Paul.M
- 2 reviews
Rubbish
Looked at reviews before purchase they must have all been written by Breville share holders.Followed directions and cooked rice and low and behold it catches on bottom every time without fail .Good on you Breville for bringing yet another bad product out. Still only paid $25 for it so it not the end of the world but the end of Breville in my house.
May 2nd 2017 Update: Rubbish you have to add more rice to get amount of rice you want.
Do not buy save money and burn rice some other way cheaper. This is nothing more than an uncontrolled electrical
device. This will only cost you the money you have paid for the cooker but also time cleaning out rice stuck to the bottom of (wait for it ) non stick surface.
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Tim BBrisbane
Absolutely shocking rice cooker
I've had this rice cooker for over a year and have "never" been able to successfully cook rice without burning rice on the bottom every-single-time. The only way to avoid burning the rice is to turn the cooker off 5 to 10 mins before it's boiled all the water out. This kind of defeats the purpose of the cooker plus you get soggy rice. I used to have a Breville Rice Cooker that lasted over 12 years until the teflon base started to wear out - it worked perfectly, I absolutely loved it. However the Breville BRC200 is just a shocker.
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Steve-geeMetropolitan Adelaide, SA
- 42 reviews
- 2 likes
Very good - but far from perfect
We make quite a lot of cooked brown rice (mixed with vegetables) for our seven dogs. We used to use a slow cooker - but the bowl cracked when one of them knocked it over. So we went searching for a dedicated rice cooker and found this one.
We routinely use 4 x standard cup measurements of brown rice then fill it with water to the Max. fluid mark. The unit has plenty of punch and soon has it boiling.
You do need to keep an eye on things; because the rice can dry out quite quickly (at least on brown rice). If it does dry out - I have found...Read more
that even though it has a non stick inner bowl it will stick and start to brown off. To date I have not cooked white rice. I have tried rinsing the rice well with water - prior to cooking - but it makes no noticeable difference. The unit comes with a VERY small plastic spoon for stirring - but because it's so short; it's almost useless for anything except maybe for steaming (and stirring) vegetables. You would be better off using a longer wooden or plastic spoon; which will give you more leverage. In short - it works for us and was very good value.Similar opinion? Write a review on ieatwords.com.au!
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maxiecatSydney
- 3 reviews
Rice always sticks to the bottom! Have tried every method advocated with no success
I bought this rice cooker following a good review by Choice. I have a Thermomix but wanted a separate rice cooker as I cook a lot of rice and had a Toshiba rice cooker for 6 years previous to this. The Toshiba metal opener had slowly peeled away so I had to get rid of it. So following reviews in Choice this cooker had a great review and a good price ( I had paid over $100 for the Toshiba one ). Unbelievable the rice sticks to the bottom despite everything I have done. I soak the rice. I have left lid on, I have used oil on the bottom of the r...Read more
ice cooker, I have taken the lid off, I have used extra water. I have soaked the rice for a longer period. Nothing stops the rice sticking to the bottom. Never experienced this issue before. Have used maximum 10 times and tried all above and gone back to using my Thermomix. Rice Cooker sitting in original packaging in my cupboard. Hope this is just a lemon product. I have had great experience with Breville products before. Can anyone suggest a good Breville rice cooker happy to pay more for it but one where rice does not stick to the bottom every single time. Purchased from The Good Guys in August 2016.Similar opinion? Write a review on ieatwords.com.au!
LizCentral Queensland, QLD
What a dud!
**Review about Platinum BRC200S**
By far the worse rice cooker. I have not been able to cook rice without burning/sticking from day 1. There is no way to avoid the bad outcome, tried everything already (rinsing rice, water temperature, add oil, etc.) Have had far better results with a $20 rice cooker. I wish Breville could admit this is a pure dud and replace the bad ones!!! Clearly they have built something wrong.
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Hi Liz - if you still have the receipt please return to the store of purchase. If you require further assistance please contact customer service on 1300 139 798. Thanks, the Breville team
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HylanderNewcastle
- 11 reviews
- 1 like
Stuck with a Dud
Finally bought a bigger rice cooker to do our one pot risotto. Our previous Sunbeam sputtered out of the vent on the lid. This was easily managed putting a piece of paper towel through the handle and it rested just over the hole. We were both very disappointed to realise the Breville splutters from the whole lid circumference and being a larger unit this meant it was all over the floor and benches. This was just cooking a pot of rice. The comments by others are correct the rice was stuck to the bottom which I didn't previously experience excep...Read more
t on a prolonged warming setting. I wouldn't recommended this cooker even at the purchase price of $40. Due to the mess we haven't used it again. We will give it another try and update this if we get any better result.1 comment
BrevilleBreville
Hi Hylander - the design team receive notifications and appreciate feedback. Please contact customer service if you want to discuss this further - 1300 139 798. Thanks, the Breville team
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Great little rice cooker
I wasn't expecting much from the mixed reviews left here. It is inexpensive, easy to clean and cooks the rice perfectly. Just follow the instructions and the rice is spot on.
Love it. Don't waste money on a more expensive cooker!
The only downside is the cup measurement is not metric.....
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Hi Cathy - thanks for your conments. The Breville team
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It's okay if you barely use it
despite the reviews I seen it on sale for $33 so grabbed one anyways. Like the other reviews suggest you can't cook anything without having it stick to the bottom. It's easy to unstick while cooking but none the less still an annoyance. Disappointing breville!!! Good for soups though!!! 3/5
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happy
- 6 reviews
dissapointed
Re the Breville Set & Serve bought it was really could not wait to try my new investment had used it two times with Brown & Basmati both dried out & burnt also stuck to the bottom I returned to the place of purchase, Have decided to continue cooking on my stove top.
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bec
- 6 reviews
- 4 likes
Great rice cooker!!!!!!!!!! But needed replacement.
This is a great rice cooker.
Cooks rice really well but unfortunately after 3 months, it started to malfunction and then eventually completely stopped working. Target was happy enough to replace. Replacement is so far working good. Here's hoping it lasts longer than 3 months this time, otherwise I give up.
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BebeSSouth East Queensland, QLD
- 38 reviews
Great rice.
We've had this rice cooker for years and we use it several times a week. It cooks perfect rice and has survived everything we've thrown at it.
Our bowl is dented from being dropped and all the non stick coating has long since peeled off, but it still works! I wish they made rice cooker bowls without the teflon, but now that it's done peeling and is just gone, it's all good.
Also our lid smashed (probably the same time the bowl got dented lol) but I was super happy to discover that the lids of our saucepans fit perfectly and it still works great using them.
So basically - we have thrashed this machine and it has survived with flying colours.
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Agree with all of the negative comments posted to date
My wife bought this rice cooker a year or so ago, but after trying it a couple of times put it away because cooked rice is dry sticks to bottom and burns. We had a rubbish collection this week so she brought it out to place on verge. I persuaded her to have one more go, following the instructions exactly. However, the result was the same so out it goes. I would feel guilty putting it on Gumtree and selling it, even for a dollar. This is either a dud product or the instructions are dud.
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Awesome rice cooker
This is my 2nd breville rice cooker, my previous lasted 10 yrs. After reading many reviews i decided to buy this model and so glad i did. From first use it worked perfectly ... rice was fluffy and cooked and did not stick to pan. This pan is better than my old one (excellent non stick coating).
For those concerned re sticking or not cooking .. i use 3 cups water to 1 cups when cooking white rice.. make sure u rinse rice with running water alot before cooking to get rid of starch (prevents spitting) and stir rice after it goes from cooked to warm and leave for approx 15 mins to finish cooking.
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fdsajAU
- 26 reviews
Very average
Not sure about the 5 star reviews for this. I find it doesn't cook rice well at all. And yes I always wash the rice first. You have to add at least one more cup of water than recommended and even then the rice can get a hard crust and looks too dry. Plus the soap bubbles and lid moving during cooking is a worry.
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ChrisBrisbane
Worst cooker ever !!
I'm so Angry right now I could get and axe and chop this rice cooker up no joke ! It's horrible ! It can cook rice it's always under cooked and dry ! U add more water and arrrgh ! Then it burns the rice and it looks good from outside but it ain't good in the inside !!
Everything but looks nice
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ltyhjtMelbourne
- 8 reviews
OK but not great
The rice cooker does it's job but I've used better rice cookers before (at least ones with no problems). The rice sticks to the base every time. I've been lucky enough to have only burnt my rice once or twice. I find that liquid keeps getting inside my lid which is frustrating. If I cooked rice frequently I would NOT be using this rice cooker and would invest in a better one. This is fine for occasional use only.
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AndrewLilydale
- 4 reviews
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Dreadful
Bought from Harvey Norman with high expectations.
It burns (overcooks) the rice on the base. But this is not the worst characteristic.
Far worse is the fact that the rice sticks to the (supposed) "non-stick" bowl. This happened right from first use and became gradually worse over time. Now, after a year, a thick layer of rice is stuck to the bowl after cooking.
Breville customer service said this can be minimised by rinsing the rice well before cooking. How helpful is that!
Rice sticks to bowl, burns the rice
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JaneTauranga, New Zealand
- 2 reviews
Hopeless
I bought this rice cooker from Harvey Norman last year. I do not have the receipt. I wish I had read all the reviews on here first. This cooker is such a disappointment It has burnt the rice every time I have used it. It now sits in the cupboard looking sorry for itself
The instructions were hopeless too. Nowhere did it say at what point one switched the appliance to cook after switching on to the warm setting. The rice / water guide on page 13 had a table for cooking white rice and brown rice, but the brown rice section still had the heading ...Read more
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so disappointed.
I asked my son to buy me a rice cooker for christmas and was so happy to get what I thought was a simple appliance. I have used it 3 times and it always burns the rice. The 3rd time i made brown rice and doubled the amount of water and it bubbled out the sides of the glass lid (only 2 cups of rice) and still the rice burnt onto the bottom. I have just checked the instructions again to see if i had missed something...no.
I thought I'd see what others are saying and it seems that everyone has had the same problem.
I am really disappointed with this product which simply fails to do what is it's only function.
it's simplicity
It fails to do it's only job...to cook rice.
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LoubPerth
Rice Burns, Don't Bother
Terrible cooker. I follow the instructions time and time again, cross my fingers and it always burns te bottom layer of rice or under cooks it. Water spits out of the lid every time so I think the water is evaporating out of the lid, hence the undercooked or burnt rice. As the old saying goes .... you get what you pay for. It was on sale at a Harvey Norman store closing down for $25.00!
The white colour looked nice and clean, that's about it.
It just didn't cook the rice correctly - ever!
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Questions & Answers
Di Hasked
how much ratio rice to water
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1:1.5 for white rice and 1:2 for brown rice! Pretty standard for all methods of cooking rice!
Lisa Farrellasked
Can you tell what the converted measure of rice and water are for the 10 cup rice cooker (Breville)?
As I've miss placed little measuring cup, also to do brown rice.
Thanks!
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Sharon L.Breville
Please call our Customer service team on 1300 139 798
siska92asked
Can i cook brown rice with this rice cooker?
thanks
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You can however I do 2 cups rice to 6 cups water with the cup provided.
A skin still forms on base of pan however stirring it immediately after it pings cooked, will break it up.
I also never leave cooked Brown Rice on the Warm setting - eat it straight away or remove from pan & store in airtight container.
Yes you can cook brown rice, but it requires more water than for white varieties.
White rice: 2 cups of rice to 2 cups of water.
Brown rice: 2 cups of rice to 3 cups of water.
It's very important to note here that "cups" does not mean a standard metric cup measure, but the special measuring cup provided with the unit.
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Paul.M
No response from Breville yes they know it,s a another cheap import. So really they are just a import company for bad products that are substandard.