Product Description
Let Aroma do the Cooking for You Enjoy easy home cooking with the Aroma 8-Cup Digital Rice Cooker & Food Steamer. Restaurant-quality rice. Healthy steamed meals. Delicious one-pot dishes. Prepare all this and more at the press of a button. Aroma takes the "cook" out of home cooking - turning kitchen time into your time. Help the kids with homework, get creative at play time, or pick up that novel you've been waiting to dive into. All while delivering hot, hearty and healthy meals the entire family will love. Digital Convenience This convenient cooker's compact capacity perfectly cooks 2 to 8 cups of any variety of rice with specialized functions for both white and brown rice. Once the rice has finished, it will automatically switch to Keep-Warm so there's no need for monitoring or stirring. The Steam Tray allows for healthy steaming of meats and vegetables, even as rice cooks below. It's also suitable for oatmeal, chili, jambalaya, soups, and more. Delay Timer The Delay Timer is designed for people on the go. Place rice in the cooker in the morning, set the Delay Timer to have rice ready when it's needed and come back to perfect rice ready to serve. Plus, no matter when rice is finished, the cooker will automatically switch to Keep-Warm for conveniently flexible meal planning. So, no matter what wrenches life throws in your schedule, you'll still come home to a quality meal ready when you are. Easy Cleanup Cleaning up is never fun. When the cooking is done, the inner cooking pot and all accessories remove for easy cleanup.
Product Details
- Amazon Sales Rank: #20 in Kitchen & Housewares
- Size: 8-Cup
- Color: Silver
- Brand: Aroma Housewares
- Model: ARC-914SBD
- Number of items: 1
- Dimensions: 8.70" h x 9.30" w x 8.50" l, 4.20 pounds
Features
- Capacity: Yields up to 8-Cup (Cooked) and 4 (Cup uncooked) Rice cooker
- Easy-to-use functions: Programmable digital controls with Steam, White Rice, Brown Rice, Delay Timer (up to 15 hours) and automatic Keep-Warm.
- Quick tip: when the cooking is done, the inner cooking pot and all accessories remove for easy cleanup
- Included accessories: steam tray, rice measuring cup, serving spatula, and exclusive recipes and coupons for Mahatma and Carolina Rice.
- Note: The item is 4 cups uncooked capacity, 8 cups cooked capacity. Please ensure to measure rice in the cup that comes along with the product Only
Customer Reviews
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783 of 814 people found the following review helpful.
Even a caveman can make perfect riceBy Normal Consumer
Aroma Digital Rice Cooker and Food Steamer is going to be your best friend if you cook and eat rice often. The last thing you want is uncooked hard rice that’s not edible or burnt. There are many cheaper alternatives with a single switch that can cook or keep warm, but this rice cooker can delay up to 15 hours, which is perfect to get it ready for coming home after work. I’ve tried out a few rice cooker myself, and this works perfectly to prepare some steamy rice that’s just right. That’s coming from an Asian who grew up eating rice everyday too!
This cooker comes in a cube box with a lot of helpful information around it, claiming that it can cook from 2 to 8 cups of rice, and cook all sorts of other things like vegetable, soup, and more. From my experience of cooking rice for myself, prepping for 1 cup of rice seems to be okay too. You can open the lid of the rice cooker by pressing the button attached on the handle, and there’s more parts like the white plastic tray with holes that you can use to steam vegetables and a measuring cup to scoop out the right amount of rice. Apparently the vegetable tray is BPA free so it won’t be harmful, sweet.
To make rice, I put a cup of raw rice into the bowl using the measuring cup first. Then I poured water, rinsed it enough to clean rice, and put fresh water up to the water level written inside the bowl. Then I simply put the bowl into the rice cooker, closed the lid, turned it on, and pressed “White Rice” button (Other available buttons are Brown Rice, Steam, and Keep Warm.) You can also press on the Delay Timer to schedule your meal for up to 15 hours. This feature was handy when I set it in the morning, went to work, and came back to find this cooker finishing up cooking my rice.
After those few steps, you just need to wait. For one cup of rice, it seemed to take about 20 minutes or so, and longer for additional amount of rice. While at first, the digital indicator won’t show anything, it gives you a countdown starting towards the end. From usually eating one serving size, it would show up around last 12 minutes until it’s done. Once it’s done, the rice cooker will start beeping out loud a few times. At first, I thought it was my smoke alarm but ha, it’ll definitely get your attention that the rice is done! I’d recommend putting additional water if you won’t be eating right away and plan to keep it warmed up longer, but this good looking rice cooker can make some tasty rice.
I remember using cheaper rice cookers with lids that would splash hot water drops, and this Aroma Digital Rice Cooker and Food Steamer is so much better. I should’ve bought this at first before trying out cheaper alternatives. I’ve been eating rice for a few decades now and I know this rice cooker makes some delicious rice that’s not undercooked or burnt. This smaller version I use is for up to 8 cups but you can also get a 20 cup one if needed. You scoop rice, pour into the bowl, rinse, add enough water, press the button, wait, and eat. I’m sure even a caveman could do it!
Pros
+ So easy and can’t go wrong
+ Can also steam and cook food other than rice
+ Stylish
+ Lid stays closed, no water splashes
+ Delay timer up to 15 hours
+ Stays on “Keep Warm” mode automatically after finishing
Cons
– Beeps are a bit loud for my little apartment but it may be good for you
Wishlist
– Having an actual clock like many microwaves would be nice
Check out the full review on Normal Consumer. Thanks for reading!
2811 of 2959 people found the following review helpful.
rice manBy eddie
i put rice in
i put water in
i turn on
rice cooks
i eat
i happy
i satisfied
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771 of 808 people found the following review helpful.
Not only a real power button, but great rice too EDIT: DOWNGRADEDBy LadyMarlone
My previous rice cooker I could leave plugged in all the time. It would switch off automatically when cooking was done. I shopped for ages looking for the same functionality but it seems like all the less-expensive models have to be unplugged. This one isn't the cheapest but my outlets are in awkward locations, so the convenience of an on/off button is totally worth it.
I throw a single cup of rice and a little less than 1- 1/4 c water in it, no rinsing, and it makes perfect rice. Nothing spewed, and it had just a small amount of brown on the bottom. Even my old rice cooker didn't make rice this well (I'd have to wait about 10 minutes after it was done for it to steam off, otherwise the rice would be too wet on top.)
It has a minute timer that goes on when there is 12 minutes left to go, which is real handy when you're timing other items on the stove. It beeps when it's done, which is also super handy.
The first one I ordered from Amazon arrived with a big dent left of the panel, but Amazon has a good exchange policy for this item, so the replacement arrived within a few days.
This is an appliance I'll be using several times a week. If it dies an early death, I'll edit this review.
Edit: Yes, it has a problem. The brown rice cycle no longer works: it barely heats the water. The warranty on the cooker is a 1 year warranty, but it's also annoying because you have to pay to ship it both ways (you have to prepay Aroma $14 to ship it back to you.)
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