Aroma Housewares Simply Stainless 20-Cup (Cooked) (10-Cup UNCOOKED) Rice Cooker, Stainless Steel Inner Pot (ARC-750SG)

I read so many reviews and thought a lot about it before purchasing this rice cooker. I have spent the last 2 years using a stovetop pot, as I was disgusted by cleaning the last rice cooker I owned that had a fixed lid. I highly recommend this and have been telling anyone who will listen. I cook rice just about daily, and have done so on the stove and in rice cookers, and this is by far the best I have ever used.Pros:-The lid comes right off and is washable under running water! Anyone who has tried using the (majority) of rice cooker with a fixed, attached lid has seen the nasty goo that ends up on the lid, and runs down into a cup on the side...those lids can't be immersed in water or detached and you have to make do with a paper towel. Not this one!!-It is SO easy to clean. Believe me, I was most worried about having to scrub off stuck on rice, as rice typically sticks to steel. I read through reviews that said it's easy to clean and only half believed that was the truth....It's true. I have tried brown and white rice and barely have a starchy residue to clean and it comes right off. I should mention that I add a little bit of oil to my rice (full disclosure: that's just how I have always made it, and it probably helps).-brown rice cooks wonderfully! Not chewy at all, and doesn't take too long. I was really worried I would end up having to get a rice cooker with the special brown rice setting, but this one does a fabulous job I just increased the amount of water and it worked just fine (i use a 1:2 ratio of brown rice and water)-it looks beautiful, and feels like it's solidly built.the bamboo/wood spatula is a nice addition and better than plastic ones.-no non-stick material. I am not sure it's dangerous at low temperatures, but it eventually finds its way into food, which is disgusting. The less of that stuff in my kitchen, the better.Cons:-the price turned me off in the beginning, I think it's worth every penny and would buy it again in a heartbeat...but I don't understand why it has to cost more than the nonstick ones-the cord could be a bit longerPls ask if you have questions, I'd be happy to answer any :) I recommend it without reservation.

This was the least expensive stainless steel rice cooker that I could find. I bought the 20 cup (cooked) rice cooker. I read the reviews and could not figure out who is telling the truth because most said this is a great rice cooker while others claimed all sorts of problems such as the steam bursting out of the hole and rice being burnt. Though I read the negative reviews, many gave this cooker a positive rating because of the health benefit of cooking rice with a stainless steel pot instead of the stick-resistant coating that teflon cookers have that are rumored to be a cause of cancer.My mom always had this Japanese stick-resistant teflon/plastic cooker with the flowery designs on the outside. Eventually, rice stuck to this kind of rice cooker any way, and my mom had to scrape to wash the rice off to the point that the cooking pot just didn't seem safe to me to continue cooking with it as most of the stick-resistant coating has peeled or scraped off from years of washing. I decided to buy a new cooker for my mom that was safe health-wise by going with stainless steel.When the Aroma Simply Stainless 20-cup cooked rice cooker arrived, my mom and I thought it was a nice cooker because of the simple and clean looking design. We were excited. So, we cleaned the rice, place the rice into the cooking pot, placed the pot into the cooker. Within minutes, we were disappointed. The rice cooker spewed hot steamy gooey water every where just as reviewers claimed it would do. Gooey water was all over the floor, the counter top and all over the glass cover of the cooker. Mom insisted on returning this new cooker and go back to the old cooker. I did not want to return it due to having to repack everything and contacting Amazon and dealing with shipping, etc.; and I wanted this cooker to work for us because it was the healthy alternative. However, I needed to convince my mom to keep this cooker and resolve the problem of spewing water. Then, a light bulb came to mind. I told mom that when she's ready to cook the rice, just put a light dry cloth over the opening of the cover. This will allow the rice to cook with the steam continuing to come out of the cover hole, but it would prevent the steamy water from spewing out, and it worked. The cloth over the cover controlled the spewing of gooey water and the rice cooked nicely. Mom was happy to keep the cooker until she discovered another issue.Mom found that the rice was burning at the bottom of the cooking pot, and mom did not like the idea of having to soak the pot over night in water, so that the burned rice would come off easily. I thought we had to return the cooker due to this issue, but mom soon discovered that if she immediately unplugs or shut off the cooker the moment the cooker signals that the rice is cooked, there isn't much burning at the bottom of the pot, and she can clean it the night of the cooking. Other reviewers have suggested lining a thin layer of oil on the stainless steel pot before putting the rice in to prevent the rice from burning onto the pot for easy cleaning.Anyway, mom has now gotten to like this stainless steel rice cooker a lot. She knows it's healthier/safer than other types (aluminum or teflon/plastic) of rice cookers. The rice comes out well-cooked with the right level of softness/firmness and taste like rice you get at restaurants. She likes the fact that the cooker makes a sound to let you know that the rice is done cooking. So, she unplugs or shuts off the cooker immediately after it is done cooking (never leaving the warmer on). She leaves a light dry cloth on top of the cover when ever she starts cooking, and no more water is spewing. She's gotten used to the routine and now loves this cooker enough that when I asked if she wants to return to the old teflon cooker, she said no, she likes this stainless cooker much better. So, yes, reviewers who gave this cooker a low rating is telling the truth, but there are ways to resolve the issues of this cooker if you just take a moment to think about them. High raters are also telling the truth, I like the taste of the rice from this cooker and I feel better.

Works well. Durable. Have been using this rice cooker for a couple of years now, with no problems to report.

Stainless steel really brings out the best taste of rice. And no worry of aluminum or non-sticky surface releasing harmful substance in the hot steaming yummy rice. We really like this rice cooker and will recommend to everyone who likes to eat rice.

The glass lid is too fragile. It was broken while storing it; it was hit slightly. Having contacted the seller I was just told to see with the manufacturer (no contact info given). Expensive too...***Update: Contacted manufacturer and had a great customer service experience! No issue with new lid provided so far!

After 2 years of use, simply won't work. I tried sending for repair, after few operations again failed.

Basic rice cooker, but when cooking white Thai rice, a lot of rice water spews out violently and makes a mess. Need a better lid design to prevent a mess from happening.