Getting an Electric Rice Cooker

I thought I had finalized my decision to just get a simple rice cooker when I gave away my old simple, yet still functioning rice cooker to my daily helper. I offered to get her a brand new one, but she would have none of it. However, she insisted I get a better one, of course. So what better reason to look at the array of available brands on sale?

After all, what is so hard about going to the store, skimming over the one you need ie. the simple one that is, a reasonably good brand and off to the checkout line?

Thinking that it could be a simple buy, must have been my downfall.
Per my previous post, I cook rice many ways and instead of finding a simple rice cooker and went home, I was a little overwhelmed by the variety of settings or features available in the line of electric rice

cookers nowadays.

When the time has come for you to buy an electric rice cooker, consider these things in mind…

The size: would an 8 cup be good for you and the family or a 5 cup would be enough for one sitting or the whole day? Bear in mind the measurement cup is small and should be viewed properly before purchase.

Durability: Pick the brand you trust and make sure the warranty covers a certain important things such as LED batteries and availability of spare parts. We sure wouldn’t want to be buying one every 2 years.

Your requirement for settings such as timer and keep warm function, cooking brown rice or sticky rice. Mine have all of them and more.