20 Most Recent Black & Decker RC4 6-Cup Rice Cooker Questions & Answers

It is always better to go for 2:1 ratio. (water : rice) , this will help the rice to be silky and soft especially if you are using Basmati rice. For the other types, it is most generally better to go with 1:1. Also, it is better to soak rice for bout 30 minutes before cooking it, it will help in faster cooking saving some valuable electricity units.

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I ran into the same problem locating this manual. Black and Decker has the manual for the 3 cup on their site but not the 6 cup. I did find a manual for the Rival brand version which appears to be the same thing. You can find it at the URL

http://www.rivalproducts.com/manuals/MANUALS/RC61_43_53194273.PDF

not sure about that measuring cup thing. just use 1 part rice to 2 parts liquid and you'll be fine

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Did you mean Model RC446: The Use and Care Manual can be found here:

http://useandcaremanuals.com/pdf/RC4461155.pdf

Try here as they all cook to about the same quantities of water to rice.

http://www.fixya.com/support/browse/rice_cookers_and_steamers

Since a steamer is a steamer, try the following suggestions:

White rice: 1 cup to 2 cups water for 45-50 minutes.
Brown rice: 1 cup to 1.5 cups water for 45-50 minutes.

Hope this helps!

Hi,

Here is a tip that will help you figure out about using a rice cooker...

How much Rice and Water go in the Cooker

heatman101

Hi,

Here is a tip that will help you figure out about using a rice cooker...

How much Rice and Water go in the Cooker

heatman101
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I ran into the same problem locating this manual. Black and Decker has the manual for the 3 cup on their site but not the 6 cup. I did find a manual for the Rival brand version which appears to be the same thing. You can find it at the URL

http://www.rivalproducts.com/manuals/MANUALS/RC61_43_53194273.PDF

Did you get a solution to this? My friend has the same model and experienced the same. Please send response to [email protected] up in Canada

Thanks and I hope it all worked out.
Leonard.

Did you get a solution to this? My friend has the same model and experienced the same. Please send response to [email protected] up in Canada

Thanks and I hope it all worked out.
Leonard.

Hi,
There is a sensor that regulates how hot the cooker gets and shuts it down to the warm setting when it senses that the heat is too high...meaning that all the water has cooked off....my guess is that the sensor failed and as far as I know it is not replaceable.

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