Aroma Housewares ARC-743-1NGR 6-Cup (Cooked) (3-Cup UNCOOKED) Pot Style Rice Cooker and Food Steamer,Red

This rice cooker works very well. I'm leaving a review because I dropped the lid from 8' in the air while trying to read the bottom of the rice cooker and it shattered. I found out the hard way that it is made from safety glass, which is less likely to give you serious cuts than traditional non-laminated glass. It's certainly not the manufacturer's fault that it broke. I should be able to use it just fine with another pot lid that I have.

Rice cook capabiltiy and cook time

First of all, this combo Rice Cooker and Steamer is just perfect for myself or when I cook for a guest. However, for testing purposes, I cooked a couple of meals for myself and a hungry guest! The results is that it does a excellent job preparing meals for two people and in about 25 minutes to 30 minutes time depending on what you are cooking in this combo pot.*The steamer part is enough for two people. The rice part makes enough for up to six people for the rice however. I make plenty of rice for me (one person) and place the leftover rice in tightly zipped zip-locked bags and the leftover rice lasts me up to six days in the fridge (I eat one of these packages of rice at night and pour gravy over it, a sauce or even stir fry etc).***PROS:+ Cooking RICE and STEAMING Veggies at the same time--This unit is made to steam UP TO 6 cups of cooked rice. The amount of rice that I placed into the bottom cooker section was 2 cups of uncooked (rinsed) white rice, which resulted in 4 cups of cooked rice which was plenty for the meal I prepared for myself and my guest. After our meal, I still had 2 cups of rice the next day in which to prepare yummy Fried Rice with veggies (one of my favorite dishes).***To steam fluffy and tender BROWN (Whole grain) RICE - I added just 1/4 cup more water to the pan and added the measured brown rice. I let it cook for a full 45 minutes. Because I added the extra water, the rice came out fully cooked, very fluffy and did not clump! The taste was great, so now I will be cooking MORE brown rice!+ How to steam both RICE and VEGGIES at the same time to be done at the same time for TWO people:1) I measured the rice into the bottom section and the water as shown on page 9 of this book.2) I steamed these veggies in the top section as shown on page 15 these vegetables -- ½ Cup of Spinach, 1 sliced Roma tomato (medium), 1 small whole onion sliced in thin slices, ¾ cup of baby carrots, ¼ cup of thinly sliced celery, 1/8 cup of chopped garlic.(I had prepared a very light white sauce before this) and at the end of the cooking, I added the sauce to the steamed veggies and this made a wonderful vegetable and rice dish (with sauce) meal and it was quite filling!+ Water - I added the amount of water that the cooker called for with the rice, however, I added good quality bottled water in place of the tap water.+ Time to cook both the rice and the vegetable - The rice that I cooked was done in 26 minutes and the veggies also in 26 minutes (I like the veggies tender). So for me, both were done at the same time. I do not like gummy rice or overcooked rice, and this rice came out fluffy!+ Making SOUPS, CHILIS, or STEWS (this will serve two people depending on how big the bowls are in each serving) - The night before I made Chili or Stew, I had already cooked my meat and it sat in the fridge until I was ready to make my Chili or Stew. So I then added all of my ingredients to make one of these. Note, it DOES not make much Stew or Chili however, if I make this just for me or if making lots of Chili or stew, I prefer to make it in a large 5 Quart dutch oven on my stove cook-top so there are more servings for others.*Update: Sept 19, 2014 - I spilled water on the instruction manual that came with the cooker and called the Aroma customer service and they are mailing me the same manual to my home to replace the one I spilled the water on at no charge!Also, I went to Google and did a search for Aroma ARC-743 PDF and found the full color manual in PDF!This is the best combo rice cooker/steamer that I have ever owned.

This replaces an Oster that I used for years. (Sadly, it belonged to my daughter, who reclaimed it.) This is very similar to the Oster, but seems a little less durable. Yes it spits, but so did the Oster on occasion. I'm not a rice-connoisseur, so I'm not as fussy as some people. Yes, the rice can stick to the bottom of the pot, but it's edible and the pan cleans up easily. I frequently use the steamer to cook my veggies while the rice is cooking, and that works out well.

Works great.

When researching a rice cooker, the phrase “game changer” kept coming up. Just made a batch of rice and it was GREAT!!!. It came out done…not dry, not undercooked and it was moist. This rice cooker IS a game changer! No more cooking bad rice on the stove or microwave.

Excellent quality 👍recommendation 10/10

This is my second rice cooker. But for some reason the bowl is always getting bent and now the lid won't fit. Really tired of buying rice cookers because of the bowl. Email customer service and they haven't responded to see if I can just purchase a replacement bowl. .......guess I'm looking for a different cooker till then I've learned how to make rice(somewhat) (longer simmer time).