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Bought a $19 rice cooker at Walmart instead of the $180 one, now I want to know if I messed up
I stood in the aisle at Walmart in Raleigh for 25 minutes trying to decide between a $19 basic rice cooker and a $180 fuzzy logic one. I went with the cheap one because I only make rice twice a week and figured the fancy one was just marketing. The rice comes out fine but the bottom layer always sticks and burns a little, so now I'm wondering if the extra $160 actually buys you better rice or just a warmer. Anyone here switched from cheap to expensive and noticed a real difference?
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felix_miller501mo ago
That crusty bottom layer is not a defect, it is the whole point. The $19 cooker runs one dumb heating cycle, so the water at the bottom gets hotter than the rest and browns the rice, and in a lot of homes that toasted layer is the best bite in the pot. Plenty of fancy $180 models cost more because they have temp sensors and microchips that keep every grain at the same softness, which honestly makes rice kind of boring and mushy. You paid $19 for a cooker that gives you a crispy treat for free, so you came out ahead.
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