Electric Rice Cooker Buying Guide
With the wide price range and selection of rice cookers , you’ll need to determine just how serious a rice cook you are before shopping. If you only eat white rice occasionally, an electric rice cooker probably will meet your needs. However, if you consider yourself an aficionado who eats rice daily, you likely will want to consider rice cookers with induction heating or a microprocessor, as well as a variety of rice settings. The other crucial question is how many people will be eating rice. Figure about a cup of uncooked rice per person. You won’t need a rice cooker with a 10-cup capacity if you’re only feeding two people; a 3-cup model (the smallest available) would probably be just fine. Consider stepping up to a 5- to 6-cup rice cooker for a family of 4 to 6, and an 8- to 10-cup cooker for a bigger crowd. Remember: Rice measuring cups are not the same size as standard U.S. cups — they are about three-fourths the size. For that reason, most manufacturers advi...