bella 16 Cup Rice Cooker with Steamer
- Rice Cooker
- 16 cups
- Corded electric
- Ceramic, Plastic
- More reviewed than 58%
A large-capacity rice cooker with real steaming versatility, worth choosing if you regularly cook for a crowd rather than for one.
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How it ranks among the 36 rice cookers we track
4.1★ across 639 Amazon ratings, Bayesian-smoothed toward the category average.
639 Amazon ratings, weighted on a log scale so huge counts don't drown everything.
Modest tracked demand last month.
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Overview
Bella's 16-cup rice cooker (model 35178) steams vegetables, fish, or meat above the rice bowl while it cooks, with an automatic keep-warm hold after. It suits households or meal-preppers who regularly cook rice in volume rather than single servings.
The 16-cup rated capacity is a large-batch figure, not a typical serving size, so most buyers use it for a fraction of full capacity and rely on the room for potlucks or big families. The nonstick removable bowl and the bundled steamer basket, paddle, and measuring cup cover most of what a first-time buyer needs out of the box. One reported failure within a month suggests build consistency is not uniform across units.
- 16-cup rated cooking capacity
- 400-watt heating element
- Removable nonstick cooking bowl
- Automatic keep-warm function
Who it's for
Fits larger households, meal-preppers, or anyone who hosts and wants one cooker that scales from a small side dish to a potluck-sized batch. Less suited to someone who only ever cooks rice for one and does not want counter space taken by a large-capacity unit.
What buyers say
From Amazon customer reviews.
Buyers repeatedly praise the speed, the steamer basket, and the capacity for large families or potlucks, several noting rice comes out evenly cooked without sticking. The main complaint is reliability, with one buyer's unit failing entirely within a month of light use, and another noting the housing gets hot enough to burn on contact.
Strengths and trade-offs
Drawn from this product's published specifications.
- Steams a side dish while rice cooks below
- 16-cup capacity handles large families or potlucks
- Includes paddle, measuring cup, and steamer tray
- Automatic keep-warm holds rice until served
- Exterior housing gets hot enough to burn
- At least one reported unit failure within a month
Performance notes
The 400-watt heating element and steam tray let rice cook below while vegetables, fish, or tortillas warm above in the same cycle, with the unit switching to keep warm once done. Because the bowl is rated to 16 cups, small portions cook with plenty of headroom rather than the unit running near its limit.
Specifications
| Brand | Bella |
|---|---|
| Model | 35178 |
| Dimensions & fit | |
| Item Weight | 4.07 pounds |
| Item Dimensions D x W x H | 9.3 × 11.1 × 11.4 inches |
| Capacity & performance | |
| Capacity | 16 cups |
| Power & efficiency | |
| Power Source | Corded electric |
| Construction & materials | |
| Material | Ceramic, Plastic |
| Lid Material | Aluminum |
| Color | Surf |
| Included components | |
| Included Components | Instruction Manual, Measuring Cup, Rice Paddle, Steamer Basket, nonstick ceramic cooking bowl |
| Other details | |
| Other Special Features of the Product | Automatic Cooking, Automatic Keep Warm, Non-Stick |
| Part Number | 35178 |
| Product Care Instructions | Hand Wash, Wipe with Damp Cloth |
How it compares
This product against the closest alternatives we track in rice cookers.
| Product | Amazon rating | Ratings | ProductDome score |
|---|---|---|---|
| bella 16 Cup Rice Cooker with SteamerThis product | 4.1 / 5 | 639 | 3.8 / 5 |
| IMUSA 10cup Deluxe Stainless Steel Electric Rice Cooker with Steam TrayImusa | 4.6 / 5 | 8,800 | 4.6 / 5 |
| Cosori Rice Cooker 10 CupCosori | 4.8 / 5 | 5,400 | 4.3 / 5 |
| Tiger (cook 5.5 Go) microcomputer rice cooker White TIGER JBH-G101-WTiger | 4.2 / 5 | 4,700 | 4.3 / 5 |
| COMFEE' Compact Rice Cooker 8 Cups Cooked/4 Cups UncookedComfee' | 4.5 / 5 | 458 | 4.2 / 5 |
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Questions about the Bella 35178
Common buyer questions answered straight from the product spec data - no fluff, no "it depends".
Can the Bella 35178 rice cooker steam and cook rice at the same time?
Yes, the included steamer basket sits above the rice bowl so you can steam vegetables, fish, or meat while the rice cooks below.
How much rice can the Bella 16-cup rice cooker hold?
It's rated for up to 16 cups cooked, though most buyers use it for smaller everyday portions and reserve the full capacity for large gatherings.
Is the Bella rice cooker bowl dishwasher safe?
Yes, the removable nonstick cooking bowl and steaming basket are dishwasher safe.