Elite GourmetEST250 2.5 Quart Electric Compact Mini Food Vegetable Steamer, 400W with BPA-Free Tray, Auto Shut-off 60-min Timer, Veggies, Seafood, Chicken, Egg Cooker and more

I recently got this mini vegetable steamer, and it’s been a great addition to my kitchen. I bought it to replace the old one that broke and I've been using it to steam vegetables and cook eggs. It's super easy to use, clean, and store, which is perfect for a small kitchen. The vegetables come out tender and tasty every time, and it’s just the right size for a small family. It’s nothing fancy, but it works really well, and I’m very satisfied with it.

For a family of 2-4, this is the perfect little steamer.So simple to put together and use. You can cook a full size meal in here in less than an hour.The temperature is great and steamed my vegetables just the way I like them.After cooking, the lid and the container that held the food can be thrown into the dishwasher for easy cleaning.Very satisfied with this steamer. Nothing fancy, but gets the job done!

Always use pot holder when removing the lid.

Works great. Looks nice in my countertop. Will be used much more often as I need to be adding more and more veggies to my diet. And I loved them steamed. Will continue to use it. Cleaning wasn’t too bad. I like the little insert at the bottom and doesn’t drop as much to the bottom like my other one that was similar. No noise at all. Perfect amount of veggies fit for my small family.

So yeah I am a fussy eater but I mean like in everything I buy and how I do things even though it takes me a long long time to figure out the best way and this is one of those ways. So the first thing I want to tell you is that you can indeed stack the base inside the bottom cover. I only have the one layer and I bought it used and it was like new indeed. Haven't even plugged it in yet. We'll get to that for dinner. But how you do that? you basically stuff the electric cord into the top so that it's not falling out. And you turn the ears of the cover so that they face the electric cord where it comes out and the knob for the timer where it sticks out. now the cover will bend and the base will slide right in. It won't do that in any other position... And the cover is made of old school Tupperware material. Great! And the base is substantial and the heating element is quite large also great . And the timer looks perfectly solid. It's literally a spring round compound timer that can handle the wattage. So great again! So I'm thrilled. What can I say? I'll be back to let you know how good it is with food! 😁😛

Electric vegetable steamers are my favorite way to do my vegetables. The healthiest way to cook is to steam, it locks in all the vitamins. I have several large vegetable steamers, but sometimes I don't need one that big, I like to do multiple varieties of vegetables with dinner. This streamer is very versatile, it heats up quickly and steams the vegetables evenly. Works well and is great for smaller portions. I am very happy with this purchase!

BEWARE; So this is a updated review; so 5 weeks after I bought this steamer, after maybe only used it for 6 times, the heating element is already rusted, ( see pic ), which means theirs a food safety concern now, originally I wanted this steamer for making more healthy meals for my family, now that this thing is rusted, I really have to find a way to get rip off the rust before use it again,I rally post updated review; but just wanted you guys to beware of this issue.So bought this because I wanted to make more healthy dishes ( compared to fry food or BBQ before ) if I had Knew how convenience this is I would have bought 4 tier instead of 3 tier. So one of the tier now I put pasta or Spaghetti, noodles, rice or what ever, the other would be meat fish etc then the last would be vegetables and shared with eggs or what ever.I might needs to buy one more or buy an extra tray if I can find it. Put cold water up to the max link turn on the timer, The timer is from 1 minute up to 60 minutes, for me I always just set it for 20 minutes and after it stop, leave in their for 5 minutes, remove / transfer all of the dishes to the table, done. The reason why a 4 star instead of a 5 is because it has a lot... of steam / smoke ( I am worry about my ceiling in the long run from this steam / smoke. So my advice to all; turn on your fan from the stove or if you don't have one, go buy one, unless you don't care about your health; steam / smoke might cause mood which is a health hazard.... but never the less; this electric steamer is a great product compared to using stove method or fry food anyway, would I buy it again; well; let's hope it will last for more than a while!!!! ( tradition steamer last forever ).