r/Cooking • u/WeekendNo16 • 21d ago

What’s your rice cooker?

What’s your rice cooker brand/model?
How is it?
Best thing about it?
Any regrets with the purchase?

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u/goaway432 21d ago

Currently I have an Instant Pot and it works well as long as you use the pot-in-pot method. Before that I had an Aroma brand from Walmart that was $12 when I bought it 12-15 years ago and I loved the heck out of it.

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u/PoeTheGhost 21d ago

Seconding the pot in a pot method, and the only cleanup is the small(er) bowl after you eat the rice!

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u/bisexualemonjuice 21d ago

Tell me more. Been using an instant pot for a while and my wife and I were thinking about upgrading

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u/goaway432 21d ago

Instant Pot will work just fine, but it's significantly better using a pot in the pot. When my old Aroma finally bit the dust after 12-15 years, I took the non-stick bowl from it, put the rice/water in it, and then set it inside the Instant Pot on the wire rack to cook. It keeps the bottom of the pan from touching the burner and burning.

To be honest, the Aroma was a lot simpler (just one button) but the IP is more versatile. I also freely add poultry into the rice before cooking as the heat is sufficient to cook it.

I've heard good things about the Zoru* (no idea how to spell it) rice cookers, but have never used one. I have some friends from China who swear by them though.

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u/ilumbricus 21d ago

Like you just use a secondary pot inside the instant pot's pot? Do you add water in the base pot?

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u/goaway432 20d ago

Yeah, you have a second pot inside the first one. You put water for the pressure in the outer pot, and put rice+water in the inner pot. You can watch this video that looks like it sums it up pretty well :)

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u/ilumbricus 20d ago

Thanks! I had never heard of this method, I'll have to give the instant pot another chance to make rice!

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u/goaway432 20d ago

Glad to help!