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Cuckoo IH 10 Cup Pressure Cooker CRP-CHSS1009F $499.98 Delivered @ Costco Online (Membership Required)

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Cuckoo IH 10 Cup Pressure Cooker CRP-CHSS1009F $499.98 Delivered @ Costco Online (Membership Required)
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ozbs25 on 18/01/2022 - 12:24 costco.com.au (3343 clicks)
Last edited 18/01/2022 - 16:50 by 2 other users

Korean Rice cooker. RRP is $699 but you can find it for $649 pretty much everywhere. $500 seems like a good price. Kind of an impulse buy really as our rice cooker is still going strong but we've always wanted a good Korean rice cooker. Less worried about running into any issues buying from Costco. Looks like you can buy the inner bowl easily too from Cuckoo's website which is handy.

IH rice/pressure cookers are also classified as pressure cookers. All pressure cookers basically build pressure inside the pot to cook food. This process enables the rice cooker to reach a higher boiling point than when it is at a standard pressure (1 atm/105 Pa->100 degrees Celsius). Pressure cookers can reach 120 to 150 degrees Celsius. IH rice/pressure cookers build more pressure and thus have higher boiling point than a conventional pressure rice cooker. IH pressure cookers use induction heating technology (induction coils build electromagnetic induction to heat up the whole stainless steel inner pot), whereas conventional pressure cookers use a heating pan to heat up the inner pot.

The rice cookers can reach higher boiling points. Not only does it reach a higher boiling point, but it shortens the time of cooking. When food/grain is cooked at higher heat within a short time, the food becomes softer and tender. As the whole inner pot (bottom and sides) is heated up instead of only bottom of the inner pot (conventional rice/pressure cookers use a heat pan on the bottom), the rice is more evenly cooked. This is what makes the Cuckoo very popular in international markets.

This product features:

  • Voice guide function: 3 Languages, Korean, Chinese and English
  • High Pressure Mode Cooking / Non-Pressure Mode Cooking
  • Induction Heating
  • Inner Pot: Diamond Coating
  • Inner Pot: Stainless Steel
  • Manual instructions (recipe included), stainless steaming rack, scoop, measuring cup
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    • snappy1234 on 18/01/2022 - 14:36
      -1

      I think its only good for Cuckoos not rice

      • jackspratt on 18/01/2022 - 14:45

        Is that you, jv?

        • skittlebrau on 18/01/2022 - 21:58

          No, it needs to be more bold.

  • nerd1 on 18/01/2022 - 14:35

    Does this cook the same rice with different options?
    Like; express, standard, tasty, Q (chewy?) etc?

    • ozbs25 on 18/01/2022 - 15:38

      It does look like you can customise how the rice is cooked. I obviously haven't got the cooker yet but a search for manuals online brings up many manuals that seem to match this model. According to the manual there are 16 combinations you can set for each rice type. How much difference does it make. Who knows…

  • canberrascooter on 18/01/2022 - 14:53
    -7

    Just get a xiaomi, I mean rice is rice.

  • apoy98 on 18/01/2022 - 15:27

    Isn't this a pressure cooker? Why is everyone talking about just using this for rice?

    • ozbs25 on 18/01/2022 - 15:33

      It is a pressure rice cooker. For whatever reason Costco didn't include rice in their title/description. I just copied and pasted directly from their website.

    • Helmuth on 18/01/2022 - 15:37
      +1

      My older IH unit does really good Congee and gelatinous rice. Have also used for stock, soups and stews (on the Multi cook setting).

  • applebernie on 18/01/2022 - 15:47
    +1

    I bought a 6 cup version at around $670 including shipping from hellokitchen.com.au two months ago. By that time it was the cheapest one I can find in Australia. I also found on their official Australia website the 6 cup version was more expensive than the 10 cup version, but on their US site, the 10 cup version had a higher price. I feel very happy with it (not the price) so far.

  • aubh on 18/01/2022 - 16:28

    The Cuckoo has too many options which are not needed. And the stew option takes ages. I used it for a few months then went back to the Panasonic one.

  • nakhe on 18/01/2022 - 17:52
    +1

    Got one of these off Gumtree for $200 somehow two months ago. So worth it. Really good rice every time.

  • BumbaT on 18/01/2022 - 18:42

    My first cuckoo is over 10 years old and still going strong, my current model is this one but the darker version and have had it for three years its very versatile and a good addition to a home kitchen due to its multi functions usage.

    Pressure cooks meat in 25-35 without drying it out.

  • star-ggg on 18/01/2022 - 20:28
    +1

    does every component in the top disassemble for easy cleaning?

  • ScrubCorps on 18/01/2022 - 22:31

    Bought this 3 years ago at a local asian grocery store, highly recommend it.

  • Doy on 18/01/2022 - 22:37
    +1

    How would cooking rice in an Instant Pot go compared to this? Any advice for cooking rice in a run of the mill electric pressure cooker?

  • HojuGuy on 18/01/2022 - 22:55

    I live in Korea and now couldn't live without one. I want to ship them home but as mentioned before, unsure about how much the difference Hz will affect the machine.

    • iridiumstem on 19/01/2022 - 00:03

      I say get it from Australia. Korean stores will likely sell Cuckoo rice cookers. You'd likely pay a bit of premium, but it's probably worth it for less hassle shipping it to here.

  • luminair on 19/01/2022 - 10:01

    I'd say get Ninja foodie instead, not only got pressure cooker, but also an airfryer, much versatile.

    • Queue2Queue on 19/01/2022 - 11:06

      I've got a Breville Fast Slow Pro
      Rice not nice in it
      Everything else, is great.

  • thegurge on 19/01/2022 - 10:14

    I've had a Cuckoo rice cooker for probably over 10 years. It's all in Korean but I managed to figure it out over time, and through finding an English manual. But it has been flawless. Can recommend the brand.

  • noskich on 19/01/2022 - 13:35

    How is this really different to a $30 rice cooker at Kmart?

    • hodgey on 19/01/2022 - 14:35
      +1

      If you don't know the difference, then don't waste your 30 dollars and boil it on the stove.

      • noskich on 19/01/2022 - 15:18
        -1

        Not a proper comparison. Kmart rice cooker is also a cooker. It does everything this thing does for 600 or whatever. What is the difference in the final output and is it really worth 570 dollars?
        I haven't seen any Asian restaurant using these fancy rice cookers, they all use the cheapies that do the job. If restaurants can get away with it and no one is complaining why would I be paying 600 for this thing?

        • ozbs25 on 19/01/2022 - 15:39

          Just on your point, I generally can't stand the rice you get at most of the Asian restaurants we eat at. The only reason it doesn't go straight in the bin is because I don't like wasting food. I even prefer our leftover frozen rice heated up in the microwave over the restaurant stuff and that's with our Panasonic rice cooker. I imagine this rice cooker will make rice even nicer. If you like the rice that all/any Asian restaurants dish up then you'll probably be fine with a cheaper cooker. Generally I find Korean restaurants have much nicer rice. I'm sure there are some other Asian restaurants that have nice rice. We just don't seem to find that many around us that do.

        • iridiumstem on 19/01/2022 - 15:40

          This one is pressurised (cooks the rice faster with higher amount of heat) and uses induction heating (IH). So it would cook rice more evenly and not have them stick at the bottom. Rice cooked with pressure rice cooker is preferred by a lot of people including me (though, I've never had long grain done that way, so I am not sure whether my opinion won't change with long grain rice).

          These Korean ones come with a lot of features. There are different types of rice and different grains you can mix into the rice (i.e. rice with beans, wholegrain), and these would have a specific program for that. I did hear that these specific programs eliminate the need for soaking the grains before cooking them, not sure how much water that claim holds though.

          As with why you need one, you don't need one. It's like their top of the line rice cooker, it's expensive and has features that some people may appreciate. My parents had one that was a pressure rice cooker from Cuckoo, it did its job fine enough. It would have been not as expensive as this one is (IH apparently makes them significantly more expensive).

          • noskich on 19/01/2022 - 16:34

            @iridiumstem: Basically you need to buy it to build up the habit to prefer pressurised rice and then lose the enjoyment in standard rice cooker prepared rice which is used by the vast majority of people and restaurants. And it will cost you $570.

            Thanks, but no thanks on that "value" proposition.

            • iridiumstem on 19/01/2022 - 16:43

              @noskich: I wouldn't say it is something that you build up to, but more they are different in how they come out.

              Many people enjoy rice cooked in pressure cooker, frankly speaking, I am OK with rice cooked with non-pressure cooker, but I just prefer ones made with pressure cooker.

              As I said, I don't think you need one per se. Some people enjoy these enough that they spend this kind of money. I have a normal slow cooker, I'd probably get one of these eventually (since these are expensive as hell).

        • linkii on 19/01/2022 - 16:37
          +2

          Asian restaurants generally use the cheapo rice cookers for fried rice as the rice needs to be hard and dry.

          At my auntie's restaurant generally have an expensive rice cooker for themselves and a cheapo one to cook fried rice for customers.

          As for what you can do in this rice cooker you can't do on a $13 Kmart one.

          This is much larger 10 cups compared to a smaller Kmart cooker.

          Cooks rice much faster in 20mins compared to probably 1 hr in a cheapo one.

          For mix rice or brown rice it remains super soft and cooks in 40mins whereas in a cheapo cooker the brown rice will be hard/raw in the middle of the rice grain.

          Much better build quality and longer lasting.

          Can cook other stuff like soup, cake etc.

          • noskich on 19/01/2022 - 16:42
            -1

            @linkii: Got better things in life to do than to obsess about rice/coffee/XXX preparation. Happy with the Kmart rice cooker and Nescafe from Woolies half price $3 stirred with a spoon.

            • linkii on 19/01/2022 - 17:02
              +2

              @noskich: Yep and others are are willing to spend $500 every 10 years on a good rice cooker and get on with other aspects of their life.

        • Arch9896 on 19/01/2022 - 16:55

          many Korean restaurants use Cuckoo Commerical rice cooker
          https://www.appliancecentral.com.au/cuckoo-35-cup-6-3l-comme…

          many Japanese restaurants use the Tiger commercial rice cooker.
          https://www.appliancecentral.com.au/tiger-20-cup-commercial-…

          Chinese restaurants use commercial rice cookers too, they are not cheap ones from Kmart.
          https://restaurantequipment.com.au/products/robalec-rice-coo…

          • noskich on 19/01/2022 - 16:58

            @Arch9896: Well, I am a vegetarian, so I don't really go to those restaurants as there is very little for me to eat there. I have never seen these cookers in the restaurants I eat at (Thai, Indian, Vietnamese etc.).

            I can understand being more comfortable/having more enjoyable experiences, but IMO this reaches a point of ridiculous. It is actually consistently making you unhappy if you keep pushing the bar higher and higher than the reasonable level and requiring all these special things just to satisfy your daily expectations ($600 rice cooker, $1000 coffee machine etc.).

            • linkii on 19/01/2022 - 17:06
              +1

              @noskich: These products generally last ages. People are willing to spend that much on a once off purchase so they don't have to always worry about the consistency.

              Having nice food and an easier cooking experience is making life more comfortable/ enjoyable.

              People spend over $1k on an android phone once every 2 years. Whats an extra $500 on a rice cooker for the family?

              • noskich on 19/01/2022 - 17:27

                @linkii: That is exactly the problem, they spend $1K on an android phone and never use any of the advanced features when a $250 phone would do them just well. And could likely use it for 4ish years rather than 2 only. It's a waste IMO and making your life more complicated and demanding.

                I have never (knowingly) tried the pressurised rice nor I want to make my life more demanding and complicated.

                • iridiumstem on 19/01/2022 - 17:31
                  +2

                  @noskich: You don't have to, you can just go, this is an expensive rice cooker that appeals to some people and move on :P

                  You asked why people enjoy these, and people gave you their reasons. People enjoy things differently and they value things differently, there is nothing wrong with your value judgment and mine, they are just different.

                • Arch9896 on 19/01/2022 - 18:21
                  +2

                  @noskich: If you prefer a simple less complicated life, you should stay away from Ozbargain why you are on Ozbargain looking at the Cockoo rick cooker?

  • paracaps on 19/01/2022 - 14:39

    I wonder how this compares with the higher end Tiger model "Tiger JKTS18A "

    https://www.costco.com.au/Kitchen-Laundry-Appliances/Cooking…

    • SickDmith on 19/01/2022 - 16:26

      I think someone commented about it on the first page of comments.
      Basically that Tiger is a lower model in Tiger range. This Cuckoo is the top model (or close to the top) in Cuckoo range.

  • OpayuOnam on 19/01/2022 - 14:49

    How do these compare to Breville pressure cookers?

    https://www.breville.com/us/en/products/cookers/bpr700.html

    Size is a bit smaller on the Breville but other features seems better on it, like the auto pressure release and built in recipes.

    • ozbs25 on 19/01/2022 - 15:27

      I'd imagine a dedicated, more specialised pressure rice cooker will do the job a little bit better. Even if it does only do a little bit better, we're willing to pay the money for it. We'd eat so much nicer rice over the lifespan of the product that I think it's worth it. Just like a coffee machine; I think if our Barista Express dies, we'll probably go for an upgrade. We've had ours for many years and have made many many coffees. Even if we couldn't really afford it, I'd think we'd just sacrifice something else as nice coffee just like nice rice is pretty high up there on our priorities list.

      • OpayuOnam on 19/01/2022 - 16:10

        Fair enough, I didn't realise this was a dedicated pressure rice cooker.

        We've got the Breville and have been super happy about what we can do with it and how simple and easy it is. So was curious as to why this deal has many up votes while it's double the price of the Breville.
        We've used other pressure cookers that have been clunky at best (looking at Philips model).
        We cook rice 2-3 times a week and very happy with quality and consistency of Breville for the job. Though the only thing I wish I could do is to make rice middle eastern style, but I don't think any automatic rice cooker can do that due to requiring of boiling, draining the rice mid cooking, and then adding oil to the pot and continuing cooking. 😅
        https://cookingwithayeh.com/persian-rice-with-tahdig/

        • ozbs25 on 19/01/2022 - 16:50

          Maybe dedicated isn't quite the right word. I would think most people who buy something like this have rice first and foremost in their minds though.

  • parta on 24/01/2022 - 10:31

    I got a call saying my order was cancelled due to lack of stock, did most others get theirs?

    • ozbs25 on 24/01/2022 - 10:35

      Mine is apparently sitting at the post office waiting to be picked up. I obviously got in early though. How long after this post was put up did you order?

      • parta on 24/01/2022 - 11:48

        Was one of the last one, I listened to the voicemail and found the stock was damaged :(

        • ozbs25 on 24/01/2022 - 12:03

          Damn, sorry to hear. Fingers crossed they are going to get some more and it's not just a promotional run for Cuckoo.

          I was really happy to see them appear at Costco a little while ago. Thought it would bring in some price competition as the places you can buy these things are pretty limited.

          • parta on 24/01/2022 - 20:27

            @ozbs25: Thanks, I've been waiting for a few years to pull the trigger, will wait a bit longer.

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