Macook Rice Cooker with Rice Steamer (5 Cups, 1Litres), Rice Cooker Small, High-Temperature Protection Mini Rice Cooker- For 1-4 People - Cooking 15-20 Minutes - Non-Stick Coating for Cooker Rice

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Test 3 – brown rice: We cooked 2 regular cups of Lundberg-brand short-grain brown rice two ways, first following each cooker’s instructions for adding water and then using a 1:1. Among them are specific presets for rice and grains, slow-cooking, sauté, steam, jam/sauce and cake, plus keep-warm and delay-start settings. You can cook an entire meal in a rice cooker simply by putting some meat, tofu, or fish plus some vegetables in the steamer tray while you cook the rice. Our rice stuck to the seasoned clay, and we found the nub of the scalding-hot interior lid difficult to grasp.

As I mentioned before, some rice cookers come with just a couple of settings, and others come with many. Rice cookers come in all shapes and sizes, from the most straightforward, affordable microwave models to all-singing, dancing multi-cookers. However, as rice cooking is quite vigorous, the lids tend to spit out water and steam at the edges, which can be dangerous. Taking up less counter space is always better from a storage perspective, but the quality of the rice was more important to us in the long run. In the meantime, we think the timers and keep-warm settings on our top and upgrade picks are easy enough ways to have warm, fresh rice waiting for you when you get home.By creating an account and/or placing a bid through Jobalots, you agree to have your registered payment card debited in the event of payment not being received within the advised payment period. Some people prefer cooking rice on the stovetop, which requires just a thick-bottomed pot and a lid. The quality of the rice itself was good, with firm and separated grains, but not as plump as rice that came from a Zojirushi. Rao, who owns a Zojirushi NP-GBC05-XT, also admits that a rice cooker is the only way to get perfect rice every time. Having a rice cooker means you can make a bowl of sushi rice on even the busiest nights, or prep for an entire week of grain bowls and fried rice by cooking a big batch on Sundays.

Sometimes these settings, with the same grains and same water ratios, would function without issue at all. This is one we classify as a mini rice cooker—something that can handle four or fewer cups of uncooked rice. Not every pot sits on the stove the same way, the lid doesn’t fit on the stove the same way,” he said. The rice isn’t perfect, but this model is a great option for college students or anyone on a budget. The Aroma Housewares Digital Rice Cooker made solid rice, though not as fluffy or perfectly textured as our winning models.In addition, we noticed starchy water bubbling up through the steam vent during recent tests, and we have heard similar reports from our long-term testers who used this appliance at home. Do not redistribute any products before they have arrived with you as inventory may vary and/or items might need repairs. It cooked totally passable rice in 25 minutes and takes up virtually the same counter space as the Zojirushi 3-Cup. It’s one of the most compact models we tested, its removable lid makes it easy to clean, and the inner pot has handles for easy lifting out of the machine.

In contrast to the Neuro Fuzzy’s 6-cup and 10-cup options, the Cuckoo comes in only the hefty 10-cup size. And although we didn’t test quinoa, millet, and other fancier grains in these machines, the models we chose all claim to handle a range of grains beyond rice. You can change your choices at any time by visiting Cookie preferences, as described in the Cookie notice. The QAC fell short of the NP-HCC10 with the white rice test, producing far softer, less intact grains.Our favorites were the nubbly paddles from Zojirushi and Tiger because rice didn’t stick to them as much as it did to others. If that sounds appealing, you might appreciate a great rice cooker, which can turn out perfect, plump grains with almost no effort.

Given the chance, the best rice cookers can convince both purists who think they prefer the stovetop method and people who hate single-use appliances. Nonstick cooking pot: A nonstick coating on the inner pot (which is usually aluminum or stainless steel) is the standard for most rice cookers and makes the appliance easier to clean, saving you from scrubbing off stuck-on rice. Though not the fastest machine we tested, the Zojirushi Neuro Fuzzy NS-ZCC10 is by far the most versatile, making the best white rice across the different grains plus respectable brown rice (though if you love brown rice, you might prefer our upgrade pick). In both cases, the results were almost as good as what we made in some Tiger and Cuckoo machines that cost two or three times as much.

But if rice is a regular fixture of your diet, and you are accustomed to having more precise control over the final product, you should definitely go for the more expensive models. Standard settings on this machine run dry, so people who like their rice al dente will appreciate this machine. In our tests, it made sushi and jasmine rice as delicious as what we got from some models costing three times as much.