/ck/ - Food & Cooking

[Anonymous No.17274149]

What does it do besides gathering dust in the cabinet above the refrigerator?

[Anonymous No.17274162]

>>17274149
it cooks rice without being a $200 unitasker, also you can cook beans and meat in in quickly

[Anonymous No.17274172]

>>17274162
This. I mostly use mine for rice and slow cooker meats. Good for chili and stew stuff.

[Anonymous No.17274184]

>>17274149
the best thing it can do is cook beans super fast

[Anonymous No.17274191]

>>17274162
>spending $200 on a rice cooker
You fucked up.

[Anonymous No.17274208]

>>17274191
Aren't the low-end ones at least $80-100? If you're asian, you probably need a $180 one for making 10 cups of rice a day.

[Anonymous No.17274215]

>>17274208
My friennds family has two hundred dollar ones instead

[Anonymous No.17274228]

>>17274149
Its so good for hard boiled eggs

Pic rel
I throw all 3 together for an easy dinner
(Mix cheese in after done in instant pot)

[Anonymous No.17274233]

>>17274208
I have a cheapy $30 model that's made perfect rice for over a decade and shows no signs of slowing down.

[Anonymous No.17274391]

>>17274149
I can make anything with it in about an hour.
Pulled pork, chili, anything.

[Anonymous No.17274398]

>>17274149
I made corned beef for st paddy's day to break mine in and it still holds that cabbage smell.

[Anonymous No.17274834]

>>17274398
I've done the same thing.
I think the sealing ring retains the cabbage because I took it out and hand washed it and it went away

[Anonymous No.17274840]

>>17274149
It does good rice,

You can make a tender roast in 2 hours

[Anonymous No.17274881]

makes the best chicken thighs you can have

[Anonymous No.17274936]

>>17274208
The "fuzzy logic" ones do, plain old Curie point magnetic ones start at $20.

[Anonymous No.17274948]

>>17274149
>cook all types of rice
>cook all types of beans
>cook all types of meats
>steam all types of tofu
>steam all types of vegetables

hmmm besides that I guess nothing

[Anonymous No.17274973]

>>17274149
I pretty much just make yogurt with mine now. It does that well enough, at least.

[Anonymous No.17274979]

>>17274233
>>17274936
I have never gotten good results out of the pop up rice cookers, they've always burned rice even when I measure the water to a T.
Instant Pot makes good lazy rice simply by setting the timer and pressure cooking and letting it steam off moisture for a minute after opening.
Of course, it doesn't compare to a fuzzy logic cooker, but the price point is $40 vs. $80-100+.

[Anonymous No.17275039]

>>17274979
There must be an even lower tier of shitty rice cooker I've never encountered. The whole point is they shut off when it heats past boiling point, so even putting in completely dry rice shouldn't burn.

[Anonymous No.17275168]

>>17275039
Maybe older ones or Japanese brands work better, but the 2 times I've used a cheapo $20 one from a department store, it's crisped up the bottom layer.

[Anonymous No.17275283]

>>17274149
>fall apart beef, chicken, and pork in less than an hour
never have I had an easier time making roasts, barbacoa, carnitas, and shredded chicken

[Anonymous No.17275390]

I don't get it.

You can literally just cook rice in a pot of boiling water like pasta. theres literally no difference with a pressure cooker outside maybe time. 3 minutes versus 8 minutes? Are you really that impatient? Plus rice can be boiled and stored en masse if you use a large stewpot to make a large batch. Seems like a waste of money.

[Anonymous No.17275458]

>>17275390
>cook rice in a pot of boiling water like pasta
>theres literally no difference
Classic /ck/.

[Anonymous No.17275464]

>>17275458
There isn't. I've been doing it for years. Grain is grain. The ingredients you use in the rice afterwards are far more important than it being pressure cooked or not.

[Anonymous No.17275479]

>>17274149
sterilize steroids at home

[Anonymous No.17275491]

>>17275464
>Grain is grain.
You could have been reasonable and just argued that you can't tell the difference between boiled and steamed rice, but this is ridiculous.

[Anonymous No.17275502]

>>17275491
There isn't a difference. I hate rice with a passion, but I can tell you for a fact that boiling it and steaming it yield the same exact result. Fluffy rice. You don't need some fancy overpriced cooker to get the same result on low heat with proper care and attention. you're just lazy, and trying to justify it to yourself.

[Anonymous No.17275515]

>>17275502
>I hate rice with a passion
Probably because you make shitty rice. You can make perfectly good rice on the stove too, just not the way you do.

[Anonymous No.17275547]

>>17274149
Chili, Beef Stew, Soups, Gumbo, etc.

[Anonymous No.17276027]

>>17274149
So far I've done a couple different kinds of carnitas and it's better and faster than the crockpot.

[Anonymous No.17276034]

>>17274149
It performs DIY leg amputations in Boston.

[Anonymous No.17276050]

>>17274149
I've considered one but the multitasker seems like it would reduce the other items I have into 1
-slow cooker
-rice cooker
-skillet (if I get the one that can do that well)
-steamer
-roaster

but I already own all the other shit. And I don't really need to reduce my space to 1 machine. And I can cook rice while I slow cook at the same time - whereas if I had just the 1 pot, I can only do 1 at a time.
this last piece is the biggest reason I won't get one

[Anonymous No.17276052]

>>17274149
It makes personal injury lawyers money.

[Anonymous No.17276905]

One hour stew, 30 minutes curry, perfect rice on the push of a button, failproof crème brulée, 20 minutes caramelized onions, need I say more ?

[Anonymous No.17277044]

I've been living off mine for 6 months straight now.

[Anonymous No.17277208]

god tier hard boiled eggs. I'll never use the stove again and the little holder you get with it fits 9 eggs

[Anonymous No.17277227]

>>17275390
First of all, retard. Second, these are great for one pot pressure cooking meals. You can easily cut cooking time in half and cut active time in third or better because they don't require you to watch them at all

[Anonymous No.17277249]

>>17274149
I use mine at least three times a week. It is also the most efficient way for me to cook wild rabbit, hare, and other wild meats. On the stove, the rabbit takes 4 hours of simmering to get tender. In the pressure cooker it only takes 45 mins.