RCTJ200S Ceramice Rice Cooker, 2 L, White

It cooks rice and my Asian wife is thrilled!Clean, simple, efficient, well built and easy to use.Get one!

The Hannex rice cooker uses a ceramic inner pot with a stainless steel inner lid, no aluminum or PTFE. Those of you following the reviews on the Zo rice cookers with PTFE inner pots and aluminum inner lids who don't want those materials touching your food will find the Hannex material choices a welcome alternative that yields cooked rice equally as well with an easier to clean inner pot.Rice and grains in general can be tricky to cook in SS (stainless steel) because optimum consistency may leave slightly burnt or dry rice at the bottom of the pot, in fact I've been told that in the East this layer of slightly burnt rice is favored. I don't like the waste personally and the ceramic pot yields 100% with no waste whatsoever just like PTFE does and this alone makes the Hannex worth the $59.00 I paid for it.The packaging, instructions and cooker resemble most products with the "Made in China" label on them, this is not necessarily a bad thing, here's why: Circuit boards, machine castings, materials, etc. are all subject to quality control regardless whether that material is in a Lexus or a Kia and it's the quality control along with the engineering budget that determines the final product.In my view the best designed Chinese kitchen implement is the Instant Pot, the Hannex shows some cut corners in engineering but let me say this does not equate to poor quality control or materials.When plugged in (the Hannex "off" button shuts off the cooking process but leaves the LED (light emitter diode) display lit. The display shows "0.0", this is the first sign of budget limitations, here's why: The Hannex only allows 9.5 hours of time delay cooking. Let's say you want porridge for breakfast ( the Hannex has three selections, "rice cook", "soup stew", "porridge") with only 9.5 hours I have to start the cooker at 10:30 pm for 8:00 am porridge. The 9.5 hour limitation is due to the two digit LED display and the control circuit that runs it. With two digits the maximum time delay is 9.9 hours, 2 and one half digits would yield 19.9 hours, three digits would yield 99.9 hours. You can see that adding one half digit would greatly expand the preset time. You may have noticed that I showed 9.9 hours and not 9.5 hours, this is another short cut in the design.The other problem I found was that the Hannex doesn't have a 'cooking complete' beeper, it just goes to its keep warm setting. Beepers are nice for busy people multitasking, I like to set up my grain and then move on to other tasks, I find the lack of a beeper bothersome.The instructions are about average, the material quality appears good (I will do a follow up in several months), cleaning is simply a matter of wiping down the housing with a damp sponge and washing the bowl (I personally like the bowl material and construction) and removing the small vent on top for cleaning.One note on measuring cups: If some of you are slightly baffled about the size of the measuring cups in Chinese implements it's because of the metric system. If you fill the Hannex cup with water and pour it into a standard US kitchen cup you'll find that it only fills to the three quarter mark. Initially I used the included cup. Filling the ceramic pot with water to the 1 cup mark (for one cup of rice) uses exactly two US cups of water. Hannex's chart for the "best" rice shows a two to one ratio for my brown rice but using their cup the ratio would be 2.67 to one. What's going on here? My take is that the ceramic bowl was manufactured to US specs and this is why my original rice came out 'mushy'. So, if you use the line on the ceramic bowl to measure your water level than use a level US cup of dry rice, this will yield Hannex's "best" rice ratio.Hannex claims "fuzzy logic", let me explain fuzzy logic. A small microcontroller (think of it as a mini computer) senses different criteria, humidity, heat, etc. and adjusts the cooking process based on that criteria. Microcontrolled devices actually use fewer components than non microcontrolled designs because the microcontroller eliminates several electronic components. The slowly dimming dome light in your car after you shut off the key is an example of a microcontrolled circuit. It sounds like a big deal but really isn't. Done right it does make better rice…. in most cases, programmed wrong and you're better off without it.I like this Hannex model's relatively small size, it fits neatly on the kitchen counter, no water spits out of the vent, cleans up easily, uses no PTFE or aluminum and cooks rice well, that's most of what I want in a rice cooker.

I have difficulty cooking brown rice with this rice cooker. The time for cooking rice is fixed, while different kinds of rice need different cooking times. For brown rice, I have to be there and cook it again. The timer does not work when it is set on cooking rice. But in the bright side, the taste of the rice is better than the rice made with Teflon rice cooker and of course it is healthier.There is a rubber seal on the inside of the lid. I am wondering what will happen if it gets older and that rubber seal wears off. Is it going to leak the water out in to the other compartment? Simple rice cookers do not have this problem because the do not have the rubber seal.

4 cups too small compare to tiger, be careful tha there is shipping fee when you return.

This is a wonderful rice cooker. It makes much better rice than the ones with metal nonstick pans. Also keeps rice warm for hours after unplugging it due to thick ceramic. It does take longer then the metal basin ones, but its worth the wait.

Awesome rice maker! Works great every single time. Rice in all different quantities turns out perfect. Great purchase!

I love this rice cooker. Perfect rice just about every time.I couldn't find a ceramic lined rice cooker in this price range that performed better. You need to spend at least $75 more to get the advanced features and better quality that is required to beat this one. Simple, straightforward, and consistent. Great size for one two people, maybe even enough for a younger child as well.Much better consistency than when I was cooking rice on the stove. I usually make rice 2-3 times a week with leftovers for lunches, so this has gotten quite a bit of use over the past several months and I am rather happy with the purchase.As others have noted, you need to use the supplied cups. The cup measurement is not a U.S. Cup; it is smaller. While they are smaller, one cup is a decent sized serving for one if your meal consists primarily of rice. Brown rice requires a little extra water (as it always does).The only drawback is that it does not auto shutoff even with the lid open. I forgot to unplug it a couple of times and left the lid open so I did not see the LCD display still on, so it was still heating (warming) for a few days. No worse for the wear, but a waste of electricity.The ceramic liner is pretty sturdy. It is more like a crockpot liner without such a heavy glaze. If you do something with a sauce or a red curry paste, it will slightly stain the ceramic liner, but it doesn't leave an oder or effect the flavor of the next batch (even if it is a single cup), and the staining comes out with the next batch.

I love it, cooks perfect rice and the rice doesn't stick to the sides so there is no waste. A much healthier option, I will never eat Teflon chips again.