Aroma touts this rice cooker with “Pick a grain, any grain”. With 7 automated controls, you can cook quinoa, barley and more.
The actual Aroma Rice Cooker model (the ARC-914SBD), that most review sites said was a good value, isn’t available in Canada – it seems to be an old discontinued model. This version is really similar – it just lacks the ‘flash rice’ feature of the 914SBD.
However, since this model is quite a bit more expensive (because it’s a different rice cooker or because it’s available in Canada we aren’t sure), we don’t recommend getting this particular Aroma rice cooker.
We still love Aroma, but the price doesn’t make this particular rice cooker a great buy. If you’re looking for a budget rice cooker, go for the Hamilton Beach model instead.
Find the Aroma ARC-994SB Rice Cooker Canada from these retailers:
Amazon.caAroma ARC-994SB Rice Cooker Reviews
Wirecutter ranked it as the #6 on their list claiming it was the 'Competition' in their product review. [April 2020]
While this wasn't their first choice, they did say that it had a nice low price, and didn't take up much space on the counter. It wasn't great for brown rice.
GHK ranked it as the #2 on their list claiming it was the 'Best Value Rice Cooker' in their product review. [June 2018]
It's hard to beat for value and performance. The flash rice setting cooks up to 50% faster
theStrategist ranked it as the #6 on their list claiming it was the 'Best rice cooker for brown rice' in their product review. [March 2020]
In contradiction with Wirecutter's opinion, theStrategist claims the Aroma rice cooker was best for brown rice - cooking it perfectly.
