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Do you mean the high pressure asian rice cookers like a Zojirushi or Cuckoo? Not the $30 black and deckers you can get at Bed Bath and Beyond...

allannienhuis 9y ago
I don't think the high pressure asian rice cookers qualify as 'your regular everyday rice cooker' :) But I'm also sceptical. The regular rice cookers cook for quite a bit less than 1 hr; not sure how you'd get fall-off-the-bone ribs cooked that quickly. That said, it's super easy to try...
- njarboe 9y ago
  I'm not really sure, but I thought that rice cookers turned off when all the water was gone (absorbed and boiled off) and the temp got above 100C. Then, with lots of liquid to boil off, the cooker could heat for a long time and turn off when the fluid is gone.
  - dagw 9y ago
    My old rice cooker at least a had hold cycle that would keep the rice warm 'indefinitely' after it was done. I'm guessing this is what is being used to cook the ribs.
    - njarboe 9y ago
      Mine has that feature also and I think you are right that this is what is slow cooking the ribs.
- bane 9y ago
  No it's not a pressure cooker. You can open it mid-cycle and there's not pressure or any sort blasting out. Asian-style rice cookers vary incredibly in quality, but if you get one made by a decent manufacturer (we like Zojirushi), you don't even need to get one with lots of features -- just a "cook/warm" button. I believe they use a thermostat to "time" the cooking. When you heat water it will stabilize at its boiling point (100C) and when enough of the water boils off the temperature will start to increase. When this happens the cooker will turn off. When I cook ribs or chicken or whatever in the cooker, I'll put in some beer or other liquids as a marinade and that works like water does when cooking rice. Only the cooker will naturally run much longer.
bane 9y ago
I have a very old one-button Zojirushi (it looks kind of like this https://www.zojirushi.com/user/images/prod/13.2.jpg https://www.zojirushi.com/user/images/prod/13.2.jpg). I don't believe it's a pressure cooker, but that's a good question. There's not other buttons or controls or any kind. In fact to turn it off I have to unplug it. I think when we bought it ~20 years ago it was ~$100? When rice is in it, it takes about 20 minutes to cook. When I toss ribs or chicken in it it (another good recipe is chicken in glutinous rice soup [1]) will run for considerably longer and the meat that comes out is glorious. 1 - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samgye-tang https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samgye-tang

allannienhuis 9y ago

I don't think the high pressure asian rice cookers qualify as 'your regular everyday rice cooker' :) But I'm also sceptical. The regular rice cookers cook for quite a bit less than 1 hr; not sure how you'd get fall-off-the-bone ribs cooked that quickly. That said, it's super easy to try...

njarboe 9y ago
I'm not really sure, but I thought that rice cookers turned off when all the water was gone (absorbed and boiled off) and the temp got above 100C. Then, with lots of liquid to boil off, the cooker could heat for a long time and turn off when the fluid is gone.
- dagw 9y ago
  My old rice cooker at least a had hold cycle that would keep the rice warm 'indefinitely' after it was done. I'm guessing this is what is being used to cook the ribs.
  - njarboe 9y ago
    Mine has that feature also and I think you are right that this is what is slow cooking the ribs.
bane 9y ago
No it's not a pressure cooker. You can open it mid-cycle and there's not pressure or any sort blasting out. Asian-style rice cookers vary incredibly in quality, but if you get one made by a decent manufacturer (we like Zojirushi), you don't even need to get one with lots of features -- just a "cook/warm" button. I believe they use a thermostat to "time" the cooking. When you heat water it will stabilize at its boiling point (100C) and when enough of the water boils off the temperature will start to increase. When this happens the cooker will turn off. When I cook ribs or chicken or whatever in the cooker, I'll put in some beer or other liquids as a marinade and that works like water does when cooking rice. Only the cooker will naturally run much longer.

bane 9y ago

I have a very old one-button Zojirushi (it looks kind of like this https://www.zojirushi.com/user/images/prod/13.2.jpg https://www.zojirushi.com/user/images/prod/13.2.jpg). I don't believe it's a pressure cooker, but that's a good question. There's not other buttons or controls or any kind. In fact to turn it off I have to unplug it. I think when we bought it ~20 years ago it was ~$100? When rice is in it, it takes about 20 minutes to cook. When I toss ribs or chicken in it it (another good recipe is chicken in glutinous rice soup [1]) will run for considerably longer and the meat that comes out is glorious. 1 - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samgye-tang https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samgye-tang