Aroma ARC7171G 14- Cup Rice Cooker & Food Steamer

 (25 customer reviews)

Even though I felt the low price on this cooker was suspect, I thought I would give it a chance. I wasn't expecting it to last long or work well - boy was I wrong!! I have used it several times a week for going on three years now, and it's still working flawlessly - try to say that about, well, probably any other small applicance in your entire kitchen.

Everyone should have a rice-cooker - they're great time-savers, not to mention meal-savers. Even people who can't boil water can make perfect rice every time.

The reasons I love my Aroma cooker in particular are:

1) It makes much less mess than others I've used (rice cookers tend to blurble starchy water around the rim while cooking, but the heavy glass lid of the Aroma, and the vent hole, keep it from spattering the counter)

2) It shuts off automatically when it's done cooking, regardless of the type of rice used (I still have no idea how it "knows" there's brown rice that needs a longer...Read more

I bought this rice cooker eight months ago and it was really convenient at first. Recently however, the cooked rice has started sticking to the bottom of the cooking pan - apart from burnt rice, this also causes the pan to become really hard to clean. If I add more water, it still sticks at the bottom while remaining soggy above - weird since the coating of the pan seems to be intact. The only good thing about this cooker is that it steams veggies beautifully.

I had an older version of this same rice cooker, and I replaced it with this one when it died. It's very easy to use, consistently makes great rice and steamed vegetables, and very easy to clean as well. The steaming tray is a bit small, but it's perfect for me and my fiancee.