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Rice, rice, baby.... What's the Phorum's fave rice cooker ?
Posted by: cbelt3
Date: January 19, 2023 09:01AM
El cheapo gizmo in our household is burning rice, and needs to be replaced. What does the phorum like for rice, brown rice, (but not pasta, I stand a stir like Grandma taught me) ?
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Re: Rice, rice, baby.... What's the Phorum's fave rice cooker ?
Posted by: OWC Jamie
Date: January 19, 2023 09:07AM
Zojirushi with fuzzy logic.

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Re: Rice, rice, baby.... What's the Phorum's fave rice cooker ?
Posted by: davemchine
Date: January 19, 2023 09:54AM
Zojirushi is my favorite. After unsatisfying rice at a relatives house I did my research. It’s expensive but works great.


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Re: Rice, rice, baby.... What's the Phorum's fave rice cooker ?
Posted by: mattkime
Date: January 19, 2023 10:03AM
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OWC Jamie
Zojirushi with fuzzy logic.

[www.amazon.com]

This! I was lucky enough to buy one on craigslist for cheap and over 10 years later its still going. If it died I'd replace it with a new one.


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Re: Rice, rice, baby.... What's the Phorum's fave rice cooker ?
Posted by: d4
Date: January 19, 2023 10:17AM
I'm on team Tiger for rice cookers. No bells and whistles. One button. It does one thing. Cook rice REALLY well. Made in Japan.




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Re: Rice, rice, baby.... What's the Phorum's fave rice cooker ?
Posted by: JoeH
Date: January 19, 2023 10:42AM
What do people like for a small rice cooker? Smallest I see looking at these Zojirushi and Tiger brand ones is 5.5 cup, I would be just cooking a cup or two at a time as it is only for myself.
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Re: Rice, rice, baby.... What's the Phorum's fave rice cooker ?
Posted by: Todd's keyboard
Date: January 19, 2023 10:50AM
Has anyone tried cooking wheat berries and rice together in a rice cooker? I used to start cooking a cup of wheat berries on the stove for about thirty minutes and then add another cup of rice (with additional water) to let them cook together for another 20-30 minutes. The result would be a mixture that lasted the week.

Never tried with a rice cooker. Good results might be enough to sway a purchase.

thanks, Todd's chewy keyboard
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Re: Rice, rice, baby.... What's the Phorum's fave rice cooker ?
Posted by: jonny
Date: January 19, 2023 10:57AM
Pot.
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Re: Rice, rice, baby.... What's the Phorum's fave rice cooker ?
Posted by: d4
Date: January 19, 2023 11:25AM
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JoeH
What do people like for a small rice cooker? Smallest I see looking at these Zojirushi and Tiger brand ones is 5.5 cup, I would be just cooking a cup or two at a time as it is only for myself.

Tiger has a 3-cup model. In fact, it's the model I have. I cook 1-cup of rice in it all the time. The inner side of the pot liner has embossed markings for 1, 2 and 3-cup water levels to make it foolproof.

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Re: Rice, rice, baby.... What's the Phorum's fave rice cooker ?
Posted by: A-Polly
Date: January 19, 2023 11:29AM
One of the fuzzy logic ones. Mine's a Zojirushi and it's great, makes delicious rice of all types (but I normally use brown rice).

For JoeH, there are "mini" versions (like 3 or 3.5 cup sizes) available. I can cook just one cup of raw rice in my 5.5-cup Zoji, but usually make more to freeze for quick meals later (since brown rice takes longer to cook).

Have to say my Instant Pot does a decent job with rice. Though perhaps not quite as good as the Zoji, it is a more versatile device which cooks faster. When cooking for myself, the 3-quart Instant Pot gets a lot of use.
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Re: Rice, rice, baby.... What's the Phorum's fave rice cooker ?
Posted by: TheTominator
Date: January 19, 2023 12:21PM
Our rice cooker works pretty well aside from the expected spatter coming from the vent hole, but I've taken to using the Instant Pot to make rice.

In particular cooking brown rice is faster and more consistent.

I also like that it directly cooks dry beans fast and well without needing the overnight soaking.
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Re: Rice, rice, baby.... What's the Phorum's fave rice cooker ?
Posted by: kj
Date: January 19, 2023 01:23PM
Uncle Roger definitely has an opinion:

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Re: Rice, rice, baby.... What's the Phorum's fave rice cooker ?
Posted by: Dennis S
Date: January 19, 2023 01:35PM
A pan.
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Re: Rice, rice, baby.... What's the Phorum's fave rice cooker ?
Posted by: Lux Interior
Date: January 19, 2023 02:04PM
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jonny
Pot.

Me too.

But I add water & heat, too!
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Re: Rice, rice, baby.... What's the Phorum's fave rice cooker ?
Posted by: NewtonMP2100
Date: January 19, 2023 02:12PM
.....use a guy named Pho......always cooks the rice to perfection......


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Re: Rice, rice, baby.... What's the Phorum's fave rice cooker ?
Posted by: polychrome
Date: January 19, 2023 03:36PM
Zojirushi and Tiger as mentioned, as well as Panasonic whose rice cookers used to be under the National name until the rebrand. The Panasonic cookers aren't made in Japan anymore but somewhere in SE Asia I think, so they're cheaper. I have a very old Hitachi basic rice cooker which I don't think are made now but it's been great. Sometimes I just use a sauce pan.
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Re: Rice, rice, baby.... What's the Phorum's fave rice cooker ?
Posted by: Fritz
Date: January 19, 2023 06:16PM
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Lux Interior
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jonny
Pot.

Me too.

But I add water & heat, too!

cheater.

us too. sometimes in chicken or veg broth and/or za'atar or curry.


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Re: Rice, rice, baby.... What's the Phorum's fave rice cooker ?
Posted by: RAMd®d
Date: January 19, 2023 06:31PM
That Zojirushi cooler is gourmand level pricing, and I'm not one.

I'm leery of small Panasonic appliances, since my experience with one of their toaster ovens.

tven rhe smallest Tiger seems a little more than I need.

Now this...



...seems like just my speed.

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$24

The only question is reliability.





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Re: Rice, rice, baby.... What's the Phorum's fave rice cooker ?
Posted by: richorlin
Date: January 19, 2023 08:56PM
Zojirushi manual rice cooker
Amazon $59
Had one for years. I don't need 'fuzzy logic'. My brain is fuzzy enough. I don't cook rice in advance and have to keep it warm. Rinse well, cook, eat.


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Re: Rice, rice, baby.... What's the Phorum's fave rice cooker ?
Posted by: RAMd®d
Date: January 20, 2023 12:12AM
It looks like one company in China is make these, and branding them to anybody who pays.

I've seem some now that look exactly alike, and the $59 Z model looks very similar to a bunch of other.





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Re: Rice, rice, baby.... What's the Phorum's fave rice cooker ?
Posted by: TheTominator
Date: January 20, 2023 08:23AM
I don't think a dedicated rice cooker appliance needs to be any more complicated than the common old design.

[www.youtube.com]

It doesn't need circuit boards, logic circuits, or any electronic components that don't survive well when subjected to moisture or heat.

The old simple design tells when the liquid water is gone simply by measuring the temperature with the clever thermometer integrated into the power switch.



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Re: Rice, rice, baby.... What's the Phorum's fave rice cooker ?
Posted by: freeradical
Date: January 20, 2023 09:31AM
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TheTominator
I don't think a dedicated rice cooker appliance needs to be any more complicated than the common old design.

[www.youtube.com]

It doesn't need circuit boards, logic circuits, or any electronic components that don't survive well when subjected to moisture or heat.

The old simple design tells when the liquid water is gone simply by measuring the temperature with the clever thermometer integrated into the power switch.

That's what I have.

$19 at Amazon
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