Wow, what a great model! This replaces a 14 yo Zojirushi, and immediately my family noticed excellent improvement in cooking times and quality of white rice and most critical the taste. We have also equivalent success cooking quinoa, sushi rice, and brown rice. For those of you familia with fuzzy logic rice cookers, menu selection is similar, but this model offers great features and flexibility. The inner pan is heavier than my last one, with a better coating, and the triple heater levels definitely works great. Seriously this is a great model and offers options to cook multiple grains, all coming out perfectly cooked. I was considering an induction cooker, but it is not needed, as all the grains my family eat are cooked perfectly. We’ve use the timer and it works perfectly.