Cuisinart 8-Cup Rice Cooker, Silver, CRC-800NAS

I bought this Cuisinart rice cooker in 2006; it still works as of 2019.Growing up I was afraid of cooking and doing it on my own as an adult. It was your typical adulthood fear. I partially wished my mom cultivated me to cook more as a child, but it doesn't matter now because I learned on my own. And it helps that I have my mom's chef genes.— COOKING RICE —Cooking rice with this is super easy. Here are my general steps:1. Scoop the rice you intend to eat into a bowl; I find 1/2 to 3/4 cup per person is a good portion.2. Clean the rice by pouring cold water into the bowl to near-full while mixing the rice around with your hands for a minute. This helps to clean off debris and remove any surface starch that can make rice gummy.3. Let rice sit for 5-10 minutes. Empty out the water, and repeat the rinsing and waiting until the water is clear. Three rinses is usually enough to get the rice moist and clean.4. Drain the water out of bowl, and pour just the rice into the cooker.5. Pour in water. I usually add slightly more than 3/4 cup of water per cup of rice. So 1.5 cups of water for 2 cups of rice, etc. I don't usually add more than 1 cup of water to 1 cup of rice.6. Important: Add the stainless steel steaming basket to the top of the container so that it looks like it's 5 inches taller, then, put on the cover. This piece helps with steaming and prevents bubbling overflow.7. Press the Cook button and wait until it flips back up. You're done!— FLAVORING —If you want to flavor your rice, I would add whatever spices you would like after Step 4, and mix it in with the water of Step 5. I usually add coconut milk, or Cajun seasoning. Experiment and discover.— CRITIQUES —I've read people's critiques and from the sound of it it seems like they're doing things wrong versus this item not working properly. A lot of reviews usually say two things: it overflows, which can be prevented by adding the stainless steel steaming basket to the top, and adding the right amount of water.The second critique is that rice doesn't come out cooked. That can be fixed by soaking it, and making sure you using the appropriate amount of water. Also, don't try to cheat by adding dry rice and water to this and pressing cook; you definitely need to soak the rice and soften it up first because it will end up not cooked if you attempt taking a shortcut.— SUMMARY —This is a great 4-cup rice cooker that is easy to use. Recommended.

Love the look! Very fast rice cooker. Easy to use. IMPORTANT NOTE: Some reviews say that this rice cooker is no good, makes a mess. One reviewer gave an important tip:1. Put rice and water in rice pot.2. Put the steam basket on top of the rice pot (open end facing up).3. Put the cover on top of the steam basket.Works perfectly every time. If you leave the steam basket off I am guessing you have a mess. Thank you to the person who gave this tip, it’s why I read reviews before I buy. 🙂Highly recommend!

I have had this rice cooker for 8 years! It is still amazing! The rice is always cooked to perfection. It does spit and sputter, making a mess but it’s easy to clean up. I love this rice cooker so much!!!

We own many Cuisinart appliances and find them to be worry free and worth the few extra dollars. Looks great on the counter, and works perfectly. I'm going to start using it for things other than rice... steel cut oats and hardboiled eggs. Can't believe I went this long without one. No more m3ssy stove from water boiling over!

this is such a poorly designed rice cooker for a lot of little reasons and a few big.1: the rim where the lid rests has divots/dimples that do not allow the lid to nest flushly. inexplicably there are three evenly spaced along the edge of the inner rim. aligned and flush on one side, there's a huge gap on the other and vice versa. there's just no way for it to sit flush and neat with a seal of any kind. such a major fail that it presents several issues.-the first of which is a huge mess, even when cooking small amounts the water bubbles up and out and over the edge. I have to clean the exterior of this thing every single time, not just the inner pot. I am not this messy. this pic is after one use.-the rice inside spoils very quickly or dries out without an ability to close properly-the glass lid is incredibly unstable whenever moving the unit as it dangerously wobbles2: glass lid. this has already had to be replaced simply because it is dangerously insecure and wobbly. it has fallen to it's death once already and come close a few times more.3: no auto shutoff. if you make rice, scoop some and walk away, the following morning you'll come back to the unit still on as well as with dried out rice. not only is this a huge headache, an issue that every rice cooker I've had in the past has been able to contend with but it's a major electricity parasite not to mention waste of rice.whoever designed this needs to reevaluate their life or Cuisinart needs to hire a halfway competent r&d dept. save yourself a headache and buy any asian brand that figured these minor issue out from the get go. I tried to buy American but unfortunately it's backfired again.