Do I always use drip tray with rice or food?
823008
Yes. Looks like step 1 in the user's guide dictates that you should. Hope that helps, but you could check with Oster if there's some reason you can think of not to.
823009
Yes or the top trays won't fit - also protects the heating element, and catches vege or meat etc juice that can be used in soups or sauces.
546915
Only if you use too much water. If you follow the cooking instructions, it works great with no messy "sputter" on top of your rice cooker.
1639552
Yes. The drip tray is black plastic. Cleans easily, collects everything that comes off of the front of the cooking plates, just position it carefully. I use it daily. If you wipe the inside of it with a thin coating of dishwashing liquid and let it dry that way, nothing sticks to it.
1750868
As far as I can see it is a drip tray. This tray is not as large as the one on my last griddle. I have overflowed it once. Griddle seems to work fine . . . like the locking cord.
1710066
There is only one drip tray. The other trays stack directly on top of each other.
1158135
you can use as many trays as you want.i imagine you could use more than what the set contains.just keep in mind the size and the cooking time w/different food items.i am not sure if there would be a cross contamination of flavors if a strong tasting item is cooked in tray over/on top of,say a rice.
558393
i'm not sure why you'd need a removable drip tray. this one is pretty big, rotates like a lazy susan and cleans up easily. i'd imagine you could throw it in the dishwasher, but i've never had to. my only complaint was, it came with a plastic bag taped to it, and the tape left marks on it i had to scrub with alcohol pretty vigorously. that being my only complaint, it works great. as far as cleaning, all of my utensils go into it clean, so i'd only imagine some dust inside occasionally, or some grease splatter on the outside. (?)
1013946
Yes and you don't have to use that cup. Any cup would work just fine because the water measurement for the outer layer doesn't need to be precise. Let's use the CalRose (California No. 1) rice as an example. I add one cup of water for each cup of rice grain. I then add one half to one cup of water for the outer layer, depends on how many cups of rice that I am cooking at that time. The important part is to wait for 15 minutes after the rice is cooked before you open the lid.
1155876
Yes I frequently mix fresh/canned veggies with my rice. I've never tried steaming though.
1742275
Run warm water over the bottom of the tray first. Some foods pop out easier than others.
1530893
Yes, there is a drip tray under the rollers-I would suggest lining it with aluminum foil to help make clean-up fast and easy.
959738
No tray, so it will drip trhough. I use mine on a glass shelf in the shower so it's not a problem. Might be an issue for your countertop though.
1494051
Since steaming requires only a bit of water in the bottom, if your basket has legs, it can be used alone for steaming quantities of items, like carrots. The tray is usually best for steaming things like fish. However, if your basket does not have legs, then you need to use the tray, too. The idea is to keep the food above the water.
2003319
I wouldn't sweat not having the cup just go by the ratio 1 cup rice to 1 cup water, slightly more water for brown rice . I use 3:1 water to steel cut oats, oatmeal or grits. And don't go over the maximum capacity of the cooker. I use whatever cup is handy.
1365093
Yes, definitely. The steaming part is used when you need to steam something otherwise just use put the rice on the "bowl" into the base and cover with the glass top. Don't forget to press the switch to cook :)
816016
I think this cooker is pretty drying, so I use a 1:1.5 rice to water ratio, but it also depends on how you would like the rice to be done. I believe you have to rinse the rice, but not too much in case the nutrition might be washed off.
1155889
Yes And No. There is a hole where drippings can go into an external tray. However I put an aluminum foil pan there to keep it a little cleaner.