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Cuckoo Induction Heating Electric Pressure Rice Cooker 6 Cups $431.99, Q5 $223.99 @ Costco (Membership Reqd)
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Take it from Asian families who eat more rice than you can imagine, a home is incomplete without a rice cooker.
Take it from a non Asian person, having a rice cooker is totally awesome. Makes it effortless compared to alternative methods
Doubles as a slow cooker too, we get tonnes of use from ours.
@singlemalt72: I tried the Instantpot slow/pressure/rice cooker. Did good for most but rice was a fail. It's now my yoghurt maker most of the time which it excels at. I generally only cook rice for myself so got a small 2 person rice cooker. It does great! This one is over the top for me despite how good it is
Is a $200-400 rice cooker worth it?
I asked my Asian advisor on rice cookers and was told to buy the $12 one.
Obviously that's because of my usage, but she doesn't have a $200+ one either
@Davo1111: I find my $150 induction rice cooker worth it.
I find the $12 rice cookers burns the rice at the bottom of the bowl and doesn't keep rice fresh for longer periods.
The non-stick of the bowl doesn't last that long either. Then again it's $12.
If you seldom cook rice, a $12 rice cooker is perfectly fine.
@tonsta: If you're an occasional rice eater yeah it's fine.
But if you cook rice once a week (or more), I think it's worthwhile to spend the extra.
@Davo1111: There are significant differences between the 13 buck one and the more expensive models, rebut it does depend on how picky you are about your rice.
Recently got one myself and it's been fantastic, I love knowing that the carby element to a meal is just ready whenever I need it and I can focus on the other parts
if a person cant tell the difference between well made rice and bad rice, it usually just means they've only had bad rice (and yes a lot of asian restaurants have meh rice - I find Japanese restaurants usually do the best in this regard).
a great rice cooker is such a good roi. it can make or break a meal, rice is cheap for the volume you get compared to say pasta or meat/veg so why not invest a bit more on making it better?
our panasonic one costs like $350 and prob one of the best items in the kitchen. i think most 'good' rice cookers you are looking at over 250 easy. its prob not worth 'upgrading' from a 300 one to a 400 one but if looking to replace one or get one in the first place, its worth considering
I think this is a good rice cooker for under $200. https://www.breville.com/au/en/products/cookers/lrc480.html?…
Can you think of anything it is missing that the $350 Panasonic does?@OzzyBrak: This Cuckoo here is IH (Induction heating) meaning the whole pot it self is a heating element, which provides extremely even cooking.
Also I'm not sure how long that breville one will last, but most well known asian brand rice cookers lasts decades
@viper8548: Also worth mentioning that the one in this deal is a pressure cooker, I've read that pressure cookers result in slightly less fluffy rice than non-pressure cooking models but haven't tried it myself..
@OzzyBrak: @OzzyBrak
My panasonic is an induction heating but not sure exactly what it does but that is a difference (they say its more even but dont know since i dont do side by sides).
Not to say its the be it end all but Panasonic is a Japanese brand, Cuckoo (Korean). These brands would likely have more experience in creating rice cookers than Breville (Aust brand). Never tried any Breville rice cooker so I cant vouch for or against them, could be an amazing steal.I think a good rice cooker is worth the ROI. But this is dependent on how much rice you eat at the end of the day. I make a rice a few times a week and I try to spend a bit more on my rice since its still comparatively low cost compared to my other ingredients like meat. I think if you were looking at spending $200, i would focus on Japanese or Korean brands since they have a good track record for quality and since the product landscape is so much more competitive overseas, then you might get a bit more bang for you buck.
@alebox: @alebox I picked up that breville about a month or so ago on a good deal for around $160. It is my first proper rice cooker and has been really great so far. It makes wonderful white rice, brown rice, congee and even oat porridge. I too prefer to buy a number of different quality rices.
I'd be interested in finding out how much better the Panasonic or Tiger ones are if I can find a review or something. Thanks for your input.
@OzzyBrak: honestly, if you are finding it to be great and its working for you, no real point in looking or upgrading since you bought it already. since its your first one, use it a lot, get experience and try lots of different ways to use it. then in a few years time or whenever it seems to have either hit its limit for what you want out of it or it breaks, only then start researching since tech would have changed by then (maybe who knows haha)!
@OzzyBrak: Just look into what the specific technologies of the various models do.
Fuzzy logic/pid control makes a big difference and your breville likely has it. It means your cooker can keep the contents very close to the temperature it wants to keep it at instead of bouncing up and down around a set temp, over and under shooting. Risking scorching the rice.
Induction means no hot spot in the middle of the rice container as there is no heating element - the entire container heats up instead. Leading to even cooking and again no brown scorched spot in the middle.
Heated lid, means no condensation dripping back onto the cooked rice, risking making it soggy.
Pressure cooking means faster cooking and slightly sweeter tasting rice.
The other common point of differentiation is the thickness and material of the rice container and the type of coating. This largely effects the longevity of the thing more than anything else.
@simulacrum: @simulacrum great tips thank you!
I have fuzzy logic, however no heated lid which would be a nice to have.
I'm not sold on induction as I prefer the lighter cooking bowl and haven't noticed any issues with hot spots yet.
The $160 6 cup cuckoo @ Costco has been pretty great so far.
or a steam oven.
Accepted that the price is high.
but considered you are buying at least 3 in 1 machine
1. as Rice cooker
2. as pressure cooker
3. as slow cooker
it save some space on kitchen storage
Pot is not a pressure cookerdepending on brands you can still get 3 items for less $200, but bigger space to your storage
If you have the money and spare space to store the appliance a rice cooker is a worthwhile purchase. You can wash clothes with a bucket of water and a washboard too, but machines make things easier. I wouldn't pay $400 for one, < $200 is better imo.
Putting washed rice and some water into a machine, hitting the button and coming back and its cooked and on keep warm is similar to buying a washing machine vs hand washing everything. They also make great porridge.
You keep eating your pot cooked rice. 😏
53 negs now 😅
80 now.
rice seems to be a very hot & sticky subject around these parts!!!
Pots and rice is a disgrace to the asian community and will result in outcasting from the family name
54 negs and counting.
Trust me, once you've had a rice cooker, you'll realise how stupid it is to cook rice on a pot.
you offended us the Asians for comparing your POT to proper Rice Cooker!
Next you're gonna say you strain your rice with a colander!
i dont strain anything….we have a dedicated rice cook in our household who prepares all our rice for us
Mate what is a "colander?". It's a strainer!
No s@#%$t sherlock. No one said they can't cook rice. Do you hate on people using dishwashers, dryers or food processors?
calm your tits mate…its just rice!
Take your own advice bud.
but it isn't "just" rice! it's RICE!
you pot comment is offensive to at least 2 billion people matealso my comment is just tongue in cheek sorta thing but your downvote is well deserved :P
My Chinese friend is trying to get me to buy a rice cooker. He loves the pilaf I make and the absorption method I use to make basmati and asks how I stop it from sticking to the pot.
I don't eat carbs on the daily. Da f am I going to do with a rice cooker that takes up space?
He's a very "I'll just add water and press a button" kind of guy. I like being hands on with my cooking.
Cooking rice in a pot is as exciting as boiling an egg.
I accepted Cuck in my household and now my wife doesn’t give me any attention
do you Cuckoo?
You will have to ask his wifes' boyfriend.
Pretty sure this will happen only if this Cuck is old enough for your wife though
Bargain!
I'm after a good rice cooker right now (Aldi wats taking so long) but bloody hell, these are way too much and out reach, for me anywayz.
You can still make decent rice with cheaper cookers.I love my cukoos, but sometimes I use a small one cup cheapo machine for small quantities and it is ok.
I've been using a cheapi one (18$) for a number of years now and the bowl is really showing its wear and tear with the teflon coating peeling off in a big way.
Decided to splurge a bit more and go for the likes (and waiting) of Aldi ones.
I tried the 10 cup version of this and was disappointed, coming from a traditional/cheaper rice cooker. The Cuckoo was heavy, took up too much space, noisy when cooking, and the rice always came out a mushy mess (using jasmine rice on the nutritious setting - usual 1:1.5 rice:water ratio). Sold it on FB after 2 weeks. Got myself a Panasonic one instead - CN-188.
Did you try adjusting the amount of water?
I did, but it always came out too watery for our liking.
I have the 10 cup version too, and always use the mixed rice-turbo setting. Always comes out excellent.
The Cuckoo was heavy
You do realise that you don't need to hold it while it's cooking. haha
rice always came out a mushy mess (using jasmine rice on the nutritious setting - usual 1:1.5 rice:water ratio)
Did you follow the lines marked on the inside of the pot for the right amount of water? What's "right" can differ so you can go more or less than what's indicated too.
We had limited benchtop space, so it was a matter of lugging it out every few days to make rice, and then putting it back.
I believe we did try the line markings as well and couldn't get a good result.
Yeah they didn't follow the instructions.
The nutritious setting is for gaba rice. If you use the gaba setting it will cook it for a longer period (because that's how you're meant to cook it).
Jasmine should be cooked on the glutinous rice setting. Cooking it on gaba will make it mushy.
^This.
To be fair, the manual is pretty bad. Only after googling that I found out jasmine and short-grain sushi rice should be cooked on the glutinous rice setting.
But the most important is water, water, water. I used way too much water in the beginning. Follow the marking inside the pot precisely, and if it's still too mushy, reduce even further.
@tjioer: Actually there is heaps of variance depending on quality of rice used (even if it's all jasmine, some might need more water, some less).
A trick to reduce some of the variables is to actually pre-soak your rice for 30 min before cooking. Then after that chuck the water and re-measure. It sort of normalises the moisture in the rice before you start the cooking process.
Then (and this is why the asian finger knuckle method works), you will also find that the more rice you cook, the lower the water-rice ratio required becomes. But the effect is negligible usually.
I was made to cook rice in a saucepan as a kid and got grounded if I burnt it. That is why my social skills are so bad. Whole childhood grounded. Rice cooker so easy haiyahh. What for you need instruction in English… So weak!
Stick Index finger in, water level at first joint. Never fails. https://www.exploratorium.edu/food/simmering-rice
use your index finger to measure the perfect amount of water
That's the only way to measure water…
Mandalorians agree: 'this is the way'
I’m holding my breath underwater and tip of index finger in the air and dry. Now what?
I think you read the method upside down. Use index to measure water, not air
User error…
I always do 1:1.3 ratio and it comes out perfectly using our pressure cooker
I found out the 1:1.5 rice water ratio is never always works. As Asian your measurement is your own finger.
different brand of jasmine rice require different amount of water
for example Thai Jasmine rice vs. Sunrise Jasmine rice
sunrise required more water to get the similar result as my own liking
You will need to try 2-3 times or more until you get to find the right balanceThen you will repeat the same trial once you buy a new sack of rice He3x
Way too much water. Should try 1:0.8, 0.8 being water. Adjust from there for the different types of rice.
Dunno who negged you for sharing your experience but have an upvote
Jasmine rice = glutinous rice
GABA rice = brown rice but it soaks it first, use the brown rice water markings on the bowl and adjust the time it displays as to how long you want to pre soak before cooking
Brown rice = brown rice
Any of the 4 “turbo” settings down the bottom cook the same but with a higher temp so it’s faster? I’ve never noticed the diff but also haven’t used it that much. Jasmine rice take about 25mins, brown about 50minsAs others have said for jasmine rice you need to slightly adjust the water levels up/down depending on how dry/mushy you want the rice as each brand can be slightly different.
*Advice from a house that cooks 4-6cups a day in this rice cooker
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Is this nonstick surface ? How is the coating last ?
Pretty much all of the good Asian brands are, often a ceramic type. Most people report the coating lasts well. We don't eat as much rice, and we have an Instant Pot with a stainless steel basket. 2-5 mins for white rice, 15 mins for brown rice in the pressure cooker. Probably not the best rice ever but good enough for us. Plus I have the version that can sous vide, dehydrate etc.
Yup as a WASP I’m not a rice connoisseur. When we were kids it was, mainly used in rice pudding. The Instant Pot is fine for making rice the way we like it.
Had mine for 6 years hardly a scratch in sight. Unless you wash the rice inside the cooker pot - which you shouldn't be doing, and not use steel spoon to shovel the rice out - again which you shouldn't be doing, this will last long. Yes it is non stick
It is non-stick (not sure what type though). Had two cookers for over ten years and still perfect. Mind you, I hand wash it though.
I'm not saying to buy any cheap rice cooker but you really don't need to spend this type of money on a good rice cooker.
Agree that the $160 model at Costco is great. Maybe not as big or as many options, but still does a great job
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Pay me half that and I’ll teach you how to cook 🤦♂️
i'll keep my money and stick with a rice cooker thanks.
Pay me half of your dishwasher and I'll teach you how to wash dishes.
Once you use this CUCKOO rice cooker, you cannot go back to ANYTHING else. OMG, the rice is so soft and fluffy and sticky and yummy!!!!. The ultimate rice cooker.
It's good but not like you can't switch. Elephant is better and tiger is on par.
I personally rate tiger and elephant both more. I like the induction cooker aspect of cuckoo, but I think pressure cookers always slightly overcook it.
I have no idea what you're trying to say.\
Each of Cuckoo, Tiger and Elephant produce element, IH and pressure. It's not a brand specific thing, although non-IH pressure is being phased out.
Examples from Elephant:
element: https://www.zojirushi.com/app/product/nlgac
IH: https://www.zojirushi.com/app/product/nwqac
pressure+IH: https://www.zojirushi.com/app/product/nwjec
pressure no-IH (cuckoo still sell them): https://www.cuckooaustralia.com.au/products/crp-p1009s@jkim: I guess I can break down my statement into parts:
i like tiger and zoji more than cuckoo.
I like IH cookers, of which cuckoo do good ones.
I dislike pressure cookers for rice, of which it seems like cuckoo push for in the mid to high end.
@Charmoffensive: @Charmoffensive: Care to explain how exactly that's relevant to my rebuttal of Ronan's comment?
@Ronan2001: Once you use this CUCKOO rice cooker, you cannot go back to ANYTHING else
@jkim: It's good but not like you can't switch. Elephant is better and tiger is on par.i.e. Elephant is better than Cuckoo and Tiger is on par, so you can switch to either of them, rebuting the "cannot go back to ANYTHING else" claim.
And just for the record, yes, I like IH non-pressure cookers the most as well, but even here, Elephant > Tiger = Cuckoo >>> others. But cuckoo don't push pressure the most… it's just the most expensive, so all 3 push people to buy it since they make the most $ out of it.
@jkim: Not sure "relevant" is the best way to look at things. I was basically agreeing with you, while also chipping in that I don't like pressure cookers.
You're being quite combative for seemingly no reason.
@Charmoffensive: well it seems i must apologise then… since i thought you were disagreeing but at the same time, it didn't make sense where you were disagreeing, so i had no idea wtf you were disagreeing about.
my rice used to be soft, fluffy and sticky but not lately. Been using SunRice medium grain rice and i used the mixed rice option. what option do you use?
Go to your local Asian store and get ANYTHING but SunRice
Just avoid the ones with weevils. At least sunrice doesn’t appear to have that issue.
I use the MIXED-RICE option for Basmati rice, and I use the GLUTENOUS option for regular white rice.
like the other said, try the asian grocery stores.
my personal goto is Lion Brand Jasmine rice (from Thailand) - I just use the white rice option and use the recommended for my cooker and it turns out light and fluffy and just the right amount of the 'fragrant rice' smell, looks like this one https://thegrowersstore.com.au/products/lion-brand-jasmine-r….Also depends on what you look for in rice, some are more fragrant and some are chewier texture (like halfway between normal and glutinous rice)
They also have smaller bags and whilst they cost more, you only need to do it once for research purposes then grab the 10-20kg ones in the future.
How much is your time worth?
That's what it all boils down to
This vs cheaper Panasonic that's 1/3 the price?
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