Hamilton Beach Digital Food Steamer, Vegetable Steamer and Rice Cooker, Programmable, 5.5 Qt., Black

Well let me say this: I LOVE, LOVE, LOVE THIS!!! I was so excited to get this, try it out and review it for Walmart Spark Reviewer. I use a crock pot a lot but sometimes I don't want to put my vegetables in with the main dish that I am cooking. This double decker steamer is exactly what I needed. I make crock pot ribs and being able to make steamed potatoes and/or veggies in this is a life saver! My 1st attempt to use this was to boil eggs. Wow!! I put the time on 22 minutes and it worked perfectly. I popped the cooked eggs into a bowl of cold water and they peeled easily too. The only drawback was that the directions say maximum of 8 eggs at a time. I wanted to try to do 2 levels (16) but I didn't want to ruin the eggs so I did only 8. I guess I can live with that. I am very, very happy with this appliance and I know that I will use it for a lot of cooking. I look forward to trying it with rice, vegetables and meat. Steaming is a healthy way to cook and with the Hamilton Beach Digital Steamer it's going to make creating meals fun, easy and yummy!! I will definitely recommend this to my family and friends. And right now it's under $30 at Walmart... You can't beat that deal!!!!

The Hamilton Beach 5.5 Digital Steamer is a winner in my book! There are so many things I love about this steamer. First of all, it has a very small footprint for such a great appliance. The steamer can hold enough food for my family of five BIG eaters. We put an entire head of cauliflower and there was room for another one! You place the water in the base of the unit and plug it in. The unit has a light indicator that lets you know how much water is in it. The unit came with a booklet that has a timing chart for all different kinds of food. This steams more than just vegetables. You can steam fish and rice in this unit as well. When your vegetables are done the unit goes into a warm mode. When we first used the unit we over steamed our vegetables and they were a bit mushy. Now we know how to work the unit better. This unit allows you to steamer different foods at the same time. The unit has different shelves in it so this can be done. The shelves are removable so that you can make a small amount or a large amount. I am so glad I have this appliance, because it was a pain in the neck trying to steamer my vegetables in a pot with water and constantly check to make sure I did not overcook it. This made things a lot simpler.