Purchasing a rice cooker as a gift for someone you know or even for yourself can be a challenge. We make it easy for you by breaking it down to a matter of cooking style. Read on and find out which cooking style you belong to.
Cooking Styles
- The Occasional or Beginning Cook: As the title suggests, the occasional cook tends to cook infrequently. But the convenience of a rice cooker may still appeal to you. It may be that you are a beginner and don’t yet cook as often as you hope to in the future.
- The “Cook In a Hurry”: You are a busy person, you may have a family, or just a fast paced lifestyle. You need cooking appliances that will make your job quick and easy and have no time for complicated operating manuals. Instead you’d like something you can set and forget.
- The “Entertaining Cook”: Since you entertain friends and guests often, you need something that cooks in larger batches. Cooking top notch food the first time is also important, so the programmable modes of advanced models will be attractive to you.
- The Perfectionist: The perfectionist maybe hard to please. But that’s ok, it means you have fine taste and only accept the best. You should look for higher end models that will allow you to control the cooking process and perfect your techniques.
Rice Cooker Suggestions for Your Cooking Style
Do you know what type of cook you are? Now, look through this list to match your cooking style with the perfect rice cooker for you!
The “Occasional Cook” – For the ‘occasional cook’, a small rice cooker will do the trick. We recommend a smaller on/off rice cooker. This Panasonic 3 cup Automatic Rice Cooker with Steamer will do everything you need and as a plus: it won’t hurt your wallet.
Panasonic SR-G06FG 3-Cup Rice Cooker/Steamer
The “Cook in a Hurry” – The “Cook in a Hurry” is someone who is always in a rush to get things done. Worrying about the rice is the last thing this person needs. For you, we suggest this Cuisinart ‘cook and keep warm’ rice cooker model with easy to use features that make cooking quick and easy such as: nonstick rice pans, dishwasher safe parts, retractable cord, and an indicator light.
Cuisinart CRC-400 4-Cup Rice Cooker
The “Entertaining Cook” – The “Entertaining Cook” is always cooking up a storm for those out of town guests or friends. You need a more advanced rice cooker with a larger capacity. We suggest this 8 cup fuzzy logic rice cooker with 5 cook settings: rice, porridge, steam/stew, reheat and soup. It’s nonstick cooking pan is also dishwasher safe. A 10 cup model is also available.
Elite Pro Fuzzy Logic 8 cup Rice Cooker
The “Perfectionist” – For you, only the perfect, fluffy rice will do. You will find special modes that allow you to select the texture of your rice, soft, regular, or firm. Some models are ’smart’ and will correct for measurement errors and adjust cooking temperature and duration to ensure a perfect batch of rice everytime. We recommend the top of the line Zojirushi 5 1/2 cup rice cooker with an induction heating system for superior results every time. Built in multi-menu functions allow you to select a multitude of cooking settings… if you wish.
Zojirushi NP-HBC10 5 1/2 Cup Stainless Steel Rice Cooker with Induction Heating System
