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The latest trend in kitchen appliances is all about sleek designs and efficiency. If you regularly eat rice, you will benefit a lot with a good rice cooker. As a large percentage of the world consumes rice in some form or the other, rice cooker is a must in every home. These appliances absolve the user from guessing the time required to cook rice perfectly. Thus, one can avoid ending up with under cooked, burnt, wet or mushy rice. It is both efficient and convenient. Surprisingly, this gadget has been around since 1955. Though Japan manufactures some of the best rice cookers worldwide, there are several other brands and companies manufacturing equally good or better rice cookers.

If you regularly cook rice at home then you might be wondering as to how this gadget will make their life easier. The first question is how these cookers function. Rice cookers are primarily made of four components. Namely, the main body, a heating plate located at the bottom of the main body, an inner cooking pan and a thermal sensing device underneath the heating element. The thermal sensing device is a spring-loaded thermometer. It is small in size and it monitors the heat inside the pan. Buy from a reputed brand which keeps the quality of the smallest elements in mind.

When the heating element is turned on, it generates sufficient heat to boil the water immediately. Once the water starts to boil, the temperature inside the cooker remains constant. The rice grains soak the heated water and begins getting cooked. Once all the water inside the cooker is absorbed, the temperature starts to rise again. The thermometer senses the change in temperature and automates the device into either a warm setting or switches it off.  Though most rice cookers are automated, and work with low wattage, before investing, check out if they are compatible with your kitchen.

This kitchen appliance first heats up the heating element and then transfers the heat on to the main body. From there the heat gets transferred to the cooking pan. The overall time taken to cook depends on the type of material the pan is made up of. Metals such as aluminium and copper are better conductors of heat than any other element. These shorten the cooking time required by transferring the heat quickly. A rice cooker price should not dictate but the choice should be based on the type and quality of metals used to conduct electricity.

Some cookers are equipped with a technology called fuzzy logic. This technology reduces human intervention in the process substantially.  This automatically adjusts the temperature of the heating element. Thus, it slows down the heating process and prevents all the water from being absorbed or evaporated until the rice is completely cooked. Look for cookers enabled with the fuzzy logic technology to easily cook brown rice, sushi, or traditional white rice.

A buyer should check whether the cooker comes with a detachable lid. This helps in keeping the cooker clean. The material that the inner pot is made up of is important. A cheaper coating will wither away with time and usage. Apart from the quality of the materials used, the size of the cooker is also important. Don’t buy a large one for a small family.

In conclusion, remember, understanding the functioning of the rice cooker is just as important as knowing the quality of materials used, price and size.