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Good lord this is one of the saltiest posts I've ever seen on here, which is an accomplishment. The simple lesson here is: what is easy for you is not necessar

Good lord this is one of the saltiest posts I've ever seen on here, which is an accomplishment. The simple lesson here is: what is easy for you is not necessarily easy for everyone else, and you should not get pissy if you state your opinion so miserably and everybody fights back. Also, yes it's fairly easy to cook rice in a pan. I cook rice probably 4 days a week, and I now use a rice cooker. My rice cooker: - Can be set up ahead of time - Has different cooking profiles for different varieties of rice - Can keep the rice warm, safely, for many hours after it's cooked - Cooks the rice very well. It even has a special mode for cooking the rice longer in a specific way, which results in extremely nice-tasting rice It means that I have rice ready and waiting when I finish cooking the rest of the meal, which no longer has to be timed alongside the rice, which means I can focus on cooking the interesting food and not the bloody rice. Your experience is different from many others. Fix your attitude.

StavrosK 6y ago
What is the special mode you mention? I'm thinking of getting a rice cooker, is this mode standard in most models or is it specific to yours?
- claudeganon 6y ago
  Just get the Zoujirushi or Cuckoo described here and you can’t go wrong. Both have a good amount of settings and are excellent at making rice: https://www.nytimes.com/wirecutter/reviews/the-best-rice-cooker/ https://www.nytimes.com/wirecutter/reviews/the-best-rice-coo...
  - StavrosK 6y ago
    Thank you! Unfortunately, I'm in the EU, where these are hard to find, and also they cost an absolutely preposterous amount of money for something that cooks rice, which is a little odd given that their claim to fame is how simple they are. I think I'm going to start with a $20 one and see.
    - robotmay 6y ago
      I think that's a good approach. If you end up using it a lot and want something more, then you can always upgrade later on :) YumAsia ship to most of Europe and have some cheaper models, if that's useful to you.
      - StavrosK 6y ago
        Yep, my reasoning exactly. I will look at YumAsia's models, thank you!
- robotmay 6y ago
  I'm not too sure what others models will do it, but this is the one I have and they call it "Yumami": https://www.yumasia.co.uk/bamboo-induction-heating-ceramic-rice-cooker https://www.yumasia.co.uk/bamboo-induction-heating-ceramic-r... I originally went for it because there honestly aren't that many options in the UK, and this was the only Induction Heating model on the market here when I bought it, as most of the Japanese brands aren't CE marked I think? I imagine the technology exists in other rice cookers under different names, as I would think it's pretty rare for there to be anything truly unique in this market. I do highly rate that model though. I've had it about 1.5 years and use it at least 4 times a week. There is a notable difference in taste between its "Yumami" and "Short-grain" settings. Not that the standard mode tastes bad; it's just that the Yumami setting does have something a bit different about it that I really like.
  - StavrosK 6y ago
    Oh huh, thanks. Looks a bit pricy, though if you eat rice as regularly as you do I imagine it pays for itself quickly.
    - robotmay 6y ago
      Hah yes it was expensive, however I do use it so often that I feel I got very good value for money in the end. Check out some of their cheaper models as well, they're also quite well-reviewed and they import Zojirushi stuff too.

StavrosK 6y ago

What is the special mode you mention? I'm thinking of getting a rice cooker, is this mode standard in most models or is it specific to yours?

claudeganon 6y ago
Just get the Zoujirushi or Cuckoo described here and you can’t go wrong. Both have a good amount of settings and are excellent at making rice: https://www.nytimes.com/wirecutter/reviews/the-best-rice-cooker/ https://www.nytimes.com/wirecutter/reviews/the-best-rice-coo...
- StavrosK 6y ago
  Thank you! Unfortunately, I'm in the EU, where these are hard to find, and also they cost an absolutely preposterous amount of money for something that cooks rice, which is a little odd given that their claim to fame is how simple they are. I think I'm going to start with a $20 one and see.
  - robotmay 6y ago
    I think that's a good approach. If you end up using it a lot and want something more, then you can always upgrade later on :) YumAsia ship to most of Europe and have some cheaper models, if that's useful to you.
    - StavrosK 6y ago
      Yep, my reasoning exactly. I will look at YumAsia's models, thank you!
robotmay 6y ago
I'm not too sure what others models will do it, but this is the one I have and they call it "Yumami": https://www.yumasia.co.uk/bamboo-induction-heating-ceramic-rice-cooker https://www.yumasia.co.uk/bamboo-induction-heating-ceramic-r... I originally went for it because there honestly aren't that many options in the UK, and this was the only Induction Heating model on the market here when I bought it, as most of the Japanese brands aren't CE marked I think? I imagine the technology exists in other rice cookers under different names, as I would think it's pretty rare for there to be anything truly unique in this market. I do highly rate that model though. I've had it about 1.5 years and use it at least 4 times a week. There is a notable difference in taste between its "Yumami" and "Short-grain" settings. Not that the standard mode tastes bad; it's just that the Yumami setting does have something a bit different about it that I really like.
- StavrosK 6y ago
  Oh huh, thanks. Looks a bit pricy, though if you eat rice as regularly as you do I imagine it pays for itself quickly.
  - robotmay 6y ago
    Hah yes it was expensive, however I do use it so often that I feel I got very good value for money in the end. Check out some of their cheaper models as well, they're also quite well-reviewed and they import Zojirushi stuff too.