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I like the toaster comparison! You can definitely toast bread using a pan but you'll find it difficult to get the same consistency and it's also more hassle an

by koyote 3y ago

I like the toaster comparison! You can definitely toast bread using a pan but you'll find it difficult to get the same consistency and it's also more hassle and cleaning. That being said, is there really much difference between a 100$ vs 400$+ rice cooker? I've been trying to find a reason to upgrade my cheap(ish) Panasonic to something like a Zojirushi but every time I look into it I just can't justify the expense.

bobthepanda 3y ago
Zojirushi has very high build quality. I wouldn’t be surprised if mine lasted more than a decade. And also they are pretty good on parts availability; I had to toss a different $100 rice cooker I used to own because I needed a new pot and they didn’t make them anymore.
woleium 3y ago
Yes. Price is quickly forgotten but quality endures.
maxglute 3y ago
Apart from extended keepwarm because better sensors (?), my experience with higher end rice cookers is they're designed to vent moisture better, less cleanup for frequent activity always good. I think there's also satisfaction knowing you're having the best reasonable quality of (for me white) rice, since a bunch of japanese engineers spent decades making it in a sense, a solved problem. That's just like... nice to think about, or not worry about (even if placebo effect) whenever eating rice, which is always. I'm the least buyitforlife kind of guy, not interested in $200 pants or $400 boots or $800 jackets that last a decade, because I don't like dealing with wear and tear after a few years, but as long as the rice cooker is working, which they seem to for like 10 years, you're getting best rice. It's a nice reoccuring feeling for $40 a year.
imp0cat 3y ago
You can also use special programs that will make healthier rice - search for low sugar rice cookers.

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I like the toaster comparison! You can definitely toast bread using a pan but you'll find it difficult to get the same consistency and it's also more hassle an

by koyote 3y ago

bobthepanda 3y ago
Zojirushi has very high build quality. I wouldn’t be surprised if mine lasted more than a decade. And also they are pretty good on parts availability; I had to toss a different $100 rice cooker I used to own because I needed a new pot and they didn’t make them anymore.
woleium 3y ago
Yes. Price is quickly forgotten but quality endures.
maxglute 3y ago
Apart from extended keepwarm because better sensors (?), my experience with higher end rice cookers is they're designed to vent moisture better, less cleanup for frequent activity always good. I think there's also satisfaction knowing you're having the best reasonable quality of (for me white) rice, since a bunch of japanese engineers spent decades making it in a sense, a solved problem. That's just like... nice to think about, or not worry about (even if placebo effect) whenever eating rice, which is always. I'm the least buyitforlife kind of guy, not interested in $200 pants or $400 boots or $800 jackets that last a decade, because I don't like dealing with wear and tear after a few years, but as long as the rice cooker is working, which they seem to for like 10 years, you're getting best rice. It's a nice reoccuring feeling for $40 a year.
imp0cat 3y ago
You can also use special programs that will make healthier rice - search for low sugar rice cookers.