To buy a rice cooker, the first thing to determine is the capacity. Moreover, some details should be considered before determining the capacity of the rice cooker. For example, how many people in the family eat, how many bowls each person eats, and so on. If you really can't master it well, you can refer to the table below to make a choice.
Common household rice cookers have a large span, the smallest single rice cooker is only 0.8L, and the largest can reach about 5L, which is suitable for large families. When shopping, everyone should try to choose moderation, and don't be greedy for small things.
In the mainstream market, the control methods of rice cookers are mainly divided into mechanical and electronic.
The mechanical rice cooker is simple to operate, although beautiful, but economical and durable, and the "fool-like" operation is very suitable for the elderly. Electronic rice cookers are more beautiful, more intelligent and more diversified in functional modes, but they are also more complicated to operate and more suitable for young people. You can refer to the following table to make a choice.
As the direct contact object of rice, the material and quality of rice cooker liner greatly affect the taste of rice, which directly determines the quality and service life of the whole product. Therefore, it is very important to choose a good liner. For a long time, many merchants have promoted the inner liner material of rice cookers as a selling point. At present, the main materials of rice cookers in the mainstream market are aluminum liner, stainless steel liner, ceramic liner and composite liner.
The aluminum liner has excellent thermal conductivity, is easy to form, and can be compounded with other metals or alloys. However, it should be noted that in the actual use process, aluminum can not be in direct contact with food, otherwise it will cause harm to people's health with the dissolution of aluminum. Therefore, the pure aluminum liner on the market has basically been eliminated, even if there is one, it is an aluminum composite liner, or the liner with a coating on the surface as a protective treatment (the coating will fall off if it is used for a long time), so pay special attention to it when choosing.
Stainless steel liner has excellent corrosion resistance and intergranular corrosion resistance, which is durable and uncoated. But it is precisely because there is no coating that this kind of liner is easy to stick to the pot when stewing rice, and it is more troublesome to clean it. Pay attention to whether the product material belongs to 304 food-grade stainless steel when purchasing.
Ceramic liner is a natural inorganic material, which has wear resistance, strong acid and alkali resistance, corrosion resistance and good thermal insulation performance. The rice cooked with ceramic liner rice cooker tastes very good. However, the thermal conductivity of ceramic liner is slow and the efficiency is generally not high. And because ceramics are fragile, be careful when using them.
The common rice cooker liner in the market is a composite liner, which can contain many different materials, such as black crystal liner, topaz liner, titanium gold liner, Tao Jing liner and so on. Moreover, different brands will adopt different composite methods, such as 3-layer, 5-layer and 7-layer, which all depend on the brand's own technology. The advantages of the composite liner are not easy to stick to the pan, easy to clean, more uniform heating and better wear resistance of the coating.
Generally speaking, each kind of liner has its advantages and disadvantages, but it is recommended that you choose it rationally. Aluminum liner has basically been eliminated by the market, and composite liner is favored by most consumers. Of course, if the budget is sufficient or there are certain requirements for the taste of rice, you can choose a higher-end refined iron liner.
Nowadays, rice cookers have many special functions besides stewing rice and cooking porridge, and are also very convenient for daily use. For example, the reservation function is suitable for fast-paced people, the yogurt cake function is suitable for the elderly and children at home, the miscellaneous grains function is suitable for people who lose weight, and the cooking/soup making function is suitable for people who keep fit. , all make the original ordinary monotonous rice cooker more interesting.