Elite 3 cup rice cooker-need instructions for cooking rice

Hi, you lost the instructions to your rice cooker and now you want to know how much rice and water you need in there? He is what I have found out with using my cooker to prepare rice.
There is a cup that comes with your rice cooker that equals about 2/3 of a regular measuring cup...one of these or 2/3 cup for every cooked cup of rice that you want to end up with... Add as many 2/3 cup fulls of rice as the number of full cups or servings that you want to end up with. See my notes about washing the rice further down in this tip.
The water...
There are lines on most of the cookers with numbers that represent the number of cups you are cooking...fill with water to that line.... If you are not sure, just fill with water a bit over the top of the rice...the amount is not that critical as the cooker senses when the water is cooked off and then shuts down...so a bit more will only make the cooking time a bit longer... no biggee...
Also it is best to rinse your rice before you actually leave the water in the pot that you are going to cook with...
Remeber also, if you have a brown or wild rice setting that the cooking times are MUCH longer...like up to 90 minutes, so get it started in plenty of time or you will be eating rice for a snack before bed...
The best feature is that you just have to place the rice and water in the unit, press the button for the type of rice you are using and forget about it itll it goes through the cycle and shuts down, going into the hold warm mode....it is so easy!!

These things are really goof proof, and make great rice very easily...a little bit of experimentation and you will enjoy very much using your rice cooker.

The Elite is made by Maximatic and you can download their owner's manual at http://www.maxi-matic.com/download_manual.php?filename=ERC003ST_008ST_010ST_015ST_manual.pdf

I ran into the same problem locating this manual. Black and Decker has the manual for the 3 cup on their site but not the 6 cup. I did find a manual for the Rival brand version which appears to be the same thing. You can find it at the URL

http://www.rivalproducts.com/manuals/MANUALS/RC61_43_53194273.PDF

you should have a "lever: you push down to cook and it will "pop" up when the rice is finshed, your cooker holds 6 Cups cooked rice, use 2 cups medium grain rice/ 3 cups water this should yeild you 6 cups of cooked rice, let sit about 4 min after the lever pops up to allow rice to finish steaming

I have a Toastmaster 3 cup rice cooker but think the ratio would be the same.
Long grain white rice - 2 rice measuring cups - water to 2 cup line = 8 (1/2 cup) servings
3 rice measuring cups - water to 3 cup line = 12 (1/2 cup) servings

Long grain brown rice - 1 1/2 Rice measuring cups - water to 3 cup line - 6 (1/2 cup) servings

For fluffy rice: After cooker shuts off, allow rice to stand for approx. 15 minutes, covered, before serving.

Hope this helps

Here are the instructions that came with the cooker:

Cooking times may vary due to variations in microwave ovens. Adjust cooking times for best results in your oven.
To Cook Rice:
1. Remove basket.
2. Pour 1 cup of uncooked rice into the bottom of the basket, rinse rice thoroughly with cold water.
3. Transfer the rinsed rice from the basket to the bottom of the cooker.
4. Add 1 1/2 cups of water and 1 tsp salt (salt is optional).
5. Secure lid and lock clamps. Open vent holes.
6. Microwave on medium setting (50%) for 10 - 12 minutes (white rice) or 18-20 (brown rice).
7. Remove from microwave, close vent holes and let stand with the lid fastened for 4-5 minutes (the steam continues to cook the rice.)
8. Remove rice from the cooker and fluff with a fork.
Yields: 3 cups of cooked rice or 4 to 6 servings.
Cooking Potatoes and Vegetables:
1. Insert Basket.
2. Pour one cup of water plus 1/4 tsp. salt into the bottom of the cooker.
3. Peel vegetables (if desired), cut into evenly sized pieces and place inside basket.
4. Secure lid and lock clamps. Close vent holes.
5. Microwave on high for 3-4 minutes.
6. Remove from microwave and let stand with lid fastened for 3-4 minutes (the steam continues to cook the vegetables.)
Cooking Pasta:
1. Remove basket and lid (lid not used initially for preparing pasta inside the microwave).
2. Pour 2 cups (5 oz.) of uncooked noodles into the bottom of the cooker.
3. Add 2 1/2 cups water.
4. Microwave on high setting 10 minutes, stirring after 5 minutes.
5. Remove from microwave, stir noodles, secure lid and lock clamps. Close vent holes. Let stand for 3-4 minutes.

most cookers have a basic lever down to cook/ up when rice is done or warming

2 cups med rice 3 cups water yeilds about 6 cups cooked, allow rice to sit 4 -5 min after cooking to allow to finish steaming

For Queenmom and anyone else looking for the manual for a Black and Decker Flavor Scenter Handy Steamer Users Manual, I just stumbled across one. Here's the link:

http://useandcaremanuals.com/pdf/HS90038.pdf

I hope that helps.

From the users guide for the 550 FOR BROWN RICE RICE: 2 half cups WATER: To 2 mark, plus 3/4 cup TIME: 32 minutes MAKES: 2 cups RICE:4 cups WATER: To 4 mark, plus 3/4 cup TIME: 39 minutes MAKES: 8 cups Here are the rest: 6 cups To 6 mark, plus 3/4 cup 44 minutes 13-1/2 cups 8 cups To 8 mark, plus 3/4 cup 48 - 49 minutes 15 cups 10 cups To 10 mark, plus 3/4 cup 51 - 52 minutes 21 cups Here is a link to the user guide for all the instructions. http://www.blackanddeckerappliances.com/dyn/prod/user-guide/139/RC410%20RC550.pdf