Recommend me a rice cooker - Fat Man™ Brand is sold out

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sell me on your rice cooker and why I should get it
 
Get any of the induction ones with fuzzy logic - there's plenty these days that work well. My Zojirushi has been going strong for a long long time but nowadays it'd be hard to sell it for like $400+ with all the competition. Still, if you are investing long term, Cuckoo and Zojirushi are the brands to trust imo. and a decent model from either one is likely to stick with you for many years if you keep it clean between uses. And ofc wash your rice.
 
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Don't know any brands but would recommend getting the cheapest no-brains (no controls but an on/off switch) rice cooker you can find, specifically one that uses a regular pot lid. The ones with integrated lids that hinge and latch shut, at least all the ones I've used, have rubber seals like a pressure cooker that get gross after a while. It's hard to clean in situ with the lid attached to the cooker, and frequently not straightforward to disassemble for easier cleaning.

The most basic automatic rice cooker works on a combination of the double boiler effect (regular sea-level water boils at 212 Fahrenheit/100 Celsius, no more. Any heat dumped in past that temperature just makes it boil off faster instead of raising the appreciable temperature) and curie temperatures (magnets stop working above a certain temperature, which can change depending on composition).
It's a simple and elegant solution that requires no microcontrollers or soft touch digital buttons or pressure cooker components in the lid: If the temperature of the pot goes significantly above boiling, that means there's no water left in the pot. The magnetic switch that lets power through to the element will disengage from the heat and shut off the cooker.
 
Seconding Zojirushi. I recently got their NHS-06 model because I'm only really cooking enough rice for myself, but my one regret about it is not getting one of the slightly larger models (NHS-10/18 ) that come with a steamer basket so I can steam some veggies at the same time. I follow the instructions thoroughly (yes, that includes washing the rice) and I've ended up with perfectly cooked fluffy rice every single time. Super easy to clean too and doesn't break the bank.
 
Do you just want to use it for rice? Get a traditional one that just has the 1 lever to switch it between warming and cooking. WAY easier to clean, just don't scratch the nonstick bowl. I had a cheap-ass Aroma model last me from college until my 30's and it took it shorting out from a bad plug during a lightning storm to finally die. TBH I probably still could've repaired it.

If you want all the settings for different kinds of rice and making vegetables/slow cooking, Zojirushi has a whole cult around it. I've got a more middle-of-the-line Toshiba that works well enough. The venting system for most multifunction cookers sucks though, you'll have to pull out the metal insert for the lid and clean it with each use, instead of it being a glass, dishwasher-safe lid.

I do NOT recommend Cuckoo - half translated Korean everywhere in the labeling and manual, the venting system for their models is over-complicated and requires cleaning both sides of the hinged lid, plus the metal insert, PLUS a plastic venting cap, and whatever idiot designed the system they use to detect when the cooking's done (instead of the very basic system @TenMilesWide outlined, another reason the simple ones are the best ones) didn't do a very good job, and it didn't make very good, or even consistently bad, rice.
 
Seconding a cheap basic one because they work perfectly and last forever if you treat them right. If you wore out the coating on the last one you can make the next last almost indefinitely by only using the soft plastic spoon that comes with it and only ever cleaning it with water and cloth, no detergent or scourers. When you store it away put the plug inside the little cup measurer it comes with so it doesn't scratch the coating.
My current one is about 15 years old and showing no signs of quitting. It just has a single shitty plastic button for 'cook/heat' and a standard glass lid, no other features.
I think it's one of these Kenwood ones. Nearly same design anyway.

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BLACK + DECKER 6-Cup Rice Cooker is the fucking GOAT, if you don't wanna go the used route.
 
we had/have an Aroma (I think) that has a billion buttons, of which we've used one - WHITE POWER

the idea of a cheap on/off one is nice but dammit those complicated gadgets tempt me

(for unknown reasons we ALSO have a big-ass pressure cooker but that "can't be used for rice because of the infetterance" or some shit)

in college i had a shitty microwave cooker for rice and that thing was the GOAT, saved me easily thousands over eating shitty fast food
 
reptile baht spaniard rid said:
we had/have an Aroma (I think) that has a billion buttons, of which we've used one - WHITE POWER

the idea of a cheap on/off one is nice but dammit those complicated gadgets tempt me

(for unknown reasons we ALSO have a big-ass pressure cooker but that "can't be used for rice because of the infetterance" or some shit)

in college i had a shitty microwave cooker for rice and that thing was the GOAT, saved me easily thousands over eating shitty fast food
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I mean, for what reason do you need the one that has many features? Tempt you? In what way? I second getting a cheap on/off one. The only downside is that the cheap ones can be pretty slow.
 
I got a shitty little Rival second hand like 10 years ago and that bitch still runs perfectly.
 
TenMilesWide said:
Don't know any brands but would recommend getting the cheapest no-brains (no controls but an on/off switch) rice cooker you can find, specifically one that uses a regular pot lid.
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yeah the wife and I just get a basic ten buck guy from walmart
we have a fairly nice clamp down one but we rarely make enough rice to use it

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I generally try to keep it simple like this but it's really nice to have the rice going off to the side with no attention while you're using the range
 
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