Bear Rice Cooker 4 Cups UnCooked Rice Cooker Small 6 Cooking Functions Advanced Fuzzy Logic Micom Technology 24

I've had several rice cookers, including the expensive Zojirushi, but this one is the best, by far! Let's start with the fact that it has a carry handle which makes it easy to transport. It's amazingly easy to clean as the upper part inside the lid snaps in and out. You can put it in the dishwasher, if you want. The cook pot inside has a non-stick surface making it easy to completely clean as well. It can cook more than just rice but does a spectacular job with that basic function. Perfect every time! Lastly, it's a really pretty color (I bought the green, which a lovely seafoam green color) and looks great on my open shelf. Make sure you wash and rinse your rice before cooking and you will end up with beautifully fluffy perfect rice! Read more

This is only slightly larger than my cheapo, one-button rice cooker, but the results are WAY better. I just dump in the contents and start. The food doesn't stick, it's not over or under done, and it works with mix-in ingredients. My only complaint is that the buttons/screen are super hard to read (if you're someone who needs reading glasses). Once I've used it for a while, I know which buttons to press and what the screen says when I do, so the fine print doesn't bother me as much. I love that it fits in the same cabinet as my instant pot, but takes up about 1/3 of the size. And it's a cute mint color, so I don't mind it staying on my counter when not in use. I use it almost daily - I highly recommend. Read more

This rice cooker is amazing! For my entire life I’ve made rice on the stove top or microwave. After hearing a comedian continually say to get one I did. This cooker makes exceptional rice, on an entire different level compared to those other methods. It’s light, fluffy, pleasantly sticky, and tender. This cooker is easy to use and cleaned up well. I’ve noticed no leaking or unpleasant odors as others have. It compact for small kitchens, and makes enough for our small family. Very happy with this purchase. Read more

Over all easy to use and function - 4 - 5 stars Price - 3 stars - On sale for $32 if you have prime. But it was $40 before. It's meet in the middle in terms of not wanting to make a lot. 4 cup is a better way to go about it vs 3 cup. 3 cup cookers are too small. You need the space for what you make without it spilling over. Considering you have to wait a while, making only 1 portion at a time isn't cost effective. 4 cups on up is better over all. 3 - 5 stars -- Cook Time - Varies on what you want. Find it confusing how it counts down and count up. White rice - Avg time like many cookers. Brown rice - 1.5 hrs for 1 cup (8 oz measuring cup) Their cup is more 3/4 cup. If you use their cup to make porridge, add H20 till it reaches line 3, takes 1.5 hr to be a thick, creamy porridge. Thick enough to pack in container without being so runny. But creamy enough that you can add broth or H20 later to your liking to get the right texture. Don't suggest adding more H20 than line 3 or it's going to spill over. One way or another, it won't be the perfect more runny texture vs. thick and creamy for you to add more liquid on the side to achieve that soup texture. Some prefer their porridge grainy and others like it smooth, melt in your mouth texture. If you're wanting smooth, this is the cooker that will achieve that. I would not suggest adding more than 1 of their cup of rice to make this. Even if you fill to the water line of 3, it will come to the top with 1/2 - 1 inch of space left. The line isn't up that high, but the finished prod. expands. This really is more for those who want to cook enough for 1 or 2 meals. Don't suggest you add spices, oils and such with the cooking due to how that may not cook through well and you end up with a mess. Sweet rice came out nice. Again don't add oils with rice cooker. It won't cook through all the way. Neither does coconut milk. Whether you cook on stove or in cooker, you get similar results on that. Keep it separate. Quinoa came out fluffy. I tried every other rice and it works well. Did not attempt to make cake. Not sure what to think about that. I'm sure if anyone wants a very moist cake, that will do it. Light weight, easy to clean and remove the parts of the lid. If I can make braised meat with that, then it would be ideal. In terms of quinoa, variety of rice and porridge, it works nicely. Did not try to cook veggies or make soup. For those who are thinking of pressure cookers or even a rice cooker with the multi functions that can make enough for 2 - 4 people, I suggest 6 cup on up. It's meet in the middle on every other thing and the space needed to not run into issues. It works for 2 or 3 meals depending on how you go about it. You want it to be enough for 5 days or servings, not really. Depends on how particular you are on fresh vs convenient with left overs. Anything else than white rice and quinoa will take a while. If you want to speed cooking up, add hot H20. Reason for the long cooking time had to do with how long it takes to heat up. This is with all rice and pressure cookers. Lot of pressure cookers start the time when it's hot enough. You may set something that will show 35 min AFTER it has heated up and can take 20 min or so. This rice cooker, it will show you the actual time from start to finish. When you press brown rice for ex., it will show 130 or 150 min. This is if you don't add hot H20. If this is 6 cup cooker, then that 3/4 cup of rice would be a more soupy porridge. It would have the space to add a little more H20. Even for this size, it still comes out creamy. 3/4 cup may not sound like much. Once it's done cooking, you end up with a container full. Think 24 - 30 oz yogurt tubs. It would fill that easily. That's 2 meals for some. If you want to make more than that to make most of the long cooking time, suggest 6 cup on up. Add hot H20 each time to help it along. 4 cups cooker is good if you're making rice. That's enough for a week's worth for 1 or for a few others. In terms of porridge, no. If it's a few people eating each day, then you're cooking it everyday. If you're wanting enough to have left overs for more than 1 person, no. Anyone lives in studio, dorm or in a small space, this is workable. If you're trying to entertain 1 guest or share as a couple, workable too. Any more than that, really suggest 6 - 8 cup cooker. Not big enough to be cooking different items at same time. I wouldn't suggest that. You can probably throw in frozen veggies at the end and let it heat up for a bit or a thin layer of fresh veggies. If you want to make something that involves more ingredients and mix with oils and such, I highly suggest 6 cup cooker on up. You have to keep in mind of space. If it doesn't have enough space, you're not going to have even cooking. The pressure and bigger rice cookers do get costly. It all comes down to what you want to use it for, how often, the amount of servings you want and the multi functions. As for how long this will work before it breaks, not sure. So far, I have used it 10x or more. Not a lot of functions. It doesn't get technical asking what type of rice you use other than brown and white. Most colored rice land on the brown side and every other white rice is treated as such. If you want those high tech ones that get specific on sushi rice, soft rice, multi grain rice and what ever else, then they cost more. Look at it this way. If you're using any cooker once a week, every week or most of the time, what do you really want to get out of it? Do you like the multi function to make all sorts of dishes or are you wanting it simple? That's how you make most of your investment. I much prefer this than the previous ones I had of other brands. If you get the rice cookers that don't give you option of what type of rice to click on, then you're going to run into issues if you make anything non white. Yes, they're 1 touch, simple, cheap and can last a while. But again if you want to cook other types of rice, that's not going to be good past 1 cup. It may say 4 or more cups, but you can't even cook 2 cups without issues. Then you get wet bottom that's fully cooked and a top that's too dry that may not be fully cooked. Whether these big brands with bigger size works well regardless, not sure. I wasn't going to take a chance is why I chose this one with different functions. Having options and more buttons is always better than 1 or 2 buttons. But having too many buttons or options only increases the cost and it may or may not do what it's designed to do. Reviews tend to be mixed often with many prod. It comes down to what you use it for, how often and if you know how to use it properly. Bon appetite. Happy cooking. Read more

I wanted a small rice cooker instead of standing over a stove. This one makes perfect rice. I just press a button and come back 30 minutes later to hit rice. It automatically keeps the rice warm until I am ready to eat. I use at least twice weekly. Love the color which matches my decor. A good value. Read more

It looks exactly the picture shows. The size is perfect. The color is my favorite. I use the delay time function to cook porridge, so I can have warm porridge every morning. Read more

I got this rice cooker as it has a porridge function, and it cooks rice in 30 min, unlike the Zojirushi one I have that takes over an hour. It does cook the rice in 30 min as advertised, and the rice is nice and fluffy (from experience, I always add a bit more water above the line). BUT the cooker has one major problem - the LED display. I have several issues with it: 1) the LED lights that display the settings are ridiculously small, and very very dim, making it almost impossible to read. I pretty much selected the White Rice function by looking at the instructions that showed it was the 2nd one, rather than reading it off the display. 2) While the rice is cooking, the display shows a flashing outline of a rectangle. There is no timer countdown that shows how long more before the rice will be done. I don't understand the point of a flashing rectangle outline when there is obviously room right there to display a timer! Only when it is reaching the last few minutes do you see numbers count down but that is NOT helpful when you are cooking and trying to time everything to when the rice will be done. The cup that comes with the cooker is also poorly designed, in that the measurements are faint and hard to read. I will likely not keep this cooker, because for the above issues. The Zojirushi may take a long time to cook the rice but it is so much better designed and easier to use. Read more

Love this! Makes perfect sticky rice every time. Read more