Rice cooking: The included cup is actually about 3/4 cup, so if you ever need to replace it don't use a 1-cup measuring cup. So far every time I've cooked rice it's come out very nicely. Cooked all the way through (no crunchy rice) and fluffy-to-sticky depending on how much water I've put in.
Steaming: There's a water level line on the inner pot to help you judge where to fill it if you're just using the steam tray. I got some of those frozen buns, rice flour dough with a little ball of meat and stuff in the middle, at the Asian Pacific Market in town and the Tim3 Machin3 steamed the outside very nicely. The inside was still frozen solid, but that's my fault. Even after popping the bun into the microwave for 3 minutes to cook it fully, it was still great. I've also left the steaming tray inside the cooker while making rice, to steam things at the same time. Frozen dumplings/pot stickers came out just right, and eggs steam up nicely to a hard-steamed state too.
Oatmeal: The Tim3 Machin3 cooker did an excellent job cooking steel cut oats. I put everything in and set the times so it would be ready in the morning. That being said, give me pressed/quick oats every time. We just couldn't get past the texture, so most of it went into the trash. It does an amazing job cooking these things, but they just aren't my bag, baby.
Go get one. $30 at Costco.
