Does this make the maximum 10 cups (uncooked) rice and still allow you to use the steamer or do you have to make less rice to use the steamer?
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The one I bought makes only 5 cups uncooked. You can use the steamer but you have to make less rice in order to make room for the steamer. The steamer cooks really well. Panasonic do make 10 cups uncooked rice cooker.
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I was asked to answer your question as a reviewer. The steamer bowl is optional. I don't even use it to cook the rice. I have used it with just water in the rice cooker part and steamed veggies. Get out your info that came in the box and contact Black & Decker directly if you need a replacement steamer bowl. You don't even need it to just cook rice tho.
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I love this rice Cooker. I think it depends on the kind of rice you use. Some rice needs more water and said some don't. So for instant the jasmine rices don't require much water.
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Yes you can steam together. The rice pot is (I think stainless it is silver & light weight), the steamer is plastic. I never measured the amount to be steamed but my guess is up to 2 cups.
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Usually it is about 14 rice cooker cup of uncooked rice... But depend if you are using regular rice or basmati... always better to try 2 cups of the rice you want to use and see how many cups it give you ....
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I routinely do 1 cup of rice but it looks like it's programmed to do as little as half a cup. It absolutely doesn't boil or bubble to the top because the lid snaps shut. The only moisture that escapes is steam from the back. When you open it a bit of steam comes out and a little moisture trickles around a kind of gutter under the lid. I loooove this appliance. I've never been able to cook rice before and now I cook it all the time. I need to experiment with other grains, soon.
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I hope someone will answer this question! I also often only make 1 cup of dry rice and I would like to know if this cooker would do this well???? Thanks to anyone who can answer this question!
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Yes, I can cook 20 cups of uncooked rice. I wait till the "cook" light changes to "warm" light, I never really timed it, but about 15-20 minutes.
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I purchased this cooker to steam rice, not merely to boil rice. I wanted steamed rice as served in Asian restaurants. It usually takes 20-30 minutes to steam rice, unless you prefer to use less water. All this is described in the enclosed instructions. I like the features of this cooker. It will turn itself off when the rice is done and turn on an indicator light. Easy to clean, too. It will make some noise similar to a lid on a pot of boiling water. Hope this helps.
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Hi Raffael, I know that the maximum capacity of this rice cooker is 4 cups (rice cooker cups-6 oz) of dry rice. This is what I usually cook for my family of 4 (2 adults and 2 teenage boys). I've never measured the actual amount of cooked rice, though. But I can tell that I can feed my whole family at least 2 times with this amount of rice. So, I think 5.5 cups represents the maximum capacity of cooked rice that this cooker makes. Again, we are talking about the rice cooker cups-6 oz not regular cups-8 oz.Hope, it was helpful. :)
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Hi Kayleigh, I checked the owners booklet that came with the cooker and this is what it said: "The Perfect Rice Cooker can comfortably cook as much as 3 cups of raw rice which will yield over 6 cups of compact cooked rice - over 8 cups when fluffed. You may cook a maximum of 4 cups of raw rice, but to fluff the cooked rice properly, transfer the cooked rice to a larger bowl or serving piece, then fluff." The most I, personally, have made was 3 cups raw rice and it came out perfectly. Good luck! Eggbeth
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you can easily cook one cup of rice (2 cups water) in this cooker. I love mine, use it for small amounts all the time, you may wish to stir midway through the cook so it does not stick. I love my cooker.
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I haven't used my steamer (the 14 cup model) to make white rice - only brown rice, and only one pound of rice at a time (never more or less). I rinse my rice very thoroughly, drain it well, and then put it in the steamer with a pinch of salt and 42 ounces of (filtered, cold) tap water. On the 'Brown Rice' setting it takes ~2 hours and 25 minutes to cook, and the rice is always flawlessly done. (I don't use any timer setting and I don't ever leave it on 'warm' after it's done cooking.) I go through about a pound of brown rice a week with this Aroma cooker, and it's never disappointed me in any way. I haven't used my steamer (the 14 cup model) to make white rice - only brown rice, and only one pound of rice at a time (never more or less). I rinse my rice very thoroughly, drain it well, and then put it in the steamer with a pinch of salt and 42 ounces of (filtered, cold) tap water. On the 'Brown Rice' setting it takes ~2 hours and 25 minutes to cook, and the rice is always flawlessly done. (I don't use any timer setting and I don't ever leave it on 'warm' after it's done cooking.) I go through about a pound of brown rice a week with this Aroma cooker, and it's never disappointed me in... » Read More I haven't used my steamer (the 14 cup model) to make white rice - only brown rice, and only one pound of rice at a time (never more or less). I rinse my rice very thoroughly, drain it well, and then put it in the steamer with a pinch of salt and 42 ounces of (filtered, cold) tap water. On the 'Brown Rice' setting it takes ~2 hours and 25 minutes to cook, and the rice is always flawlessly done. (I don't use any timer setting and I don't ever leave it on 'warm' after it's done cooking.) I go through about a pound of brown rice a week with this Aroma cooker, and it's never disappointed me in any way. « Show Less
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I used 1.5 cup of water per cup of brown rice (depending on rice) and it worked great. It does take a lot longer to cook.
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The smallest amount if rice I've cooked was 5 cups of Japanese Sweet Rice. The rice cooker really know how to make the best texture & flavor when using the correct type of rice & setting. It's truly amaizing!
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Good question, when I bought this I was under the assumption that you can cook the rice and warm your food at the same time, but that is not the case. Your food has to be warmed separately and then you can put it on the already cooked rice in warming setting. If you leave the food container in the same compartment as the rice before steaming, there will be no room for the steam to escape all the rice is cooking and probably will cause some type of malfunction
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No. The cooker includes a 3/4 cup "measuring cup," and the instructions say it can cook up to 3 of these, which would be 2 1/4 cups of uncooked rice. They claim this will make 6 cups of cooked rice.