Yes, but brown rice needs to sit in warm water for a while before being cooked. If the water is at boiling point during this time, it will have boiled away befo

Yes, but brown rice needs to sit in warm water for a while before being cooked. If the water is at boiling point during this time, it will have boiled away before the rice is finished cooking. The reduced power setting during boiling (relative to white rice) is for the second phase of cooking.