AROMA Professional Digital Rice Cooker, Multicooker, 4-Cup (Uncooked) / 8-Cup (Cooked), Steamer, Slow Cooker, Grain Cooker, 2Qt, Stainless Steel Exterior, ARC-994SG

This little work horse is simple to use and operate, fast, and makes delicious, separated rice. I usually wash the rice 3X until water is clear. I don't want to stand over a stove making rice. This delivers restaurant-quality rice every time, and I can walk away and do other things in my home. I bought a Zojirushi on a whim thinking it would be 10X better, but I have gone back to the Aroma for its speed and its consistent quality. Nothing wrong with the other and I still use it too, just takes 30 mins longer. this Aroma is super easy to clean, and size makes it easy to store. Haven't tried the flash rice setting, but I will. The regular white rice setting works well. I've never experienced burnt rice, and the water level is easy to read in white letters, unlike some other bowls.

I bought this rice cooker a few weeks ago and the truth has exceeded my expectations. It is very easy to use: just add the rice, the water and press a button. In a few minutes you have perfectly cooked rice, loose and ready.What I liked the most is the function of keeping warm, which keeps the rice ready to serve even hours after having cooked it. In addition, the non-stick container makes cleaning much easier (nothing sticks!).I have also tried cooking steamed vegetables with the included tray and they are great. It is ideal for those looking for something practical, fast and uncomplicated.

I am really enjoying this rice cooker! First, I really wanted something that not only made rice well but was multifunctional and this device has met my needs so far. I used it to steam fish (while making rice) and it turned out perfect just putting it in at the same time I put the rice in. I also used it to make oatmeal and it turned out perfect. The rice also went well with no burns on the bottom. I will say it was not necessarily intuitive to me that it was cooking when the display showed the little line circling around the display- but that would be solved by reading the highly informative and easy to understand manual. This cooker is also HUGE. If it’s just you eating and you don’t meal prep you may not need this size. You have to put a certain amount of grains in it for it to turn out fine, so for me everytime I cook I end up having to make at least three portions (5’7”/165 lbs./don’t go to gym) of food so it’s fantastic for meal prepping.

The Aroma rice cooker and steamer is an excellent investment if you want to make everyday cooking easier. It allows you to prepare perfect rice and steamed meals quickly and conveniently, without having to worry about the stovetop. Ideal for those looking to eat healthier or have a more efficient kitchen.

I always use brown rice and was leery about buying this kind of steamer. I had a vegetable and rice steamer for over 10 years that I loved. It was just an oval one with the clear plastic bowl for the veggies and had a rice bowl you put in it. It had a dial that you turned to the amount of time y9u wanted your food to cook for. It was perfect for brown rice because I could put however much water I wanted In with the rice and then set it for 60 minutes and then later another 15-20. So I was sad when it died and nervous about this one.This one did work very well. I followed the directions, but did add a little extra water. I found that for brown rice, the recommended amount of water was not enough. When I checked on it after it was done, the water had completely absorbed in and the brown rice was a little too hard. Not crunchy or really hard, just not quite right. (I do not like my rice mushy. I have eaten brown rice all my life, along with other grains.) i had to add more water and cook it for a little longer. I did find that some rice was stuck to the bottom, but not burned. I have always used twice as much water to brown rice and cooked it for around 80 minutes. I think with brown rice, it will take some experimenting to figure out what works best for each person. Next time, I’m going to add more water and cook it longer. (only way to cook it longer than 60 minutes is to start it over again, which is easy.) If I end up adding too much water, I will just cook it a little longer.I washed it by hand, and I didn’t put it in the dishwasher. It is small and light so it is easy to put in a cupboard. There are some recipes in the manual for other grains.Anyway, I like this and it did work for brown rice. You just might have to experiment with the cooking time and water amount a little bit.The only thing that bugs me is that the inside pan the rice goes in has two sets of lines and numbers. It has cups on one side and a lower case e on the other. The lines under the e do not match up with the lines under the word cups. The numbers are different too. The ones under the e are 0.2 up through 0.8. I thought maybe the e and the 0.2-0.8 was liters or something but am not sure. I read the manual and googled and couldn’t find the answer. I’m sure it is something obvious, and doesn’t effect anything at all. I’m just curious.Update 12/19/20- After using this rice cooker quite often between now and when I got it, I wish I had bought a different rice cooker. My old Sunbeam one was much better. With the Aroma cooker, the water that is in with the rice is what is steaming. The rice comes out pretty stuck together, no matter how I adjust the water amount. If I follow the directions and only use the proper amount of water, the brown rice isn’t cooked enough and is hard still. Another big disadvantage of the Aroma is that the rice sticks to the bottom and while I don’t have to scrub it off, I do have to soak it for hours and apply pressure with a dish cloth to get it clean. The Sunbeam, which I include a link for so you can see what I’m talking about, had you put water below what you are steaming. It had a bowl for the rice and you also put water in with the rice. The water that was below and not with the rice is what got hot and steamy. It cooked the rice just fine, perfectly in fact. The timer only went for 60 minutes, so I did have to add some more time, but this was no big deal. Often, I would start the rice earlier in the day at around 2 or 3 and then cook it the last 20 or so before dinner. The Sunbeam was also much easier to clean. The brown rice turned out soft, but not mushy, and was not all stuck together. It was perfect. The only thing thing the Aroma has that I like better is that it does have a delay start.(It was this one, but I am not paying this much-https://www.amazon.com/Sunbeam-Instant-4710-Vegetable-Cooker/dp/B07MMG9L96/ref=asc_df_B07MMG9L96/?tag=hyprod-20&linkCode=df0&hvadid=385191967814&hvpos=&hvnetw=g&hvrand=17843216542356355794&hvpone=&hvptwo=&hvqmt=&hvdev=c&hvdvcmdl=&hvlocint=&hvlocphy=9032623&hvtargid=pla-836131536875&psc=1&tag=&ref=&adgrpid=78082493949&hvpone=&hvptwo=&hvadid=385191967814&hvpos=&hvnetw=g&hvrand=17843216542356355794&hvqmt=&hvdev=c&hvdvcmdl=&hvlocint=&hvlocphy=9032623&hvtargid=pla-836131536875)