I be expect a 16 cup cooker . I cook rice for my four big dog almost every day . the most i can cook in this cooker be 5 - and they be the smaller cup that i measure with the `` cup '' that come with the cooker . it do cook the rice well and my dog truly appreciate that o no longer burn the rice and my husband appreciate that i be no longer walk away from the pot i be try to get to a boil and than forget about it while it spill boil rice water all over the stove . he also appreciate the fact that he be not buy I a new pot to cook rice in every other week . the cooker have make my life easier . I put the rice and water in - turn it on and walk away . what a convenience ! it look good . it function well . my only objection be that it do not make 16 cup of rice .