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31 of 36 people found the following review helpful:
1.0 out of 5 stars
Not reliable enough for kenwood name, 14 Nov 2003
Our unit lasted 2 years and stopped working in the middle of cooking and never worked again.The unit takes a lot of experimentation to get the quantities right - but even then the cooked rice was of inconsistant quality. Burnt rice resulted in follwing the manufacturers poor guide exactly as in print. Took 4 or 5 goes just to make semi-edible rice and I've been cooking rice in a pan for 30 years! The instructions are inadequate for establishing weight of rice versus water, luckily a Philipino friend gave us some tricks to fine tune the measurments and make the assessment. I prefer a saucepan, although my wife wants another better make. The lid has a useful steam vent hole - which is a good feature. The mains cable is not removable -so it cannot be used for table serving. The cooker always leaces a hard brown cake of crisped rice on the base. Best to water soak this immediately or you can't remove it even with the non-stick coating - which comes off in the dishwasher too. White finish goes brown very quickly and looks tacky. A stainless steel version would be preferable - but kenwood have stopped making this version. Try something else.
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