Thinking about buying a nicer rice cooker I currently own a black and Decker shitty 3 cup cooker that boils over if I use slightly too much water and burns to the bottom of the cooking bowl if I use too littleI'm looking for more of a consistent rice cooker and considering brands like zojirushi, Toshiba and cuckooBut what really is the difference between the options?I probably would've bought the Toshiba by now but I keep hearing things online about how the zojis are much more monotask and cook rice extremely well (no further explanation) where Toshiba is trying to make a rice cooker that can do a lot more than just rice like oatmeal I even heard the cuckoos cook rice slightly different because it's a Korean company and caters to Korean tasteIt's all very confusing and nobody seems to be able to make a good comparison because most people buy one cooker that they'll use for 10+ years
If you like korean style rice, buy a korean rice cooker.If you prefer japanese style rice, buy a japanese rice cooker.If you don't know or care about the difference then it doesn't matter which you buy, they're all good once you get into the sealed fuzzy logic or better units.Generally japanese rice is fluffy but firm, korean rice is soft/chewy, but these aren't hard/fast rules by any means and the specific rice you're cooking and the local environmental conditions you're cooking in can and will impact your final rice texture.
>>21964310>korean style rice>japanese style rice...There is no difference. They both eat the exact same type of rice. Any difference in doneness you perceive comes down to individual preferences
>>21964446Not really, it's why cuckoos cook faster, they go higher pressure and heat to cook it fast, which results in a softer end texture.Zoji's on the other hand cook much slower, even with the pressure cooking models, because they want a firmer texture.Though again, this can differ significantly based on the exact rice, the settings you use, and the local enviornmental conditions.
>>21964265>Thinking about buying a nicer rice cookerso you want to waste money a second time?wild stuff, op.
>>21964481Luv me riceWhat can I say?
>>21964265>>21964265I cook my rice like pasta on a pan then strain it after its cooked. I place it back on the pan with no water and let the residual heat evaporate the last of the moistore.It removes the guessing about water and when to stop the flame and how long to not lift the lid. I watched an indian man cook like that once when I was in college living in rented room with working people and stuff and it never failed me.I failed college thoug.I have a 20 dollar rice cooker it sucks. I have it stored as I recently bought a home. On my counter I dont have space for more apliences. I got the micro wave on the high cabnets, I got an air frier for french fries. I have a sdwich maker, the industrial kind used in coffee shoes, it can cook burgers and stuff but I mostly make grilled sandwiches. I have an eletric quetle. I have zero space for anything else lol. I like to chap stuff on the counter.
>>21964467How much of a difference would u say between them?
>>21964579Cooking rice like pasta sucks, but it does have the benefit of reducing arsenic. Look up how the french do it in the oven if you want a non weeb way to cook good rice.
>>21964265>nicer ricer
>>21964762Ehh, not much. If you're not already autistic about rice you probably wouldn't notice unless it was directly pointed out to you and you had both side by side to compare the texture.
>>21964901Thanks. First time ive heard of this diff b/w jap n kor rice cookers. I think i would prefer how koreans do it. Unfortunately we already have a very expensive 1 that my mom bought when she was in japan and i dont think its gonna break anytime soon.
>>21964975I grew up with a ton of Asian-American friends, a pretty diverse mix of Vietnamese, Korean, Chinese, Japanese, and Indonesian. So I got a good sampling of different Asian rices, Chinese, Vietnamese, and Japanese households had Zoji or Tiger.Korean houses generally had Cuckoo, unless they were older US Koreans; then they had Zojirushis (you couldn't get Korean rice cookers in the US easily back in the '80s/'90s.) Indonesians usually used a pot on the stove.
>>21964983I wonder if all the jap brands are any different. My current 1 is a panasonic.
>>21964265this bad boy has never let me down. think it was like $20. had it for years
>>21964265>ZojirushiJust get a Jap one. If you want it less done, fuck with the water ratio or yank it earlier.
>>21965202I hate how the lid just pushes up with the steam in this design. It also gets coated with the starch stuff on the lid and gets in spots that are annoying to clean.
>>21965202the only problem i have with mine is that the coating on the pot itself just disintegratesi dont want to eat that shit
>>21964265idk man i have a toshiba and it makes perfect rice every time its super convenient throw some seasoned chicken in the air fryer, throw some rice in the toshiba, wait a bit, easy meals
>>21964265Pressure cooker.>stainless steel pot instead of teflon cancer>significantly faster than the rice cooker>rice comes out perfect every time>you can also make all the other pressure cooker recipes besides just riceI threw my Zojirushi away after I started making rice in my instant pot. Use this recipe: https://greenhealthycooking.com/instant-pot-rice/, and don't autistically rinse the rice like the Japanese do because that actually makes it more sticky when you cook it under pressure instead of less.
I have a zoji. Ive been looking at the induction zojis for a while because waiting almost 2 hours for brown rice is kind of silly. I have a pressure cooker but it's large and way too big for 1 cup of rice.
>>21965525Instant pot rice is utter garbage, ricelet.
