the japanese company get it right with this model . Rice be perfectly cook , as be Scotch oats , and anything else I have put in here . I make black rice -lrb- try it cook with chicken stock instead of water , and put some butter on it before eat - wow ! -rrb- yesterday , and snack on it all day while it stay perfect on the ` warm ' setting . this be a find , and a keeper . I have have mine almost 3.5 year !