Comments on: Making Pasta in a Rice Cooker

By: Judith Hanneman

Judith Hanneman — Sun, 16 Nov 2014 04:07:57 +0000

I LOVE my ones!!! They are so versatile!

By: Cherry Berry

Cherry Berry — Sun, 16 Nov 2014 04:00:48 +0000

Thanks for the tip! �� I feel like I'll be cooking a lot more things in my rice cooker now. ��

By: Judith Hanneman

Judith Hanneman — Fri, 05 Sep 2014 17:00:47 +0000

Hi Donna--my rice cookers are Wolfgang Puck Bistro--all 3 of them and the only function(s) is "COOK" and "WARM". Oh yes, I've boiled water in there because I've steamed complete meals in the baskets that come with them. The newest one (7 cup which is about 5 yrs old) at least has stainless steaming baskets, but the main bowl is still teflon-coated aluminum. I'd prefer SS myself to be honest.

They actually cook more like a pressure cooker than a slow cooker--sort of like a low pressure cooker because of the gasket. But the difference between cooking in this as opposed to a pressure cooker, is liquids will reduce in a rice cooker. That's why I find it *excellent* for things like baby back ribs where you want a nice syrupy sauce.

Good thing is, like slow cookers and modern pressure cookers, it will switch to "warm" (maybe off too on a different brand) when it senses the water is reduced.

By: Donna Barr

Donna Barr — Fri, 05 Sep 2014 16:12:46 +0000

Interesting. We have a cheap little rice cooker and want to get a stainless-steel one. Our aluminum (yuck) one WILL boil water and make spaghetti without breaking! Have you tried boiling the water in your rice cooker? Or is this a different function in different cookers? And while we're at it – will they slow-cook? Very interesting article.

By: Ankit Chugh

Ankit Chugh — Mon, 23 Sep 2013 09:15:57 +0000

great post !!!
i have been using this rice cooker from last six months and its been amazing.It works in three modes and has a great capacity of 5L.