Aroma Housewares ARC-6206C Ceramic Rice Cooker Review

The Aroma Housewares rice cooker is the perfect buy if you’re looking for a larger model that’s designed to handle a higher cooking capacity. The controls are very intuitive, so this is also a great buy for the beginner who doesn’t really know their way around the kitchen or people who have never used a rice cooker before. This model is very versatile and can handle a wide range of dishes, allowing you to get work done around the home, run errands, and more, without being tied to the stove.

Our Verdict: If you’re looking for a rice cooker that comes loaded with great features, and one that’s beginner-friendly to boot, then you’ll fall in love with the latest model by Aroma Housewares. This versatile appliance allows you to cook anything from tarts and cakes to yogurts, soups, quinoa, stews, and steamed veggies. It comes with some nice extras including a couple of rice paddles and a steaming tray, so you can get started cooking right away. This model offers a larger capacity compared to competing models, so it’s perfect for buyers who have a large family or those who often host dinner parties. It’s also very low-maintenance, thanks to the thick nonstick inner pot that’s made out of ceramic. I highly recommend this model to any buyer in search of a model that allows them to throw together dinner in under an hour at a price that won’t break the bank.

Overview and Features

If you’re familiar with this manufacturer, then you know it has a reputation for producing top of the line appliances that are durable and reliable. Basically, this is one model you can count on and it’s designed for heavy-duty use so it’ll work for both home and pro use.

For the price, you’ll be blown away by how versatile this cooker is and how easy it is to whip up your favorite dishes in under an hour. You can use this model to make one-pot meals or try out your favorite rice dish. You’ll be amazed by how much easier it is to throw together dinner once you put this powerful appliance to work.

This model is one of Aroma Houseware’s biggest sellers for all the right reasons. It comes loaded with the latest in rice cooker tech, so you can experiment with different recipes and have dinner cooked in no time. If you’re looking for an appliance that can steam veggies, make soup or stew, or perfectly prepare the best rice to eat, then your search stops here.

Pot

The inner pot is made out of ceramic and comes with a non-stick coating that allows you to easily scoop out rice and clean the pot afterward. As you may already know, ceramic does an excellent job when it comes to heat conduction, so you can rest assured that the food will be cooked evenly, to perfection, and at a much faster rate compared to boiling rice on the stove or baking it.

Cool Touch

If you have small children in the home, then an appliance that comes loaded with safety features is a must. This model features cool-touch technology that allows the appliance to remain cool to the touch when in use, preventing burns.

Versatility

If you’re looking for a model that can handle making more than just a small pot of white rice, then you’ll love the different features this cooker has to offer. In fact, you can use it to prepare veggies, oatmeal, quinoa, soups, stews, and more. This model comes equipped with some unique cooking options that you won’t find on competing models, so you can finally learn how to make green rice, or you can use your rice cooker to make yogurt, cake, or tarts. Basically, the only real limitation here is your imagination. In total, this model offers twelve different functions to choose from.

Prepare steamed veggies, make moist, tender meats, or try out some delicious one-pot meals. Using the digital controls, this is a total set it and forget it model that allows you to take care of the laundry while the rice cooker handles dinner for you.

Stay Warm

If you don’t want to ruin the texture of the rice when you heat it up in the microwave, then you can take advantage of the stay warm feature that will keep your rice warm and ready to serve for hours.

Basic Cook Settings

The basic cooking settings are easy to use and include warm, low, slow cooking, and high settings, in addition to a bake feature. The slow cooking function allows you to cook your favorite entrée or side dish throughout the day. It’s a perfect choice for stews or meat that’s fall off the bone tender. This type of versatility is perfect if you don’t have space on your counter for a crockpot, or the budget to purchase multiple appliances. This model can do it all.

Extras

This model comes with a measuring cup, soup ladle, steaming tray, bamboo rice paddle, and a plastic rice paddle.

Cooking Capacity

Typically, a model in this price range would offer an eight-cup cooking capacity, which can work for smaller families, but if you’re hosting a dinner party, then you need a model that can handle making more rice per batch, otherwise, you’ll struggle with keeping the rice warm and ready to serve, especially if you have to make multiple batches.

As I mentioned earlier, this is a large rice cooker and one that can be used to prepare dinner for the family, but it’s also large enough for use if you enjoy hosting dinner parties. This model offers a max cooking capacity of twelve cups, which is pretty impressive. It has a minimum cooking capacity of two cups. If you’re preparing dinner for just you and the family, I recommend only cooking up what you and your family can eat for the day since rice can quickly become dried out in the fridge and doesn’t reheat well in the microwave.

Use

You can use this model to prepare different types of rice and grains, side dishes, one-pot meals, and more. It’s important that you use the included measuring cup that comes with this model. This is because measuring cups that come with rice cookers may be slightly larger or smaller than a traditional measuring cup, which means you may not add the right amount of rice and water if you use your own measuring cup. In terms of ease of use, this cooker scored well. The controls are clearly labelled and simple to use. This model truly offers the set it and forget functionality that most busy families are looking for. So, all you’ll have to do is measure out the correct ingredients, set the rice cooker based on the length of cooking time and what type of food you’re preparing, and let this appliance handle the rest.

Advantages and Disadvantages

Pros

Cons

Aroma Houseware Versus Aroma Housewares Digital Rice Cooker

Aroma Houseware is one of those companies that tend to outdo themselves with each product line they release. The competing model is also by Aroma Housewares and it’s simply referred to as their digital rice cooker, but it features a much larger cooking capacity at twenty cups, compared to this model’s twelve cup capacity. It also comes with many of the same bells and whistles, but considering its much bigger cooking capacity, it comes as no surprise that it features a higher price tag.

It also includes some features that the ARC doesn’t including a sauté then simmer feature, which allows you to prepare an even wider range of dishes. Both models offer a slow cooking function, so you can get creative a try out some great one-pot recipes. Overall, the twenty-cup capacity model may be overkill for the small family, but if you have a large family or often host dinner parties, then this larger capacity may be exactly what you’ve been looking for.

Conclusion and Rating

Our Rating: (5/5)

The Aroma Housewares ARC rice cooker is the best rice cooker for 2020. It has a higher than average cooking capacity of twelve cups and also functions as a multi-cooker, so you can prepare a wide range of dishes including yogurt, stews, soups, cake, pudding, quinoa, and anything else you can think of. You can also use the included steam tray for veggies, eggrolls, and other steamed dishes. This model comes loaded with a variety of presets, so all you have to do is add the ingredients, press the appropriate cook function button, and this model is ready to go. As you can see, it’s very beginner-friendly, so it’s a great choice for new cooks. I gave this model a rating of five out of five stars.