CUCKOO CRP-MHTR0309F 3-Cup Uncooked / 6-Cup Cooked Induction Heating Twin Pressure Rice Cooker with Nonstick Inner Pot - 15 Menu Modes, 3 Voice Guides & Auto Clean (White) | Perfect for Small Families, Dorm Rooms & Office Kitchens

I'm a fan of Cuckoo products and own a multi cooker and 10-cup rice cooker that's the "papa bear" equivalent of this "baby bear." This twin pressure induction cooker is Cuckoo's top-of-the-line three-cup model and it's a gem.Like my other Cuckoo products, this is a high-quality appliance. The inner pot is very heavy and has a premium, and very attractive non-stick surface. What's nice is that the various types of rice can either be cooked under pressure or steamed, depending on how you like your rice. You can also cook it super-fast with the turbo setting, in addition to other settings for things like baby food and stored (i.e. frozen) rice.GABA is the setting for plain, pre-germinated, or cooker-germinated brown rice. It's necessary, if the latter is your choice, to choose the 3-hour setting; the other two settings are pretty much press-and-play. The cycle takes quite a while from start to finish--just shy of four hours. However, it's a much less fussy way of germinating rice than worrying about pre-soaking, and the nutritional values are pretty much the same either way. If you come home for lunch, you can start your GABA rice before you return to work and it'll be ready for dinner. Even if you opt not to use the four-hour cycle, your rice will stay warm until you return, courtesy of the "stay warm" setting that kicks in automatically when cooking is completed.I wish this unit had a "scorched" setting and, unfortunately, the cooked cereal settings are gone as well. It's tiny and, I suppose, can only accommodate so many functions but cooked cereals would've been great for a single person. I also wish its steam plate was like that of its "papa's," i.e. with a push button instead of having to pull it off (like my multi cooker's). It's also something of a pain to place its "packing," i.e. sealing ring, after you've cleaned it. I discovered that the best way is to place it completely as best you can before attempting to secure it. Make sure to align its tabs with the cover's holes.The instruction booklet is rather opaque--you can tell that whoever translated it from Korean wasn't completely comfortable with English. Supplemental literature that explains the various functions, along with some recipe suggestions, wouldn't have come amiss, especially at this cooker's price point. We can only hope that someone at Cuckoo actually reads these reviews.All in all, I'm extremely pleased with this little guy. I have a large house but a very small kitchen and this saves me from having to pull out the multi cooker if I'm just preparing rice (the 10-cup is only for guests or unless I'm really jonesing for scorched rice). I picked it up on sale, plus there was a $10 coupon. If you need a rice cooker that's less capacious than six cups, this is the one to get.