Home and Kitchen Reviews

This is a wonderful product. It is simple to use, economical and cooks rice perfectly, just add rice and water, push the button down and walk away. I use mine atleast 5 times a week.

I've never been able to cook rice, but I recently decided to try to recreate a persian rice dish called "chelow" that I love and bought this rice cooker for $19.99 at WalMart. It couldn't be simpler to use - just dump in the rice & water and push down the "cook" button. It made perfect rice the very first time and I'm really impressed with how delicious it was! Even my husband liked it! I read a few reviews for other rice cookers here and a lot of people complained that they boiled over, but this one didn't -- it cooked great. The pot is non-stick and removable for easy cleaning. And did I mention the rice was perfect? I really like all the Black & Decker kitchen appliances -- they are very reasonably priced and reliable.

This Rice Cooker has a non-stick bowl, which makes clean-up a cinch! The indicator light is red when cooking and green when warming. It cooks the rice perfectly every time. Also this cooker is small and easy to store.

Large burner failed after about 12 months use. I opened it up the wire between the plug and the resistor had burned. Not only is it broken, it is a fire hazard. I lost all the paperwork that came with it and I probably voided the warranty by opening it. I think I can fix it but I am not going to risk a fire, so I will try another brand.

But by the looks of the other reviews here, I guess I did better than most. It took mine 11 months to break. Worked great (slow to heat up, but that's okay), until yesterday when it started to smell and then smoke came pouring out. After reading other comments I can see it's not worth trying to get it fixed. Now I'll need to buy another hotplate, but it definitely won't be a Toastmaster. I will never buy a Toastmaster product again. For the $40 I paid, it should have lasted a lot longer than 11 months. Don't waste your money.

I have had this unit for over 2 years and everything still works just as good as the day I bought it. I use it as my only stove almost daily as I live in a basement apartment. The only problem I have with it is that it takes a while to heat to the point of boiling but once there it stays hot.