AROMA® Select Stainless® Rice Cooker, 3-Cup (Uncooked) / 6-Cup (Cooked), Stainless Steel Inner Pot, Small Rice Cooker, Auto Keep Warm, 1.2 Qt, White, ARC-753SG

We had our old Aroma rice cooker for decades. Same size and design but with a non-stick interior. The non-stick was nice but never fully resolved or reduced the amount of rice that sticks on the bottom. But not difficult to remove. Just soaked in warm water for a bit and it was easy to remove. The rice cooker was reliable all those years. Passed it down to a friend and bought this one with the stainless steel interior. Love the clean look of the stainless steel pot. Rice cooks perfectly as expected. Rice still sticks at bottom, but easy to resolve. You'd have the same problem if you cooked it in a standard pot on the stove top as my mother use to when I grew up.

For all those who complained about the rice cooker making a mess, it's not a big deal. I grew up eating rice and helping my Mom cook rice the old fashioned way on the stove. Rice is a starchy product and even with washing and rinsing, it will still make a lot of bubbles (when boiling) containing some of the rice starch. I received my Aroma rice cooker on March 29 and gave it a test whirl by using 3 cups of white medium grain rice. Surprisingly, there was hardly any mess from this quantity of rice. The rice reached the lid while cooking which may have prevented the bubbles from forming and "spitting" out the steam vent. The rice was very well cooked. The next day, Saturday, March 30, I cooked a single cup of white rice again using the provided plastic cup. Much to my surprise, and even after thoroughly washing and rinsing the rice 3x's, the boiling action created the bubbles which then reached the steam vent on the lid and splattered a little water out of that vent on to my table top. It's really not a big deal, again, because rice is a starchy food item and I've never cooked rice either with a pot on the stove or a rice cooker that did not have some splattering of water while cooking. For me, the real test is how well the rice cooker cooks rice. This model did an excellent job with my 3 cup and my 1 cup tests. The rice was very well steamed and delicious.I own a larger Aroma rice cooker from Costco which has a lid that latches. No messes with this kind of a lid, but the capacity of that cooker is too large for my reduced family size. I've owned other brands of rice cookers and they also had some water that gets splashed around while cooking.The other plus about this rice cooker is that when I went to register the cooker at [...], I clicked on spare parts and noticed that they sell a replacement stainless steel cooking pot for $9.00. I don't know of too many rice cookers that come with a stainless steel cooking pot which was a big factor in my purchase. Most cookers come with an aluminum pot or an alumuminum pot coated with a non-stick surface. Like others who have commented, I prefer the stainless steel and no exposure to aluminum, nor, exposure to peeling or flaking non-stick surfaces.I strongly recommend this cooker for a small family, couple, or anyone watching their diet and requiring smaller quantities of cooked rice.I haven't tried brown rice yet but I will soon and may revisit my comments about this rice cooker and its ability to cook brown rice. Note that the supplied instruction booklet says not to use the measuring lines in the pot for brown rice. Brown rice requires more water so you'll have to follow the instructions for cooking brown rice in this cooker.05/28/2013 UpdateSome of the reviews complained about splattering from the vent in the glass cover. I found that I could use a regular or soup spoon to cover that hole and lean the handle of the spoon on the handle at the center of the cover. The concave part of the spoon faces the hole and the handle leans on the cover. I've done this several times and the cooking process (vibration caused by boiling, etc.) does not make my spoon fall. No more splattering!Also, as others have noted in their review, if you leave this cooker plugged in after it's cooked the rice, it's on a warming cycle, but, it causes the bottom layer of rice to stick to the bottom of the pot. So, I've timed my cooking cycle to about 22 minutes for a cup and a half (your time may vary), set a timer, when the buzzer goes off, I unplug the cord immediately. Of course if you want warm or hot rice, this action won't do. However, if you pull the cord, the bottom layer does not stick and your clean up is easier.I love this cooker. Makes perfect batches of rice everytime!

This is a nice rice cooker if a compact size is important for a small kitchen. I was a bit surprised how small it actually is when I pulled it out of the box. I sort of wish I had purchased a larger size which would have been better for the occasional times I serve more than 3 people. Also, I like having leftover rice for making fried rice. This machine doesn't have quite enough capacity for that. I love the stainless steel liner. It's feels safer than a non-stick coating which is potentially toxic. Some rice does stick on the stainless steel surface, but it's not much of an issue. The unit heats well, although it seems slightly slower than larger units when cooking the same quantity of rice.

Just got my rice cooker the other day. I made my first batch of rice tonight. I washed the beautiful stainless steel pot with warm soapy water. Whew! Once the heat element heated up my kitchen smelled of hot plastic. I was concerned that my rice would taste like plastic but it did not taste like plastic. The rice was moist and well cooked. I chose this unit specifically for the stainless steel cooking pot. The cooking pot cleaned up nicely after use with warm soapy water. I do hope that the next batch of rice I cook will not smell up my kitchen.

I bought a used rice cooker just like this one at a thrift shop 10 years ago. It has been very convenient to use but my husband thought we should upgrade to a stainless steel inset bowl. I ordered it and it came quickly.. It worked even better than my old one with the added bonus of a stainless steel bowl. It makes perfect rice and didn't stick to the walls as some reviews indicated.Thank you. I love it!

I'm so glad I bought this little rice maker. We used to use a much larger rice cooker which was overkill. This thing can cook enough rice for a few days of leftovers and that's plenty for us. AND it cooks that rice SO fast. I don't know how it does it but it seriously cooks rice noticeably faster than our older/larger rice maker. And I really love that the cookpot is just plain stainless steel. It cleans super easy and I don't have to worry about forever plastics from teflon. Oh and it automatically switches to "warmer" mode when it's done cooking which is nifty.

Works great! Feel a lot safer cooking rice in stainless steel rather than toxic teflon. Clean up just as easy as the nkn-stick teflon.Note: use a little less water than you have used in a teflon, non-stick. I think the stainless gets a bit hotter so cooks the rice longer if too much water = rice got mushy until I figured that out and started using less water. Ex: 2/3rds cup basmati rice, 1 1/3rd cups liquid or thereabouts. You can always add more water if it finishes and rice not quite done.(Truth: I cook rice in half water/half coconut milk or half water/half chivken stock. Yum.)