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Originally Posted by bjones6416
I'm considering replacing my small basic rice cooker with a "fuzzy-logic" one. Anybody have any comments on whether or not it would be worth it? I'm able to cook most kinds of rice to my satisfaction in this one, but sometimes I have to wing it on water amounts when it's something different like brown rice, or a rice/bean mix. Are there huge advantages to the fuzzy logic one?
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A good rice cooker is a joy to use. Obviously, most folks here use them, and the selection is wide. In our house we eat rice at least twice a day, and the cooker can be programmed to have it ready for us freshly cooked in the morning. The one we have has different automatic settings for the different types of rice, as well as water markings inside to insure one is using the correct amount for each type. It also keeps our rice hot and fresh for 24 hours, which is a God-send when one is busy, can be programed to finish cooking at a desired hour. If there is a power failure and the cooker shuts off in the middle, when the power comes back on it 'knows' what to set itself for to still make perfect rice.
This is the model we use, a 10 cup model made by Zojiroshi.
Regarding water amounts... Fresh rice needs less water than older rice, so that is the only consideration we need to give. My in-laws grow our rice and send it up to us in 10-kilo bags every few weeks. We take most of it to the local miller who polishes off the bran for us. We keep a kilo or two for use as brown rice. My wife uses the bran for making Japanese pickles.
Stitchawl