This is the one we bought a few years ago. Rice has turned out perfect every time. It has settings for every rice type and steel cut oats. Can make 1-3 cups at a time.

Zojirushi NS-LHC05
https://www.zojirushi.com/app/product/nslgc

Korean Cuckoo cooker. You can cook several kinds of rice from it, and water levels are clearly marked accordingly inside the cooker. Even a caveman like me can make great rice out of it. They are pricey, though, $250 to $400.

Btw, what the heck is this about not washing the rice, "for the love of all that is holy"?? Lol.

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Originally posted by Georgeair:

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Originally posted by Rey HRH:
For the love of all that is holy, please do NOT wash or rinse your rice!

You're going against the grain with this admonition.

There are plenty of reasons why you should, why should you not?

Do you wash or rinse your oats or pasta before cooking them? So anything you might want to wash off from the rice could also be in the oats and the pasta.

Also, some rice are enriched with vitamins and minerals that don’t need to be washed away. And if it’s jasmine rice, you’ll be rinsing away the scent.

There was a thread about rice cookers several years ago. I decided that I should try one, but I had a bad case of "wallet seizure" when I saw the prices of the high-class cookers that were recommended.

I went to Walmart and bought the cheapest thing on the shelf, might have been around twenty bucks.

Put rice in it. Add water. Press the "start" button (remember to plug it in, first). It cooks the rice and switches to "keep warm" when the rice is cooked.

I can't really imagine what more a fancy cooker, at ten times the price, would do.

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Originally posted by V-Tail:
There was a thread about rice cookers several years ago. I decided that I should try one, but I had a bad case of "wallet seizure" when I saw the prices of the high-class cookers that were recommended.

I went to Walmart and bought the cheapest thing on the shelf, might have been around twenty bucks.

Put rice in it. Add water. Press the "start" button (remember to plug it in, first). It cooks the rice and switches to "keep warm" when the rice is cooked.

I can't really imagine what more a fancy cooker, at ten times the price, would do.

Well does yours play Twinkle Twinkle Little Star when it's done?

Don't waste a ton of money on one. 30 bucks or so will do the trick. Also, buy quality rice. We buy Thai jasmine rice at a local Chinese store.

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Originally posted by Skins2881:

Well does yours play Twinkle Twinkle Little Star when it's done?

Mine does. Well, the first note, anyway.

Grab an instant pot. It makes making rice easier than the really nice Datung rice cookers we brought back from Taiwan. Once you have the settings set, I push the rice button and wait ~15 minutes for it to finish.

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Originally posted by Rey HRH:
And if it’s jasmine rice, you’ll be rinsing away the scent.

Nope. I have been eating rice all my life, 99.9% of the time it's jasmine. We always washed it before cooking. Once cooked, you can smell its great scent the moment you walk in the house. It depends on the source of the rice, not the washing.

I just use this. I may be just too lazy.

I bought a Zojirushi NS-LGC05XB, which is currently on sale here...
https://www.amazon.com/gp/prod...n_title?ie=UTF8&th=1

This is my second Zojirushi. After 8 years, the clock battery dies in the first one died. It was still fully functional but I had to set the clock each time if I wanted to use the timer (which I always do).

The new model, however, is an upgrade and will cook GABA brown perfectly every time. It's also a great way to cook steel cut oats. I just load it up at night, set the timer for next morning, and breakfast is ready when I am. No more slaving over the stove!

Just get a Tiger. It’s nothing more than a modified hot plate. One button. Push it down. When it’s done cooking it pops up. So simple even I can do it.

I make rice at least twice a week

I don't like rice, long story

I do have a Zojirushi, same one as linked at top of the page. I bought when my senior dog got very sick and was on a chx and rice diet for a while

I will eat the rice it makes

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Originally posted by wxdave:
I got a Zojirushi when I lived in Hawaii 25 years ago, and it's still going! I prefer not to have a single-use appliance, but this one is an exception.

Yup.

Just replaced my old faithful rice cooker after my wife melted it by turning on the wrong stove eye.

Picked up a Zojurushi NH-S 10. It’s perfect for cooking our rice. only complaint …wish we had the next larger size so I would have more room veggies in the tray.

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Originally posted by OKCGene:
The Zojirushi electric looks good but there are several different models.

I won't be cooking much at a time, probably 1 to 2 cups of rice.

The Zojirushi absolutely kick ass.

But given your usage level I would recommend the smaller 5 cup version. Your rice will dry out in the 10 cup.

My wife says that the bowl and inner lid should never be put in the dishwasher, so when she's around, I don't.

While they can be used for cooking things other than rice, I would caution against it. There is simply no way to adequately clean the other parts.

I've used only two rice cookers my entire life, both were Zojirushi's. Cheapest basic model ran about $50, simple one button unit. Instant Pot I found does a horrible job of cooking rice, I've played around with different settings and times, I'm sorry, the dedicated rice cooker is still superior.

Yup, gotta wash the rice, not only to get rid of the miscellaneous stone/pebble but, the lone turd or, item that doesn't look right. I'm a long-grain kinda guy, Jasmine, Basmati or, AA Texas which is the brand I grew up on. The Japanese short-grain I find annoyingly sticky outside of sushi.

When I win the lottery, I'm going to get one of these. My understating it talks to you and plays music while its cooking

Held off as long as I could but could not help myself:

We've only owned Zojirushi or Tiger rice cookers. I think we've had 3 in the last 40 years. One was replaced because it was damaged in a move. We've never owned the fancy ones with a bunch of settings. We like the simple one-button rice cookers. If the current one wears out, we'll get another.

Here's a Zojirushi from Amazon for $42 that we've use for years. https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00004S575

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