Hamilton Beach 37532 20-Cup Capacity Rice Cooker, White

Use Rice Package Directions
On my first try, cooking rice in my new rice cooker, I used long grain brown rice and followed the directions in my Hamilton Beach manual - using so many liters of water with so many cups of rice. My rice cooker stopped cooking after 70 minutes (way too long!) and the cooker still had about an inch and a half of water left on top of the rice. I could have made rice pudding with the consistency of the slop I ended up with. I was bound and determined to make this rice cooker work for me so I tried it again, using the cooking directions on the package of rice instead. On my next try I scooped 4 of their (6 oz) cups of long grained brown rice and added exactly 8 of their (6 oz) cups with water. I added 2 teaspoons of salt and started the cooker. It was perfect rice! After 48 minutes or so of cooking, the cooker switched from cook to warm. After about 10 minutes I used the spatula that comes with the rice cooker and stirred the rice from the bottom up. I added a couple of...

nice rice cooker
In addition to cooking rice, we also use it to make chicken soup. Although it will not stop automatically when the soup is ready, we can see the content through the transparent lid. Besides, the clean up is easy and the price is good.

20 cups means 20 cups cooked, not 20 raw
Heh, the price is right and it seems to cook rice. It steams vegies and fish too, and you can do all three at the same time, so the rice is nicely flavored. (See comments below to see how this thing actually works, and why it boils over.)

A couple more comments a month later. If you want to make a smaller quantity of rice, you need to adjust the water, but not proportionately. If you use too little water and the rice isn't quite done, just give it a stir, add some more water and turn it on again. It will finish cooking.

I have really enjoyed steaming vegies in it. My kids are picky, so they will eat broccoli and I like asparagus. I can put both in to steam, remove the asparagus when it is about done, and unplug the broccoli a few minutes later. One pot to clean, and an easy one at that.

Since this tool is basically a big hot pot (with no temperature controls), any kind of soup or stew that you would otherwise fuss over on the stove and be dumped in...

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