I accidentally poured the rice in the cooker without noticing the pot was not inside. Does it get wrecked? Risk of fire? I can still hear quite a bit of rice inside the bottom...Hamilton Beach brand

Sounds like your rice cooker didn't recognized Inner Pot
sitting in on it,
Check handle and switch sensor on center of inside rice cooker
PS: l_ _l Meaning is NO POT !! (Its a symbol)

You can steam vegetables in your rice cooker. Just make sure you watch the vegetables they will cook faster in your rice cooker than normal.

I had one, it's just takes practice, time the batch and use a measuring cup, this will help you get dialed in to being the master rice cooker, that hides within you Grasshopper !
Jay the pool pump motor repair guy Longwood Florida

JUST TRY:)

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Pour 2 - 3glass of water into the cooker and keep the pot inside the cooker and add the items you want to cook switch the stove the water starts to boil add the items and start cooking ...don't forget to cover the top part of the cooker :)

have fun! :)

Your manual for the Rival Automatic Steamer/Rice Cooker 4450 can be downloaded from this site:

http://micromatikal.dlinkddns.com:8000/cust/4450.pdf

Sorry someone has not responded sooner.

I have the exact same problem! I cooked soup that slowly boiled over the edge and burned inside the base. I know you can't soak it and I don't want to ruin it. Help!

Ask whoever gave it to you if the manual is available. Since it wasn't new to you, your comments about it being sold without instructions are not valid. Perhaps it is only a rice cooker and not meant for anything else.

Hi,
Here is a tip that I wrote about rice cookers and the amount of rice and water needed...

How much Rice and Water go in the Cooker

http://www.fixya.com/support/r5396567-much_rice_water_go_in_cooker

heatman101

Here is my recipe - enjoy and please rate my answer as a fixya!

Raw Rice - 2 Cups (400 gms.)

Water - 6 Cups.

(The ratio of rice to water is 1:3)

PROCEDURE

Step 1:First wash the rice in water thoroughly and drain the water.

Step 2:Take a vessel ,the capacity of which is double the quantity of raw rice that is to be taken.

Step 3:Now,add the washed rice into this vessel and pour 6 cups of water into it .

Step 4:Now, place this vessel containing rice with water in a pressure cooker and add the pressure weight on the cooker top.

Step 5:Heat the pressure cooker for 20 minutes only.

Rice has been cooked.

NOTE:
*After heating the cooker for 20 minutes,donot open the cooker immediately.Wait for 15 minutes and then open ,otherwise the cooker would burst open.

I have a west bend crockery cooker, model 84316. It was given as a gift. My wife has tried to use it 3 times and each time the outside becomes to hot to touch, while the contents of the removable crock gets only luke warm. I also noticed the bottom of the cooker has turned brown from excess heat, looks like a possible fire hazzard. Does anyone have this problem, is there a recall on this product.