I bought this to cook barley. A lot of Koreans use this too cook all kinds of grains. I was worried when I read the instructions where it says to put a separate bowl and cover it with foil. I almost returned it. No Koreans cook grains in a pressure cooker that way. Ignoring the instructions, I just put my barley in the cooker and soaked it overnight and cooked it this morning. It turned out perfect ! It took only about 10 minutes. Also thhe barley didn't make a mess out of the cooker at all. I am extremely happy.