Houseware Reviews

This product is easy to use and never burns my rice. Set it and forget it! Straight forward and durable, plus it looks great in my apartment.

I HAVE PURCHASED TWO OF THE AROMA RICE COOKERS WITHIN THE LAST 6 MONTHS AT [a local store] AND NEATHER ONE OF THEM WORKED MORE THAN A FEW MONTHS. THEY SIMPLY STOPPED WORKING. THE PREVIOUS RICE COOKER FROM WESTINGHOUSE LASTED FOR MORE THAN EIGHTEEN YEARS.

My husband and I got this for a wedding present in 1995 and we use it AT LEAST 3 times a week, every week. We love it. It finally lost one leg this year so we sit it on a towel to make it level. We bought a more expensive rice cooker but I still pull this one out every time because the rice is great and it is so easy to use. Yes, the rice at the bottom sticks to the pan a bit but it comes out very easily if you wash it right away or if you don't, you'll need to soak the pot for a bit. I have also found that we like the rice better if we add a bit more water than what is recommended in the booklet.

I got this rice-cooker on sale at amazon, pretty good actually. I have been using it everyday, 2-3 times a day since June, and it's fine! It's not one of those fancy Zorijushi, but it's [inexpensive], and in working order.

wouldn't reccommend this item, I've had two shipped both arrived broken beyond use. please use another brand , good luck

Choose another brand of rice dispenser. It is not packed well and arrives broken , they sent me 2 of them both broken.Caution !

It keeps your rice free of bugs and a good storage to keep your rice fresh.

I owned this Rice Cooker for about 6 months. After some helpful tips I finally found out how to make perfect rice with this thing.
1) throughly clean your rice before putting it in the Rice Cooker.
2) Let the 1.25 cups of water for every 1 cup of rice.
3) Let the rice soak for 20 minutes before you power on the thing.

All in all, for $... this is a good deal, but this cooker doesn't last. Give it 1 year and it will die on you. My advice is to go for a more expensive model if you want something to last. If you want to experiment with a rice cooker then snag this one. better yet, get the 3 cup version for $...

Over and over and over I see everyone complaining about these rice cookers burning rice. Well you know what they are supposed to burn rice! I had one of these for 3 years and each and every time it would burn rice on the bottom and sides. All my friends had various kinds too and they also burnt rice each and every time. I expected it to, just like cooking rice in a pot thats what allowed the rice in the middle to cook properly. Also don't worry, you don't ever eat burnt rice unless of course you sat there and scrapped the burnt stuff off the sides.

These cookers work fine for cooking rice, but expect to have to soak the pan in water for a few hours and scrape the burnt rice off. Also if you are timid about burnt rice stop complaining when you only spent 30 dollars. To get no burnt rice everytime you are going to have to fork over 150 dollars at least for the fuzzy logic ones and they are worth every penny.

I've had this model for about 8 months now and have been completely satisfied with it. I haven't burned rice in it once. Lack of a power switch is somewhat annoying but for the money this item is a great value.

This product is clearly mislabeled as a 12 cup rice cooker. It is only a 5.5 cup rice cooker. Rice cookers are typically sold by uncooked cup quantity and not by cooked cup quantity. This product is being advertised as a 12 cup rice cooker, but the 12 cups refer to cooked quantity. If rice is your main dish, then this cooker will hardly feed your family! I am returning this product and am planning to buy a more trusted brand like Panasonic.