Which is the cheapest, but also best, electric rice cooker that you can buy online? You do not need to spend a lot of money just to cook a lot of rice. You may read our buying guide to find out which cheap rice cookers we choose as the best for less. Cheap 3-Cup Uncooked … 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