<<Disclaimer: Verify this information before applying it to your situation.>> I have received some additional information about my Rice Cooker summary that I thought might be useful to this group. Here they are: 1. In my original summary, someone had suggested that you always rinse rice before cooking it. Apparently there are different schools of thought on rice rinsing. I have always assumed that if you bought rice in a box it was ready to cook, so I never rinse my rice. A fellow listmember sent me this info: Rinsing white rice before cooking will rinse off all the vitamins, etc., that are sprayed on white rice to enrich it. It's my understanding that only brown rice should be washed before cooking. Brown rice isn't enriched, because it contains the bran, which contains many nutrients not present in white rice. 2. I received a few more votes for Zojirushi and also one for Hamilton Beach rice cookers. Happy rice cooking, Colby Ray Bellevue, WA