I got this Aroma Rice Cooker few years back. So far it has been a great appliance and I have given it away to my little brother since I really have too many rice cookers at my home.
But if you read my top pick from my rice cooker reviews recommendation, there are better rice cookers out there but with this pretty good Aroma 8 cups rice cooker for a price around $30, I think this Aroma rice cooker is definitely well worth the money.
What I like About This Aroma 8-Cup Rice Cooker
Cook Right – This rice cooker cooks right every time except you need to be more careful with brown rice since it’s require more water in it.
My brother have told me that he love this rice cooker because even though he screw up sometime and do not use the right amount of water that is mention in the manual, but the cook rice has turn out pretty good.
Digital Touch Pad – The digital touch-pad is easy to use, especially with the timer. The one touch button cooking is a breeze! For this rice cooker, it does usually take about 30 minutes to cook.
Non-Stick Surface – This aroma 8 cup rice cooker come with a delightful non-stick surface that is more then easy to clean.
Steam Feature – The steam feature for other items works wonderful as well.
Sealed Top – I know many of the rice cooker come with sealed top now, but it’s definitely nice to know this rice cooker has a sealed. Some of you might feel better to know that this rice cooker is a sealted top when there are small children playing and running around the kitchen sometime.
Aroma Rice Cooker – Other
I have left rice in the device for over two hours after cooking and it is still moist, tasty and not burnt. But I have read that this aroma rice cooker does terribly when it’s keep warm more then 2-3 hours, personally I don’t really keep my rice warm in my rice cooker for more then 2-3 hours but I do read that when you leave it more then 2-3 hours, it tends to get a little mush.
Aroma Rice Cooker Review Summary
Well, Aroma has produce some of the outstanding commercial rice cookers that are able to cook more then 30 people but for this 8-cup rice cooker at a price around $30, you definitely can’t ask for a better rice cooker.
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2008 at 8:20 am
I agreed with you
2008 at 12:07 pm
Interesting review. I wonder how the Aroma brand compares to the leading rice cooker brands?
2008 at 5:31 pm
I cooked brown rice in it and it was a little sticky for me-should I use less water so the each kernal is separte or just not rinse the rice??
2008 at 10:34 pm
@sam – Sam, Aroma is good and affordable but currently the best rice cooker is make by Zojirushi:)
@ydelle: Hi, yedelle, just use less water, you might need to try and error a bit before you get the best texture for your brown rice.
2009 at 10:43 pm
I worked in Japan for 20 years and have had some great rice cookers over there. I still have one good one that I brought back, my problem is that now I need one for my second home.
I was extremely disappointed with the Aroma rice cooker that I just tried. Part of the purpose of a rice cooker should be to keep rice warm – for days! I only eat brown rice (genmai) now. I tried it with the amount of water they suggested as well as the amount as is normally used in a rice cooker for brown rice and both turned out badly. I’m not sure what kind of brown rice they think we are using but I want to use Japanese style – or short grained rice.
For sure the 1:1 that they suggest for water and rice is not enough water. Normally, rice cookers take 2:1 water:rice for brown rice.
To be very specific what I got was “Aroma Professional Rice Cooker/Food Steamer” ARC 1000.
I’ve cooked twice with it and that’s enough proof for me. I’ve still got the box and the receipt. I’m taking it back to Cost-Co. Now I’m looking to buy a good rice cooker that makes brown rice properly at a reasonable price. I don’t need it to try to other things like be a steamer.
2009 at 10:54 pm
What a piece of garbage. It worked for three times and it quit. Hum, we bought it Vegas in a Nice Chinese Grocery store. Good luck getting a refund. It did make very nice rice at least three times. My new black and decker works way better due to the repeatability.
2009 at 7:27 pm
Hello everyone,
Just thought I add my 2 cents here…
As far as brown rice is concerned, each rice cooker will act differently. Rapid boil style rice cookers such as most Aroma, Rival, and Cuisinart cookers will need a higher rice to water ratio due to the fact that they will just boil the rice to death until it is finished.
Steam escapes a lot faster with these units so this is most likely why folks need to add more water.
Also, just like cooking on a stove pot, there is a slight learning curve with these type of rice cookers.
More expensive units like Zojirushi for example using Fuzzy Logic technology or Induction Heating features will cook brown rice more evenly and consistently over cheaper models since they monitor internal temperature (some models using pressure as well).
But even still, there may be some trial and error. Our Tiger cooker does a fantastic job for most rices, and we think that it is the way to go.
However Zojirushi is pretty fine too!
Aroma models seem to be made for your average white rice cooking folks who want to free up some burners. At least through my research it appears that way.
Probably not the best for harder grain types…
Regards,
-Matt