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Originally Posted by GA Russell
I plan to consume more rice in 2024.
Can an Instant Pot be used as a rice cooker?
Would it be better to get a rice cooker?
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While an Instant Pot can be used as a rice cooker, I prefer my Zojirushi 3 cup rice cooker for rice and congee. The Instant Pot is quite a bit larger and does not have the ability to modify the cooking process to correct for errors such as too much or too little water.
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Originally Posted by GA Russell
Many years ago I had a rice cooker that seemed flimsy, but worked well. Are the new ones better?
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I went through a couple of cheap rice cookers before I picked up the Zojirushi rice cooker. Like quite a other few brands that are decent such as Cuckoo and Tiger, they use a onboard microcomputer (hence, the MICOM designation) to control the cooking process and have presets for multiple types of rice and other grains (quinoa, steelcut oatmeal, etc. depending on model).