Salton RA3 3-Cup Rice Cooker

Pros: Small and cooks the perfect amount for 2-3 people
Cons: Very messy and the rice dries out

Looks:
The rice cooker itself is compact and lightweight. It is about 6 inches x 6 inches. The interior container is lightweight aluminum and has markings on the side to help you measure the proper amount of rice and water. As far as...

Pros: Ease of use, the rice measure is nice to have.
Cons: Food stuck to the bottom of the pan, messy, lightweight construction

I live alone and so am not often needing a large quantity of rice for meals. I thought a small, inexpensive rice cooker would be just the thing. This one did not fulfill that expectation. When I first opened it, it looked like just the ticket. If ...

Pros: Great rice cooker. Durable. Hasn't failed me yet!
Cons: None.

Well, I will have to start out by admitting that while I can cook virtually anything , I perpetually burned rice! I don't know why, I guess we all have that one thing we just can't get right in the kitchen. My mother suggested a rice...

Pros: Inexpensive, small, very easy to use
Cons: Designed to fail

I bought the Salton RA3 Rice Cooker at a Sears department store for just $19.99. I had been shoppin ...

Pros: inexpensive, convenient, compact
Cons: not non-stick

I bought this product (under the White Westinghouse name -- same company) at least 7 years ago when I was a single (and poor) student. It served me (and my now husband and son) very, very well until last night when it bit the dust! I would make ...

Pros: cheap
Cons: hard to clean

UPDATED 4/11/2004 I bought this product because I liked eating rice, but wanted to find an easier way to make it. I knew someone who had a rice cooker and I thought it would be convenient. I had seen other, more expensive brands, but bought this one ...

Pros: Small enough for two people, cooks up to 3 cups, cooks perfect every time.
Cons: The tiny hole in the lid makes steam spray out and gets the area wet.

I bought my rice cooker because I wanted a small pan to cook the rice since I only cook for two now. With a built in timer, I do not have to hang around the kitchen to make sure the rice doesn't burn when the water runs out. This appliance shuts off ...

Pros: Safer than cooking rice on the stove top. Amateur cooks can now make good rice.
Cons: Leaves a wet mess on the counter top.

Before I had the Salton Rice Cooker I could not get the rice to come out right. Usually it was sticky and the wrong consistency. Plus I had to stand by the stove the whole time to make sure that the water didn't boil over and cause a kitchen fire! ...

Pros: Good size for single person, cooks well
Cons: Rice often sticks in mine, making it hard to clean; too small for parties

If you're a single or two-person household looking for your first rice cooker, this one will probably do you nicely. I've had mine for about a decade now and it's still running fine. However, because mine's a decade old, it doesn't have a non-stick...

Pros: Cooks fast, size, price.
Cons: unable to keep warm.

I'm Asian, I eat rice everyday, but my little rice cooker that my friend gave to me was broken, so I was looking for new one to buy. I live in USA only for temporary as an international student, so I didn't need a big, heavy, high-tech one. This...

Pros: 3 cup cooker, good for 2 people.
Cons: Keeps breaking down and can't be used again.

Wow. I must say, I know that having problems with a product can be normal. You buy something, you expect it to work and if it doesn't, you replace me and your chances are good that the first one was just a fluke and the 2nd one will work. Well, this ...

Pros: Cheap, doesn't take up much of space
Cons: Under or overcooks rice, messy, hard to clean

I was pretty disappointed in this rice cooker. Following the instructions results in partially uncooked rice and the instructions are very simple, so the problem is with the rice cooker. The cooker is fairly messy and inner metal pot is hard to...

Pros: Only cost around $20, doesn't take up much room
Cons: Doesn't work reliably, has a strange metal smell

I have had this 3 cup rice cooker for about 6 months now, and I have not been pleased with the performance. Here are the reasons why I am disappointed:
1- does not cook rice consistently
2- has a strange, metal smell to the cooking bowl. I...

Pros: Small enough for a 2 member home.
Cons: No warming function, steam/water comes out the sides, hard to clean.

This is the second Salton rice cooker I've had. The first one was slightly larger and barely lasted ...

Pros: Easy to use, cheap
Cons: Unreliable, hard to clean

I bought the Salton 3-cup because it was the cheapest one at Target. It is faster than my old Handy Steamer for cooking rice, but the Handy Steamer is 7 years old and still going strong. I went through two of these Salton cookers in less than a year. Not...