Gadgetory

hey I'm CNET's right Kristen I'm standing here beside the time machine now this is not a DeLorean this is not a device that's gonna send you back to the future but it is a machine that promises to save you time in the kitchen it's a rice maker it's a slow cooker it's all sorts of things in one mostly rice though it's got distinct settings for white rice brown rice it also promises to cook that rice faster than other conventional rice makers now the time machine promises to save you all this time by doing a lot of the thinking for you it's gonna figure out how much you've got inside of it and how long it needs to cook for we tested it out I cook some lunch for my colleagues made chicken and rice and asparagus a very nice hearty lunch put all the ingredients in steamed the chicken and the asparagus on top and the included steam tray and it came out fine and thought about it for a while it told me when 10 minutes was left and the rice came out cooked very well the chicken was moist and tasty the asparagus was just right everybody liked what I cook which is not something that always happens when I cook so I was pretty happy about that now the time machine is currently seeking its capital on Kickstarter it's already passed its goal it's done very well and it's got about two weeks left it's expected to ship out to backers by Christmas as this year which is coming up so that's a pretty aggressive timeline this is a company that put out appliances before and they were already able to send us a working prototype so we feel pretty good about that date it'll retail for about $70 once it's out on the market if you catch the Kickstarter before it ends you might be able to get it for about 10 bucks off the time machine won't however ship outside of the US right away at least the company tells me that they are looking into options for the voltage requirements of different countries where there is also interest in this cooker so stay tuned for updates on that front thanks for watching be sure to check out my full first take at cnet.com along with the rest of my appliance and smart home reviews for CNET appliances I'm Rui Crist you