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?

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[karisu-sama.livejournal.com]

I am VERY pleased with our Zojirushi water boiler - (a water boiler is a must for any Asian household these days, much like a rice cooker.) When visiting Japan, I noticed almost all the Ryokan we stayed in had Zojirushi brand water boilers in the rooms too.

We used to have a "Tiger" brand water boiler, but it decided to spontaneously dispense large amounts of boiling water at random times (with no human touching it) - very unacceptable.

Cheapo rice cookers from other brands have not given us grief, though. We even sent an old/small but still functional unit to college with our elder daughter.