$13 cheaper than last time. Cheapest yet on Camels.
Once again price matching Mighty Ape where it's $120 + $5.99 Delivered
CamelCamelCamel.
Not great ?
I think its great, No complaints. But I’m not a rice cooker snob.
Rice comes out consistent every time and fluffy.
Also good for porridge, beans
@SpicyStew: so is sweet and sour pork with pineapple …. isn’t globalisation great ….. access to so many more ways of doing things ….
@jv: https://gypsyplate.com/about/
"Hi, we’re Jason and Alpana Beiser. We live in Fort Pierce, Sunny Florida’s secret gem"
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beiser
They are hardly asian either
@jv: Got rice bitch?
just so you know, asia is a large continent comprising of many countries and religions
Rice is what unites all asians
@SpicyStew: Not really. For instance Mongolia is one of a few countries in the Far East Asian region where people do not consume rice regularly.
Traditional Mongolian cuisine primarily consists of dairy products and meat (mainly beef and mutton).
The nomads of Mongolia sustain their lives directly from the products of their animals (horses, cattle, yaks, camels, sheep, goats). Meat is either cooked, used as ingredient for soups or dumplings, or dried for winter ("Borts"). Milk and cream are used to make a variety of beverages, as well as cheese and similar products.
The most common rural dish is cooked mutton, often without any other ingredients. In the city "buuz" is a popular dish, which are dumplings filled with meat, which are cooked in steam. They can also be boiled in water ("Bansh"), or deep fried in mutton fat ("Khuushuur").
There are other regions also where wheat and similar grains are more abundant due to the climate, so rice is not eaten regularly (in a rural setting).
@Tiggrrrrr: Budaatai khuurga
It's not that they didn't consume it but rather had to import due to climate so it was not readily available to the poor
@SpicyStew: You do understand the meaning of the word "staple" in reference to food right?
Italians eat a lot of rice, but it isn't necessarily considered a staple food, as most Italians wouldn't consume rice daily. And especially not for multiple meals a day.
So in Mongolia rice is a sometimes food. Like Cookies.
@Tiggrrrrr: You're the only one who mentioned staple
when did I say I was talking about staple food?
Learn to read carefully without assumptions
@jv: "I had rice in Italy about a month ago."
First they steal pasta, now rice. What next? Italian Sweet and Sour pork?
Oh, never mind…
https://www.womensweeklyfood.com.au/recipes/sweet-and-sour-i…
@SpicyStew: You're the one that brought up religion "Muslims don't eat pork, it's hardly asian".
Aside from that. Asia accounts for 40% of the world's Pork consumption.
So saying pork = Asia is a fair statement.
@Tiggrrrrr: So you're going to exclude the muslims in asia and it's fair?
I'm sorry you feel that way…
@SpicyStew: I'm not excluding anyone.
You are (continually) making this about religion.
Statistically ASIA as a continent (i.e. accounting for all races and ethnicities) consumes 40% more pork a year than the rest of the world. Deal with it.
Asia accounts for 40% of the world's Pork consumption
consumes 40% more pork a year than the rest of the world.
so which one is it nerd?
@SpicyStew: Apologies, I realised I had written it incorrectly after I re-read it, but the comment had been replied to, so can't be editted.
Asia accounts for roughly 63 tonnes per year, vs the whole of the world at 107 tonnes. (Europe 24 tonne, North America 11 tonne, Oceania 0.8 tonne, South America 9 tonne, Africa 0.5 tonne, for comparison).
So, as correctly written in the article I was reading this is 40% more than the rest of tjhe world.
More importantly as a CONTINENT Asia consumes almost three times more than the next highesrt CONTINENT.
Not sure why you want to keep harping on about religion. I wasn't differentiating by religion. I was differentiating based on continent.
If you still don't think that associating pork eating with Asia is valid, then I don't know what metric you want to use.
@Tiggrrrrr: if you want to bring up statistical numbers from random sites like a nerd that you can't even cite.
"about 62% of the world's Muslims live in Asia"
- from wiki
Same, had mine for years with no issues.
Just noticed some identical parts and design elements
that it shares with the Aldi one (which we have, and it is pretty good)…
Begs the question: did Panasonic make Aldi's rice cooker, or do Panasonic also rebadge things these days?
Aldi rebadges cheap Chinese brand products which copy bigger brands.
Palsonic
Can they sing Kelly Clarkson?
Wish it did.
Great overall rice cooker though! Been using mine for two years no problem.
It’s a reference to a documentary on the subject of road rage.
Bahahaha!
A good time to upgrade I think. Way too addicted to coconut rice right now.
Got rice bitch?
Got food got soup got spice?
teenage memory triggered!
Any good smaller rice cookers?
The 5 cup model.
I'm waiting for GG or Binglee to do their super price again
The 5 cup model is more expensive than the 10 cup model at the moment.
You could always subscribe and save for $94.50
https://www.amazon.com.au/Panasonic-SR-DF101WST-Rice-Cooker-…
Got this one from Costco. No complaints so far.
https://www.costco.com.au/Kitchen-Laundry-Appliances/Cooking…
Online is $10 more to cover delivery. It's usually $160 instore, but was on sale $130 last month.
Non detectable power lead.
But much better rice than the Panasonic in this deal.
what does non detectable power lead mean?
@DeToxin: Not important, and shouldn’t be a reason to buy or not to buy. It’s just the power cable of that particular Cuckoo is hard wired and cannot be removed. Unlike this Panasonic can be detached.
The cost savings probably out weigh logistics overheads. Sometimes could be safety reasons.
Having a detachable cable makes storage easier, you can put the cable inside rather than dangling outside. Also the possibility to swap for shorter or longer cables to suit you needs.
@browser: Thanks for the explanation, I'm not sure who down voted me but I was genuinely confused by the typo. Makes sense now that I realise you meant detachable
@browser: For these type of appliances, I think non-detachable leads are much more reassuring.
Power is 110V/ 50 - 60hz in Japan, and dual voltage 110/220v in Korea.
Products made for the domestic market and exported with a 2:1 voltage transformer and replacement lead don't always perform as expected on our 250v (240 on paper, close to 250 in reality) mains power.
I highly suspect this is the cause of the issue with this Panasonic, as I have had the same issue (keep warm drying out rice too fast) with a Cuckoo that I imported rather than bought here.
Although it's not strictly guaranteed, the non-detachable power lead is an indicator that it was locally tested with the appropriate voltage and not just assumed to work based on the 220v mains available in the home country.
Does that model display the cook time? I'm a bit confused about the Panasonic only showing the remaining cook time when he's 10min to finishing
It’s such a deeply weird design choice.
Also picked one up over the weekend, cooked a few batches of rice and it's amazing. Dunno how I ever lived without a rice cooker till now 😅
Edit: I mean the cuckoo
The Xiaomi (Mijia) induction rice cooker IHFB01CM is brilliant.
You can get the 5 cup induction rice cooker from $120-$150 when available. Stock in Australia is patchy for whatever reason.
The quality of bowl is fantastic unlike the regular thin aluminum/non-stick ones.
This sounds like wat I’m after. Good size 5 cups for just 1 or 2 people and Xiaomi brand. But that’s really expensive for a smaller rice cooker.
5 cups will easily feed 4 adults.
A small rice cooker is generally only fractionally cheaper than a large rice cooker.
However a large rice cooker may have issues cooking 1 cup of rice which a small rice cooker can do no problems.
It's about buying the right sized rice cooker for your needs and not bang for your cup.
It's not cheap for a small rice cooker, but is very cheap for an induction rice cooker. Keeps rice warm for 8 plus hours no problems.
You can't compare it to a small $14 K Mart rice cooker (I've had two).
@JimB: Yes I just need to buy a rice cooker for 1 person and occasionally two if I have a visitor. I prefer a small one what’s the difference between an induction one and a normal one?
Amazon has the xiaomi 1.6L for $90 currently.
Xiao Mi MIJIA Rice cooker 1.6L, Portable Non-Stick Smart Mini Rice Cooker, LED Touch Panel Multifunction Cooker with 24 Hours Timer Delay & Keep Warm Function, APP Control, White https://amzn.asia/d/beCx3eu
@Jared17: Induction is supposed to heat more even producing a better rice.
All the top rice cookers these days are Induction.
Just saw this one, no idea how it stacks up
https://www.amazon.com.au/Panasonic-SR-DF101WST-Rice-Cooker-…
Thanks, purchased. I hope this is a great rice cooker, been using my current one for 10+ years and it still seems fine - hope this one is way better.
way better ….. gets to a level where all the rice cookers do a good job if you get the rice to water ratio right, but some are easier to clean, some cook quicker as more power ….after 10+ years treat yourself ….. don’t just enjoy the food, enjoy the process of cooking …….
Bro it's a rice cooker. Even me with my 13 year old Tiger acknowledges it's just a rice cooker. It ain't that deep.
As long as it's a fuzzy logic rice cooker, they are way superior to the basic $10 rice cookers, and then you can go a step further and get an induction heating rice cooker… though I don't know how much better they can really be.
This cooker isn't very good. Used it for years and recently (around 6 months ago) switched to the cuckoo $139 from costco, which is a lot better. The rice just doesn't compare, and the panasonic dries out the rice fast on warm mode, whereas the cuckoo rice is ok for 2 days.
why you trying to keep the rice warm for 2 days…?
What else do you use the keep warm function for?
Is it safe to leave it on warm for 2 days? No food poisoning etc?
@alex123711: Yep. perfectly safe. I used to use keep warm for 4 days on my old elephant brand cooker, but it's way more expensive than panasonic or cuckoo. If you can afford the elephant brand (around $850 for a 5 cup, and over 1k for a 10 cup), I think they are still the best rice cookers.
@jkim: I don't think keeping rice warm for over 12 hours would be safe to consume.
When I was in Japan, I was told that Tiger is the best brand for consumers. Zojirushi comes second
@legelas: I've been doing it for over 40 yrs (having keep warm rice), excluding the 3 years I was using the Panasonic rice cooker, where it was inedible due to being dried out. Don't know where all this paranoia about 2 - 3 day old rice comes from.
As for cookers, I used 2 elephants, 2 tigers, 3 cuckoos and 1 panasonic over the last 40 years, and from that, I say elephant > tiger/cuckoo > panasonic. Tiger might be "better" than elephant as in it's a LOT cheaper (same price bracket as Cuckoo, whereas elephant is easily 50% - 100% more expensive).
another disgrace to the asian community
I'm not sure you're in any position to comment about Asian community, given you claim pork is hardly asian. It's the primary protein in east asian (CJK) diet, with beef/chicken trailing and dog/duck/lamb/etc lagging far behind. Very different from west asia (India and west of India) where pork and beef are not as common. You'll also note CJK use different rice to west or south asia. My comments are relevant for korean/japanese rice, dunno how longer grain rice like those the vietnamese, indians or arabs eat will fare, since I don't cook them.
@jkim: Mate as an advice it may be a better idea to cook and consume the amount of rice you need or want per meal. You don't need to max out the 10 cup capacity and keep the rice warm for days.
Mate as an advice it may be a better idea to cook and consume the amount of rice you need or want per meal.
You can spend ~4% of your life washing rice (20 mins per x 3 meals / day = 1 hr / day), if that takes your fancy. I prefer to use the keep warm function and only wash rice once every 2 - 3 days.
@jkim: It's literally the perfect growing medium for bacteria, warm and moist. It might not cause any issue, but it doesn't sound safe.
@greatlamp: Nope. That's out of ignorance of the people here.
Keep warm function operates at temps too high for bacteria growth. It's perfectly safe to keep warm for many days. Only thing is the rice eventually dries out and becomes inedible.
Keeping it warm for a few hours? No way the texture doesn't change after a day.
Looking at a cuckoo rice cooker manual, the warm function is around 75 C which is safe from bacterial growth, but for sure continuing to slow cook your rice over 2 days… Unless you already cook your rice really soft.
@tetra: There's no point keeping rice warm for a few hours (this Panasonic cooker keeps rice perfectly for only 1 - 2 hrs (better than microwave reheated). 6 - 8 hrs is edible, but doesn't mean its not degraded and is worse than microwaved rice).
Minimally, rice should keep warm in perfect condition (better than microwave reheated) for a minimum of 14 hrs to accommodate dinner + next day's breakfast. Otherwise, may as well get rid of the keep warm function altogether.
The Cuckoo keeps rice better than microwaved for at-least 24 hrs, and sufficiently edible at 48 hrs (haven't tried longer yet in the 6 months I've had it… but the size is too small to cook enough for 3 - 4 days anyway).
As for soft or hard… no. That's more a function of water and rice type. My rice tends to be slightly firm, getting harder/not softer as time goes by. I use 80% water vs rice (i.e. 160ml water per 200ml cup of rice)
@jkim: I had a Zojirushi which broke after 10+ years and replaced with this panasonic one; I just replaced Panasonic with Zojirushi(Elephant brand) because of the keep warm function. The Panasonic the rice start to smell off after a few hours on the keep warm.
Do you have a link to the costco one?
@cheach linked it above… it goes on sale $30 off from time to time.
2 Days wtf lol.
Why not just make fresh each day ?
If you don't know how convenient working keep warm is (no, the Panasonic keep warm isn't working, since the rice is inedible after ~ 6 - 8 hrs), then I'm not sure anything I say will convince you.
You just need to experience it with a better rice cooker.
bro, use a microwave? A quick reheating is gonna be better than slow cooking your rice for 2 days.
@tetra: That's what I had to resort to with the Panasonic, but it's still not as convenient - need to wash 3 additional containers (the one to keep in the fridge + the 2 to reheat with, since I'd keep ~4 - 6 bowls of rice and eat it over 3 meals), as well as +3 mins to reheat.
As for "better", no… the keep warm rice (in a good cooker) is usually better (well for the first 24 hrs) than microwave reheated rice.
That's nasty.
Rice should not be kept for longer than 10-12 hours in the rice cooker if 'keep warm' is enabled. This is just a guideline, ultimately, it would depend on the amount of moisture that is left. There are enough studies to show the moment the moisture evaporates, bacterial spores will start to multiply. Once this happens, should you then proceed to store the rice to reheat later, reheating is shown to not kill already multiplied bacteria. Just adding on that, leaving rice out in room temperature will spoil the rice within 1-2 hours and is considered inedible by health and safety standards. Obviously, everyone's body is different and some can process better than others, just not recommended.
Please don't take this the wrong way, how you live is your prerogative. I just thought this might help.
Good rice cooker