Aroma Simply Stainless Rice Cooker, White [Cooks 3 cups of uncooked rice]
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- Health-conscious design – Our simply stainless series is made with an inner pot composed solely of food grade 304 stainless steel. This avoids nonstick-coating cooking and offers a more health-conscious approach to your favorite recipes such as soups, stews, chili and more.
- Capacity & Dimensions – our two models, The 6-cup and 14-cup, offer a variety of capacities, allowing you to find the cooker that works best for your lifestyle. Our smaller unit, ARC-753SG has a 6 Cup Cooked capacity and measures 8. 2" X 8. 1" X 10. 3". Our larger unit, The ARC-757SG has a 14-cup cooked capacity and measures 9. 6" X 9. 4" X 12. 3"
- User-friendly programming – our simply stainless collection is also a proud member of our “set it and forget it” mentality. These products are easy to use with one-touch operation that switches to keep warm automatically once cooking is finished, allowing you the freedom to take back your time instead of worrying while you cook.
- Power consumption and accessories – our simply stainless series operates at a power consumption of 120V/60Hz with 500W and includes a measuring cup and serving spatula, Both of which are BPA free.
- Cooks upto 3 cups of uncooked rice [3 cups of uncooked rice = 6 cups of cooked rice]
- 100% surgical-grade 304 stainless steel cooking pot
- Simple, one-touch operation with automatic Keep-Warm
- Great for soups, jambalaya, chili and so much more!
- Easy-to-clean, removable inner pot
- Includes Rice Measuring Cup and Serving Spatula
Marsha Robinson
Cute As A Button!
This little gem is cute as a button! Cooks up rice like a tasty Asian dream. This particular one makes enough rice for a family. I suppose if you have a really large family or entertain the Taj Mahal you might want to spring for the larger one. I really dig the stainless steel insert. Rice tastes so much cleaner than from a nasty aluminum bowl (that I had previous to this one). And to the person who finds it "sticks to the bottom" --all you have to do is scarp that lovely reduction bottom skin and fluff it up with the rice using that nifty wooden spatula, provided with purchase. --After the red light goes out and the yellow comes on let it sit for awhile and let it stew in it's own deliciousness. To the one who found a "rust mark" on the stainless steal insert I say, maybe you got a little iron in the mix of your steamer bowl. Try a magnet and if it sticks, you struck iron! Go for it! Having a little iron isn't too shabby and in fact, it's good for the blood (To your health my amigo!). Rice never tasted so simply good and cooked so fine (texture is perfect-OH!) in this little cooker. Did I say it's as cute as a button?
Amy Owens Burbol
Wonderful Rice Cooker! Love the stainless steel cooking pot!
We have had this rice cooker for about five months and use it for small servings several times each week-it is so quick and easy to use! Twenty minutes and you have fresh fluffy delicious rice. The compact design looks great on the counter top, and the 3 cup size is perfect for my husband and myself. I usually cook one cup (metric size supplied, dry measure). I have cooked sushi, jasmine, jade, forbidden, brown, wild, and Carolina long grain rice, and they are all delicious. I swipe the inside of the pot with coconut, avocado, or olive oil before cooking, and afterwards a quick soak loosens any rice for easy cleaning. Avoiding a non-stick coating was one of the main reasons we chose this stainless rice cooker, and I was worried it might be hard to clean, but I’m so happy we made this choice. Stainless can also go into the dishwasher-what could be easier? Someone complained about sputtering from the vent hole. I found you could put a small dish cloth near the hole if needed, but I’ve also found that if you wash your rice well before cooking to remove starch and residue, and swipe the inside lightly with coconut, avocado or olive oil, there is no problem. I bought the stainless vegetable steamer basket as well, but haven’t used it yet. Depending on the season and humidity levels in your house, in the beginning, you may need to adjust the amount of water you use, then you’re all set! This is the first rice cooker I’ve had, and couldn’t be happier! Complaints: the cooking chime could be louder, a retractable cord would be nice.
Helen Arturo Halili
Excellent results and NO TEFLON!
Excellent quality and NO TEFLON! Make your steel cut oatmeal in this too (add raisins, cinnamon -- whatever you like) and, unlike when making rice which requires the cover, leave the cover off. For rice cooking, liquid spews lightly from the cover's little porthole; I do not believe this is a design flaw or can be avoided, I do however have a simple solution: prop a small dish on the cooker when making rice and splashing will be contained (see picture attached).
Deepika Gurung
Great little rice cooker.
I searched for a rice cooker with a stainless steel inner pot, after our old teflon coated rice cooker got scratched. I was a little reluctant to buy this cooker after reading the reviews: several said that it sputtered and I didn't want to deal with a starchy mess. Well, I've used it 3 times now, and absolutely no problems and no sputtering, no mess. PROS: Quickly cooks white rice, even faster than our old Aroma cooker. Small footprint on the countertop. I usually cook 2 cups of rice at a time (2 cups uncooked- 4 cups cooked) for our small family. My old cooker took up a lot of precious counterspace in our small kitchen. This is so petite, its perfect. Stainless steel inner pot means I don't have to worry about teflon ever scratching off. Works to reheat leftover rice simply. After dinner I simply placed the pot and lid in the refrigerator. The next day when I wanted to reheat the leftovers, I simply placed it back in the cooker, added a little bit of water and turned the cooker on. In 5 minutes it had heated the rice and switched to warm mode. A quick stir and the rice was perfectly reheated for leftover night. Easy to clean. I last used the cooker to reheat some leftover rice (see above). there was a thin layer of rice stuck to the bottom of the pan, but after a little soak in water, it cleaned right up. CONS: If you aren't familiar with rice measuring cups, you may not get the size you expected. This cooker prepares 2-6 RICE cups of cooked rice. The rice cup provided is standard for the rice industry, and is equal to ~3/4 of a standard US measuring cup. That means that AT MOST, this cooker can prepare 3*0.75 US cups or 2.25 US cups of uncooked rice (about 4.5 cups cooked rice). That's okay by me though, as for our small family 2 RICE cups of rice is usually enough for a meal. Overall a great little rice cooker!
Melonie Moore
Great for a Small Family
My first rice cooker, this one is small and simple; perfect for two or three people. The most you can cook in it is the equivalent of 2 1/4 cups (8 oz. cups) of white rice, and 1 1/2 cups of brown rice. It comes with it's own cup measure that equals 3/4 cup. The stainless steel bowl is ideal for those who don't want a plastic or non-stick pot. The stainless pot feels substantial - like it's double walled. You must unplug this unit to turn it off. Some reviewers complain that rice sticks to the bottom. You must rinse the starch from the rice before using it, and the manual says you can stir the rice once or twice while it cooks to prevent sticking. It took 25 minutes to cook 3 cups of sushi rice (using the 3/4 cup measure that comes in the box) and I added water to the 3 cup line in the stainless bowl. After the rice cooked, the unit was unplugged to let the rice rest for 15 minutes, as suggested for sushi rice. The recipe book is simple and covers white and brown rice and a pilaf recipe. It says you can cook soup in it, though it seems to small to bother with that. IF it had an automatic shutoff it would be good for a college dorm. One photo shows what comes in the box - there's a US quarter coin in the bowl to give you an idea of the size of the bowl. The other image has a small avocado for size reference.
Victor Cassara
Great for small amounts
I'd been using the Aroma 6 cups (cooked, 3 cups uncooked) rice cooker with the non stick (aluminum) interior for years and have loved it. Rice never stuck to bottom, even if I just made 1 cup of uncooked rice. I replaced that one with this stainless steel inner pot Aroma model and it does a fabulous job. I've only used it once and the rice was perfect, but since there are so few reviews, I wanted to add mine for you as soon as possible. I made 2 cups (uncooked) brown basmati rice, according to the directions. Since many users comment about rice sticking to the bottom of their rice cookers, this is the method that I've been using for years. First, I rinse the rice (in my new Japanese rice washing bowl--OK the bowl is new). I pour a very small amount of olive oil on the bottom of the inner pot and use my fingers to get it to cover the entire bottom. Add rice, then water, then cook. This is the part that I think keeps it from not sticking--when the button moves from the cooking to the keep warm position (you can hear it pop), I remove the inner pot with lid on and let it finish off the heat. After about 15 minutes, I fluff the rice with the included paddle (previously I had used a fork) and the rice is perfect. For grains, white rice, and brown rice, there is an instruction booklet for grains to water ratio. For white rice, you can also add the measured rice (they provide a rice measuring "cup," which is ¾ standard cup) into the inner pot then fill with water to the inner pot markings for 1, 2, or 3 cups. Stainless steel is a good weight. Doesn't take up much space. Rice was PERFECT--did not stick or burn. Bamboo paddle, rice measuring cup, and instruction booklet are included. Excellent product and does great job. ***Update. I've now used this at least a half a dozen times for brown rice, quinoa, and buckwheat (whole kasha) and it's performed as well as the first time I used it. I'm very happy with this cooker.
Dawn Scholl
Great Rice Cooker for the Money
No need to over-think things because I've already done so. This is a rice cooker. There is no fuzzy logic. There aren't different settings. It cooks rice when you press the button. That's it. (For more info, see "SCIENCE!" at the end of this review.) We got a rice cooker to sit along side our Instant Pot because I like the rice and Instant Pot whatever-we-made to be ready at the same time. 1) The pot is actual true all-the-way through stainless steel. No non-stick coating. That is why we bought it. The base of the pot is shaped to sit flat on the heating element and transfer as much heat as possible up to the pot. 2) I cook rice/quinoa with a pat of butter for flavor and to prevent sticking. However, if left in "Keep Warm" for long enough (an hour or so), rice will stick to the bottom of the inner pot. The solution? Unplug the unit after serving out seconds to prevent crispy rice in the bottom. And if rice does stick, a quiet soak in the sink for a bit will loosen the hangers-on. 3) I measure the rice into the inner pot, rinse the rice twice (cold water to over the top of the rice, swirl, and drain) before cooking. This washes some of the starch off the outside of the rice kernel and makes it taste and behave more like restaurant rice. My understanding is that brown rice must be extra rinsed to ensure it a) doesn't cause the pit to bubble over and b) doesn't come out a sticky gloppy mess. 4) I use the cup that came with the pot. This 1-gou measure is needed to use the fill numbers on the side of the pot ... 3 gou of rice, fill the pot with water to the #3 mark on the pot, press play. 5) I bought the Asurion 4-year warranty on it. Why? Because no matter what model of rice pot you look at, under the $150 price point, the chances are simply higher, due to quality control standards, that the pot's element or thermocouple (see below) will go bad at some point. For the 2 bucks or so extra it cost me, if the pot shoots craps, I get a new one. That's it. So far, this little beauty is doing fine. SCIENCE! How does it know when your rice is done? The same way your furnace knows that the room has reached a comfortable temperature. Inside the heating unit, there's a thermocouple (temperature-activated switch) that keeps the heating element on as long as the temp in the pot continues to read 212 degrees F, the temp at which water boils. When all the water has boiled off, the temp inside the pot begins to rise and the thermocouple turns off the high heat.
Helen Hutchinson
Hack to switch "warm" to OFF!
My first Aroma batch! Raw 1.5 actual cups (2 rice-standard-measure scoops) made the 3 actual cups pictured. I used scarified California medium grain brown rice, which uses 1:1 rice:water like white rice, but claims nutrition identical to brown rice (kids like it better, too). Hint: Search "Mechanical Countdown Timer grounded pin" if you want your cooker to switch completely off after the "warm" cycle kicks in. I just set it for an hour when I start my rice and forget it — solved for $12.
Elizabeth Swindlehurst - Perry
Quality Product
I could not find anything except non-stick rice cookers where I live. After a couple of years of moderate use, the non-stick surface begins to flake off and I would buy a new one. This cooker has a sturdy stainless steel pot that should last a very long time. Although some say food sticks to the stainless steel surface, I haven't really found that to be the case. When I've cooked my rice, I put water in the pot and set it aside until I'm ready to do dishes and I have had no trouble at all. This cooker is a great value and I shouldn't have to buy another one anytime soon.
Katie Lopez
Good no-frills rice cooker - nice stainless steel bowl insert
This is a good rice cooker - love the stainless steel bowl. I've gone through many rice cookers and eventually, the coating inside the bowl always seemed to start peeling off. I was concerned about ill effects from the coating, so I was looking for a stainless option. It's not the fanciest rice cooker. You have to plug it in to turn it on and unplug to turn it off. If you leave it plugged in after cooking the rice, it stays on the "stay warm" function. I wouldn't suggest leaving it to warm for very long or the rice on the bottom gets a bit dried out.