AROMA Digital Rice Cooker, 4-Cup (Uncooked) / 8-Cup (Cooked)…

Price: $32.99
(as of Dec 03, 2024 23:45:38 UTC – Details)

B007WQ9YNO, Elevate your home cooking with the Aroma® 8-Cup (Cooked) Digital Rice Cooker & Food Steamer. Enjoy restaurant-quality rice, wholesome steamed meals, and mouthwatering one-pot creations—all at the push of a button. The included Flash Rice function is perfect for those moments when you need rice in a flash. With this function, your rice will be ready in no time, simplifying meal preparation. Plus, it’s dishwasher safe, ensuring stress-free cooking and easy cleanup. The compact design accommodates 2 to 8 cups of any rice variety, with specialized settings for White and Brown Rice. Once…, 4.5, Reviewer: Prince of Peas
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title: Seriously, why would anyone ever need a rice cooker? Nothing is simpler than making rice!
Review: TL;DR: Buy this, it’s amazing. There’s no need to buy a fancier model, this makes perfect rice, is simple, is inexpensive, and does not take up much room.As someone with extensive experience in the kitchen, both professionally and at home, I cannot imagine anything simpler to cook than rice. There are only 2 ingredients, rice & water and it’s not very complicated. With so many appliances in my kitchen, why bother with another thing to buy, use once, and take up storage space? I have enough gadgets that seemed great on paper (air fryers, bread makers, etc.) which did not do the job as well as I could do using traditional methods, and which were often difficult to clean and maintain. So, a rice cooker? A machine to replace the easiest food in the world to cook? Why?My wife had suggested one, after all, all of the restaurants that served rice used them. But, I explained (probably incorrectly) they need to make a LOT of rice; we don’t, and that’s probably why they use them. Then I came across an article in one of my favorite food magazines, where they test products and came across their review of rice cookers. This rice cooker received the highest rating and was the least expensive of all their tests (and this is a serious chef’s magazine, not supported by advertising; their reviews are spot-on and unbiased). And so, I bit the bullet and thought that if it was garbage, I’d just toss it, it was inexpensive enough.As soon as I got this, I wanted to use it and prove to my wife why it was a waste of money and space, and how even a review from an almost always dependable magazine, could be wrong, Of course, I tried some basmati rice because I knew that there was no way that I was going to get fluffy rice with discrete, pieces of rice not stuck together. Once more I would show her who was right.Wrong.After about 33 minutes when the machine said that the rice was done, I opened the lid and, behold, it was perfect! Each grain of rice was perfectly cooked, separate from all the other grains, flowable, and it was the same from the top of the pot to the bottom. Amazing and impressive.Then I decided that the time/temperature etc. of this gadget must have been designed for basmati rice, let’s try some short-grain sticky rice for sushi. Damn, how does it know? Again, perfect.I’m now a believer, I admit I was very wrong, and the answer to who needs a rice cooker is: I do and You do.- This machine cleans up beautifully, it leaves no rice on the bottom of the pot.- It is simple to use.- It cooks rice perfectlyMy only issue with it is, as per the attached photos, it is very difficult to see the water line markings on the inside of the pot. This machine is too good, however, to deduct any points for that.Two things to point out:1) The cup that it comes with equals 3/4 of a dry cup measure. It says that in the instructions but on the cup itself, there is a 3/4 full mark. That’s a bit confusing but, the measuring cup is 3/4 cup when it is filled to the top. If you fill it to the 3/4 mark, you’re weighing out 3/4 of a cup (or a little over 1/2 of a regular cup) so just fill it to the brim.2) There is a steam vent on the lid. It’s probably not best to place this under a cabinet; condensation will form on the underside of the cabinet and drip or, worse, penetrate the cabinet wood and get moldy. Keep it in a position so that the vent is clear of anything above it.I highly recommend, despite my previous insistence that nobody needs a rice cooker, this machine. It’s amazing.Review of: Aroma Housewares 2-8-Cups (Cooked) Digital Cool-Touch Rice Grain Cooker and Food Steamer

Reviewer: T. E. Redd
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title: Nice bit of kitchen kit.
Review: Exactly as advertised.I make rice and soup with this machine.The preset buttons “white rice” and “brown rice” appear to be preset time buttons. They work perfectly for white and brown rice. Push the button and come back later. That’s nice.I also make soup in this machine. It boils hard and that splashes inside. I use the steamer tray to keep the roiling water off the lid shield.Cleanup is easy once you do it a few times. Very simple gadgetation.Easily worth the money. If this cooker is durable it may be one one of my best machine purchases ever.

Reviewer: P. Schmidt
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title: Above average rice cooker
Review: I bought this AROMA brand rice cooker to replace a larger vegetable steamer (by a different manufacturer) that had an attachment for cooking rice. I wanted to have a cooker that was primarily for rice, with the option to steam vegetables and/or cook other foods, while being smaller when stored on the countertop, and easier to clean than my old one. Based on other Amazon reviews, I selected this one.Before I forget to write it, I think it is important to point out that this cooker is rated for 8 cups of COOKED rice, NOT 8 cups of uncooked rice. The usual ratio for regular white rice is 1:2, meaning that if you put in 1 cup of uncooked rice, you will have 2 cups of cooked rice when done. So with this product you can put in a maximum of 4 cups of uncooked rice, and will end up with a maximum of 8 cups of cooked rice.It is also important to note that if you choose to use the optional (included) vegetable steamer/food cooker tray, this fits inside the rice cooker pot and therefore takes up some of the space in that pot; you can cook rice AND steam vegetables/cook food simultaneously, but you cannot fit the full measure of rice when doing so. In my estimate, if you put in a cup or two of uncooked rice, the vegetable steamer/food cooker tray holds about enough to feed two people when combined with the rice. It is certainly not large enough to simultaneously cook rice and other food in quantities for a family; AROMA makes a similar product with a larger capacity if you need it.I shopped in several stores (Sears, Bed Bath & Beyond, Target, Macy’s) before buying this cooker. They all carried electric rice cookers, but none had this product. Sears has AROMA products, but only in a less expensive non-digital version, while BB&B had a similar cooker by West Bend that did not look as good in terms of quality. But the majority of places I looked carried only non-digital rice cookers. I mention this because I think the digital ones have a couple of advantages that are significant enough to comment on:- The cooker is not simply based on cooking time; there is some sort of measurement going on that assures properly cooked rice.- The cooker can be programmed to start cooking while you are away, so that the rice (or other food) will be ready when you want to eat it.- The cooker automatically goes into a ‘keep warm’ mode once cooking is done, and will work well in this regard for at least a few hours.This cooker includes the following:- Cooker itself (included the digital controller and the heating element)- Teflon coated (non-stick) rice cooker pot- Plastic vegetable steamer/food cooker tray- Plastic stirring spatula (used once rice is cooked)- Clear plastic measuring cup (1 cup capacity)- Users manual- Quick start guide- Rice recipesBasic rice cooking goes like this:- Measure uncooked rice, using included cup or any other measuring cup- Pour rice into pot- If cooking white rice, pour in some water, stir with included spatula (or wooden spoon, etc), drain water (this optional step helps rinse away excess starch)- Add water to pot (which already contains rice) until water level reaches measuring mark on inside of pot that corresponds with amount of rice- Close cooker lid- Press POWER button- Press either the WHITE RICE or BROWN RICE button- Cooking starts, and is monitored by the digital controller; display shows rotating LED pattern, ‘Cooking’ LED illuminates- When digital controller estimates that about 12 minutes remain, display stops rotating pattern and starts showing count down minutes until done- Cooker beeps loudly for a few seconds, automatically enters KEEP WARM mode, ‘Keep Warm’ LED illuminates- When ready to eat, press POWER button twice to turn cooker off, open lid and remove pot- Stir cooked in pot using included spatula (or wooden spoon, etc)The manual includes a chart for estimating cooking time, but in general white rice takes 20-30 minutes, and brown rice takes twice that time.I have done small and large batches of both white rice, brown rice, and also a batch of wild rice, and all came out perfectly, properly cooked but not mushy. White rice had a nice level of stickiness of the sort that lends itself to eating with chopsticks, but without being TOO sticky, so you can easily break it up by stirring more with the spatula.In my tests, I always used the recommended water amount (i.e. I filled the pot to the measurement line that matched the amount of uncooked rice I put in), EXCEPT for the wild rice; the cooker does not have a setting for wild rice, so I followed the instructions on the rice bag, putting in 1-3/4 cup of water for each cup of uncooked rice, and then using the BROWN RICE mode on the cooker.I have not used the optional vegetable steamer/food cooker tray, so I cannot comment on that very much. But the manual includes extra steps for setting up cooking in the tray only (i.e. no rice cooking), as well as simultaneous cooking of rice and other foods. There are ways to specify time values that apply to the foods in the optional tray, so the cooker is not going only on its normal method for rice-only cooking.Besides using the product for cooking rice, and other things in the optional tray, it can be used as a sort of ‘crock pot’ for heating soups, chili, stews, etc. In this case, you just put the food to be heated into the pot directly and select the WHITE RICE mode. The food will be heated and then the cooker will keep it warm until you are ready to eat it. I tested this using a can of chili, and it worked well. This use of the cooker is mostly useful if you want to program it to start cooking while you are away, with cooking completed soon before you ARE ready to eat, OR to keep the food warm if you are uncertain about when you will be ready to eat.The pot is easy to clean. Since neither water or food are ever put into the body of the cooker, there should rarely be any need to clean it, other than wiping the inside of the lid in case any food splashed up onto it during cooking.The quality of this product seems very good. Nothing feels cheap. My only quibbles are that the power cord is quite short (obviously intended for use on a counter top, whereas I prefer to use it on a table that is further from the nearest outlet), and the ‘control panel’ area is quite reflective, and sometimes I have to view from different angles in order to read the buttons and/or the display and other LEDs.

Reviewer: Thomas L
Rating: 4.0 out of 5 stars
Title: works great, not too expensive now
Review: i know it’s weird two years later to write a review. i was looking online for the booklet and came here first… wanted to say i’ve used this 2 or 3 times a week since i bought it and i LOVE it. rice comes out great and it’s so easy to use!! today, first time EVER i made a full batch of rice. 8 cooked cups and it came out AMAZING! we’re doing pork rice tomorrow so i wanted to have extra and now i do… now, all this love for it but only 4 stars… why? well when i bought it 2 years ago i paid 30 bucks for it. today 6/2024 the price is listed at OVER 50!? as good as it is, it’s not worth that price. period. you can get it ANYWHERE much cheaper and i can’t recommend you but from here unless you have a hefty coupon to use. not sure WHY the price increase but the big blue box has it for 30 online so… up to you, it is a great little rice cooker though. price gouging is not a good thing. ever.edit. 6.29.24i promise i wrote this review when the price was listed over 50 USD. now it’s back down to 30 so i just wanna say yeah. that’s a decent price for this rice cooker so. what are you waiting for? you know you want one, get it. you’ll love it

Reviewer: Yasmin Tabrizi
Rating: 1.0 out of 5 stars
Title:
Review: Very slow! 2 cups of rice should not take over 40 minutes to cook!Using stove and simple pot is much more efficient. Maybe this is good for slow rice cooking?

Reviewer: Daya C. Guzman Rio
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title:
Review: No había escrito ninguna opinión, llevo más de 3 años y siguen en perfectas condiciones. Excelente producto

Reviewer: Nekairy Castillo
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title:
Review: Excelente!! Estoy encantada

Reviewer: Fabrizio
Rating: 1.0 out of 5 stars
Title:
Review: Unfortunately, the seller forgot to mention in the description the big disclaimer that the rice cocker that they are selling causes cancer (see picture). I tried to return the product to get my money back and it was really painful as the seller did not wanted to pay for the return at first. Then when I managed to get a prepaid label, they resended the parcel back again by mistake, but they did not send the money.Still no money received and they expect that I pay to return the package (that they mistakely re-sent).Will really not reccomend this product.

Reviewer: Natanat
Rating: 1.0 out of 5 stars
Title:
Review: Tout était nickel au début mais au bout de 6 mois il ne marche plus. Mon ancien a vécu 20 ans…..

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