rice cooker -- help meeeeeeeee

[abcdefz]

....so I'm sold on rice cookers now, except that the non-stick coating on mine is kinda shot to Hades after only six months' use.

1) Is this a problem you've had, and do you just toss it out and buy a new rice cooker?

2) Are there really good rice cookers that just don't have this kind of problem?

Enquiring minds want to know.

[insertnamehere]

how does this rice cooker work? is it like a rice steamer? cause ived used those. if you're talking about what i think you're talking about, try to find one without nonstick. we had a sort of net, i guess someting like cheesecloth could work if youre making little enough rice at the time? or maybe the not-nonstick ones come with this net, and you put the net in the cooker put in rice and water, and fold the net closed over top. then when its done cooking, you take the top of the net and pull out a gian cooked rice tablet. then put some water in the pot and just scrub it down with the net. if you dont burn the rice, its really easy to clean that way, and there's not nonstikiness to mess up.

[abcdefz]

Originally Posted by insertnamehere

how does this rice cooker work? is it like a rice steamer? cause ived used those. if you're talking about what i think you're talking about, try to find one without nonstick. we had a sort of net, i guess someting like cheesecloth could work if youre making little enough rice at the time? or maybe the not-nonstick ones come with this net, and you put the net in the cooker put in rice and water, and fold the net closed over top. then when its done cooking, you take the top of the net and pull out a gian cooked rice tablet. then put some water in the pot and just scrub it down with the net. if you dont burn the rice, its really easy to clean that way, and there's not nonstikiness to mess up.

...that sounds interesting.... hmmmm....

[Ms Crafty]

do you use metal utensils to serve the rice from your rice cooker?

[insertnamehere]

actually come to think of it, what we had wasnt actually a steamer because the water and rice sat in the same pot. just for the rice to be well cooked and a little sticky you had to leave it in after the pot shut off to sit in the steam for awhile.


but you probably dont want a 50 cup industrial gas-powered rice cooker, so i'll shutup now.

[marsdaddy]

After 6 months, the non-stick coating should not be flaking off. Don't buy that brand again.

There are some super industrial rice cookers that you can buy at a Persian food store. It's for making crispy rice (can't spell Tadig correctly, I fear), and the non-stick never flakes off.

Either way, toss the one you have as the non-stick is not for internal use.

[abcdefz]

Originally Posted by marsdaddy

After 6 months, the non-stick coating should not be flaking off. Don't buy that brand again.

That would be Oster.

[Rock]

Originally Posted by abcdefz

That would be Oster.

I eat rice pretty much daily and use an Oster. We've had it for 4 years and never a problem.
My mother has had hers for a lot longer and never a problem.
I think you are doing something wrong.

[abcdefz]

Originally Posted by Ms Crafty

do you use metal utensils to serve the rice from your rice cooker?

Nope. Just the plastic spatula that came with the cooker.

Then the pan gets soaked overnight and wiped clean with a soft scrub sort of sponge, if any scrubbing is necessary.

It was an inexpensive cooker, to be suure, but I really thought it would've lasted longer than this. But now EVERY batch is sticking, and that means more scrubbing to get it clean, and that means more of the coating must be coming off... so I figure it's time to sink money into a good one, if there are "good ones" that don't have this problem.

[Ms Crafty]

my mum has one and has been using it for years. she doen't have this problem.

i think what she does is let the rice (not eaten) go cold in the cooker first. scoop out the cold rice into a bowl and cover it. then you wouldn't need to soak it at all cos and stickyness would've dried and once it's dried it would just flake off with a damp sponge.

[abcdefz]

Originally Posted by Ms Crafty

my mum has one and has been using it for years. she doen't have this problem.

i think what she does is let the rice (not eaten) go cold in the cooker first. scoop out the cold rice into a bowl and cover it. then you wouldn't need to soak it at all cos and stickyness would've dried and once it's dried it would just flake off with a damp sponge.

...there's no time for a cooling-off period unless I make it at night and let it sit there while I sleep. I don't want to do that.

[insertnamehere]

i dunno what kind of rice you use, but maybe you need to wash it first? when i made rice i had to first put it in the pot (after putting previously mentioned net in) and fill it with water, and then scrub the rice around against itself, pour out that water, do it again, pour out that water, and then put in the cooking water. the first wash, the water sometimes looked almost like milk. maybe if you wash it, there will be less starchy crap to stick?

[Echewta]

Nonstick? I have a crappy asian approved rice cooker thats not nonstick and it seems to do ok. Do you burn the stuff? You do, don't you. You cook rice to much huh? Maybe you should try Uncle Bens.

[abcdefz]

Originally Posted by Echewta

Nonstick? I have a crappy asian approved rice cooker thats not nonstick and it seems to do ok. Do you burn the stuff? You do, don't you. You cook rice to much huh? Maybe you should try Uncle Bens.

Yes. Good deal. No. I said "no." Again: no. No.