Aroma Housewares 32-Cup (Cooked) (16-Cup UNCOOKED) Pot Style Rice Cooker (ARC-7216NG) , White

16 cups capacity! My last rice cooker I had for years and decided to go large, and this exceeded my expectations. I love it, great price point especially for the size and the rice comes out perfect. It's the size of a large pot and because of the frequent use it sits on my counter. Cleans up easily, after each wash I dry it off and putting back on the counter. If you are looking for an Xtra large capacity rice cooker, this guy is the one! Update: its been 8 months and I use it practically every day. It stopped working last night. Just at the end of making my pot of rice. Even though it died on me I am going to order a replacement. If it happens again I will have to order one that will possibly last longer. But besides that it works great.

Although I ordered this product second-hand, it comes with a small dent in the handle part, but it works well and everything works. This rice cooker is very good, it makes the rice immediately. I like it a lot. It leaves the rice soft and it is ready in 8 minutes.

I LOVE IT

Update after 1 month The heating element stopped working and the front panel lights no longer light up. Something burned out. This rice cooker is really poor quality and cannot handle the US electric outlets. Don't buy this rice cooker. Spend your money on a more reliable cooker. ---------------------------------------------- From the bad reviews of this rice cooker, you should know this cooker is only designed to cook white rice. If you want to cook brown rice, get a different cooker that actually has a setting to cook brown rice. This cooker only has 1 setting, white rice! This cooker also has an open steam vent, not a pressurized opening steam vent. This means you lose a lot of heat and water while cooking. For my sushi rice, I use a 2 cups of rice to 3 cups of water mix ratio. It comes out fine. I have noticed if I use any less amount of water, the rice comes out dry. You should use this 2:3 ratio when you first cook with this rice cooker so you don't waste time with dry rice. In addition, do not add any seasoning or other grains to the white rice. These additions take heat away from the rice so that it doesn't fully cook. The only thing I add is salt, which dissolves in the water. When the cooker switches from "Cook" to "Warm", the white rice is not actually fully cooked yet; so wait another 10-minutes after it changes to "Warm" for the rice to finish cooking. Finally, don't let the "32-Cup" capacity fool you. All rice cookers follow the rice industry standard of 1 rice cup is equal to 3/4 US cup. You can thank the Japanese for this since they were the first to make automatic rice cookers, and they chose this odd measurement. As a result, the capacity of this cooker is actually 24 US Cups, which comes to 12 US Cups of uncooked rice by design. However, you should not cook to this maximum amount because the cooked rice will overflow the lid. I cooked 10 US cups with this cooker, and the cooked rice reached within 1/2 inches of the lid. I don't dare cook more than 10 US cups. As for some bad reviews for burnt and sticking rice, if you use that 2:3 ratio and clean the pot that day, the cooked rice will not be burnt or stick to the pot. Of course, I wash my pot in the dishwasher with Finish to rinse off any hard water stains. This cooker will cook your rice if you cook within its design.

If you’re looking for something fancy, this isn’t for you. This is old school simple. Add rice. Add water. Push down the the cook tab. Wait for switch to pop up. Done. The nice thing about this is the size. If you need to make a lot of anything, the pot is huge and will make it easy to make large quantities. I noticed a few reviews complaining about uncooked rice but that might be lack of reading the directions thoroughly. It is somewhat confusing because the ratio is 1:1 of rice to water. So you add however many cups of rice and then you fill with water to the correct number line on inside of pot. But in the directions it says to use the included cup(which is actually less than a real cup). So I’m guessing people may be putting actual measured cups of rice which would end up with insufficient water to cook rice correctly. I’ve used many times and rice is always perfectly cooked. Big bonus for me is that the pot has a huge lip that extends over side of actual heating element part - no more mess. The only part needing cleaning is the removable pot. I previously used a10 cup aroma that was messy and cleanup was always a hassle. Did I mention this is huge? Perfect for making big batches of rice pudding/ plenty of room for the extra ingredients. If you can do without the bells and whistles and need something big, this is perfect. FYI the directions come with a time chart so you have a idea how long it will take to cook- just set a timer on your iPhone and walk away. Thats what I do!

update May 02, 2019: About 5 months of use the cooker stop working on late April. Forget about repair shipping to Aroma and then another $15 payable to Aroma for return shipping. It was a good cooker for about 5 months until it stop working. the cook keep jump to warm instead of stay one cook. ------------------------ We eat rice everyday, and personally I love this rice cooker. Here we go: Pro: 1. The price is Cheap, I would still buy it if they charge me $60. 2. The design is easy to use and it does the job, cook a perfect rice 3. Nice big capacity, hold 13 cups perfectly and that's what I need. 4. Easy to move from kitchen table to my dinner table. Just simple design 5. Cleaning is easy. 6. I can see my rice while it cook, I learn to adjust the water for my rice. took me twice to perfect my rice, but at the end it a perfect rice for my family. Corn: non! Things to look for while using this product: 1. Test cooking your rice for a couple days to find the balance of water and rice mix 2. The capacity wouldn't hold up to 15 cups of rice, it is too full. 13-14 cups max 3. Make sure you let your rice steam for a good 20-30min after the switch jumped. it wasn't ready to eat when it jump, so make sure prep your time correctly. 4. You will get some yellow on the bottom of the pant, but it's all right sth to expect for this type of cooker. user the right amount of water and rice is what you need to explore for the balance. 5. Don't scrub it with sth that might have remove the coding. let it seat with water for a good 30mimn before you clean the pod.

Very good product.

Versatile, and not just for rice. I’ve used it for quick soups and reheating leftovers. I ordered the 16 dry/32 cooked size, and it is definitely enough to feed a crowd! Works well with smaller batches, too.

Used only once after purchase. So far so good.

Buen producto, estetico, solo deben cuidar el embalaje ya que por la distancia, la transportacion, y el material, suele abollarse facilmente, como en mi caso

I am a traveling private cook and I used this model since summer 2013 for once a week, almost every week. Last night the button gave me hard time, did not want to stay down and cook. Finally was able to make it work but i took it as a warning. I need to replace this unit now, can't take anymore chance but it served me well. 4 years and a half traveling, sometimes even sleeping in my car for 40$cad in 2013, worth every dollar. Would buy again but i'm going with his bigger brother now.

Chose this type of rice cooker because of the lid. Very easy to use.

It is good, using over almost two years. Just I don’t like when rice get stuck at the bottom and get crusty.