(20 Cup) - Elite Cuisine ERC-2020 Maxi-Matic 20 Cup (Cooked Rice) Rice Cooker (10 cups uncooked rice) with Stainless Steel Pot, White

This rice cooker is exactly what I hoped it would be. There are no bells or whistles, no overly complicated (and hard to clean) design elements. It is simply a stainless pot, press-marked with water level recommendations on one side, and a glass lid, both of which are dishwasher safe. The whole thing goes from the electric heating part to a cooling rack, and from there into the refrigerator, and eventually into the dishwasher. Two key reasons for using stainless: 1) No PFAS or other forever chemicals, which come with most of the "nonstick" coated rice cookers out there. No plastic touching the food as it heats up, to leech anything into your meal. The metal will last far longer than a coating, too, so this cooker ought to have a much longer 'lifespan' than the 'nonstick' types out there. My previous rice cooker, an expensive Tiger brand nonstick version, started showing wear and scratches on the lining after just 2 years of use--and that was in spite of hand-washing and carefully using only the plastic rice paddle provided with the cooker. Once the nonstick coating begins to scratch, you know that you're ingesting PFAS. This stainless rice cooker will never have that problem. 2) So much more durable. You can use other implements than the plastic paddle, it can go in the dishwasher, you can really scrub the pot if you've cooked something other than rice (like oat porridge) and it stuck on... I can't stress enough how much I like that the pot and lid both lift out of the electric element, and are fully washable. I loathe, absolutely despise, the type of rice cooker that has a hinged lid incorporated into the heating part of the frame, which cannot be easily removed and cleaned. Those lids become disgusting after a few years, even if you're careful to wipe them and leave them open to dry. Also, the pots in those versions do not come with their own lids, for moving them into the fridge for leftovers; what a poor design! I'm never buying a hinged rice cooker again. This stainless rice cooker comes with a lid that is both easy to clean, and moves with it into the fridge. Simpler, cleaner, and just better. There's only one thing I don't necessarily love about this rice cooker: the amount of rice measured in the provided cup (a standard "rice measuring cup" is about 3/4 cup in regular measurements) doesn't fully correspond to the water lines provided in the pot. This may have to do with the types of rice I prefer: basmati, jasmine, and regular 'long grain' white rice. They all seem to need a bit more water than the indicated line for the number of cups. If I add water up to the next line (ex: water line 8 for 7 rice measuring cups of rice), it cooks up nicely; neither too hard nor too squishy, no excess water. However, if I do this with 10 measuring cups, the rice inflates right out of the pot and lifts the lid way off the rim! In reality, this pot can only fit 8 rice measuring cups of a long grain white rice. That's still a lot of rice, completely filling the pot up to the lid. Maybe with a less fluffy type of rice, their measurements would be accurate. Still my favorite rice cooker (out of many cookers, over the years), after two months of constant use. Highly recommend.

This is 20 cup rice cooker is replacing a 14 cup rice cooker from another brand. They look identical. The weight of the internal pot feels the same. This model is larger and a better value price wise. I retuned the 14 cup Aroma because with only 3 cups of rice it ALWAYS spewed water from the vent all over the floor and counter. The rice cooked well but much stuck to the bottom even when I removed the liner from the cooker immediately. This Elite rice cooker does not have that problem. Not only does water not spew from the vent, rice does not stick to the bottom of the stainless insert. I am very pleased with this unit. also great for cooking a larger quantity of oats.

We have cooked with a 4 cup/8 cooked cups of rice cooker for years. Quality stainless steel rice cookers are few and far between. 8 cups of rice was never quite enough and we ended up buying a second one. When one of them died, I looked all over for a bigger one and found this Elite Gourmet rice cooker. It is very simple, cook/warm so also long as you have the right ratio it works perfectly every time. I would highly recommend this rice cooker to anyone who loves rice or needs a larger rice capacity. Clean up is easy. One time our youngest did not add enough water and some rice burned to the bottom. We soaked it in water for the evening; it cleaned up easily the next morning.

Our family of five's diet is primarily rice based with sides and curries. So, we make rice atleast twice a day every day. After many years of using Aroma cookers, we took the chance on this rice cooker - primarily for its stainless steel container. Yes, Aroma also offers stainless steel pots but is quite a bit more expensive. The other reason choosing this was to get back to a more simpler basic style i.e one with a lid that is not attached and makes it difficult to clean and maintain. As much as we hope the closed cookers (one with lids integrated to the cooker) will do better and not spill and spray all around, they never worked for us. Having used this cooker for a few months now, we can say that it is a great combination of quality and value. The cooking is done well and evenly. Cooking speed is fast as well when compared to the closed system type cookers. Yes, rice does stick to the bottom but soaking the inner steel container with water for a few minutes (~ 5 minutes) gets it off easily using the plastic scoop/spoon that comes with the cooker. Couple of things to keep in mind - less water means less sprays/overflows and unplugging the unit after cooking completes results in less sticky rice at the bottom i.e. keep warm is nice but comes with sticky rice at the bottom. As for the cover, we found a thin steel cover from another rice cooker we had many year ago and use it instead of the provided glass cover. The lighter steel cover appears to work better than the heavy glass cover. Overall, good quality, good price, good value.

It is amazing item, stainless steel pot is super good.size is amazing, cleaning is super easy and less time consuming.