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The 3 Best Rice Cookers of 2024, Tested & Reviewed | gastrobackuae.com
The 3 Best Rice Cookers of 2024, Tested & Reviewed | gastrobackuae.com
As with all rice cookers, one of the great pleasures of using the Zojirushi Induction Rice Cooker was the ability to set it and forget it. It’s a particular pleasure on this Zojirushi because of the automatic Keep Warm setting that kept rice right at serving temperature for hours. Because this model is a Micom rice cooker (a.k.a. microcomputerized), it will tweak temperatures and cooking times according to feedback from the machine’s sensors. If you accidentally added too much water, for example, the machine adjusts cooking times and temperatures so that you still won’t end up with mushy rice despite the human error. It’s also the only one of our top picks that counts down your cooking time from start to finish, so you always know how far you are from a bowl of perfectly cooked rice. Considering how expensive high-end rice cookers can get, this one is shockingly affordable for its performance and features.
- We tested one Panasonic model with fuzzy logic in 2018, and although it had 13 settings and cost about half as much as our top pick, it took an excruciatingly long time to cook white rice.
- Micom rice cookers—short for microcomputerized—with fuzzy logic react to what exactly is happening in the pan, self-adjusting and regulating temperature and steam to extreme precision.
- During the Good Housekeeping Institute's road tests, the NS-TSC18 MICOM consistently produced perfect, evenly-cooked rice.
- This Tiger model was remarkably close in performance to the winning Zojirushi, with testers scoring the Zojirushi rice only slightly higher.
We feel, though, that once you get in the habit of starting your rice first thing when cooking, or utilizing the timer function, this issue will resolve and the resulting quality in our eyes is worth it. Beyond that, it would be awesome if it didn’t cost more than $300, but hey, what can you do. According to a company representative, Cuckoo has plans to team up with other retailers for exclusive appliances, and we wanted to see how this machine stacked up against Cuckoo’s flagship offerings. It didn’t make white rice as texturally rewarding as the higher-end models, but it still cooked Nishiki and jasmine rice well. Lacking pressure, this model was slower than other Cuckoo cookers, but it made better basmati and softer brown rice.
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It also comes with a reheat option, and an extended function that keeps rice warm for several hours, according to the brand. Others find their versatility to be overwhelming compared to a simpler, more traditional models. A Japanese-style rice cooker differs from a traditional rice cooker in its thoughtful—albeit complex—design. The DASH Mini Rice Cooker will have your rice ready to eat in 20 minutes or less. This compact gadget comes with a rice paddle, measuring cup, and a removable pot with a PFOA-free nonstick coating.
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We cooked two uncooked cups of Nishiki Japanese medium-grain white rice in each model; in those that performed well enough, we then cooked two cups of short-grain brown rice, followed by two cups of long-grain basmati rice. For the mini rice cookers, we cooked one cup of the medium-grain white rice in each model. For our 2020 update we tested the Tiger JBX-B10U, a minimally designed cooker priced around $50 less than our winning Zojirushi model. In our tests, it excelled at jasmine and brown rice, while sushi rice came out a little soft and basmati didn’t work at all. It cooked rice quickly, with times consistently around 10 minutes shorter than the Zojirushi’s for white rice and almost 30 minutes less for brown rice. This is a fine option if you want a streamlined machine for basic white rice, have the counter space to spare, and are willing to trade precision for speed.
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She's been testing kitchen appliances professionally since 2013 and has worked at several kitchen appliance companies, where she helped develop some popular appliances as well as many recipes for them. She is trained in classic culinary arts and is a professional recipe developer. Nicole oversaw our most recent round of rice cooker testing, helping to develop the methodology and contributing to our buying guide information. Some rice cookers have glass lids that can be put in the dishwasher.✔️ A removable or retractable power cord. A cord you can detach or stow out of the way provides easy storage and portability.