A growing number of people do not like to cook rice in pots made from aluminum, which are covered with nonstick coatings. The nonstick coating eventually gets scratched and starts to flake off into the food. For this reason, a few consumers are trying to find electric rice cookers with ceramic pots. Introduction To my … Read more
Rice cookers with built-in microcomputer technology often have a menu setting for cooking rice porridge. However, this porridge setting is sometimes used by people for cooking steel cut oats. Nevertheless, I have found a few digital rice cookers that have an oatmeal setting for cooking old-fashioned rolled oats or steel cut oats. Oat Groats vs. … Read more
You can cook rice in a rice cooker, but how about steaming some vegetables as well? You can do that if you have an electric rice cooker with a vegetable steamer. Most electric rice cookers ship with a steamer tray for steaming vegetables. These steamer baskets are usually made from plastic. Other rice cookers have … Read more
Why would you want a rice cooker with a stainless steel cooking pot and steaming tray instead of the usual aluminum pot with a nonstick coating? Very small amounts of aluminum might leach into the food and could prove to be a health hazard in the long term. Nonstick coatings might release toxic gas if … Read more
Some consumers are concerned about using rice cookers with aluminum pots which are coated with a nonstick Teflon coating. The alternatives to nonstick aluminum bowls are stainless steel, ceramic or clay cooking pots. I have done some research and present you with rice cookers that offer an alternative to the widely used aluminum pots and … Read more
It sometimes happens that there are still some rice left over after everyone has eaten. You may want to keep the rice warm for a few hours to eat again at the next meal. Therefore, you need a rice cooker with a keep warm function. Introduction As far as I know, almost all electric rice … Read more
A tempered glass lid is often used on an inexpensive rice cooker. It gives the user the ability to see the rice being cooked or the food being steamed. Although a rice cooker with a glass lid might be easy to clean, people often complain about starchy steam being released out of the small vent … Read more
Most electric rice cookers have inner cooking bowls that are made from aluminum, which are then coated with a nonstick coating such as Teflon. If you do not like these nonstick coatings, then consider getting a rice cooker with a clay cooking pot. Why Use Rice Cookers With Clay Pots? Clay cooking bowls do not … Read more