Aroma ARC-914SB 4-Cup Rice Cooker

my roommate had the ten-cup version of this. it was super fancy and had a brown rice button. and was just way too big. so when he moved out, i got this little cooker. it's marvelous. it does everything the larger version does (including making brown rice), but it also has a removable inside cover, which makes clean up easier, and it takes up less space! i never need to make more than four cups of rice at a time, so it's perfect for me.

I have a friend who makes delicious Myanmar food and she did a video where she cooked using a rice maker and the rice came out perfectly. We've been making ours on the stove for years and never realized how easy these were to use so my sister and I went out and found an inexpensive model that looked nice at Target. This is the model we came home with. Usually we're just cooking for the two of us and occasionally one or two other people so this is the perfect size it takes up very little room and we just pour in water butter and rice press the button and get other things done while we wait. As long as we put in the right amount of water it always cooks perfectly. It's cool to the touch so we never get burnt and it's easy to clean. It looks very nice on the counter top too. Sometimes the attached lid makes things complicated and be careful because the little steam catcher on the side falls out easily and dumps the excess water on the counter (an easy clean up but annoying) but...Read more

The cooker worked great for about 7-8 months. It was a good size for cooking rice for a few people, cooked fast, and looked nice.

I don't know what happened, but now the light won't even turn on when it is plugged in.

Edit:

I poked around and found out that the thermal fuse, located inside a white plastic tube underneath the cooker (it's the first thing you'll see on the power wire after it comes in through the back) had been tripped. Unfortunately, there's no way to reset a thermal fuse once it is tripped, so I had to buy a replacement at Radio Shack. $1.81 including tax, and it's working again.

Replacement part is located here:

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Still giving it three stars, since most people probably aren't willing to poke around with electrical components to fix.