Cuisinart TCS-60 Convection Steamer

The fan must be removed to lift the lid during the steaming process; for instance, to add the second tray for an item requiring a shorter cooking time. The is danger is steam burns while removing the fan.

After reading the previous opinions on this board and weighing my decisions very carefully about which steamer to purchase for my purposes, I decided on this one because of the large capacity for steaming vegetables. I was not looking for a "rice cooker" with veg. steamer, as many appliances are capable of doing. I returned the Aroma Rice Cooker/Veg.Steamer because the pot was enormous to clean and the bottom of the pot burned first time I used it. I purchased this one...I read all the instructions prior to use, and read this board too. The instruction booklet did not say how much water to put in the reservoir, and what should you do when the water runs down. I wrote to Cuisinart; they never responded. Most of the so-called Rice Cookers/veg.steamers require just 1 cup of water in the pot, no matter how many vegetables you put in. However, the Aroma Cooker burned very badly on the bottom. So trial and error, first and second time using it, I used 1 cup of water, then added 1...Read more

I bought this steamer because I liked the fan on the top and the two trays can hold more food then the steamer I currently use. However, the base that collects the water that has been steamed is not deep enough and has overflowed each time I have used it creating a big mess to clean up, which makes this a useless product. It's not even deep enough to hold the same amount of water that you put in the water reservoir. I wonder how a defect like that was overlooked.....