This rice cooker has a stainless steel body with plastic molding, plus an all-polished stainless steel cooking bowl, steamer tray and inner lid. The triple layered cooking bowl bottom ensures no sticking or burning of rice during cooking and warming. 3-dimensional heating from the lid side and bottom ensures perfectly cooked rice, and the cooker has an automatic ‘keep warm’ mode. The cooker can also be used to steam vegetables, meats and other foods using the stainless steel steamer tray.