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Top Four Mid-Price 5-10 Cup Rice Cookers

August 1, 2016 by Food For Net

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Top Four 5-10 Cup Rice Cookers Under 80 dollars

Some kitchen tools are a logical addition to the kitchen but others are a little more questionable. Rice cookers tend to fall into the latter category. In many cases, people who have rice cookers absolutely swear by them and can’t imagine their kitchen without one. Yet, people on the outside often find themselves wondering about the point of rice cookers. After all, cooking rice tends to be a fairly simple task once you get used to it.

Despite this, rice cookers actually are a powerful tool and they tend to be underappreciated. One of the key advantages of using a rice cooker is that you know the rice will turn out perfectly every time. That alone is useful, especially as you don’t have to watch the device or make adjustments. In fact, even the simplest rice cookers are hands off.

The other big reason for choosing a rice cooker is their warming ability. If you were cooking rice manually, you would normally only cook as much as you needed, especially as rice tends to cool down fast. In a rice cooker, the rice can be kept warm for a day or even longer, allowing you to come back to it as you need more rice. This feature can be very useful in many situations, especially if your meal times tend to be unpredictable.

In this post we’re taking a look at some of your best options for a mid-sized moderately priced rice cooker. For all of the items on the list, we’re giving measurements in terms of maximum capacity of cooked rice, which is roughly twice the amount of raw rice you put in. It’s also important to note that these cups refer to the measures that come with the rice cooker, which calculate out to around three-quarters of a regular measuring cup.

We've also done reviews of extra small rice cookers (3-5 cups) you can check out. In the medium size range (5-10 cups) you can check out our budget rice cooker reviews and high end cooker reviews.

If you're thinking of going big, check out the 10+ cup cookers, or get a similar size for less money, or even the crazy low price (yup, 10+ cups!)

 

Table of Contents

  • Panasonic Automatic Rice Cooker
  • Zijrushi Small Rice Cooker
  • Cuckoo Electronic Rice Cooker
  • Aroma Simply Stainless Rice Cooker
  • Top Pick

Panasonic Automatic Rice Cooker

  • Model Number: SRG06FG
  • Capacity (cooked rice): 6.6 cups

At 6.6 cups of cooked rice (3.3 uncooked cups), this rice cooker is a little bit unusual in terms of size but that doesn’t have any effect on its function. The general approach here is one that you will see in many different rice cookers, where you have a single button to start cooking.

Unusually, the rice cooker doesn’t have a keep warm mode. Instead, it will simply switch off when done. With that in mind, this rice cooker is best suited for people who plan to cook the rice that they need and use it fairly soon afterwards. Likewise, it is mostly designed for cooking white rice and you need to wash brown rice before using it.

Despite the limited functionality, this rice cooker does still have appeal. One advantage is simply that the price is pretty low. That makes it a good investment if you have never had a rice cooker in the past.

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Zijrushi Small Rice Cooker

  • Model Number: NHS-06
  • Capacity (cooked rice): 6 cups

In terms of style, this rice cooker is pretty similar to the one that Panasonic offered. Likewise, this model also doesn’t have a keep warm function, although the larger versions that Zojirushi produces do. Nevertheless, the rice cooker is a pretty popular one, with an average of 4.3 stars from Amazon reviewers. At the same time Zojirushi is a well-known brand for producing rice cookers and the company tends to have reliable products.

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Cuckoo Electronic Rice Cooker

  • Model Number: CR-0631
  • Capacity (cooked rice): 6 cups

Visually, this rice cooker is a little bit unusual, which may or may not be a good thing. This model is also more expensive than the other picks on this list but it has the distinct advantage of having a keep warm function. With that in mind, this is a good choice if you want to prepare rice and eat it later or if you simply aren’t sure precisely when you are going to need your cooked rice for. Reviews also suggest that the rice cooker is good at producing quality rice every time, without you needing to worry.

The product might be simple in many ways but it manages to do everything that you really need in a rice cooker without being exceptionally expensive.

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Aroma Simply Stainless Rice Cooker

  • Model Number: ARC-753SG
  • Capacity (cooked rice): 6 cups

This rice cooker is another option that comes from a well-recognized brand. This one also has the advantage of a keep warm function but one key difference is the use of a stainless steel cooking pot. When it comes to kitchen tools, I’ve noticed that there is a lot of debate about which metal is best in relation to food quality and the potential of chemicals leaching into your food. Because of this debate, stainless steel is often a desirable choice but most brands rely on Teflon-coated pots instead. As such, the fact that this product uses stainless steel may make it appealing for some people.

That inner pot is also removable, which makes the process of cleaning fairly easy. Reviewers do note that it is a little harder to clean than a nonstick pot but that is the tradeoff you need to make if you want to avoid Teflon. One other advantage is the glass lid, which makes it easy to see how your rice is progressing.

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Top Pick

Out of the options on this list, the one we recommend most strongly is the Aroma Simply Stainless Rice Cooker. Although this is on the expensive end of the range both of the cheaper options did not offer a keep warm function. Realistically, the ability to do this is one of the key reasons for having a rice cooker in the first place, so buying one without that function is mostly a waste of time and effort. Even if you don’t think you’ll need the ability to keep rice warm, it’s still worth investing in a rice cooker with this function as you might find that you come to rely on it.

In this list, we did highlight two models that have the ability to keep rice warm. However, the Aroma model is the more popular one of the two. It is also the least expensive of the two options, which is another reason for choosing it.

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