I be the mother of 4 and always look for way to trim the budget and still eat well . we be a `` from scratch '' family and rarely , if ever , buy convenience food . Rice be a natural go to food item when you be try to eat well and save money at the same time . I never seem to be able to get it right , however ! we never have rice just because I could never cook it right . it would either be too hard still or too mushy or I would burn it on the bottom of the pan . really , it be rice , it should not be that hard ! fast forward to a week ago when the aroma rice cooker enter we life . we now have a new love affair with this frugal grain ! rinse the rice , toss it in and forget about it ! it be perfect every time ! this be a busy mom 's dream . we love we rice cooker and I can not imagine a more expensive brand do a better job at all . should something horrible happen and we rice cooker fail in the future , we will most definitely be try to replace it with this exact model again , very quickly ! edit to add : use this rice cooker to boil potato for mashed potato tonight . do a fantastic job . just put in the diced potato , water to cover and hit the white rice setting . once I hear the water start boil , I let it go for 10 minute and then drain . just be careful get the pot out due to steam . this be great and we be excite about be able to do this in the hot summer month when we need to boil something without heat up the entire house !