| Oster Rice Cookers |  | Brand: Oster
Category: Kitchen
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Rating:  10 reviews
Color: Stainless
Size: 20-Cup
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1
Dimensions (in): 12.3 x 12.8 x 12.5
Model: 004724-000-000-PARENT
ASIN: B001KBZ93G
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| Features:
| • | Multi-use Rice Cooker makes chocolate fondue, soups & more | | • | Prepares up to 20 cups of rice | | • | Vacuum sealed cool-touch lid | | • | Steaming Tray, Measuring cup and rice paddle with paddle holder | | • | 700 watts of power, Stainless steel w/silver & black |
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| Customer Reviews: Read 5 more reviews...
 Do not buy January 2, 2009
John Wheeler (Colorado USA)
I wish I had read the amazon.com reviews before buying the 4721 Oster Rice Cooker. Any product that shows a clustering of high star rating and also a cluster of low star ratings typically means you are at high risk of being disappointed. I certainly was. The rice gets cooked but consistently the lower 1/4 inch of rice is overcooked (i.e. light brown to dark brown for white rice). No matter what combination of amount of rice and water it is still a problem. These units have a spring at the bottom of the rice pot (as do similar rice cookers) that raise the pot off the burner as it gets lighter (i.e. as the water is boiled off). I don't know if their burner does not turn off early enough or if it is just too hot but the results in our case was poorly cooked rice all of the time. Given the large similar reported problems with this unit, it sounds like either a design problem (all units will have this problem) or a manufacturing issue (where a fair number of these units have the problem). We tried our daughers "Rival" brand rice cooker and it had not problems at all. When I see problems like this with a manufacturer that is not cleared up with multiple years or reported problems, I just stay totally clear of that name brand. So bye bye Oster for our next purchase.
 Not good September 10, 2008
Steven Rau (Clemson, SC)
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
Mine stopped working in just over a year. I'm not so sad, though -- it never made good rice. It was always burned at the bottom.
On the plus side, it was easy to clean. . .
Bad August 10, 2008
L. Lee (Santa Monica, CA United States)
2 out of 3 found this review helpful
The coating on the non stick pot flakes off, the thing boils over, the rice is mediocre, it's "ok" but I'm going to do waaaaaay better next time.
So far so good. August 4, 2008
Kitzie (Poconos, Pennsylvania)
I've had probably six rice cookers to date, I'm incapable of making rice the "real way", so for me the rice cookers and microwave rice are a necessity.
So far this one is the nicest I've had, the design is nice, the lid design helps keep the rice warmed without it turning into a burnt mess. I can cook bigger quantities and the rice comes out cooked perfectly. I cant speak for the longevity of it but I've used it twice now and it seems to work great and makes delicious rice.
I might actually be sad when this one goes to the rice cooker graveyard.
The Gift That Never Gave Once June 21, 2008
Chris J. Blanchard (Redlands, CA)
3 out of 5 found this review helpful
This was a wedding present...sadly not the worst gift we got, but top ten easily.
First time we tried the rice cooker we had both just came home from work and thought we would enjoy a quick meal of chicken and rice. Sadly the rice cooker didnt have the same idea. One hour later and the cooker had only warmed the rice a little past room temp. We left the rice cooker plugged in, and started pasta because our faith in the rice cooker was waining.
Not suprisingly we finished our pasta dinner and the rice cooker still hadnt woken up from his luke warm nap.
We werent quite ready to count our fancy rice cooker out yet. The next night I started some rice, and grabbed couscous just in case. It is a good thing the couscous doesnt take much time to make...as I write this the rice is still soaking in warm water because thats all the cooker can muster.
Im sure we have a defective unit, and I wish we had the problems everyone else was having, the cooker being too hot, but it's clear lthe unit is just cheaply made.
Wont be buying another one of these.
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