Steam cookersENERGY STAR certified
Groen VRC-3E
3 pressureless steam cooker.
Pan capacity
3
Cooking efficiency
70 %
Water use
2 gal/h
Fuel
Electric
Of 193 certified pressureless steam cookers, 153 have a lower water use than the VRC-3E (2 gal/h).
- Maker
- Groen
- Model
- VRC-3E
- Type
- Pressureless
- Fuel
- Electric
- Steam generation
- Boilerless
- Pan capacity
- 3
- Cooking efficiency
- 70 %
- Water use
- 2 gal/h
- Idle rate (electric)
- 251 W
- On the market since
- Jan 2015
- ENERGY STAR certified
- 25 Jun 2015
Source: ENERGY STAR certified steam cookers dataset, US EPA, record 2242221, data build 2026-09-29. Figures are as the maker certified them. How we use this data.
Other makers
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| Model | Type | Pan capacity | Cooking efficiency | Water use |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cleveland Range LLC SteamChef 3 | Pressureless | 3 | 39 % | 0.31 gal/h |
| Vulcan C24EO3 | Pressureless | 3 | 74 % | 0.6 gal/h |
| Hobart HC24EO3 | Pressureless | 3 | 74 % | 0.6 gal/h |
| AccuTemp S32081D060 | Pressureless | 3 | 55 % | 1.5 gal/h |
| AccuTemp S32081E060 | Pressureless | 3 | 55 % | 1.5 gal/h |
| AccuTemp S32083D100 | Pressureless | 3 | 55 % | 1.5 gal/h |
Groen
More Groen steam cookers
| Model | Type | Pan capacity | Cooking efficiency | Water use |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| XSG-5 | Pressureless | 5 | 49 % | 3 gal/h |
| VRC-6E | Pressureless | 6 | 76 % | 4.5 gal/h |
| XS-208-12-3 | Pressureless | 6 | 64 % | 3 gal/h |
| XS-208-14-3 | Pressureless | 6 | 64 % | 3 gal/h |
| XS-208-8-1 | Pressureless | 6 | 64 % | 3 gal/h |
| XS-208-8-3 | Pressureless | 6 | 64 % | 3 gal/h |
| XS-240-12-3 | Pressureless | 6 | 64 % | 3 gal/h |
| XS-240-14-3 | Pressureless | 6 | 64 % | 3 gal/h |