For me, a magic pot

In the rice cooker is a so-called Steamer, that he cooks by evaporated water exiting through a hole in the glass lid. It has an integrated hot plate with a contact sensor on a spring. The sensor reacts to too little weight and obviously also to a specific heat with shutdown in the keep warm mode. Thus, if an appropriate amount of water evaporates and is the base of the pan hot, the device switches from cooking to keeping warm. A small measuring cup is attached. Half a measuring cup water yields about fifteen minutes cooking time.

The Russel Hobbs is less than the rice cooker previously used by me; He holds only 1.8 liters. Since I rarely cook such a large amount, which is fine with me. The non-stick pot use is relatively stable (so I've experienced with other products already pretty poor quality, often already dented when unpacking).
The Aufsatzsieb is suspended, not placed, which saves energy. It is made of plastic. I think that's more pleasant than the aluminum sheet essays (remember that aluminum is now suspected of causing Alzheimer's). However, I use the essay rarely, if ever. The power cable can not be removed and is quite short with 65 cm, which also has advantages. So there is no cable winds on hot plates or whatever is near.
For me it goes well until the next outlet. If necessary, but you need an extension cord.
A special plus is the anti-slip feet of the pot. In my previous rice cooker I have always placed under anti-slip sheets, because otherwise runs quite easily pot danger of slipping from the counter, if you take other hand encounters.

Rice can always cook with such pots; He also succeeds as described in the manual in this pot. However, for years I myself use the rice cooker really for various dishes. It is the ideal cooking utensil for singles or couples at best for me. Before I bought the first rice cooker, I was an outspoken Brotesserin because I just too tired for all the effort, the cooked food requires that you then eats in five minutes, after which it still has twenty minutes cleaning work in the kitchen. Because food additive allergy come for me precooked question limited, and they hung me out quickly to the neck.
In the manual of my first rice cooker was fortunately given that one but could enrich the rice with vegetables and other ingredients and in general should experiment a bit.
Now, when I give the rice potato and meat, I can omit the rice may also. Then there is a meat and potato dish. Or I suppose noodles.
In fact, everything goes. The pot does not care and the integrated hot plate also. You just have to of course pay attention to the cooking time, and need the water quantity, the specific food. Noodles need in terms of volume of water twice (like rice).

In the Russell Hobbs I have the first meal actually cooked rice, but as a quick meal risotto:
100 g rice into it, two times the amount of water and half a cup of water even more. A little oil and butter, 1/2 onion, something Knobi, some ginger, salt, pepper, curry, a teaspoon of vinegar - or what you like about spice.
Then a good handful of frozen peas, a chopped carrot, a sliced ​​tomato, two mushrooms. When everything was cooking, I cut into two poultry sausages into slices. Left to themselves Now Steam lid on it and the pot. After about fifteen minutes he turned to keeping warm. Below rice and onions were nicely browned and crisp, the rice is cooked, the carrot had easily bite.
If you want to cook meat, the meat must of course first in the pot and a few minutes parboil before anything else is to (be Minced except that does not need extra-cooked).

As a second "test meal" I have two more potatoes sliced ​​and added with a half onion, oil and a little butter in the pan, to a good half measuring cup water, salt and pepper. After about fifteen minutes, the pot turned around. I turned down the beautifully browned potatoes and pushed them to the brink. In the middle I hit two fried eggs into it (salt and pepper) and turned the pot again, but left the lid off, remained standing and pounded the air bubbles of the egg white so that it cooks through well. Since egg increased very quickly, the stove switched off after a few minutes, the fried eggs were perfect, the "fried potatoes" delicious.

That's why I love this rice cooker. One can just boil the amount that a person needs. Man has no residues. No stove and no hot plates get dirty, preventing splashing. Most meals are ready in twenty minutes. Anyone who has a deep-freezing option can conjure up every day in a few minutes the most varied combinations of vegetables and meat.
But of course you can and only cook only rice in it.