I'm in the market for a small rice cooker (3ish cups is fine). Which one should I buy? Has anyone used them to make soft boiled eggs or other things that aren't rice?
The heat of the rice cooker cooks the rice
>>21851433if you actually care about good rice: zojirushi is excellent and low budget. buy a returned one off amazon warehouse or from a local auction house (they have barely damaged zojirushi rice cookers all the fucking time because retards return them with a single scratch thinking it's chinesium) i've bought 10+ $300 models for $50 or less this wayif you don't give a shit and want it for convenience exclusively it straight up doesn't matter get a $20 one wherever you can and beat it to death cooking whatever you want in it
>>21851434Fascinating.>>21851438Thanks for the protip - I'm actually thinking about an NHS-06. I was looking at the more expensive 3-cup one with induction heating but I'm leaning against it now since lolnosteamtray and I like eggs.
>>21851462NHS-06 is a great introductory modelyou can get a generic $2 steam tray small enough to fit from the dollar store and toss it in there they won't raid your home
>>21851433I bought a cheap Amazon one with good reviews. It have stainless steel instead of nonstick. Nonstick eventually will flake. I highly recommend stainless steel rice cooker.Only caveat: sometimes a layer of rice on the bottom sticks. But, I dont have to replace stainless steel, so to me it's OK.(If I leave rice cooker on "stay warm" after cooking, for maybe 10mins+, usually rice on bottom not sticks)
>>21851433Get an instant pot. Makes rice pretty well and it's super versatile.
>>21851487that would be way too big for what op is looking for
>>21851433Spend at least a hundred bucks on a fuzzy logic cooker. You can find great fuzzies for around $100. I eat rice almost everyday and have been using a Toshiba I got on Amazon six years ago. It's wonderful. I've never cooked anything but rice and other grains in it but you definitely can throw random stuff in with the rice and it will cook.
>>21851479Agree with this, I had a NHS-06 and unless something changed it has a large heating element so the rice doesn’t get soft and mushy like with a cheap rice cooker. I think it comes with a steaming tray and I would usually steam rather than directly boils the eggs. One work of warning though is the non-stick coating on the cooker bowl was easily scratched so absolutely don’t use metal on it and probably best to clean with a non-abrasive sponge.
