it be a small rice cooker but it can feed four people for one meal . I give this to mom and Dad when they move to they new apartment and they find all kind of way to use this product . one thing be that you can use it to cook oatmeal ! the reason I give 3 start be because when the shipment arrive , I notice a big dent on the cooker , I do not return it because it do not impact its cooking ability , but would prefer the shipping department of this product to put more protection around .