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Both. Almost everything today uses some form of it. I think the term stuck with rice cookers because they were advertised that way as an advancement from the

Both. Almost everything today uses some form of it. I think the term stuck with rice cookers because they were advertised that way as an advancement from the binary type cooker described in the article. In that sense, it's a buzzword of sorts. There's a lot of examples of that, like it still being called Unleaded Gas despite it having been so by default for how many decades? Is it useful? Hard for me to answer - I don't like rice, but most of my family does. They all swear by their Zojirushis and Tigers, so I have to imagine it provides a better cook than the old style.

seanmcdirmid 2y ago
Zojirushi offers a wide range of rice cookers. We just have the basic one and it works well, but they have higher end ones that cost 4x the price that we bought ours, I’m not sure if the rice is actually better in the higher ends Zojirushis. They even have cheaper ones that use fuzzy logic, it looks more like an economy thing over the traditional non stick pressure based rice cookers.
fragmede 2y ago
Nah. They've had a long time to perfect rice cookers. The $40 Walmart one works fine. If it turns out you use it a lot and you really want the nicer one, then spend the money for it. But honestly the cheap one is fine.
- Yeul 2y ago
  Rice cookers are still a bit of a novelty in Western countries but in Asia they are ubiquitous. It's like microwaves: expensive in the 80s now they are mass produced and sold for 80 dollars.
- goosedragons 2y ago
  I find the nicer ones tend to do a more consistent and better job. With the cheap ones the bottom is often drier than the top. Timers are great and so are modes for different types of rice.
- Suppafly 2y ago
  I had a $15 Aldi one that worked fine. I'm sure the high end ones are better in some ways, but it's sorta like drip coffee pots, there is only so much you can improve upon.
seritools 2y ago
> There's a lot of examples of that, like it still being called Unleaded Gas despite it having been so by default for how many decades? Depending on where you live, about 0.35 decades? > On 30 August 2021 the United Nations Environment Programme announced that leaded gasoline had been eliminated. The final stocks of the product were used up in Algeria, which had continued to produce leaded gasoline until July 2021. - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tetraethyllead#Modern_findings https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tetraethyllead#Modern_findings
- OJFord 2y ago
  That's interesting, but obviously they meant 'in places where it has been banned a long time', there being countries where that's not the case doesn't stop it being an example of this, that terminology/marketing sticks around outliving a point it might've been making. The EU (incl. UK at the time) banned it 2.4 decades ago.
- Suppafly 2y ago
  > On 30 August 2021 the United Nations Environment Programme announced that leaded gasoline had been eliminated. Basic availability of leaded is unrelated to how long unleaded has been the default.

seanmcdirmid 2y ago

Zojirushi offers a wide range of rice cookers. We just have the basic one and it works well, but they have higher end ones that cost 4x the price that we bought ours, I’m not sure if the rice is actually better in the higher ends Zojirushis. They even have cheaper ones that use fuzzy logic, it looks more like an economy thing over the traditional non stick pressure based rice cookers.

fragmede 2y ago

Nah. They've had a long time to perfect rice cookers. The $40 Walmart one works fine. If it turns out you use it a lot and you really want the nicer one, then spend the money for it. But honestly the cheap one is fine.

Yeul 2y ago
Rice cookers are still a bit of a novelty in Western countries but in Asia they are ubiquitous. It's like microwaves: expensive in the 80s now they are mass produced and sold for 80 dollars.
goosedragons 2y ago
I find the nicer ones tend to do a more consistent and better job. With the cheap ones the bottom is often drier than the top. Timers are great and so are modes for different types of rice.
Suppafly 2y ago
I had a $15 Aldi one that worked fine. I'm sure the high end ones are better in some ways, but it's sorta like drip coffee pots, there is only so much you can improve upon.

seritools 2y ago

> There's a lot of examples of that, like it still being called Unleaded Gas despite it having been so by default for how many decades? Depending on where you live, about 0.35 decades? > On 30 August 2021 the United Nations Environment Programme announced that leaded gasoline had been eliminated. The final stocks of the product were used up in Algeria, which had continued to produce leaded gasoline until July 2021. - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tetraethyllead#Modern_findings https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tetraethyllead#Modern_findings

OJFord 2y ago
That's interesting, but obviously they meant 'in places where it has been banned a long time', there being countries where that's not the case doesn't stop it being an example of this, that terminology/marketing sticks around outliving a point it might've been making. The EU (incl. UK at the time) banned it 2.4 decades ago.
Suppafly 2y ago
> On 30 August 2021 the United Nations Environment Programme announced that leaded gasoline had been eliminated. Basic availability of leaded is unrelated to how long unleaded has been the default.