I’ll chime in with what I’ve personally dealt with.
Both Aroma brand
Glass lid, metal cooking pan has a lip that rolls outside of the heating base. Just a simple switch, cooking & warm. Does boil over once in a while, and fairly small…ease of cleaning, really really easy.
Enclosed unit, has a metal pan that goes inside and a steamer basket, has a removeable metal top to clean…haven’t had it for long, but I can imagine the seals will deteriorate and make it not as long lasting as the other pan…However, those seals do make cleaning more difficult.
Yeah, that’s what I have as well. An Aroma with the plastic seals. They’re super annoying to clean. I’ve been considering one of those simple glass top versions simply because they don’t have a ton of tight spaces that collect rice water crust.
For the past couple of years, I’ve been using an Aroma rice cooker as well (ARC-753SG if you’re curious), and have been very pleased with it. It was one of the few rice cookers I could find with a stainless steel pot instead of Teflon. Makes perfect rice every time, easy to clean, and shows no signs of wear so far.
I’m rather curious about this, too.
I’ll chime in with what I’ve personally dealt with.
Both Aroma brand
Glass lid, metal cooking pan has a lip that rolls outside of the heating base. Just a simple switch, cooking & warm. Does boil over once in a while, and fairly small…ease of cleaning, really really easy.
Enclosed unit, has a metal pan that goes inside and a steamer basket, has a removeable metal top to clean…haven’t had it for long, but I can imagine the seals will deteriorate and make it not as long lasting as the other pan…However, those seals do make cleaning more difficult.
Yeah, that’s what I have as well. An Aroma with the plastic seals. They’re super annoying to clean. I’ve been considering one of those simple glass top versions simply because they don’t have a ton of tight spaces that collect rice water crust.
What is the purpose of the seals? I don’t think any of the rice cookers my family has owned have seals. The lid just sits in place by gravity.
I’ve got one of those myself at the moment, and it’s super easy to clean.
Seconded.
For the past couple of years, I’ve been using an Aroma rice cooker as well (ARC-753SG if you’re curious), and have been very pleased with it. It was one of the few rice cookers I could find with a stainless steel pot instead of Teflon. Makes perfect rice every time, easy to clean, and shows no signs of wear so far.