Elite GourmetERC-2020 Electric Rice Cooker with Stainless Steel Inner Pot Makes Soups, Stews, Grains, Cereals, Keep Warm Feature, 20 Cups Cooked (10 Cups Uncooked), White

This rice cooker is exactly what I hoped it would be. There are no bells or whistles, no overly complicated (and hard to clean) design elements. It is simply a stainless pot, press-marked with water level recommendations on one side, and a glass lid, both of which are dishwasher safe. The whole thing goes from the electric heating part to a cooling rack, and from there into the refrigerator, and eventually into the dishwasher.Two key reasons for using stainless:1) No PFAS or other forever chemicals, which come with most of the "nonstick" coated rice cookers out there. No plastic touching the food as it heats up, to leech anything into your meal. The metal will last far longer than a coating, too, so this cooker ought to have a much longer 'lifespan' than the 'nonstick' types out there. My previous rice cooker, an expensive Tiger brand nonstick version, started showing wear and scratches on the lining after just 2 years of use--and that was in spite of hand-washing and carefully using only the plastic rice paddle provided with the cooker. Once the nonstick coating begins to scratch, you know that you're ingesting PFAS. This stainless rice cooker will never have that problem.2) So much more durable. You can use other implements than the plastic paddle, it can go in the dishwasher, you can really scrub the pot if you've cooked something other than rice (like oat porridge) and it stuck on...I can't stress enough how much I like that the pot and lid both lift out of the electric element, and are fully washable. I loathe, absolutely despise, the type of rice cooker that has a hinged lid incorporated into the heating part of the frame, which cannot be easily removed and cleaned. Those lids become disgusting after a few years, even if you're careful to wipe them and leave them open to dry. Also, the pots in those versions do not come with their own lids, for moving them into the fridge for leftovers; what a poor design! I'm never buying a hinged rice cooker again. This stainless rice cooker comes with a lid that is both easy to clean, and moves with it into the fridge. Simpler, cleaner, and just better.There's only one thing I don't necessarily love about this rice cooker: the amount of rice measured in the provided cup (a standard "rice measuring cup" is about 3/4 cup in regular measurements) doesn't fully correspond to the water lines provided in the pot. This may have to do with the types of rice I prefer: basmati, jasmine, and regular 'long grain' white rice. They all seem to need a bit more water than the indicated line for the number of cups. If I add water up to the next line (ex: water line 8 for 7 rice measuring cups of rice), it cooks up nicely; neither too hard nor too squishy, no excess water. However, if I do this with 10 measuring cups, the rice inflates right out of the pot and lifts the lid way off the rim! In reality, this pot can only fit 8 rice measuring cups of a long grain white rice. That's still a lot of rice, completely filling the pot up to the lid. Maybe with a less fluffy type of rice, their measurements would be accurate.Still my favorite rice cooker (out of many cookers, over the years), after two months of constant use. Highly recommend.

Someone put dents around the outside bottom of the stainless steel pan but the cooker is a little workhorse. I cooked soup and today bone broth. It’s SO HANDY! Good buy! Thumbs up 👍

The rice cooker with the stainless steel inner pot is fast in cooking and easy to clean. It is lightweight with an ample power cord length.

Got it mainly because it's a stainless steel inner pan. It's not a great as my older rice cooker, but at least I don't have to worry about scraped up coating in my rice. Just had to adjust the water ratio a little more to account for this one.

After a half year of regular use, this rice cooker worked great!The plastic burning smell only happened when I was using it the 1st time. After that, no more of the bad smell.The cooker is very powerful. It can fully cook 3-4 cups of rice around 15 minutes which is a lot faster than my old one.I would give 5 stars to it.---------------------------1st Day reviewThe bad:The cooker has a strong burnt-plastic smell after I started my first use. I hope this situation would improve with more uses.The good:It cooks much faster than my old Aroma 12 cups rice cooker. And the rice just tastes as good as it should be.

Bough in November, literally a day after the return window expires, it breaks down. It stopped working by not cooking anymore, it just suddenly stopped getting hot even after waiting an hour (yes I pressed the cook button of course) also, it was very messy a lot of spillage/splatter while cooking. My entire kitchen is always messy when I cook rice.I contacted the manufacturer and they even said they stopped making that particular model!! Which means it should be out of the market now because it’s obviously defective. They replaced it with a much smaller model. They dont make a bigger model anymore

The handle broke when the lid got dropped. The glass lid did not break. I replaced the handle with a silicone knob.

Just received this stainless steel pot rice cooker and it has a p65 warning on it. I contacted the company to see why. Their response was that it’s from the cord.The inside only has 4 cups and up formeasurements. A bit challenging to only make 1-2 cups without measuring. Add a touch of coconut oil or oil or butter of your choice so it doesn’t stick to the bottom. Didn’t have to do this with the other cookers we’ve used. Small thing to do for stainless steel though. No forever chemicals or plastics with stainless steel. Also unplug it and remove the inner pot/bowl immediately when done so it doesn’t continue to sit on the heating element and burn.