Aroma Housewares Select Stainless Rice Cooker
A cheap, widely available cooker with a genuinely uncoated 304 stainless inner pot - rice never touches a coating, though the inner lid and steam cap are still plastic.
The verdict: Minimal plastic contact
The inner pot is uncoated food-grade 304 stainless, so the rice itself never contacts a nonstick coating - the main thing this line gets right, at a budget price. The limitation is the part above the pot: the inner lid and steam cap are plastic, so steam recondenses on plastic and drips back into the rice. That keeps it out of the fully-metal tier (unlike the Buffalo or Tatung, which have stainless inner lids), landing it at minimal-contact: coating-free where it matters most, but plastic remains in the steam path.
Verification: Manufacturer confirmed · Last reviewed
What it's made of
| Part | Material | Food contact |
|---|---|---|
| inner cooking pot uncoated food-grade 304 stainless, dishwasher safe | Stainless Steel 304 / 18-8 | Yes primary 🔥 |
| inner lid / steam cap plastic inner lid the steam recondenses on and drips back off into the rice | Plastic other / unspecified | Yes incidental 🔥 |
| steam tray included stainless steam tray on models that steam; grade unspecified by manufacturer | Stainless Steel grade unspecified | Yes primary 🔥 |
| outer housing / controls | Plastic other / unspecified | No |
An inexpensive, widely available pot-style rice and grain cooker in the familiar one-touch format: add rice and water, press the lever, and it switches to keep-warm when done. It comes with a glass lid and, on steaming models, a stainless steam tray, and handles rice, grains, and steamed vegetables. Controls are a single cook/warm switch - no fuzzy-logic presets or timers. The 304 stainless inner pot is dishwasher-safe.
Pros
- Uncoated food-grade 304 stainless inner pot - no coating where the rice cooks
- Inexpensive and very widely available
- Simple pot-style one-touch operation; dishwasher-safe pot
Cons
- Inner lid and steam cap are plastic - steam recondenses on plastic and drips back in
- Basic single-button cooking; no fuzzy-logic automation
Categories: Rice Cookers
Sources
Every material claim above is backed by these. This is the scattered info we centralized.
- manufacturer https://www.aromaco.com/product/select-stainless-rice-grain-cooker-arc-753sgb/ brand states the Select Stainless inner pot is food-grade 304 stainless steel, uncoated
- manufacturer https://www.amazon.com/Aroma-Housewares-Stainless-Uncoated-ARC-753SGB/dp/B08KFPZ1MF official listing describing the uncoated 304 stainless inner pot and pot-style one-touch operation
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