Rice Cookers » Black & Decker HS2000 Flavor Scenter Steamer and Rice Cooker
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Publisher: Black & Decker
Sales Rank in Kitchen & Housewares: #119515
Product Review
Steams food without adding fats or calories / Built-in flavor scenter to spice up fish, chicken, and vegetables / 75-Minute timer with signal bell Clear view container shows how much juice is made Removable parts for easy cleaning Dishwasher-safe
Amazon.com Review
After three days with Black & Decker's Flavor Scenter, I had used it to perfectly steam asparagus, artichokes (flavored with garlic in the steamer's flavor screens), and leeks. Though I doubted its usefulness when I first got it, I was a convert! This is an extremely useful appliance, a real boon especially to those trying to eat more healthily. The steam bowl's oblong shape perfectly holds vegetables, such as asparagus and corn, as well as three (or six, when layered) mid-size artichokes, which fit in upright. The rice cooker bowl is slightly smaller but can still hold 7 cups of cooked rice. Put water in the base and vegetables, seafood, or rice in the steamer; set the timer according to the instruction manual; and have your hands free until it rings. As an added feature, two small screens below the bowl can be filled with herbs to scent and flavor whatever's cooking. This cooker would also be ideal in a starter kitchen or dorm room, where its multiple uses would really come in handy. It's dishwasher-safe, but because it doesn't ever come near grease, it's easily wiped clean. --Maria Dolan
Product Features
Electric steaming unit cooks food without added fat
Includes oblong steam bowl with screen for herbs and a 7-cup rice bowl
281 of 294 people found the following review helpful
Good as a steamer - lousy for rice, June 8, 2000
Jadepearl "geezer geek" (Wandering, USA) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Black & Decker HS2000 Flavor Scenter Steamer and Rice Cooker (Kitchen)
I used this while staying at a friend's house and found the following things:1) It steams vegetable okay; 2) Does not do traditional rice well at all;The rice that this steamer could do was stuff like Uncle Ben's or Minute Rice (parboiled rice).If you eat rice a great deal then I would recommend buying a rice cooker like Tiger or Zojiruishi (sp?). Which are designed to handle the boiling and steaming of rice as its main function. Most of these lines also handle steaming vegetables as well. Further there is a warming function in a specialized rice cooker that this black and decker does not have.The machine itself has the usual black and decker aesthetic of clean design and easy dial but it is not satisfactory in cooking rice. The results were inconsistant with regular rice (both long grain and Japanese short grain - did not have a chance to try Basmati).If you are getting this just to steam vegetables it is fine. But if you are buying this as a rice cooker...Read more
72 of 72 people found the following review helpful
A Must-Have for a complete kitchen, October 18, 2001
By A Customer
This review is from: Black & Decker HS2000 Flavor Scenter Steamer and Rice Cooker (Kitchen)
I love this steamer! I have used it for vegetables, rice, hard-boiled eggs, and making my own babyfood! I started out keeping it in a cabinet, but I found I use it so often, I moved it out onto my countertop. I have already recommended this product to several friends, and now I am buying one for someone as a gift. It makes perfect rice everytime. I love the timer. It comes with a wonderful guide for ideas and recommended cook-times. The herb/spice flavor scenter is an added bonus. This is the best purchase I have made for my kitchen in a long time, and my family is eating healthier now because of it.
42 of 43 people found the following review helpful
Practical and it never fails to satisfy!, May 13, 2003
Suz (Summit, NJ United States) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Black & Decker HS2000 Flavor Scenter Steamer and Rice Cooker (Kitchen)
I recently moved to a small studio apartment that has a galley with a fridge for a kitchen (there's no stove). Years ago I bought the first steamer that B&D put out and used it to death. I was happy to discover 7 years later that the current model holds up the reputation that preceeds it. Vegetables as well as rice come out perfectly. Fill it up and let it go until the timer tells you it's done. With regards to a previous posting about it not being good for rice because it takes 50 minutes... well, it does exactly what your stove does when you are cooking conventional brown rice and certain varieties of white rice. Typically either of those 2 take 40 minutes for 5 cups (cooked) or so. If you want it in under 20 minutes, use Minute Rice. Also, how you like your rice makes a difference as well. I cook my white rice 35-40 minutes in the B&D steamer because I like it slightly firm. Cooking it 50 minutes can create wet and sometimes mushy rice if you aren't careful to use the...Read more
(69 customer reviews) 
Good as a steamer - lousy for rice, June 8, 2000 
A Must-Have for a complete kitchen, October 18, 2001