It is one of those NO-BRAINER things.  Just follow the instructions and you get perfect rice, tender chicken, fall-off-the-bone roast, and perfect beans, every time.  One of my personal favorites is to cook a whole chicken.  Talk about tender and DElicious.  How could I have lived without this gorgeous stainless steel cooker.  Takes all the work out of cooking most anything.  I am a long-time bachelor and we need ALL THE HELP THAT IS AVAILABLE.