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Hamilton Beach Digital Simplicity Rice Cooker And Steamer Review

By Philip Yiga | September 7, 2015

The Hamilton Beach Digital-Simplicity is a new and high-quality rice cooker and steamer that will enable the user prepare delicious and fluffy rice with minimal effort. In fact, this rice-cooker can cook rice to perfect moistness and texture then shift to the keep-warm mode so as to keep your rice warm until serving time. On the other hand, this versatile and easy to use Hamilton Beach Digital Rice Cooker can do more than just cooking rice because you can actually use it to steam food or cook beans, whole-grains, cheese or any pasta/rice mix.

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In fact, with just a touch of a button, this rice-cooker and steamer will perfectly prepare brown-rice, white-rice, flavored-rice mixes, soups, beans and steamed vegetables. All in all, using the Hamilton Beach Digital Simplicity Rice-Cooker and Steamer is one of the easiest, relaxing and quickest ways to prepare great family dinner.

PROS:

The Hamilton Beach is an easy-to-use, one-touch rice-cooker whereby you simply touch a button and all your rice/food will automatically be cooked and steamed perfectly. In fact, with this rice-cooker you will be able to prepare restaurant-quality rice without waiting for water to boil or watching over the food being cooked.
The rice-cooker can cook perfect rice every-time whereby you can use it to prepare all varieties of white and brown rice hence making it an ideal kitchen-appliance for people who like consuming rice on a daily basis.
This Hamilton Beach rice-cooker is also capable of cooking other foods like beans, cheese, whole-grains, soaps and any pasta/rice mix. This actually makes this rice-cooker a perfect kitchen-appliance for families which enjoy different cuisines from around the world.
The Hamilton Beach Digital rice-cooker and steamer is very easy to clean and maintain because it comes with non-stick bowls coupled with glass-lids that you place into a dishwasher for quick and easy cleaning. Additionally, this rice-cooker is designed with a dishwasher safe lid-liner which facilitates for easy cleaning.
Lastly, this is a large-enough rice-cooker whereby it features a 4-20 cup capacity hence making it a perfect kitchen-appliance for both small and big families.

CONS:

The Hamilton Beach steamer-basket is too shallow whereby it won’t allow for steaming larger foods or vegetables like broccoli-bunches, cauliflower, artichokes and much more.
Lastly, this rice-cooker tends to produce inconsistent cooked-rice even when you measure water and rice in the right amounts. In fact, at times it will produce dry and undercooked rice and other times produce sticky and compact rice.

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Features overview:

Boil/Simmer function: the unique Boil/Simmer function on this rice-cooker helps to sense when contents have boiled and then switches to simmer but depending on your selected time.

Steam/Cook function: the Hamilton Beach Digital features a Steam/Cook function which gently steams vegetables, meats, dumplings, and much more. This means that you can use this rice-cooker to achieve a complete meal at your own convenience when at home.

Vegetable steamer rack: this rice-cooker and warmer comes with a removable, plastic steamer-rack where vegetables, meats and other foods can be placed for steaming while cooking.

Removable cooking-pot/bowl: the Hamilton Beach Digital-Simplicity is even equipped with dishwasher-safe, removable, non-stick, aluminium-bowl which conducts heat evenly while cooking food in order to achieve a perfectly cooked meal. Additionally, this cooking-bowl is very easy to clean because it features a non-stick interior and it’s even dishwasher-safe.

Air Tight sealed lid: this kitchen-appliance is designed with an air-tight sealed lid which ensures that no steam escapes or no water spills while cooking. This is also safety-feature because it will prevent the user from getting burnt by any escaping steam or water.

Delay Start function: the Hamilton Beach rice-cooker is also designed with a clever Delay Start timer and this offers the user with the flexibility to delay the cooking-process up to 15-hours in advance. In fact, using this delay start-timer you can set up your rice-cooker with food in the morning and then your food will be ready when you get home in the evening.

Easy one-touch cooking: with the Hamilton Beach Digital Simplicity Rice-Cooker and Steamer, you just have to touch a button and your food will automatically be cooked and later switch to the keep-warm mode so that it can stay warm. In fact, the rice-cooker features pre-programmed function buttons which make cooking your perfect dish simpler than ever before.

Digital control panel: it is also equipped with an easy-to-use digital control panel which features auto-shutoff, cancel and heat/simmer functions in order to enable the user cook flavored pasta and several rice mixes. Additionally, this control-panel even features a digital display-timer which helps to indicate the cooking-time while using this rice-cooker.

Auto keep warm setting: the Hamilton Beach Rice-Cooker and Steamer can automatically switch to keep-warm after the cooking cycle has completed. This is a very important feature because it helps to keep your food warm until you are ready to serve it.

Large-capacity: the rice-cooker actually comes with a removable, nonstick, aluminum-container which capable of holding 4 to 20 cups of cooked rice. This makes the rice-cooker capable of preparing enough food for both small and large families.

Multi-purpose: this quality Rice-Cooker/Steamer is actually multi-purpose whereby it can perfectly cook white-rice, brown-rice, flavored rice-mixes, beans, soups and steamed vegetables or meat. This actually makes it one the easiest and most versatile kitchen-appliance for making a great family dinner. Additionally, this rice-Cooker and Food-Steamer gives the user the confidence to expand his/her food-menu and even lets you come home to food that is fully cooked.

Dishwasher-safe: This powerful rice-cooker and steamer are also easy to clean because it includes a nonstick-bowl and glass-lids which can put in the dishwasher for fast and easy cleaning.

It includes other accessories: this rice-cooker actually comes equipped with extra accessories which include; Soup-ladle, measuring-cup and rice-paddles.

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Product Quality:

The Hamilton Beach Digital Simplicity Rice-Cooker and Steamer is a new, great kitchen-appliance that will perfectly cook rice, vegetables, beans and other whole-grains simply and quickly. First of all, this rice-cooker comes equipped with a removable, nonstick aluminium cooking-pot/bowl which can hold 4-20 cups of cooked-rice and it even includes a steaming-basket which is used for steaming vegetables and other foods. On top of that, this rice-cooker is designed with preprogrammed function-buttons which the user simply presses in order to cook his/her dish perfectly and simply than ever before.

On the other hand, this rice-cooker and warmer has an easy-to-use digital control-panel which features an auto shutoff, cancel and heat/simmer function so as to enable the user cook flavored-rice, pasta and other types of food. Likewise, the convenient delay-start function allows the user to cook food up to 15-hours in advance when still in perfect condition. In fact, this rice-cooker will automatically switch to keep-warm when the cooking cycle is completed which is actually a good for people who like consuming food in several intervals. In conclusion, the Hamilton Beach Digital Simplicity Rice-Cooker and Steamer offers a simple and convenient way to cooking rice, beans, vegetables and whole-grains.

Who does it benefit?

Works for people searching for a multi-purpose rice-cooker: in case you are looking for a rice-cooker and warmer that cook different foods in order to expand on your food-menu with perfectly cooked dishes, then the Hamilton Beach Digital Simplicity Rice-Cooker and Steamer is the right kitchen-appliance to purchase. In fact, the Hamilton Beach Rice-Cooker and Steamer can perfectly prepare white-rice, brown-rice, flavored-rice mixes, whole-grains, soups, beans and steamed vegetables or meat.

This rice-cooker works for people with a busy working-schedule: the Hamilton Beach rice-cooker will work perfectly for busy people because it offers easy, one-touch cooking coupled with a delay start-timer that provides the user with the flexibility to delay cooking-process up to 15-hours. In fact, you can set-up this rice-cooker in the morning and your food will be go back home in the evening.

What Else Do You Need?

Procizion Digital Kitchen Food-Scale: this food-scale is actually required in your kitchen in order to measure the amount of food you’re going to eat especially when you are following a healthy diet.