Black & Decker Divided Food Steamer
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Kitchen and Housewares Reviews of Black & Decker Divided Food Steamer
Customer Review: Great Steamer, Easy to Use, Fantastic Steamed Vegies
Summary: 5 Stars
Highly recommend this the Black & Decker Steamer. It's a vital part my kitchen rendering perfectly cooked carrots, broccolli and other favorite vegetables. Its been very reliable and rugid. Over the years I owned two of them, they eventually wear out or you find a way to break it like me.
The negative review that slamed about an electrical problem seems very far fetched to me, I tossed mine around quite a bit and it never had any issues of any kind. I've always got my $29 out of it. Its simple to use and does a great job, you can't go wrong, I highly recommend it !
Customer Review: Perfect rice. Though I don't use it for anything else.
Summary: 5 Stars
Well basically I was boiling my rice, but it always came out tasting like the pan. So I looked for an affordable steamer. Your rice will come out perfect, even if you go over 5-10 minutes. I use it strictly for brown rice. If you throw some real unrefined coconut oil, you can brown rice taste better than white rice. I don't use it to steam anything else, but that's because I eat my vegetables raw.
The only downside is knowing cooking times (they don't give you any) for the rare grains like Quinoa or 7 grains Kashi. You'll have to experiment with that.
Customer Review: Excellent Investment
Summary: 5 Stars
I've had two of these (I'm now ordering my third) in 14 years. I use this steamer no less than four times per week; often I use it seven. I really give it a beating, and wash the lid and baskets over and over, in the sink and in the dishwasher. I don't take care of the damned thing at all and it just keeps on performing. In between the first and second of these steamers, I decided to get fancy and bought a Cuisinart steamer at twice the price: It fell apart in just over a year. Junk! You can't go wrong with this Black & Decker.Customer Review: Cooking with Plastic
Summary: 1 Stars
I've had one that worked well for over 15 years since they were first introduced. Good technique or oven mitts are needed when lifting the lid while it is steaming or you will get scalded. The recent health news regarding BPA in hard plastic drinking bottles got me to stop using it. I can't imagine how accelerated the leaching of this chemical might be by cooking in it. At minimum if you still care to cook in plastic, I'd recommend you find out if it is BPA free. I do suffer some of the listed symptoms related to BPA exposure.Customer Review: Worked for over a decade!
Summary: 5 Stars
We would certainly repurchase this steamer--the parts held up great over nearly 15 years! I don't know about the fellow who was shocked by his--that never happened to us at all. The heating element finally started to just operate sluggishly, so we don't own ours anymore, but this is a winner of a kitchen gadget, and I was very happy with it for a very long time--broccoli, brussels sprouts, asparagus...all cooked perfectly with the timed steamer--never overcooked once we figured out just how long to leave each item in. DELISH!