Rice Cookers...

[bovil]

We're going to replace the current steamer we use as a rice cooker with an actual rice cooker. So far we've only checked Fry's and Costco. I need to get out to some of the Asian grocery stores.

I was figuring on a computer-controlled ("fuzzy logic" "neuro fuzzy" or other goofy brand name) cool-touch style cooker.

We looked at Zojirushi. They're really cool, but they're also expensive. Right out.

Our Costco has the Aroma Professional Series 20-Cup Sensor Logic Rice Cooker for $30. That's a bargain, and the feature set is interesting, but it's also twice the capacity that we're looking for (its dry rice capacity is 10 cups, the rest we're looking at are 5.5 cup models).

Costco online has the Tiger JAG-B10U 5.5 cup rice cooker for $90. It doesn't have the slow-cooker features of the Aroma, but it does have a "scorched rice" cycle.

Fry's has the Panasonic SR-DE102 5.5 cup rice cooker for $85. It looks comparable to the Tiger and includes a steamer basket, but Panasonic doesn't make their rice cooker manuals available online, so it's hard to tell.

Any rice-cooker geeks out there with opinions?

Comments

[trinsf.livejournal.com]

My opinion would be the Zojirushi. Yes, they're expensive, but useful for so many things -- not just a single tasker. We used the one in the house for rice, but also for oatmeal and for complex pilaf dishes. I had only just scratched the surface of what it could be used for. Alas, the one we had in the house was one we purchased for Younger Child; she took it with her to college. Other than that, I would have no idea what to suggest - the other rice cookers I looked at were just so far below what the Zojirushi was capable of doing.