Elite Gourmet Maxi-Matic Electric Food Vegetable Steamer with BPA-Free 3 Tier Stackable, Nested Basket Trays, Auto Shut-off 60-min Timer, 800W, 9 Quart, Stainless Steel

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! 😁😛

Simple and very effective.

Always use pot holder when removing the lid.

Great little steamer, convenient

Muy buena calidad

I love this steamer it’s easy to clean and I use it daily

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 ).

So we needed a little steamer anyway. I wanted to be able to steam vegetables and didn't want to use the microwave anymore. My mom also steams a lot of stuff like Korean rice cakes so I thought this would be a good addition to our little team of kitchen appliances.I first tried to steam some home made banh baos in this little steamer. I could fit three medium size baos in each level. Of course there wasn't as much steam rising to the top level as much as I thought there would be. I thought maybe that was because of the parchment paper on the bottom of each bao stopping the steam from rising. Later, I found out that wasn't really the case. So the ones on the bottom tray were ready way before the other ones - so I just ended up rotating them out and it worked out perfectly.So after all the baos were cooked I realized that there was a LOT of condensation in the trays which means that all of them were getting steam, it's just that the steam in the top tray wasn't as hot as the second's and the second's wasn't as hot as the bottom's. Maybe it was because it was because of the type of food being cooked and the steam absorption.The water reservoir isn't very big and doesn't hold very much water. I had to refill it a second time but filled it with hot water from the kettle so I wouldn't waste any time. As you can see, there was some flour from the baos on the side of the reservoir/base from the baos after all the steaming was done. I was able to wipe everything out though.Be careful with the middle of the steaming trays when you are cleaning them. I forgot that they pop out. I don't think that all the food will steam evenly but I think that might work to my advantage. Maybe put sweet potatoes on the bottom and other veges in the other trays. Like I said, if you rotate them out, the cooking evens out, so you're good. Overalll, not a bad buy. For the price, I really can't complain. I'm still looking forward to cooking with it.