The invention discloses a clothing care machine and a method for detecting whether the clothing care machine is provided with a balance ring. The method includes the following steps that: A, a motor is controlled to drive a rolling drum to operate to a set speed, and maintain the set speed; step B, the current value of the motor is detected and recorded; and step C, the current value is analyzed,so that whether the current value has periodicity is judged, and therefore, whether the clothing care machine is provided with the balance ring can be determined. With the method of the present invention adopted, a problem that a washing machine itself does not have a balance ring detection function the prior art can be solved; and whether the washing machine is provided with a balance ring can bejudged after detection, and therefore, risks can be eliminated for the setting of the program of the washing machine.