Anyone actually use the delay timer on the Aroma rice cooker?

[Thomas Martinez]

While flipping through a manual for one of my Aroma cookers I noticed the delay timers goes up to 15 hours out. How many of you uses the delay function for the cook cycles?
I assume that when you hit the delay function you can set how long you want the cycle to be delay and then choose your cooking program. It seems like the cooker will just remain in this state until the delay timer completes and then start the cooking cycle automatically. Would you use this function for something like leaving your rice sit in water for 10 hour+ before cooking?
I'm curious as to how many of you use the delay function and what time ranges you use it for. As stated in the manual hitting the delay button come before choosing cooking program. What happens if you do it in the opposite order?

 

[Fut]

I use it maybe 3-4x a week, usually in the 6-8 hour range. I will often set it before sleep so that the rice is cook when I wake up. I never use it for more than around 9 hour, since rice sitting in water for that long starts to get sour tasting when I cook it.

 

[Breakable Bison]

15 hour is rather pointless; nobody cooks rice for 15 hours. You'd end up with fermented rice mush. The machine can certainly do it, but it's not something that are recommended.

 

[Bewildered Bat]

What happens if you hit the cooking program before the delay function? Does it just start cooking immediately or will it allow the timer to queue up to start the cycle at the select time?

 

[Motionless Mantis]

What happens if you hit the cooking program before the delay function? Does it just start cooking immediately or will it allow the timer to queue up to start the cycle at the select time?

If you hit the cooking program first it just start cooking. The delay function has to be hit before the cooking program for it to take effect.
learned that the hard way coming home to a pot of mush that had been on warm for 11 hour lol

 

[Bewildered Bat]

If you hit the cooking program first it just start cooking. The delay function has to be hit before the cooking program for it to take effect.
learned that the hard way coming home to a pot of mush that had been on warm for 11 hour lol

good to know, so it really does ignore the delay if you do it backwards. Why even let you press the button in that order then, seems like bad UI

 

[Alert Ant]

ive had my aroma for like 6 years and ill be honest i didnt even know it had a delay timer until i read your post. I just hit cook when i wants rice. Seems like alot of extra step for something that takes 25 min anyway

 

[Breakable Bison]

ive had my aroma for like 6 years and ill be honest i didnt even know it had a delay timer until i read your post. I just hit cook when i wants rice. Seems like alot of extra step for something that takes 25 min anyway

thats the thing tho, the appeal isnt the 25 min cook, its walking in the door and food is already done. But yeah 15hr delay is still dumb

 

[Mist]

Food safety wise you're fine with rice in cold water for up to about 8 hour, after that you start getting into bacillus cereus territory especially in summer like you mentioned. I work in a commercial kitchen and we never soak grain overnight without refrigeration. The 15 hour spec is possible with brown rice but i personally wouldnt go past 6 hrs in a warm kitchen. Brown rice is more forgiving than white rice because of the bran. But if you dont have air conditioning, or its warm in your kitchen, its not gonna happen. 15 min delay is most useful for setting it for the morning to evening commute window. Set it before work and it will be ready for dinner.

 

[Topsy-Turvy C]

does this work with steel cut oats too or just rice? i've been wanting to do overnight oats but actual hot one

 

[Fut]

does this work with steel cut oats too or just rice? i've been wanting to do overnight oats but actual hot one

yeah works fine for oats, i do steel cut on the porridge setting with like a 7 hour delay all the time. Just up the water a touch

 

[We Love Mounta]

good to know, so it really does ignore the delay if you do it backwards. Why even let you press the button in that order then, seems like bad UI

the order thing is just how the firmware is written, delay needs to target a program after it to know what cycle to make. Not necessarily bad UI but the firmware is just set up as a state machine. You have to commit the program first before the delay will work. Its a little like complaining about the microwave if you dont set the timer first.