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1.0 out of 5 starsbad to the point of unusable
Reviewed in the United States on February 18, 2023
this is such a poorly designed rice cooker for a lot of little reasons and a few big.
1: the rim where the lid rests has divots/dimples that do not allow the lid to nest flushly. inexplicably there are three evenly spaced along the edge of the inner rim. aligned and flush on one side, there's a huge gap on the other and vice versa. there's just no way for it to sit flush and neat with a seal of any kind. such a major fail that it presents several issues.
-the first of which is a huge mess, even when cooking small amounts the water bubbles up and out and over the edge. I have to clean the exterior of this thing every single time, not just the inner pot. I am not this messy. this pic is after one use.
-the rice inside spoils very quickly or dries out without an ability to close properly
-the glass lid is incredibly unstable whenever moving the unit as it dangerously wobbles
2: glass lid. this has already had to be replaced simply because it is dangerously insecure and wobbly. it has fallen to it's death once already and come close a few times more.
3: no auto shutoff. if you make rice, scoop some and walk away, the following morning you'll come back to the unit still on as well as with dried out rice. not only is this a huge headache, an issue that every rice cooker I've had in the past has been able to contend with but it's a major electricity parasite not to mention waste of rice.
whoever designed this needs to reevaluate their life or Cuisinart needs to hire a halfway competent r&d dept. save yourself a headache and buy any asian brand that figured these minor issue out from the get go. I tried to buy American but unfortunately it's backfired again.
