r/ricecookers

I'm looking to get my first rice cooker. I generally cook rice 2-3 times a week for meal prep, may switch to once and do it in bulk, which is usually a long grain rice. Then once every week or two making sushi rice to make sushi. I used to make more brown rice more often then a white long grain rice.

I'd like to stick below $300 but open to going above if it's really worth it. The two i've been seeing pop up the most are the NL-EAC10 and the NS-ZCC10. I live by myself so 5.5cups is plenty.

Looking to meal prep but I don’t have a stove and only have a crockpot. Was wondering if I could just boil pasta in a rice cooker. What size would I be looking for in a rice cooker so that it can cook a box of pasta in one go? Thanks.

I am having company for dinner and want to make a rice pilaf recipe using basmati rice, broth and onion. Do I need to do a trial run or will I be ok following the recipe? Any adjustments need to be made for a rice cooker?

Been meal prepping in a pretty small kitchen and honestly didn't appreciate how much a rice cooker takes off my plate (pun intended) until I actually got one. Curious if anyone else had that "why didn't I get this sooner" moment, or if there's a size/model that's genuinely worked well for small-space meal prep specifically.

I know chunks of chicken, thin beef, Chinese sausage etc are ok, but if the meat is ground does that pose a problem?

I have the arc-954sbd and I have the Bonded Granite® inner pot. I am one of the guys that tries ti limit my toxic consumption of materials when cooking. Does anyone know what actually these are made of? It obviously seems too good to be super non stick with out having Teflon or something? Am I worrying too much?

Hello, I decided to buy a rice cooker for meal prepping and getting into a healthier lifestyle. I bought the one from Costco, it’s the Tiger JBV-G10U model, but I’ve noticed that this one, the lid, you can’t take apart and clean. I was wondering if that would be an issue considering I’ll be doing rice recipes like lemon and Spanish in there. Should I consider upgrading to a Zojirushi Neuro Fuzzy or will this model be fine?

Does anyone know how to make Risotto in the rice cooker? Mine is a smart cooker. I know making Risotto from scratch requires constant stirring, hoping I can make it in my rice cooker instead. TIA

How messy are basic rice cookers? I haven’t used a basic cooker like the Aroma or entry (non-micom) Zojirushi in a long time. I know they sputter and can bubble over a bit. But for routine usage (and assuming washed white rice or brown rice), is it a few drops around the cooker after use or is it more significant, like cleaning down the sides of the cooker and wiping up little pools of liquid? Considering buying a basic one for someone who could tolerate the former but not the latter.