Aroma Housewares Professional 8-Cups (Cooked) / 2Qt. 360° Induction Rice Cooker & Multicooker (ARC-7604), White

I was very happy with my old Aroma rice cooker and I wanted to try a different brand. After long research and review reading I decided to by the Aroma brand again but a different model. My inner pan in the old Aroma rice cooker was not doing so well. I would get burnt rice in the bottom. But this is of 5 years of use almost every other day. The first thing I noticed is the heavy and solid inner pan. I don't think they are dishes washer safe. That's how I ruined my first inner pan. The results were outstanding from the first time I cooked rice with my new Aroma rice cooker. The rice was perfect and and ready in probably 20 mins for two cups of rice. I never used the keep warm feature and we made rice fresh when ever we needed. There are more expensive rice cooker out there but I don't know what else they would offer. There is slow cooking option, delay timer but I know for sure that I will not be using them. Very good product and inwould recommended to purchase. I am Asian and I grew eating rice all my life. So I am an rice expert :)

Best rice cooker I've used. That last one died after about 3 years and I got 2 cheaper version but came back to this one.

I’m very pleased with this rice cooker. I needed one that has a setting for brown rice and I like the Aroma brand, so this seemed to fit the bill. It’s really easy to use and I especially like the heavy weight of the cooking pot. I know the rice will be evenly cooked. Some cookers have a flimsy inside pot that easily burns or peels. This is quality. I took a chance and ordered one that was ‘used’ but it was just like new and works flawlessly. It looks great on the counter, too.

BEWARE SELLER SLOW TO REFUND!!! I returned the rice cooker as it stopped working after a few uses. I returned it November 20th via UPS store & it was received on November 25th. As of Dec. 2nd the refund was supposed to be issued on Dec 3rd. I checked today (Dec. 3rd) and they PUSHED OUT THE REFUND ANOTHER 10 Days with the refund being issue on Dec 13th & credited to my card on Dec 20th. This is totally UNACCEPTABLE.

First off outstanding value: makes exceptional rice. couple things: First, has delayed start response, it's just odd. plugged in, no visual clues it's on, open lid / close lid, touch buttons, hover over buttons, no response, this goes on for awhile, even after getting use to this quirk, but it's less than 30 seconds, probably more like 15 or 20, but just odd, than magically it comes to life, just weird, especially since there is no indication it's functioning. Second thing, the warm function is not optional. That is an issue because it starts to scorch the rice. So, rather than toss it in the river, pull the inner pot out once it's done, put on an oven mitt or whatever and lid it, it will keep warm by itself for quite awhile. So, beyond those two issues it is / makes the most perfect rice. Has great features, removable lid, extremely heavy duty cooking pot.

UPDATE: I've had this item for 5 months now and it definitely has it's issues. Currently I cannot use it and in the past, whenever I would cook something for a long time, the liquid would accumulate on the outer ridge right next to where the pot lays and a little bit would leak into the sides. I always cleaned the whole unit after every cooked meal. Then the very last time I cooked meat that called for liquid, it boiled over inside while covered and the liquid and probably tiny meat particles got into the heating element underneath causing a burning odor. I turned the machine off as soon as I realized this but the damage was already done. I then cleaned the unit inside out as best as I could even using a clean rag and my finger to try to pry out any pieces of debris and I did get burned particles from under the heating element but that area cannot come apart. I think there is still debris stuck under there because I tried to use it twice after that incident and it ends up smelling like something is burning. So I'm pretty much done with this unit. I am going to have to buy another slow/rice cooker but I'll look for something else that's easier to clean. I like this slow cooker/rice cooker. its easy to cook in it, just follow the instructions for the different settings. if you want to cook different kinds of food just look up some simple recipes for slow cookers and adjust it to serve your needs. so far i haven't been disappointed with the rice (although I could have used a bit more water, rice was a tad firm) easily remedied by adding a 1/2 cup and letting it cook longer; and/or other foods like baby back ribs, mac and cheese, white rice, chicken, etc. I made 4 cups of rice and that fed 4 people and there was still rice left over so it definitely cooks enough but i still wish it was a little bigger in order to cook larger quantities for family get-togethers, lol. it fits on my kitchen counter, it doesn't take up much room. the silver part around the cooker gets warm, not really hot BUT be careful around children, do not leave this on the edge where they can get to it because this also lets out a fair amount of steam on STS(saute to simmer) and the top latch doesn't take much effort to open at all. At that point it lets out steam and scalding hot water drops from the inside.

Me gusto mucho el producto tanto como por el diseño como por la simplicidad de como se usa ,no tengo mucho tiempo para hacer de comer y esta arrocera ahorro tiempo.

Perfect

Bought it for a gift and they love it. The rice is cooked to perfection every time. There is no dark rice on the bottom as other rice cookers do. It is a good purchase if you eat rice regularly and enjoy a perfectly cooked rice. I would give it 5 stars but it is a bit pricey.

It's a good appliance, overall, but when I open the lid, water runs down the back of the machine onto the countertop. I believe other models have a compartment for capturing that runoff but not this one.

Easy to use, easy to clean & does what it's supposed to do, right out of the box. A small learning curve, but we're good!