TOSHIBA Rice Cooker Small 3-Cup Uncooked– LCD Display with 8 Cooking Functions: Rice, Oatmeal, Mixed Grains and More, NonStick Inner Pot, Grey

I love this rice cooker. I used to have a small 4 cup cooks rice cooker that only had one switch and that was to cook and keep the rice warm. When I started looking around for a new one, I was looking for a step above of what I had but nothing expensive. I came across this rice cooker and decided to give Toshiba a chance. It's nice and compact, it came with 2 different spoons for different purposes. The quality of the rice cooker itself is great, it's sleek and comes with a handle to carry it around. The cord is a bit short but not a deal breaker. It comes with instructions on how to use it's various modes to cook from rice to steam vegetables. Rice cooks perfectly all the time and it has a removable seal to release steam as it's cooking. If you're looking for a good multi function rice cooker to begin with I recommend this one.

This little Toshiba rice cooker makes perfect rice every single time – fluffy, not sticky, and just right. I’ve also used it for oatmeal, and it comes out great too. It has a bunch of cooking functions for different grains and recipes, even cake!, but honestly, I’m not sure I’ll use most of them. What I really like is that it adjusts the cooking time on its own. The display might say 30 minutes, but it never actually takes that long – it just knows when the rice is done and switches to keep warm. If you’re looking for a small, reliable rice cooker that nails rice every time, this is it. Note: if you like that crispy rice your old rice maker made on the bottom while keeping the rice warm........this doesn't do that. The temp and nonstick surface keep that from happening. Slight downside for me.

I love this rice cooker! This is by far the absolute best rice cooker I have ever used. It's the real deal and its fool-proof (meaning its a perfect fit for me!). Never undercooked or overcooked. Perfect (and I mean perfect!) rice every time. I primarily cook brown rice with it and its amazing. Just make sure you rinse your rice a few times before you cook it. I like the smaller unit, as I typically only make one serving at a time. It's just the best! If I could give it 6 (or 10) stars, I would do that without hesitation.

Easy to clean, easy to use, and damn well worth the money. I got this as a beginners step of having my own rice cooker while I'm independent, and I love it. I wanted this as a 'i dont need a super fancy one yet' sort of purchase instead of getting the one that sings to you and cooks rice at a certain time and etc. I haven't tried to make much else in this cooker. besides WHITE MEDIUM GRAIN SUISHI GRADE RICE. I wash and rinse my rice, 5 times before (3 is unlucky, and 4 isnt enough sorta rule). Drain, and add to the pot. Let it cook for about the suggested 50 minutes and bam it's perfect everytime. No burning, no crunchy undercooked rice, it's absolutely perfect and fluffy. The keep warm feature does it's job and it's definitely a keeper. I will say though, the 50 minute rice time the machine says is a little bit surprising at first, especially if you decide to presoak your rice after washing. But honestly I think that 50 min is [for the 15 min] soaking bit built in since it take a bit to warm up, but even then I NEVER have had a bad batch of rice sense getting this rice cooker. (Also I will say if your bag of rice says cup to water ration on the bag, but the booklet says different always default to the bag of rice -- the people who bag it probably know it a bit better than the spit balling of some algorithm) The added rice paddle and ladle are super handy too. I make Japanese style curry a lot and I use the ladle for my curry and the rice paddle to make everything else involving the rice (fluffy, distributing, packing into rice molds, storing). The inside bowl is removeable and easy to clean with a simple pass with a sponge, a rinse, and a dry. I will say that it definitely didn't smell bad out of the box, and I only gave the pan a soaping and everything else a cursory wipe down. After using it to make rice, you literally just washing it out the same way, soaping and a wipe or two with a sponge and then drying. If you dry it on the rack, it will literally be ready to go back in after about 20 minutes, if not less (no joke.) The booklet comes with recommendations, recipes, and more. It might not sing you a little tune, but it's definitely a good rice cooker for a poor beginner! I was on the fence about having it and using it, but now I love it and even if I don't use it everyday I can't imagine my life without it. Anyway I LOVE IT. If anything happens to it down the line, I will definitely update this review.

tested this 3-cup Toshiba against an older Zojirushi Neuro Fuzzy using 145g of Janine Rice rinsed with two changes of water. I used 250g water which matched the recommended physical volume to the lines indicated on both machines. Both machines were started simultaneously and took nearly the same amount of time to complete (54 minutes). The Toshiba rice was satisfactory but still inferior to the Zojirushi. The Toshiba produced a softer, stickier end product. The Zojirushi showed better grain separation with a slightly al dente mouth feel. This is not surprising given that the Zojirushi is triple the price and has long been considered the best home rice cooker on the market. It is worth noting that this comparison is for one cup of rice in a 3-cup Toshiba vs. 5-cup Zojirushi. Also, it's possible that the Toshiba would do better with less water — the manual permits adjusting the water +/- 33% — but I have not done so. Beyond price, there are other reasons to consider the Toshiba. The liner is significantly heavier with a very high quality non-stick coating. I'm replacing the Zojirushi because the liner is heavily scratched and a replacement is out of stock on their website and going for over $120 on the secondary market. Additionally, the Toshiba has settings for cake, hard boiled eggs and slow cooking. It is also available in the smaller size I want (Zojirushi seems to only offer 3-cup in their only Micon line which other testers have found slightly inferior to Neuro Fuzzy). The Toshiba is less bulbous which makes it easier to store and provides an estimated cook time upon starting while the Zojirushi only displays a countdown later in the cooking process. Both keep programmed time when unplugged although the Toshiba does not display the time unless you plug it in. I would prefer the Zojirushi's automatic cord retraction to the removable plug on the Toshiba but the retraction on the Zojirushi has partially failed so that advantage is moot. Overall, the Toshiba should please all but the most discerning rice afficianados and with some adjustments to the water amount it may do even better. It's also worth noting that in third party testing no rice cooker earns perfect marks across all types of rice, but I have not performed those tests myself. I for one am keeping the Toshiba as it provides an excellent value and preferable form factor while producing rice that only barely falls short of the best.

Got it as a present for my kid, who lives in a small apartment. They say it's great, and good as a steamer, too. Not a great housekeeper, she says it's easy to clean. Have liked Toshiba products since visiting Japan and seeing their popularity back in 1971. Haven't gone wrong yet. If I needed one, I'd get one for myself.

Easy to use, good manual, rice cooks well, less expensive compares well to my other brand rice cookers. I bought this for my son to use and he loves it, too. I recommend this to anyone who is hesitant to buy more expensive brands' rice cooker. It is very good for beginner for cooking Japanese rice, medium grain rice, long grain rice. I usually use rice cooker only for cooking rice, because cooking something else could ruin the result of cooking rice. However, there are some people even in Japan who uses the rice cooker for cooking cake and other dish, so, I don not doubt the functionality of this rice cooker as it claims. How it cooks rice already worth the price for me; the company is well known to make durable products in Japan, so I am expecting it to last long enough as long as it is cared as it should be.

Cooks multiple kinds of rice perfectly. Perfect size for only a feel. Deals great and cooks rice to perfection.