats ready for my breakfast . I generally avoid non-stick cookware because I like have pan that I know will last I a lifetime , but it be pretty much impossible to find a good quality rice maker , this small , that be not non-stick . I go ahead and buy it because I figure at the price I pay it would probably be high quality and last for a long time . a year later and the nonstick coating -lrb- teflon ? -rrb- start to blister and peel . luckily it happen right before the one year warrenty period end . I contact Zojirushi and find they to be very friendly and helpful . after inspect the pan I ship they -lrb- at my cost -rrb- for physical damage , they replace it free of charge . the entire process only take two week , so I do not have to go very long cooking rice by hand . I be hopeful that this pan will hold up longer , but Zojirushi do sell replacement pan for about 20 dollar . despite the issue with the teflon I would still recommend this product to anyone look for a small cooker that prepare perfectly cook rice .