Philips Grain Master HD4514/72

It burns the rice and porridge EVERY TIME – I expected from the technology it would be set and forget but it burns the rice every single time. Not only that it overflows all over the bench if your not quick enough to open the lid mid cook. Stay clear of this one! Show details

S.L.O..W – The 25mins quick cook takes more like 35mins. The 45mins standard cook takes 1hr. That makes your cooking time from go to eat at least 35mins.. I wouldn't have got this rice cooker if I knew it was this slow to cook. Otherwise it cooks like a rice cooker should.. Show details

does exactly what it is supposed to – this machine cooks perfect rice! we have used it at least weekly for the past year to cook both white and brown rice. you can select normal or quick cook and different types of rice. quick cook white rice takes about 25 minutes and does a pretty good job. it plays a tune when your rice is cooked and cleaning the machine is fairly straight forward. very happy and I would definitely recommend! Show details ·  1

Perfect rice cooker – Just love this machine cooks rice perfectly and you can preset and leave and it also has a warm function, just love it. I had a no name brand before and it did not perform but this one is perfect. Show details

Cooks perfect rice in a reasonable amount of time – This is my first higher end rice cooker. It cooks the perfect rice in a short amount of time. The extra functions are handy too like cooking brown rice. I like how it comes with a cook book which I have cooked desserts with. Show details ·  1

Great rice cooker – As an Asian and cook rice at least 4 days in a week, I would recommend others buying this rice cooker. The price is reasonable. It's easy to cook with the right amount of water by using the measuring cup provided. It is easy to detach the inner lid and the non-stick pot and clean them after using.  Show details ·  1

Good product – I had to experiment a bit with how much water for how much rice, but once I knew I had to wash the rice before and stay with the water a little bit under the lines, it was perfect. I'm terrible at cooking rice, quinoa or risotto for example. Who knew you could mess that up, but I literally have no talent for this. So the Philips rice cooker is… Read more ·  1

really convenient for me, even though it takes a while. Makes perfect fluffy rice and nice smooth risotto. I also didn't know until recently that you can actually open the rice cooker at any point during the cooking process and steer or put other ingredients in. So I've been using it every week.

Dry dry dry food – really regret buying this gadget. Everything I cooked in it turned out too dry when cooked with the pre-set time setting. Unfortunately it does not give me the option to manually adjust the time which would be pretty handy. The quinoa cooking time is pre-set to 45mins, it was totally dry and burnt in parts, I found it was cooked perfect at the… Read more

25mins re-heat setting instead.

It could be such a good gadget if it allowed for manual time adjustments but sadly this is not the case.

Don't waste your money on this one unless you want a 'learning experience'.

Does exactly what it's meant to do – I love this rice cooker. It comes with a great recipe book. Cooks amazing rice and other items, I love the pre set function. I can wake up to cooked porridge in the mornings. I've even baked cakes in it and slow cooked in it. Very versatile appliance, bought in on sale at TVSN for $89.00. Great price for a fantastic product.  Show details ·  1

Inconsistent rice cooking, horrible auto warm function, bad customer service – We use this for both white and multi grain rice, and followed the instructions. Rice sometimes comes out soggy or undercooked. Adjusting the water doesnt help as again it resuted the same way. Note that their auto-warm function only last 12 hours, and will deactivate after that. First time seeing this in any rice cookers. After 4 hours or so, rice… Read more

becomes really dry - indicating the product doesnt maintain moisture properly.

Contacted Philips and they are adamant that the product is not faulty and suggest that the instruction of the water level is indicative only and the result is dependent on the rice preparation (essentially telling us that we dont know how to cook the rice).

Price wise, $159, would be one of the pricier rice cooker with fuzzy logic function (dont compare this against pressure type rice cookers).

Stay very far away, get other brand of rice cookers.