Is the Aroma ARC-994SG worth it?

It is a solid budget pick if you want rice plus steaming and slow cooking in one pot. If you mainly cook brown rice or want precise texture, a fuzzy-logic cooker costs more but cooks more evenly.

How much rice does the 8-cup capacity make?

Eight cups cooked is about 4 cups of raw rice, enough for a family meal with leftovers. The inner pot is 2 quarts.

Does it have a brown rice setting?

No. The programs are rice, oatmeal, steam, slow cook and Sauté-then-Simmer, so brown rice needs extra water and a longer manual cook.

Can I put the inner pot in the dishwasher?

Aroma generally advises hand washing the nonstick pot to protect the coating. The lid and steam tray are easier to rinse by hand too.

What comes in the box?

The cooker, a nonstick inner pot, a plastic steam tray, a measuring cup and a rice paddle. Check the listing for the exact accessory set.

Budget rice cookers like this one tend to dip during back-to-school and Black Friday sales. Compare the current price with its recent range before buying.

Aroma ARC-994SG Rice Cooker

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$39.20at Amazon, last seen Nov 1

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Our take on the Aroma ARC-994SG Rice Cooker

The Aroma ARC-994SG is an 8-cup (cooked) digital rice cooker that also handles oatmeal, steaming, slow cooking and Aroma's Sauté-then-Simmer mode, which browns ingredients in the pot before switching to simmer. It has a 15-hour delay timer, a plastic lid and a 450W element, and weighs 6.2 lbs at roughly 9.5 by 9.1 by 8.9 inches. It is a budget-tier multi-cooker rather than a fuzzy-logic appliance, so expect basic one-button programs. No current price was supplied for this page, so check the latest best price against its recent range before buying.

Best forSmall households cooking 3 to 8 cups of rice at a timeBuyers who want sauté, steam and slow-cook functions in one cheap potMeal preppers who use a delay timer to have rice ready on return