More Than Just a Rice Cooker
George Foreman is known for marketing functional and convenient products that help people prepare healthy meals. This product is no exception.
This product is basically a large rice/grain, vegetable, and meat cooker. It took me a little while to figure out what to use it for, and the manual wasn't much help. The main unit of the cooker is a big, non-stick pot. It comes with a steaming tray that fits inside the main unit. The product also includes a lid, measuring cup, serving paddle, plastic base, and a digital control unit that plugs into the wall.
Here is how it works. To begin, you pan fry whatever needs fried, such as meat. There are a variety of temperature settings, from warm (180 degrees) to sear (close to 500 degrees). After the frying is done, you add water, rice, and whatever other ingredients you need for the recipe. Then you set the unit to cook the mix. There are "brown rice," "other rice," and "steam" settings.
My wife and I decided to...
Handy and compact
I was confused about what this cooker was until I actually cooked in it. Why? Because nothing I read about it made it clear what its kitchen niche was supposed to be. Slow cooker? Nope. Rice cooker? Well yeah, but not entirely. Steamer? It does that, too. In fact it does a lot of things and does them pretty well. One thing it doesn't do well, though, is explain itself.
The manual is less than useless. It's careful to tell you to wash all the cooking parts before using, but never is clear on what is machine washable and what isn't. (I just assumed everything but the pot itself was okay for the dish washer. So far so good.) It also says "To reduce the risk of electric shock, cook only in removable pan provided." Um... what? Did they think I was going to put the lid on my stove and try to cook in it? Okay, never mind the manual. Seriously, it's worth one quick run through to check that you've got all the parts and see how they fit together (assuming you can't...
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