I initially bought for her rice cooker function and its stainless steel tank, easier maintenance than for conventional rice cooker. Just press the "Rice" button to its all hot rice 15 minutes after! And even if sometimes a little rice attaches to the bottom, it is very easy to clean by soaking the tank in water. It also functions as a programmable pressure cooker, very convenient to cook steamed vegetables. For cons, the hardest thing for me is to find the right timing to have good cooking vegetables according to their size, do not hesitate to put some more minutes indicated on the manual for vegetables "hard" like apple land and beet. For broccoli, I have not yet found the right timing, they are still overcooked, but I do not despair!