I want to upgrade my current Breville rice cooker. Was very happy with it, worked well for the past 9 years, the bowl thing is quite scratched, hence an upgrade. I saw this and thought it was neat even though I probably won't ever use all the functions regularly:
https://www.thegoodguys.com.au/philips-viva-collection-all-i…
So I'm curious if any OzB-ers use a dedicated rice cooker or an all-in-one cooker and if there is any one of them that cooks rice better?
Thanks
Do You Use a Dedicated Rice Cooker or All-in-One Cooker?
hilariouspowerr on 27/05/2016 - 11:29
Poll Options
- 38Rice Cooker
- 8All-In-one Cooker
- 17None of the above, I just wanted to vote
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We have only had separate appliances. I want this all in one thing though. JEALOUS. Never seen or had one before.
I even watched the good guys video hoping it would show how to use it. What a waste of 30 seconds. It was just an ad for their product range.
I have the Tupperware microwave rice cooker and it's awesome…rice is always perfect, never makes a mess, goes in the dishwasher, I use it all the time.
boil in water in a saucepan
Nah, I'd rather an appliance do it for me.
A saucepan is a state of the ark appliance, you may even already own one
Indeed I do.
Do you have a kettle? Why when you all have saucepans at home?
HHAAHHAHHAHAHAHAHHAHA I LOVE THIS.
A saucepan is an all in one cooker isn't it?
wow, 9 years, excellent stuff, I cook rice regularly and most will last 2 years max, bowl scratches mostly.
What are you using that scratches it? Mine is about 2 years old and the bowl looks brand new. I only use plastic utensils on it and just soak it in cold water overnight and wipe it out with a sponge the next day.
I use the plastic thing that came with it, I guess it's just wear and tear or the non-stick coating thing fades?
Do you put it in the dishwasher? Or use a scourer?
Yeah, maybe the missus using steel stuff to get out the rice, the scourer probably also had some stuff stuck on it so more scratches. Bought recently the Breville Rice Bowl/Cooker thingy, the bowl looks a bit tougher so hopefully won't scratch for a while. Will certainly be more careful next time for sure.
I use the HD2137/72 you linked to cook rice and it's pretty good.
Just need a microwave, a big plastic microwave safe bowl, rice and water, and maybe a plastic plate for the top to act as a lid.
I guess it depends on how many you cook rice for and how often you eat rice.
Try and avoid it here with a diabetic in the family. Not a safe food to eat at all.
Not a safe food to eat at all.
That sentence there piqued my interest. Would you share why? As someone of Chinese descent, I eat rice 4-5 times a week! My parents eat rice nearly daily for their entire lives, and they are still healthy for their age.
Diabetics have difficulty controlling their blood sugar levels and white rice especially is very bad for making it spike quite quickly as it's a high GI food.
If you're not diabetic, it's not normally a problem though.
Ah, I probably misunderstood. So violetmay meant dangerous for diabetics, not unsafe in general.
I cook rice with microwave. Used to have rice cooker and multi function for cooking rice. I don't bother with plastic lid on top as you have to cook it for 15 minutes or so for long grain. For one cup of rice, you can't beat microwave. There's no minimum cup requirement. My old MFC needed 2 cups minimum.
Still have multi function cooker that I use for cooking something else.
I use a dedicated rice cooker. It is a cheap appliance to run and cooks quickly. I also have an all in one cooker (Buffalo brand from Asia) that also does rice, but it takes longer to make rice than my cheaper dedicated rice cooker. Can't work out why, but I did a race of one cooker against the other when we had a large group come over for dinner.
I purchased this exact Philips model about a month ago and make my rice in it, as well. I've never owned a rice cooker, though, so can't compare which is better.
As a pressure cooker it's wonderful. I've made chicken soup and lamb shanks and risottos in it - all as easy as placing ingredients gently into the pot.
The bowl is lined with some kind of gold non-stick surface that seems fragile given the reviews on productreviews dot com dot au. Luckily, I read that someone cooked lamb shanks and scratched up their bowl when stirring the sauce and shanks. I just placed the shanks as gently as I could in the bowl, added the sauce ingredients on top and didn't stir anything. After the meal was pressure cooked all the ingredients were combined automatically and I used tongs to remove the shanks. Not a scratch on the bowl.
You can find the recipe book here - http://download.p4c.philips.com/files/h/hd2137_72/hd2137_72_…
You can find a demo/review video starting here -
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hBoSNO5E66s
and how to cook rice here -
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EToetzZmg9MHope this helps!
Stainless steel pot with a glass lid.
Takes about 10~15 minutes to produce a steaming bowl of rice with the gas stove on full blast.
In the meantime you can prep the ingredients for a quick stir fry.
Keep the lid on the pot to keep the rice nice and warm until the rest of the food is ready.Also interested in this, I too want to consolidate my appliances. Plus my Kambrook rice cooker is a POS. Was tempted by a Breville Multi Chef (BRC600BSS) but read that the rice function was pretty crap which kinda defeats the purpose of getting rid of my rice cooker..
If you get the model in the OP, it's easy enough to request a refund if the rice cooker doesn't work the way you want it to. Don't get rid of the Kambrook rice cooker until you're happy.
My first batch of rice scorched a tiny bit (just a bit crunchy but no burned taste) and now I've figured out how much water to add.
Go with All-In-one Cooker, it will be useful.