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Brand: Cuisinart
Category: Kitchen

List Price: ~~$70.00~~
Buy New: $40.29
You Save: $29.71 (42%)

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Avg. Customer Rating: 3.5 out of 5 stars

74 reviews
Sales Rank: 1940

Shipping Weight (lbs): 5.8
Dimensions (in): 10.7 x 10.1 x 9.9

MPN: CRC-400
Model: CRC-400
UPC: 086279007650
EAN: 0086279007650
ASIN: B0001XAG8W

Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days

Features:

•	4-cup Cuisinart rice cooker steams rice, meats, and vegetables
•	Square modern shape finished in brushed stainless steel
•	Stainless-steel steaming basket; glass lid; paddle and measuring cup
•	Automatically switches to warm when cooking is done; retractable cord storage
•	Measures 7-3/4 by 7-3/4 by 9 inches; all removable parts dishwasher-safe; 3-year warranty

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Editorial Reviews:

Product Description
Use to cook rice or steam other foods. Keeps rice warm automatically after rice is fully cooked. Built-in steaming tray to steam other foods while rice is cooking. Calibrated measuring cup measures proper rice-to-water proportions. See-through glass lid with steam vent. "Cook" and "warm" LED indicator switch. Cool touch chrome-plated handles. Includes paddle to fluff and coop rice out of the pot without sticking. convenient retractable cord storage.

Amazon.com Review
Healthy cooking and sleek modern design meld in this rice cooker from Cuisinart. A smaller version of the eight-cup cooker, this one also features a handsome brushed stainless-steel exterior, a square shape with rounded corners, chrome-plated handles, and a glass lid with a stainless rim, chrome knob, and steam vent hole. Inside you'll find a high-quality stainless-steel steaming basket and a nonstick cooking bowl that produces 4 to 7 cups of rice. The cooker also steams vegetables and thin cuts of meat, creating a complete, fat-free meal with little effort. Besides various types of rice, the cooker cooks couscous, polenta, oatmeal, boiled eggs, shrimp, and much more. An included booklet presents gourmet recipes for such mouth-watering meals as Creamy Parmesan Risotto with Asparagus, and Teriyaki Steamed Chicken with Cranberry Wild Rice.

Cuisinart gives this upscale rice cooker extra panache with a cord that pulls out and then retracts for storage. One lever is all that's required to flip the machine on. Two different colored LED lights illuminate, one during the cooking phase, and the other when the machine automatically switches to warm when cooking is done. Included with the machine are a textured plastic paddle for stirring and serving, and a plastic measuring cup calibrated specifically for rice. All the unit's removable parts are dishwasher-safe. The cooker measures 7-3/4 by 7-3/4 by 9 inches, and is covered by a three-year warranty. --Ann Bieri

Customer Reviews: Read 69 more reviews...

1 out of 5 stars

More of the same. June 10, 2008
Like many others, steaming rice in one of these contraptions is a waste of time. We thought perhaps we were missing a gasket, given the mess that was on our counter after each use. And reducing the water made the rice come out crunchy. So, we're chalking it up to a bad purchase and returning to our tried and true pyrex casserole dish in the microwave. That always worked just fine.

3 out of 5 stars

Looks Great, but Makes a Mess! June 4, 2008
Being a daily 'rice maker' I wanted a rice cooker I could keep on the counter top. While it looks sharp on the counter, this rice cooker boils over when cooking- even if only making one cup. I have discovered the problem is with the lid which allows boil over. I simply used my old rice cooker lid and problem solved! For aesthetics, I switched the top knob so that it matched. Also the existing lid is difficult to clean as it has a small lip underneath that can only be cleaned out with a toothpick... Rice cookers are simple devices, just boiling water for x amount of minutes... So overall looks great, works fine, but needs a different lid!

1 out of 5 stars

I really disliked this rice cooker June 2, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful

I gave alot of thought to buying this cooker after my old trusty Black and Decker cooker died after 15+ years. It makes a mess, spitting out water. If I reduced the water, it came out dry ( I live a t altidute). When steaming one day, the water ran out, and the heating element melted giving off a awful smell. At least it is dead now, and I can try again with a different brand

5 out of 5 stars

Easy to use May 9, 2008
We have used the rice cooker every night since we received it. Delivery was very fast, received it 2 days before their ship date. Very easy to clean and does steamed vegetables really fast.

2 out of 5 stars

Cool design, bad execution April 27, 2008
We finally gave in and replace our very old but reliable Salton RA3A. The handle broke a while ago but we used it many times since it still works although the switch has gotten a bit loose that sometimes it would turn itself off when you thought you turned it on. It was a cheap basic cooker and we never had complaints. It does what it does satisfactorily. We were thinking of buying the Rival from Target which costs only $13 (hey that's even cheaper than Amazon's next-day shipping!) plus it has a warmer, but we were turned off by the red color which is the only color available. So we decided we reward ourselves with something better and can be used as a steamer.

When we first saw the Cuisinart CRC-400, we thought it has the coolest design, also has nice stainless steel finish with chrome and black accents. Looks perfect for the kitchen and it only costs $50. Unfortunately, this cooker makes rice a little mushy but that's not our biggest complaint. We thought it's a defective product but after reading some of the reviews here, the design flaw mentioned by many is major and for real. The rice cooker makes a big mess! The rice water spills over and this is because the lid is not flush. Don't know why they did this on purpose because there is already a hole on the lid to let steam out. I believe Cuisinart QA were sleeping when they were testing this product. They should be fired. It also missed on one functionality, and that is the on/off switch. It's easy to forget to unplug it because we were so used to the old one which turns itself off automatically. We did forget at first use and that can be a fire hazard. Maybe they try to cut cost by omitting this switch.

Anyway, you have been warned. I guess the people who gave this higher ratings don't mind the clean up and non-environmentally friendly products. We really want to like the CRC-400 because it looks perfect in our kitchen but I find it hard to recommend it for its shortcomings. My partner bought this without reading the reviews else I wouldn't have bought it in the first place. We even paid fast-shipping on this so shipping was not free. We've already thrown the old rice cooker away the moment we got this new one. Hopefully, Amazon will give us full credit for the return because we already threw the box away, thinking it will perform flawlessly.

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