my wife and I want to cook brown rice for we kid but never have the time . we buy it as a Christmas present to ourselves and we could not be happier . we be in love with the ease of the programing mode , we get perfect rice right on time all we have to do be remember to set it up in the morning before we go to work . we kid love the brown rice and the song that the cooker play when it be finish ! clean up be really easy can not say enough about how great this rice cooker be .