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Stainless Steel Rice Cooker / Steamer Model - ME81 | 
 enlarge | Brand: Miracle Exclusives
Category: Kitchen
List Price: $79.95
Buy New: $71.99
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Rating:  10 reviews
MPN: MIME81
Model: ME81
UPC: 833304001578
EAN: 0833304001578
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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| Features:
| • | All stainless steel contact with food | | • | Easy to use | | • | Yields 12 cups cooked rice | | • | Automatic Warm Feature | | • | No Teflon or other chemicals used in coating |
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Product Description
One of the modern marvels - no more watching and waiting for the rice to become perfectly cooked! The ME81 replaces the former model ME8 with new improvements like the all stainless steel bowl and vegetable steamer. All automatic, the stainless steel rice cooker includes a warm mode which automatically kicks in to keep the rice warm. This model will cook 8 cups of rice and yields 12 cups of cooked rice. With the addition of all stainless steel, none of your food ever comes in contact with any chemical or substance (like teflon on some others). Comes featured with indicator lights, different cooking modes and includes a stainless steel vegetable steamer tray. Model: ME81 - Stainless Steel Rice Cooker Weight: 3 Pounds, 97 Ounces Dimensions: 9.5" Length, 8.67" Width, 7" Height Voltage: 110v Warranty: 1 year Power: 500 W Certifications: UL Approved Made In: China * Easy-view Glass Lid * Includes Rice paddle, removable stainless steel vegetable steamer tray * 46 inch power cord
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| Customer Reviews: Read 5 more reviews...
 No Toxins! October 1, 2008
CA reader
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
After an exhaustive search for a rice cooker without a non-stick coating I was pretty much left with the ME81 from Miracle. On this basis alone, I would have given it 5 stars. It's very basic; when you plug it in, it goes to a warming mode (the directions state brown rice should be warmed for 15 minutes prior to cooking). When ready to cook, you simply depress the cook button. It then heats the contents to boiling and when ready, automatically switches back to the warming mode. The rice can continue warming for a couple of hours. Whenever ready to stop, simply unplug the unit and fluff the rice.
I must admit I have no experience with rice-cookers so my experience with the Miracle could be affected by my own ineptitude. To date, as far as grains are concerned, I've only made brown rice. My first attempt was 2 cups (the little plastic cup size which comes with the machine is smaller than one cup) and it worked fairly well with only a little rim of sludge around the edge of the glass top that occurred when it was pushed up during the boiling phase. The rice also stuck slightly to the bottom of the pan and was more moist in some areas than others, but I might have put in too much water. The directions call for extra water when cooking brown rice so with experimentation, I hope to improve on this. Next, I tried making 3 cups of brown rice and had quite a bit of boil over, with sludge running down the face of the cooker. I wonder what kind of mess results if you try to make all 8 cups? Obviously, I need more experience.
That aside, I have to say my efforts resulted in the best rice I've ever tasted! I feel like I can now get into all those healthy grains like millet, quinoa - and of course, brown rice - and switch from wheat-based products. I also steamed some vegetables in the steaming basket. They cooked in less time than I anticipated and even though I overcooked them (they never changed their bright colors so I thought they weren't done), they tasted fantastic. I've always felt uneasy about cooking vegetables in the microwave and now I'm finally liberated! The taste improvement alone is worth the investment in this cooker!
When initially searching for a rice cooker, I was disappointed all the fancy, multi-function rice cookers didn't come with stainless steel pots. Fuzzy-logic sounds so cool. But, according to a NY Times article (Sept 30 '08, "The Steamy Way to Dinner") one button varieties actually may have more flexibility. "It's easy to override the machine's small brain. Press the "cook" button, melt butter in the bowl, and sweat a finely diced shallot in it until soft - then add rice, broth and saffron strands, and start the machine again to make a daffodil-yellow pilaf". (Although, I think the directions enclosed with the ME81 stated you shouldn't repress the cook button, probably for risk of burning the contents of the pot.) According to the NY Times, "The most intriguing recipes are those that have been developed, out of necessity or curiosity, entirely for the rice cooker, like the ones here" and then introduces food blogger Hui Leng Tay. Search for tigerfish rice cooker to find the blog. There are also some recipe links. Just looking at the pictures makes me want to start experimenting.
Anyway, despite the slight messiness, I love this rice cooker, love the tastes it is producing, and look forward to many more healthful meals in the future.
Stainless steel pot!! Not toxic nonstick or aluminum! June 28, 2008
Yahtzee! (San Francisco, CA USA)
7 out of 7 found this review helpful
I searched and searched, and found this company directly and paid around 80 bucks for it.
Let me say that I have NO nonstick, or aluminum in my kitchen. I store my food in stainless or glass. I absolutely LOVE this thing. I lived in a tiny 8x10 dorm room at Columbia U last year, and the miracle rice cooker, and a toaster oven were the ONLY things I had to cook with.
I got very good at making one pot meals in this thing, the steamer basket is amazing and with just this one rice cooker, you can make a decent dinner.
Now, I'm back at home, and with a full kitchen, and I STILL use it to make dinner. Last night, I left it on for a bit too long and it started to stick, so I shut it off, and twenty minutes later, the moisture in the rice pulled everything off the bottom.
It's no stick! Go figure!
I like it so much, I bought a second one (on ebay, for $70) to take back to Columbia with me, when I go back to finish my graduate degree. That way, my hubby and I don't have to fight over it.
A little overpriced, but nothing else like it: works great. May 5, 2008
V. Thompson
8 out of 8 found this review helpful
I didn't want to pay 80$ for a rice cooker, but frankly this is one of the FEW aluminum-teflon free rice cookers to be had. I was afraid it would be hard to clean, burn the rice, not cook the rice, etc. because of what I read on the other reviews. I generously sprayed cooking oil on the pan with a pump aerosol sprayer and after the rice was finished I let the rice cool unplugged (not on the "warm" setting). The rice came out beautifully warm with absolutely no sticking: amazing, considering that it is stainless steel. I would buy this over again and as a gift for a friend. Also, it seemed sturdier than the other stainless steel rice cooker offered on amazon and it is sturdy. I haven't used the vegetable steamer basket yet, but just having it makes the cost a little more tolerable.
It is the stainless steel cooking surface that counts April 24, 2008
Saty Satya Murti (NorthEast Kansas)
9 out of 9 found this review helpful
We cook rice and grains frequently, as do many Asian-Americans. We have used plastic-bowl microwave vessels, aluminum & teflon pots, steam pressure cookers and several others over the past five plus decades. They all work, but each has a down side. For instance wait till your visitors or grand kids hear the hissing monster of a pressure cooker.
We feared aluminum toxicity, teflon ingestion, plastic leaching and plain uncertainty of what new epidemiologic research will unleash on us tomorrow. My wife and I have conveniently labeled our failing intellects as chronic "rice-in" toxicity. Forget age, it must be all that peeling cooking pot and rice!
The stainless steel Miracle is a reasonable answer, unless we find out in some distant future that stainless steel is also a hazard. Probably not. This cooker performs well and passes muster readily with us. We have not noted any spills or crusty rice paste sticking to the bottom. We do have the advantage of having cooked rice and grains for many years. But this is an easy skill to acquire if you learn to vary the amount of water used to suit the type of rice or grain. Don't lose heart too soon.
The pot washes easily if you soak it in water for a few hours -- and better still leave it overnight for your spouse to take care of tomorrow!
A vege tray comes with the cooker. It steams beans, peas and carrots well and to a ready-to-eat tender state.
I agree that a price of some $50.00 would have been better, but the convenience and safety are worth the added whimper while you pay the price. You could shop around and may be able to find a slightly lower price. And don't blow the savings on pricey coffee.
So far, so good March 27, 2008
Literature Reader (Laguna Beach, CA)
14 out of 15 found this review helpful
In answer to another reviewer's question, the stainless steel pot is solid steel EXCEPT for the bottom part which is coated to cover an aluminum heating core/element. When I spoke to Miracle Exclusives, the rep was very honest about how the bottom is coated but the rest is solid. He explained that stainless steel doesn't conduct heat very well or evenly, so that is why the aluminum core is necessary. He assured me that the food is never in contact with the aluminum as it is covered by a thick coat of stainless steel. I appreciated the rep's honesty, and I feel I can trust this product. I am going to buy it, as it is the only one I've found that doesn't use toxic Teflon or aluminum in direct contact with your food.
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