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I have a 5 cup version of essentially the same cooker from another manufacturer, and it's been great for how I use it.
Most useful to me is the porridge setting. I set it up the night before using the timer and have delicious perfectly cooked steel cut oatmeal ready for me in the morning.
I've also made very acceptable mushroom risotto in it many times (more of a quick, easy convenience dish than a real risotto).
The induction model in a larger size would be an upgrade for me, and I'd likely jump on that if it came up.
- 3 cups water (using a regular liquid measuring cup) - 1-1/4 cup of steel cut oats (using the plastic rice measuring cup, not a regular measuring cup) - 1/4 teaspoon salt (or to taste) - 1 Tablespoon butter
I always put the water in first. That's to buffer the Teflon coated cook bowl from getting abraded from the hard steel cut oats (or rice) being dumped directly onto it time and time again. Then I add the oats and other ingredients after the water is in.
I was having issues with the oatmeal bubbling up during cooking, and leaking out the top vent, making a viscous, gooey mess all over the top and back on the outside of the cooker. I found that it also gummed up inside of the steam vents, requiring fussy, annoying cleaning every time this happened.
Putting butter into the mix prevented the oatmeal from bubbling up to the top. So now there no leakage, and it requires only normal cleaning. Plus the butter make it taste great!
I set it up the night before, and set the timer to finish cooking when I'm out of the shower and coming down to make breakfast. It's set to the porridge setting.
Depending on how much oatmeal you like to eat, this can make between 2-4 servings. If you keep your rice cooker in the same place, setting up a batch of oatmeal like this can take literally 3 minutes or less. And all you have to do in the morning is give it a stir to get the oats and soupy part mixed together, and then serve.
This has literally changed the way I eat breakfast. It has made it so much easier to get soluble fiber into my diet with very little work. And steel cut oats is a really satisfying and filling way to start the day.
Mind you, this is a recipe for a 5 cup or larger cooker. If you are using a 3 cup cooker, you'd have to adjust the recipe down (more likely, you'd be making a fresh batch each day instead of a larger batch that you can refrigerate and eat over several days).
Brilliant!