The FSD200 8-Quart Digital Steamer is a fine piece of kitchen equipment--attractive, easy to assemble and use, and easy to clean. Steaming in a pot on the stove works just fine usually, but it's easy to ruin a pan by letting the water boil away, and it sometimes take a while for the steam to build up. This digital steamer lets you know with a continuous audible tone when the water has run out, and its rapid heating function begins steaming almost immediately. Steaming is a healthy, easy way to prepare all kinds of food, and the enclosed instruction booklet helps out with simple instructions for steaming veggies, rice, seafood, and meats. There's even a section on eggs, hard-cooked, poached, or scrambled. Make a complete meal by steaming rice in one bowl while doing fish and vegetables in the other.
Cleaning the steamer is easy; all the components that attach to the base can go into the dishwasher or be washed with warm soapy water. There are more detailed directions for cleaning the heating element if it acquires a build-up over time. The steamer measures 14-1/2 by 10 by 10-1/2 inches, fully assembled; without the attached components, the base measures 12 by 10 by 4-1/2 inches. Rival provides a limited warranty against defects in material and workmanship under normal use conditions.--Garland Withers
