CUCKOO CRP-MHTR0309F 3-Cup (Uncooked) / 6-Cup (Cooked) Induction Heating Twin Pressure Rice Cooker & Warmer with Nonstick Inner Pot, 15 Menu Modes, 3 Voice Guide, Auto Clean (White)

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.

The rice tastes good and the rice cooker has a sophisticated design.

This is hands down the best rice cooker I’ve ever used! I previously had another brand’s IH & pressure rice cooker that was also expensive, but I never felt it was significantly better than the less pricey ones. So I was hesitant to spend this much again, but it turned out that this one is definitely worth the price! I’ve found myself eating way more rice than before because it’s just that delicious.That said, the UI could use some improvement. The interface is overly complicated compared to other brands, and the buttons have very small text and require a firm press to work. While I can adapt, it’s not user-friendly, especially for elderly users like my mom. She initially wanted to return it because of these issues, but the quality of the rice won her over.If the UI were simpler and more intuitive, this would be perfect. Still, highly recommend it for anyone who prioritizes amazing rice quality!

The rice cooker works well, and I really like the turbo mode for quick meals. However, it’s too small for bigger portions, so I’d recommend getting a larger size if you cook often. The menu is also a bit tricky to figure out at first. Overall, it’s good quality, but not the most user-friendly for its price.

I love the taste and quality of cooked rice with this rice cooker! Don’t search further. Competitive Japanese brand is over priced and their design is just ugh unless you love 90s styled big googly eyed colorful buttons. Cuckoo makes far better rice. It makes consistently delicious rice. I like this model because I can select pressure or non pressure mode. And clean and modern design is so attractive on my counter top. It makes enough meal for four people if you have moderate amounts of rice per each meal.

So tasty. Korean high-pressure rice cookers are awesome.

This product is defective. For a price tag of $656, it only works for cooking rice. The reason we bought this is also for its pressure-cooking function. When it worked (only a couple of times since we bought it), food come out pretty good, of course not as good as the true pressure cooker on the market. However, after using the pressure-cooking function for about a couple times, it started to leak steams the top part. We didn't know that it was actually leaking as we thought it's just normal pressure release. But most of the meat recipe that we cooked with pressure cooking function, all of them turned out uncooked for the meat. For whole grain, they come out to be under cooked, extremely dry, and sometime burnt due to leaking steam.Apparently, this is a very common problem for this cooker. There are quite a bit of complaints about such problem and there are many Youtube clips showing how to fix them. But it requires taking the cooker apart. With a new cooker, if we were to take it apart would void the warrantee. However, we have reached out to Cuckoo for support. They only response once asking about where it was purchased. After presenting the order information from Amazon, they went dead silent, and it's been months now.To the potential buyers, beware, when you make this expensive decision to purchase this product. It's defective and support is virtually nonexistent. Hope you have better luck if you decide to purchase one.To Cuckoo, I hope you are reading this. Please make better product as your price point is very high. Have some decency to support your customers as you are leaving them a bad product and experience.

This is the best rice cooker I’ve used, after Panasonic, Tiger and Zojirushi. The pressure cook takes 28 minutes and non-pressure cook takes 33 mins, the fastest I ever used. The rice comes out very tasty and in very good texture, not soft, mushy kind. The voice alert is also very cute. Very good product and very happy for this purchase.