Sanyo EC-505 5-Cup Rice Cooker and Vegetable Steamer | List Price: $39.99
Discount Price: $28.83
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Brand: Sanyo
Binding: Kitchen
Warranty: 1
Features: - Single switch makes this basic 5-cup rice cooker easy to operate
- Keep-warm function turns on automatically when cooking is complete
- Cord detaches for storage; two handles allow cooker to be carried easily to table
- Features steamer insert for vegetables, glass lid to monitor cooking
- Includes spatula, measuring cup, and multi-language instruction manual
Great and it also cooks oatmeal [Posted on 2005-11-22]
Perfect rice everytime but I've never cooked more than 2 cups dry rice at a time. I'm always present so I don't need it to shut off: 'warm' is fine. But what I really like is that it does a great job cooking hot cereal (steel cut oats, 7 grain- etc). Cereals always tend to bubble over and while the cooker lid gets a bit messy it never boils over. It is easy to clean too. I'm thinking of getting another one for our cabin. (hint: when cooking cereal...good to give a stir just after it gets cooking so the stuff doesn't congeal near bottom of pan).
Mess, Mess, Mess [Posted on 2006-10-23]
I don't understand how anyone cooks with this. It blows out an immense amount of gooey steam water! I cooked brown rice, followed directions exactly, even soaking for an hour first. It was only 2/3's of the capacity, but it blew junk out the sides of the lid and out of the little blowhole and left a large puddle of gooey rice water around and under itself. A MAJOR mess.
I haven't even tasted the rice. So what if it's good? You can't cook with an appliance like this unless you put it in a giant sink or outdoors somewhere. What in the world is the deal? I don't even know if I can clean it up enough to return it....
Great Multi-purpose product [Posted on 2007-01-21]
I love this rice cooker/steamer. The non-stick surface makes clean-up a breeze. It is compact and efficient.
Lid broke for no good reason [Posted on 2007-10-14]
I had high hopes for this simple, small rice cooker. Unfortunately, disaster struck on the first time out. I cooked 2 cups of brown rice without washing it first (my preference). The rice cooked perfectly. There was a little spitting but nothing like the other reviewers describe. I scooped out about a cup to eat and, because the instructions say not to leave the unit on "warm" with a small amount of rice, I turned it off and let the remaining rice sit while I ate. After about 15 minutes or so I heard a loud "bang" in the kitchen and found that the lid had broken into a million pieces. I don't see any other complaints like this, so it was probably some kind of defect, but that's what happened!
Great till it broke. [Posted on 2008-02-02]
I bought this rice cooker about a 1 1/2 years ago, and the nonstick coating has been peeling ever since the warranty expired. I contacted Sanyo because I thought they made replacement bowls for the cooker, but they don't. Buy a more expensive rice cooker because they usually make replacement bowls, or go with the Panasonic SR-G10G which has an aluminum pot.
When it was actually safe to use, the rice cooker actually performed very well. The design is very well thought out. Detachable cord, big side handles, and a nice lid with a handle that stayed cool.
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