Instant Pot 20-Cup Rice Cooker, Rice and Grain Multi-Cooker with Carb Reducing Technology without Compromising Taste or Texture, From the Makers of Instant Pot, Includes 8 Cooking Presets

Purchased new to replace my old Aroma multicooker, which served me well for years before finally giving out. I was a bit skeptical about the carb-reducing function after reading reviews saying it made rice mushy. However, I found that if you simply dump out the water from the bottom pot right after cooking, the rice turns out perfectly — just like regular freshly cooked rice, with great texture and taste.I haven’t tested the quick cook (5-minute) function yet, but it's a nice option to have. So far, the carb-reduce setting has worked really well for me. The rice came out fluffy and delicious, and I’m very happy with the results from my first use. If it holds up over time, this will have been a fantastic upgrade.

Rice can be cooked without the inner basket and all the measurements are for this mode of cooking. When using the inner basket for low carb cooking, there is no need to measure water, instead just make sure to fill it to the level mark in the basket based on the number of cups being cooked. It cooked basmati rice perfectly.I found the top half of the rice to be a bit dry compared to the bottom half. So after cooking, just mix all the rice so it feels uniform.The inner basket is very thin and can feel like denting while cleaning to remove any stuck starch. Wise it is a bit thicker.

Replaced my 8 cup aroma rice cooker with this carb reducing rice cooker because it claims to help get rid of the extra starches in rice. With traditional rice cookers, I can always see white film of starch cooked into my rice and caked on the lid. I love rice but always thought about how I was also eating these extra trace carbs with it. Now I feel guilt free eating my rice. Let me start off by saying the finished product tastes so healthy and clean! The starch does indeed separated and drain down. It has a pure clean taste to it unlike anything I've tasted before which was always slightly sweet with all the starch residues. This rice has consistently come out even visually clean with not a spec of the white starch film residue of a traditional rice cooker. It's not even on the lid!The process of making it took me 3 trial times to get it right and not mushy. Don't follow their directions on the water ratio when using the carb reducing stainless steel basket. It came out mushy, way too much water. I found after putting in my rice, I just put enough water to cover it. No more than half an inch on top of the rice, the less the better. Hope this helps. You can experiment but don't give up if the first results don't work out, you'll find what works best for you and then you'll consistently make great rice like I do!Very easy to clean. Another note if that although it is beautiful and modern looking, it is bigger than I thought it would be but it's ok. I got used to it bc of the benefits of what it does with the carb technology and It's more than a rice cooker. I steam alot with it as well with it's large capacity steam basket👍

I have used it for a while and it is very easy to use. It is also very good at cooking rice. The rice tastes very good. The style is also simple and fashionable.

We have been using this for almost a year and think it’s great. We did have to play around a little to get the water to rice ratio just right. We typically only make a cup of rice so it is easy to over cook it but we do like the crispy bottom! I think if we were making larger quantities there would be no problem. It is a bit larger, larger than what we needed but if you are making a lot for a group it is awesome!Easy to use and clean.We have only ever made rice so can’t comment on how it cooks other grains.Good value

The carb reduce feature is not enough for Rice varieties that are parboiled - Example Kerala matta rice or any Indian rice that takes longer to cook. It takes forever to get it cooked on this Carb reduce mode. I had to set it in three 40 min sessions to get it cooked. "Copying the contents of another review, so this reaches the design team".PRO:1. looks pretty2. Easy settings2. easy to use without carb reduceCON:1. This product has serious design problems1.1 the rice cannot be fully and thoroughly cooked when you use default settings of "carb reduce". You have to restart the cooker with "carb reduce" and stir the rice with water.1.2 the inner pot for "carb reduce" is not easy to clean because it is made of stainless steel and rice sticks on it.1.3 the inner pot for "carb reduce" is easy to scratch the inner pot with non-stick coating1.4 no water collection cup. When you finish cooking and open the lid, much water flow from the lid down into the pot and edge which may hold some water.2. the pot is heavy than others. Just like other customers' commend. It is ok for me although it is "heavy".Do not recommend this cooker if you use "carb reduce" a lot and worry about the water from the lid. Will return it.

I absolutely love my rice cooker. Cooks so much faster than my old one.

Yes the slow cook takes up to four hours, but it works great on a lot of products like beef stew, and rice congee. We are a family of six and the size is great for us.