what is the minimun amount of rice that can be cooked at one time?
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We use it to make large batches for our local Shelter. It comes with a measuring cup for the rice and there are markings on the inside of the liner for how much water to add. I think you could make as little as five cups of cooked rice, though we use 10 lbs of raw rice at a time. Our rice is part of a large meal for about 60 homeless folks. We would love to buy one of the Zojirushi cookers, but the price is prohibitive. For much less money, this is a great rice cooker that is relatively foolproof if you carefully follow the enclosed instructions. Don't lose those! Honestly, it seems like overkill if you primarily want it for small amounts. Its also pretty large so we keep it in our garage. We use it to make large batches for our local Shelter. It comes with a measuring cup for the rice and there are markings on the inside of the liner for how much water to add. I think you could make as little as five cups of cooked rice, though we use 10 lbs of raw rice at a time. Our rice is part of a large meal for about 60 homeless folks. We would love to buy one of the Zojirushi cookers, but the price is prohibitive. For much less money, this is a great rice cooker that is relatively foolproof if you carefully follow the enclosed instructions. Don't lose those! Honestly, it seems like... » Read More We use it to make large batches for our local Shelter. It comes with a measuring cup for the rice and there are markings on the inside of the liner for how much water to add. I think you could make as little as five cups of cooked rice, though we use 10 lbs of raw rice at a time. Our rice is part of a large meal for about 60 homeless folks. We would love to buy one of the Zojirushi cookers, but the price is prohibitive. For much less money, this is a great rice cooker that is relatively foolproof if you carefully follow the enclosed instructions. Don't lose those! Honestly, it seems like overkill if you primarily want it for small amounts. Its also pretty large so we keep it in our garage. « Show Less
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We use it to make large batches for our local Shelter. It comes with a measuring cup for the rice and there are markings on the inside of the liner for how much water to add. I think you could make as little as five cups of cooked rice, though we use 10 lbs of raw rice at a time. Our rice is part of a large meal for about 60 homeless folks. We would love to buy one of the Zojirushi cookers, but the price is prohibitive. For much less money, this is a great rice cooker that is relatively foolproof if you carefully follow the enclosed instructions. Don't lose those! Honestly, it seems like overkill if you primarily want it for small amounts. Its also pretty large so we keep it in our garage.
1170301
Very nicely if you stick with a ratio of 2 - 3 cups water to 1 cup rice (depending on how firm or soft you like it). We add a little olive oil and salt at a minimum - seems to cook better, and sometimes substitute veg broth for some of the water for flavor.
1859603
The maximum is 3 cups raw which would come out to 6 cups cooked according to directions. Still love my perfect rice cooker!!
407011
The most I have done is 2 cups rice uncooked yielding around 4 cups cooked. You could probably do another cup dry rice and it would hold it. It's not a large cooker, but works perfectly. I love it for small amounts.
834681
It calls for 4 parts broth to one part rice. So if you are making 1 cup of rice you would use four cups of water.
82111
It depends how many cups of rice you have to cook. More rice will take longer to cook. Normally it took me 30 minutes to 45 minutes.
86321
I have only cooked 1 cup (8 oz. by my measuring cup) of rice at a time and it works fine. They provide a measuring cup (but I use my own), on one side marked by quarters and the other side reading numerical values up to 160. I filled their cup and poured the contents into mine, and it came to 6 oz. according to my cup. I hope this helps!
440012
CC, 6 cups of rice is "cooked" rice. It will take approximately 25 mins. to cook 4 cups of "uncooked" rice. LMM. This product is well worth the cost. Makes perfect rice every time for me. You will need twice as much time if you use brown rice. Keep that in mind. :-)
673059
One cup of rice to one and 3/4 cup of water. That ratio has worked great for me. I use long grain texmati rice.
770508
best already cooked rice I've had was scooped into ziploc containers when it's fresh then placed in the freezer. Crack the lid on the container and cook for 3min in a microwave. Good stuff.Great way for single folks to have rice every day.
972122
I only cook 1 and 1/2 cups of rice with 2 and 1/2 cup of water.. I cook Mahatma Jasmine. Comes out perfect. And the fragrant is wonderful.its long grain. Once you cook this rice you'll never cook any other.
240159
I would say the lowest would be approx 4 cups of cooked rice. The warm function is wonderful because you can eat some for lunch and have some ready for dinner. You can also make some for dinner and leave it in warm for the morning so it doesn't dry out... Great for lunch later. Hope this helps
652372
We have had this cooker for about 2 years. It will cook as little as one cup of rice but we always cook at least two just because rice goes with everything and keeps well in the fridge. We have cooked 5 cups at once but it did take much longer than the smaller amount. The steamer works great, too.
2139778
You can cook as little as 1 cup in cooked rice but I wouldn't recommend any less than 2 cup because it browns on the bottom.
1778896
according to the owners manual, yes rice can be cooked and would take approx 30 minutes
947219
The provided instructions state this can cook up to 3 3/4 white rice yielding 8 cups cooked. Hope that helps. I've used mine several times a week since getting it and love it!
844290
Probably one cup and it will probably not boil and bubble to the top. My minimum has been two cups - never have cooked only one cup in any rice cooker.