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I've gone through three cheap rice cookers in recent years and am back to doing it in a pot on the stove. None of them have been consistent in their temperatur
by sandworm101 3y ago
I've gone through three cheap rice cookers in recent years and am back to doing it in a pot on the stove. None of them have been consistent in their temperature control. I replaced #1 (cheap from amazon) when it burned the rice. #2 (cheap from local walmart) came was "non-stick" but was actually just bushed aluminum. I used it once and needed a scouring pad to clean the thing. #3 is just too messy, spraying rice water all over the counter within a foot of the thing.
After reading comments here I find myself hovering over the "buy now" button for a 300$ rice cooker but I have been burned too many time. Pots. Steel pots. They work. They are cheap. They last. They aren't e-waste.
- Simon_ORourke 3y agoI'm firmly in the steel pot camp, for any marginal benefit you can get from a timer or auto start feature, it just takes five minutes to cook some rice in a pot.
- peteforde 3y agoStrong recommend for investing in a Zojirushi. You will get consistently great rice and the devices are known to last decades when properly cared for.
- singingfish 3y agoMy household rice cooker is a Tiger (also a higher end brand, not as flash as the Z). The people here swearing that cooking rice on a stovetop is fine don't take their rice seriously enough (although if it works for them etc). I've had cheapies before but they can't do my favoured preparation of half and half white and brown rice properly.
- peteforde 3y agoUnserious rice for unserious people. Joking aside, I'm genuinely surprised that nobody mentioned Uncle Roger's rice cooking explainers [at least as far as I saw].
- singingfish 3y agoOh man, when I spent 3 days in bed with covid earlier this year I managed to kill a great deal of time getting deeply into Uncle Roger's rice cooker based comedy. It's only funny because it's all true!
- singingfish 3y agoTo be honest, I should do a little bit of experimental steaming rice in my stove top pressure cooker and see how that goes.