> Those electric veggie steamers that cook rice ...assembling the internal
> rice cooking bowl...confuses the hell outta me and I have to read the
> instructions everytime I used it. And if I remember correctly it takes
> over 40 minutes to cook rice with it, which is not a convenient time
> saving device IMO. And all those plastic parts take up too much room in
> the dishwasher. This link looks somewhat like my veggie steamer, which
> can cook rice as well.
> http://www.usashoppingclub.com/images/95/images/652.jpg
>
> --
> -Alan

Mine is similar to the second picture, only it has one level, but
does have a small bowl for doing rice. You add some water in the rice
bowl and water in the bottom of the cooker. I remove the rice bowl to
steam vegs. ....Sharon