Oster 4731 10-Cup Rice Cooker

Pros: Makes good rice.
Cons: Way too messy.

Water everywhere.  The rice was good but not worth the clean up.  This was the first rice cooker I tried and I wish I had done some research before buying.  Haven't tried the steamer yet - but can only imagine that the vegetables would be coated with the sticky sludge that spews from the pot and spatters everything within range.

Pros: Easy to use and easy to clean it up.
Cons: The recipes in the book are not that good.

Not sure why the previous poster had so myuch trouble.  My first attempt to use this cooker was 100%!  Loved it.  I cooked 2 cups of brown jasmine rice in 5 cups of water and it came out perfect! Followed the directions and added the extra half cup water because it was brown rice.  I heated up a can of seasoned tomatoes on the stove and dumped them in towards the end along with some herbs. What a brew and now I can add shrimp or whatever when I heat it up.

Pros: It doesn't spill all over the stove. I'm not a happy camper at this point.
Cons: Rice burns and sticks to bottom,uncooked; water on top.

I've made rice several times now with the cooker I bought two months ago.  If I use about three times the water required, it may be okay, but it's unpredictable.  I've never been able to follow the guidelines  and get edible rice.