Product Description

This rice cooker lets you make up to 16 cups of delicious, fluffy cooked rice. Great for white, brown, or flavored rice side dishes, 7 cup uncooked Rice. The removable bowl is submersible and has a non-stick coating for easy cleaning.

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Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #13391 in Kitchen & Housewares
• Size: 11" L x 8.6" W x 10" H
• Color: White
• Brand: Black & Decker
• Model: RC436
• Platform: Windows
• Format: CD-ROM
• Number of items: 1
• Dimensions: 8.54" h x 10.31" w x 10.31" l, 5.50 pounds

Features

• Rice cooker makes up to 16 cups of cooked rice
• Auto keep-warm mode; "cook" and "warm" indicator lights; see-through glass lid
• Steam vents and condensation catcher; dishwasher-safe nonstick cooking pan
• Stay-cool handles; measuring cup and onboard rice scoop included
• Measures approximately 10 by 10 by 8 inches; 1-year limited warranty

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Customer Reviews

Most helpful customer reviews

66 of 68 people found the following review helpful.
Follow the instructions! (updated)
By J. Martin
This rice cooker works perfectly if you just follow its instructions. Ignore other reviewers' advice to follow instructions on the rice package and their complaints that it sprays slime all over your kitchen. The first is what causes the second. It sprays only if you use too much water, but if you follow the cooker's instructions (which use much less water than the rice's own instructions), the most mess you will ever get will be at the lid's vent hole - nowhere else.

I have made many batches using the maximum seven cups of uncooked rice, and the results have been perfect rice with no mess beyond the lid itself (which is NOT hard to wash, by the way) each time. It's true that the rice gets slightly toasty on the bottom of the pot, but practically all rice cookers do that, and the toasty part tastes good anyway.

UPDATE:

I am copying a comment here that I posted originally under another review and then copied under most of the other reviews that complain about the mess:

When I made my first batch of rice with this appliance, I took your advice and laid towels all over the surrounding counter and floor. I even made a little tent over the cooker itself to protect the ceiling! I also started with less than the maximum capacity: four measures of rice instead of the maximum seven. I was very surprised to find no mess at all, anywhere, just a pot of perfectly cooked rice.

Thinking that the problem might appear when cooking a larger amount, I worked my way up in stages to a full pot: five measures of rice the next time, then six, then seven, filling with water to the corresponding mark in the pot each time. I still got no mess at all, ever, just perfect rice.

Then I tried something different: I put in four measures of rice, but I filled the pot with water to the 5 mark. About 20 minuted later I had white rice-water spraying on everything within a couple of feet of the cooker.

As I was cleaning up the mess and the rice was still cooking, I noticed that what was happening was that the water was boiling up above the level of the rice in the pot and spraying out through the vent hole. But that only happened when I used more water than the instructions call for. When I used the correct proportions, the rice had already absorbed enough of the water by the time it boiled that there never was boiling water higher than the rice was, so it never even reached the vent hole.

Some other reviewers have recommended following the rice instructions instead of the cooker instructions, and that is why people get the mess. Since the instructions on the rice package call for much more water than the cooker's own instructions call for, if you follow the rice instructions you will get a mess every time. If people like moister rice than this cooker makes, then they should cook it somewhere else. It is not the appliance's fault if it makes a mess when users don't follow the instructions that come with it.

24 of 26 people found the following review helpful.
Good rice, but kind of messy
By Prestoli
My Salton rice cooker finally gave out after 8 years of use, and I replaced it with the Black & Decker Rice Cooker Plus. The good points are it is quite easy to use and can cook rice quite well. The disappointment to me is the cleanup.

Having used the Salton, I am accustomed to the starchy steam these types of cookers produce but I find this cooker to be messier than my Salton was. It "spits" all over its top, handles and even the surrounding coutertop are and floor (I have to line with paper towels to catch some of the sputter). I've tried rinsing the rice first and the performance was the same.

It is a big plus that the rice container itself is nonstick, but the lid takes some scrubbing, not just a light wash. I suppose this is a good value for the price I paid (under $30), but I think I may be upgrading soon to avoid that sticky mess.

17 of 18 people found the following review helpful.
I like it! Good little rice cooker.
By mrsfixit
I bought one of these because I was not happy with the Aroma plastic rice cooker that I was using.

The Aroma always burned the rice at the bottom, and the warm setting was way too hot and would continue to cook the food.

It also was made in such a way that the lid was not detachable, and therefore you couldn't clean it.

Take my word for it, when cooking rice or other things (rice cookers do a fantastic job with steel cut oatmeal BTW) food has a tendency to foam up during cooking and the steam and food particles rise up towards the vent on top.

If you have a rice cooker with a non-detachable lid, food particles get trapped up there and you can't get them out.

So when you cook a new batch of rice, the old particles can migrate down into your food. It's unsanitary.

FYI: A teaspoon of vegetable oil will help with foaming.

At least with this type of cooker, the lid is like a crockpot lid and can be pu t in the dishwasher.

It does a great job on rice, no more burning at the bottom. The warm setting is just that- warm.

When you plug it in, you must push down on the switch to go to the "cook" mode, otherwise it will just stay on warm. This is a great advantage AFAIC, for if you unplug it and plug it back in- it won't automatically go back to "cook" like my old rice cooker and many others on the market will.

I really love the detachable cord. It's very convienent.

It doesn't have a steaming basket or any other frills. It's a very basic rice cooker, but I am very satisfied with it. I have been using it for about 6 months now.

In the owners manual, it states that the lid and insert are *not* dishwasher safe- which I don't understand.

In my house, there is no such thing as "not dishwasher safe". I put everything- and I mean everything- in my dishwasher. I just don't use any extra hot water cycles or drying cycles and I have yet to ruin anything.

So you can put the parts of this rice cooker in there and not worry about it.

If you want a no frills rice cooker this little unit will do the job nicely.