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Aroma ARC-914SBD vs Cosori Rice Cooker (5-Quart, 10-Cup)

Which is the better buy? Side-by-side on rating, price, strengths, and watch-outs — with the published ratings we averaged to get there.

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The short answer

Cosori Rice Cooker (5-Quart, 10-Cup) comes out ahead by a clear margin (4.1 vs 3.5). Cosori Rice Cooker (5-Quart, 10-Cup) is best for: Households of two to four that want reliably good rice plus steaming, slow-cooking and sauteing from one pot, and are not in a hurry. Read the strengths below before deciding.

Aroma ARC-914SBD
Ranked #4 in Best Rice Cookers Under $100
Aroma ARC-914SBD
4 sourcesall derived$36.99as of Oct 18

The Aroma ARC-914SBD is the budget champion of this roundup: a digital 8-cup (cooked) cooker with a delay timer, Flash Rice mode, cool-touch body, and a steamer tray. We Know Rice and Rice Cooker Junkie rate it solid value for white rice and grains, but agree it stumbles on brown rice and tends to boil over. Right pick for a budget buyer who mostly cooks white rice and wants digital convenience.

Strengths
  • — Excellent value — full digital features
  • — Cool-touch exterior is safe to handle and child-friendly
  • — 15-hour delay timer and Flash Rice mode that cuts cook time
Watch-outs
  • — Brown rice often comes out undercooked or burns at the bottom, per Rice Cooker Junkie
  • — Prone to boiling over, leaving a starchy mess to clean
  • — Best for white rice, not a true all-grain machine
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Cosori Rice Cooker (5-Quart, 10-Cup)
Higher ratedRanked #2 in Best Rice Cookers Under $100
Cosori Rice Cooker (5-Quart, 10-Cup)
3 sources$89.96as of Oct 18

The Cosori Rice Cooker is a 5-quart fuzzy-logic cooker with separate programs for white rice, brown rice and grains, plus steam, slow-cook and saute modes and a 24-hour delay timer and keep-warm. TechRadar and Homes & Gardens each rated it 4 out of 5 and Trusted Reviews 4.5. Homes & Gardens called the rice restaurant-grade but 'painfully slow': 45 minutes for one cup of white rice. TechRadar's brown rice preset was set for 75 minutes, and none of the rice timings or cooking temperatures can be adjusted.

Strengths
  • — Steam, slow-cook, saute, soup and other modes beyond rice, per TechRadar
  • — Inner pot, inner lid and accessories are dishwasher-safe, per TechRadar
  • — 24-hour delay timer and keep-warm
Watch-outs
  • — Slow: 45 minutes for one cup of white rice in Homes & Gardens' test, and a 75-minute brown rice preset in TechRadar's
  • — Rice preset times cannot be changed and no mode has adjustable temperature, per TechRadar and Homes & Gardens
  • — Tall, with a flip-up lid that did not fit under Homes & Gardens' wall cabinets
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Derived means the reviewer published no score, so one was inferred from their written verdict. Everything else is a number the publisher printed. How we rank.

How they stack up

Aroma ARC-914SBD

The cheapest cooker here by a wide margin, undercutting the Zojirushi NHS-06 and the Cosori Rice Cooker. It shares the boil-over and weak-brown-rice limitations of the conventional Zojirushi NHS-06 but adds a digital timer and Flash Rice mode the Zojirushi lacks. The Hamilton Beach 37518 is its closest budget rival; the two trade blows on price and features.

Cosori Rice Cooker (5-Quart, 10-Cup)

The only cooker on this page with fuzzy-logic rice programs and slow-cook and saute modes. It has a 24-hour delay timer where the Aroma ARC-914SBD's runs 15 hours and the Zojirushi NHS-06 has none, and its 5-quart pot is larger than the Zojirushi's 3-cup capacity. It costs more than the Aroma, the Hamilton Beach 37518 and the Zojirushi.

Specs side-by-side

SpecAroma ARC-914SBDCosori Rice Cooker (5-Quart, 10-Cup)
Capacity4 cups uncooked / 8 cups cooked5 quarts; 10 cups uncooked / 20 cups cooked
Cooking TypeDigital programmableFuzzy logic
ProgramsWhite rice, brown rice, Flash Rice, keep-warmWhite rice, brown rice, grains, quick rice, steam, slow cook, saute and more
Timer15-hour delay24-hour delay
Special FeatureCool-touch exterior, steam trayStainless steel steamer basket
Inner PotNonstickNonstick ceramic coating
Warranty1 year—
Dimensions8.63"D x 9.25"W x 8.5"H12.3"D x 10.6"W x 9.2"H
Keep Warm—Up to 24 hours
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