KitchenAid Grain and Rice Cooker

The writer loves this compact cooker, saying its built-in scale and guided workflow make rice foolproof and make cooking dried beans so easy that it changed their weekly meal routine, with only a minor complaint about bean texture settings.

A competent grain cooker that removes liquid measuring and does well with brown rice, but it runs dry, fumbles beans, and has a glitchy touchscreen, so the writer finds the automation unnecessary and prefers Zojirushi models.

After three months of regular use, the writer finds the compact smart cooker reliably produces fluffy, well-textured rice and grains with almost no effort, and considers it a worthwhile investment, especially for people who struggle with rice.

After months of near-daily use, the writer found the KitchenAid Grain and Rice Cooker a reliable, convenient all-in-one that weighs grains, adds the right water, and cooks rice, beans and grains perfectly, with only minor drawbacks in capacity and timer display.

The tester found this smart cooker delivers consistently excellent rice, grains and legumes thanks to its built-in scale and water tank, and considers it a worthwhile splurge for avid cooks despite its size and price.

The writer, who already owns several Zojirushi rice cookers, found the KitchenAid cooker surprisingly worthwhile because it automates water and grain measurement and reliably produces good quinoa, beans, and brown rice, though risotto was disappointing.