Dash DRCM200GBRD04 Mini Rice Cooker Steamer, Red & Rapid Egg Cooker: 6 Egg Capacity Electric Egg Cooker for Hard Boiled Eggs, Poached Eggs, Scrambled Eggs, or Omelets with Auto Shut Off Feature - Red

I love rice, but have never mastered how to cook it in a pot the "normal" way. I've had multiple people show me how and tell me it's so easy to cook rice in a regular pot, but we clearly have different definitionns of "easy," or I just have some secret skill that makes me fail at cooking rice in a pot. I resorted to the boil-in-a-bag kind of rice because that was the only way I could get it cooked properly, without it burnt to the bottom and crunchy and the mushy in other spots.Then, enter this rice maker. I followed their instructions and filled their measuring cup with rice up to the line, added it to the pot with some salt, and then filled their measuring cup all the way with water, dumped it in, and pressed the "cook" button. (I did not rinse the rice; no one in my family does and I had no idea it was even a thing. Its never affected how my rice cooks, so I don't intend to start doing so either.I did expect it to take less time initially...not sure why), but when it did flip from "cook" to "warm" and I checked the rice, it was done perfectly. Nothing burned to the pan, no mushy spots, just fully cooked, delicious rice. I've followed the same procedure every time and gotten basically perfect rice every time. If you don't get to the pot right away, the rice will start to get a bit brown on the bottom and cook together a bit, but when you add butter and other food to the rice I've never noticed a burnt or bad taste; just that it's a bit more stuck together than usual.I have had a few occasions where it did start to boil over, and that's generally when I accidentally spilled water when adding it to the pot and guestimated how much I split and probably added more than it needed. Otherwise I've never had it boil over or make much of a mess at all, maybe beyond a few splatters... which is much less mess than I ever got making rice in the stove, where it would constant boil over, so I have no issues with the occasional splatter. It's cooking...there's sometimes a mess...that's just how it goes. Regardless of whether it boils over or not, it's super easy to clean; I just use a dishcloth and soapy water and any starch or other residue comes off quickly and easily. Again, far less time spent cleaning the cooker pot than I would spend cleaning an actual pot of rice, were I to attempt to do so, so I have no quarrels with that either. I just make sure to plug it in some place that isn't right next to something I don't want accidental rice water on (textbook, Alexa, phone, etc).I've should note I've only ever cooked rice in it despite owning it for years. Gluten free noodles take forever to cook on the stove in general and since I tend to make a big batch at once, using the Dash for noodles just hasn't made sense. And I don't eat oatmeal all that often, nor quinoa or other such things. Despite being basically a one function appliance for me, I'm perfectly happy with it because I can finally have good rice whenever I want, and not the stuff boiled in a bag. Also, I've used this in multiple places throughout the country, and have never had to change my regular procedure much, if at all. (Granted, I've never cooked rice at a super high altitude, so maybe that would require alterations to my process.)Aside from cooking rice perfectly, the Dash rice cooker just looks cute. Mine is red (to match my other kitchen appliances and decor/accent colors), and even when I had a microscopic kitchen the thing as hardly a concern because it's so small that it doesn't take much counterr space when using it, nor much space to store it. Though...once you buy the cute little Dash rice maker, you might end up with their little waffle maker and a few other Dash appliances, so storage space may eventually become a concern!If you're second guessing buying the Dash rice maker, I'd just go for it. It might take some experimentation to get enough water to cook rice but not boil over everywhere...but having tried to scrub boiled on stains and gunk from the stove from a "regular" pot of rice that boiled over, cleaning up after the Dash is still far easier and quicker.Plus it's basically set and forget; once you figure out the timing for the pot of rice to cook, it's easy enough to ask Alexa to tell you to check the rice in X minutes, and then you won't have to hover around waiting for the switch to flip over to "warm" (or nervously stare at the pot and hope it turns out okay!). You get 1-2 servings of delicious and perfectly cooked rice (depending on if your serving size is eating all the rice you cooked, or saving half of it) for very little effort and monitoring, and can focus on the rest of your meal...or Netflix (no judgement here!).

This is my first rice cooker and I decided to go with the Dash mini because I like the idea of small batches. For rice, whether it's white basmati, organic brown jasmine, or plain old long grain white, it works like a charm. A single cycle takes about 25 minutes, give or take, and the rice comes out perfect.Included with the user guide, is a small number of recipes intended specifically for their mini rice cooker. Although I've only tried a few, and they're tasty, the cooker itself isn't big enough to hold and cook the dishes (specifically messy was the Thai Red Curry Chicken, and we omitted the onion making it less volume overall than the recipe as written). These recipes fill the pot of the cooker all the way up to the top of the fill mark, which is where the lid sits. Once the contents really get cooking, the simmering and boiling cause the lid to move around and the liquid spurts up through the vent hole and around the edges. I learned to put a good pad of paper towel underneath, just in case!I landed on 4 out of 5 stars because it does work wonderfully for cooking rice, it's a great price, and it's adorable. I would recommend this product for someone who wants a small batch rice cooker but isn't necessarily interested in using it to cook anything else.

So I had a larger rice cooker previous to this. Regardless, I’d only make two cups of rice each time so when that one decided to go on the fritz and undercook my perfectly portioned rice to water ratio I decided to downgrade.My husband had actually gifted the pink version of this cooker to someone who enjoyed using it so I decided to give it a try, but in a monotone that camouflages with my counters because, you know, visual clutter.Of course I made a mistake at first use. Of course.Instead of reading the instructions (because pfft who does?) I winged it with my superior big brains and used my fancy culinary school supplied stainless steel 1 cup measuring cup for the rice and water.Chaos ensued. It was comical, really.The rice had fluffed up so much out of the bowl that the lid was just sitting elevated on top of a mound of rice like a hat, which ended up undercooked. Of course.So I put my much more small and humble brains to work reading the instructions, which said that I need to only use the cup measure that they placed in the box (for a reason, who knew?).That resulted in the beautifully cooked and fluffy rice that you see presented to you in the photo.I only use this for rice and not as a crock pot so I can’t speak to that, but so far as long as my brain stays humble and I resist the urge to use fancy cups I can have perfectly cooked rice whenever I want, which is maybe once or twice a week. You know, carbs and all that.

I purchased this little pink cutie to use with a solar battery. I followed the directions for standard white long grain rice in the supplied recipe book and the rice came out great. There was enough rice made to serve one or two people -- depending on what a "serving" size means to you. I love in a "tiny" type situation and have only one stove burner. I had a small dinner party and used this little rice cooker to make seasoned green beans which turned out great. I was able to put a 28 ounce can of green beans in this little rice cooker. I also purchased from Amazon a recipe book for use with small rice cookers. Going to try the chocolate cake recipe using this Dash mini rice cooker. The cookbook is called Mini Rice Cooker Cookbook. I very much like this rice cooker. Very glad I purchased it. One can find a variety of ways to use it on YouTube. I would purchase this Dash Mini Rice Cooker again, and I recommend it.

Es pequeña, muy muy útil y fácil de usartotalmente recomendado

Es muy práctico y fácil de usar

Would like more recipte designed for this appliance

Me encantó. Queda el arroz perfecto .👌aún q es porción pequeña.

It is small. It is cute. It cooks rice like it should.Like many review said, their own measuring cup is smaller than average. A full cup of their own cup is about 3/4 ish of conventional cup.We tried some of the other recipes for fun. The cake was good but a bit runny (which was like a molten chocolate lava cake which is delicious but not everyone's favourite). Most of the recipe calls for an additional cycle. This said, to do an additional cycle, you MUST let the rice cooker cool down at least 5 minutes before running another cycle (otherwise it switches back to warm right away, even if you unplug/plug it). When baking a cake if you stop the oven mid-way to cool down before rewarming it, it plays on the texture. It is not ideal. This said, the kids enjoyed both cake (the runny molten cake and the harder cake).Macaroni oh what a mess!! No No No! It is a big NO! First of all, it over spilled everywhere (I followed all the quantities as per the booklet). Then you have to monitor it, there is no switching the machine on and going to study or watch TV or else. You must monitor until the water is absorbs than you have to add butter and cheese, then you have to put the lid back on until the full cycle is complete. THE CYCLE NEVER COMPLETED! I ended up unplugging it because the macaroni was burning and the cycle was still going. Also, the macaroni was taking way longer than it would have on the stove.It is a good alternative for someone who doesn't have access to a kitchen. However, as much as it claims to be versatile... it is mostly just a rice cooker.(The picture with my son cooking is to show the size of the rice cooker in comparaison with regular appliance and kitchen tools).