Yum Asia Kumo YumCarb Rice Cooker with Ceramic Bowl and Advanced Fuzzy Logic, (5.5 cups, 1 litre), 5 Rice Cooking Functions, 3 Multicooker Functions, 220-240V UK/EU Power (Light Stainless Steel)

This rice cooker is straight forward to use and when used as in the instruction does not boil over.The bowl is made of ceramics and the basket tray of stainless steal. Only the lid has aluminium parts, but these do not come in contact with the food and only sour food would remove aluminium. So I am not concerned about this. I chose this rice cooker, because I wanted one for daily use.The bowl and basket are easy to clean and one can wash at least short grain rice clean in the basket. For long grain rice it is better to wash it in the bowl, because the rice grains can slip through the wholes of the basket.It also comes with a measuring cup for rice and water, although one can as well follow the markings inside the bowl and basket tray to fill the water up to the marking for the amount of cups of rice.I have cooked long white rice and brown rice and white and brown short grain rice in the different programmes. They were all equally excellent (I followed exactly the instructions of the manual).What I really like is that one can choose between the method where less water is used and the water is completely absorbed while the rice cooks or one can cook the rice in the basket in a multiple of the regular water and boil potential heavy metals like arsenic, cadmium and lead out, the water remains in the bowl underneath when the cooking is finished and can be poured into the sink with with a pair of cooking gloves or such (the bowl is hot).This is very important for me, because eating rice daily and choosing brown rice quite often, I can reduce the intake of these heavy metals. Of course this also reduces the nutrients. What might be good if people want to eat less carbohydrates, because the programme is praised for reducing the amount of carbohydrate of the rice.I use this in particular for brown rice which is higher in heavy metals, but also healthy as a whole grain. For basmati rice, which naturally absorbs fewer heavy metals while growing in the rainy season with fresh clean water, I prefer the traditional 'soak it all up' method in the bowl.When one has filled the rice cooker with the rice and the water and chosen the programme, it will start to bring the water to boil and then start counting the time down on the digital display until the rice is done. It alerts with a beep, which is very convenient, as one can focus on something else in the meantime. If one decides to leave the rice on the keep warm function, it will start counting the time up.This is ideal for rice pudding, where the rice it boiled in the prescribed amount of water first, then after cooking the milk added and the keep warm function left until the milk is absorbed and the rice is creamy. When I use brown rice and boil this in the basket tray, I take the tray out after cooking, empty the water from the bowl and then fill the bowl with the rice. There is a white plastic spatula sold with the cooker, which comes very handy for this and for stirring the rice in the bowl with the milk before leaving it again on its own. For the finished rice I use the shite plastic ladle which also comes with this device.As cooking on a gas stove is less expensive than using electricity, this cooker is visible in my electricity bill. But it's worth it, because on a gas stove rice pudding needs to be supervised and stirred for the whole 40 minutes, else it will set and burn. In this rice cooker I can just leave the rice boil, add the milk at the beep and wait until the required keep-warm time is up (because every rice is different one has to experiment on this, but in general whether I used white or brown arborio or white sushi rice, it took the rice about 1 hour to 1 hour 30 minutes to have a creamy rice).White basmati rice is quickly done, in 25 minutes and it is always fluffy and evenly cooked. On the stove this was difficult to boil evenly (at the bottom mushy or sticking), especially with measure of two or three cups, which is the maximum rice amount for this cooker, but here it comes out excellent and the same every single time. For the brown basmati rice I use the YUM function to reduce the heavy metals, which takes about 40 minutes.What is not yet optimal on the device is that the condensation will run down the lid when opened and also come out of the steam vent. There is a tiny collecting vessel under the hinge-joint to collect the water, but most runs onto the rim inside or outside down the lid. This is not a major issue when one knows. When I want to open the lid, I just open it one cm and keep vibrating it up and down on that short distance for a bit, what helps shake a lot of water inside into the rice. Then I hold the towel against the steam vent while opening the lid and allow the water from the steam vent to run into that towels and finally I dry the lid and the rim, if something still went into it.But this wiping up condensation water is no bother at all in comparison to cooking rice on the stove. I would definitively place it under a good extractor van for the YUM function in particular, as this will boil a lot of water and the steam needs to leave the room somehow. In regard to the regular programmes I have found it a relief in hot weather that this rice cooker gives less heat into my studio room than the open flame of the gas oven would.Considering the price I paid and how well the device works for me, I am giving five stars. I am really enjoying it, it makes life a lot easier.One downside is that currently one can not get any replacement bowl, one has to reorder and return the whole device. Hopefully they will be able to sort this for the future to make this more environmentally friendly.

I have never been able to consistently cook perfect rice, potentially 1 in 3 would be of an acceptable quality... until now.This is my first rice cooker and I read many, many reviews before my purchase. I don't have any comparison, but this is amazing.I was initially going to purchase the smaller size because I had limited storage space, but I was concerned about the volume of rice that I would be able to cook so opted for this mid size unit. In hind sight the smaller option would probably have covered my needs as I am yet to cook more than 3 cups of rice. However I am happy to have the option to cook more if required and this is so compact that it can still be stored easily.The rice comes out perfectly every time whatever type of rice I cook. I find the rice has a little more flavour when I don't use the carb reducing sieve type insert (but this is useful for washing the raw rice). The spillage that many reviews refer to when opening the lid can be avoided if you open it slowly.This was genuinely an amazing purchase that I regret not having made years ago.Prior to this, I would buy the microwave bags of rice for convenience and consistency. The rice i can now cook for myself is remarkable in comparison. A few moments preparation and a push of a button is all that is required, then just leave it to do it's work. The stay warm function means I don't even have to time the start, I can prepare way in advance of dinner and have the rice ready for me when I want it. I have used the keep warm for 4 or 5 hours without the rice burning. Allegedly it can work for up to 24hrs but I've not tried it.This is not a cheap option for a rice cooker but as I was probably using 6 to 10 pouches of the microwave stuff previously at a cost of about £1 a pouch, it will pay for itself very quickly.The only minor negative that I have discovered is that it does create quite a lot of steam. I get around this most of the time by placing it within the catchment zone of my extractor but anywhere that isn't directly beneath the upper cupboards in the kitchen works if the hob is in use.Sorry it's a long review but I am very, very happy about it and recommend it to literally anyone who will listen!

The media could not be loaded. Perfect size for 1-4 people. lets see the inner ceramic cotting.

A very good rice cooker but does not make enough rice if you have a large family. I bought this to replace my old Tefal rice cooker which made a much larger amount. This one is almost as easy to use and comes with a large booklet but most of the pages are to do with recipes rather than operational stuff.The measuring cup provided for the quantity of rice needed is absolutely essential if you do not wish to make an absolute mess. Also the scale on the inside of the ceramic cooking pot is also not to be ignored if you know what is good for you. The ceramic cooking pot is also not dishwasher safe and is hand wash only but it is of very good quality and is so smooth that you can easily clean it with just a damp sponge. The cooker also has a countdown time feature and a keep warm function.My only other gripe (apart from the quantity of rice cooked in one go) is that the steam outlet valve is at the back of cooker and not the front. This means you must move it well away from the wall unless you want your walls to be stripped of paint or wallpaper.