Old-fashioned rice cookers are extremely clever

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@SlegnorsRandomGaming 4 жыл бұрын

"So now its a permanent not magnet" Oh come on, you totally missed the opportunity to call it a Magnot

@recklessroges 4 жыл бұрын

Good joke in writing, but it might not be as clear with certain north american accents.

@otm646 4 жыл бұрын

That's good enough to deserve a rewrite or a dub.

@bobby_greene 4 жыл бұрын

*mag-ain't

@hedgehog3180 4 жыл бұрын

The point at which this happened would be The Magnot Line.

@millomweb 4 жыл бұрын

He missed this as he did NOT have a NET. It was the one that got away.

@dave101t 4 жыл бұрын

"i dont eat rice as a staple" owns at least 2 rice cookers.

@TechnologyConnections 4 жыл бұрын

You should see my toaster situation!

@davidsuzukiispolpot 4 жыл бұрын

@@TechnologyConnections LOL!

@SymphonicPoet 4 жыл бұрын

Doesn't everyone own at least three, and generally more? Oh wait . . . no . . . that's just my hoarder friend. (My Asian hoarder friend, to be fair.) The same one who owns, oh, six barbecues and three or four smokers. I suppose my wife and I (who do eat rice as a staple) own pretty much the same two as TC: simple, easy cheap three cup, and a big one for when company is coming. (They really are alarmingly close to his, save that twelve cup is still simple and just cooks rice.)

@Archgeek0 4 жыл бұрын

@@SymphonicPoet I have two, though one is a four-slicer and the other is part of my microwave, featuring a bagel mode.

@SymphonicPoet 4 жыл бұрын

@@Archgeek0 The funniest part? I was trying to figure out what kind of rice cooker has a bagel mode or is part of a microwave. :D Too many non-sequiturs make for poor understanding, but GREAT comedy. :)

@the-bizzy-bee 2 жыл бұрын

I'm not going to lie I took this video as a good review for this specific rice cooker and said "eh, it's probably good enough" and bought my first rice cooker. dear God how have I lived so long without a rice cooker.

@LeeAndersonMusic 5 ай бұрын

My rice comes out slightly worse than when I just cooked it like pasta, but hey it's much quicker and simpler

@TaylorDiamondTurtle 4 ай бұрын

lol i hate this rice cooker. always leaves so much crunchy rice at the bottom. Zojirushi is where it's at

@girthicusmaximus 4 ай бұрын

@@TaylorDiamondTurtle either wash the rice first or add just a quarter cup more water than it asks for

@TransistorBased 20 күн бұрын

I got one after moving into my own place, and it's been very nice. I'm currently watching this video as I cook rice to try and make some onigiri

@feelshowdy Жыл бұрын

Basic rice cookers are not only cheaper but usually last way longer than the fancy ones. I had a classmate in uni who moved into her own apartment and one of the appliances she bought was a multifunction rice cooker, which broke in less than a year even though she used it 1-2 times a week at most. Meanwhile, my dad's rice cooker from my childhood home was older than me by several years, used every day, and lasted way into my teens until a typhoon came and it got washed away in a flood 😂

@Nico-od4yv Жыл бұрын

And still, somewhere down the river today, there is a couple of mermaids that have been eating perfectly cooked rice every day since that faithful storm...

@ianstewart7605 Жыл бұрын

Another example of how well built the older stuff was, as well as more reliable technology.

@monsoon2134 Жыл бұрын

Ive been using my $15 rice cooker I got at a Korean market like 6 years ago in college, still running strong 💪

@blakksheep736 Жыл бұрын

@@Nico-od4yv pfffffffffffft

@blakksheep736 Жыл бұрын

@@Nico-od4yv also, common misconception, it's fateful, not faithful.

@PowerPandaMods 3 жыл бұрын

My wife saw me click on this video and said, "Is that the toaster guy?"

@surfride101 3 жыл бұрын

the toaster vid got me started! ive been running out of Scotty Kilmer videos and needed something new to binge on.

@KumiChan2004 3 жыл бұрын

I mean the dishwasher video got me. But the toaster videos got my sub.

@visagemsc 3 жыл бұрын

@@surfride101 For me it's the Macrovision video.

@seanramirez6396 3 жыл бұрын

I was asked why I was watching Otho from Beetlejuice.

@bobd9193 3 жыл бұрын

@@seanramirez6396 oh shit.. that's too funny

@TechnologyConnections 4 жыл бұрын

To those wondering; it uses about 40 watts when in the warm mode, according to my Kill-a-watt

@JonesNate 4 жыл бұрын

Did you notice your theme music in The History Guy's Elevator video?

@Agnes.Nutter 4 жыл бұрын

Thank you as always for making accessibility a priority in your videos, Alec ☺️ your captioning work is much appreciated!! 💖

@Guest-gy9vp 4 жыл бұрын

212 Fahrenheit is 100 Celsius. So don't remember the ridiculous Fahrenheit number and just remember 100 Celsius. 100 Celsius is %100 easy number to remember than the crazy Fahrenheit system.

@evilcanofdrpepper 4 жыл бұрын

Would it be automatic beyond belief if when you set the bowl in and it was full of rice and water it automatically pressed the lever from warming mode to heating mode?

@thomashenden71 4 жыл бұрын

Wouldn't you think that also water cookers use the same principle with a magnet, though not keeping the water warm afterwards?

@Tom_The_Cat 10 ай бұрын

I have that exact same Aroma rice cooker and I've always wondered how it works. This is genuinely fascinating

@crazywarp36 4 ай бұрын

Same

@elfappo9330 4 ай бұрын

i assumed it was entirely based on the weight of the water evaporating.

@chrismuir8403 Жыл бұрын

It was Pierre Curie, husband of Marie Curie, that discovered the phenomena that bears his name. The Curie temperature varies considerably for different metal alloys, there are even some that have Curie temperatures well below freezing. There are magneto-optical data storage drives that rely on the Curie temperature to record and erase data.

@durandle9226 Жыл бұрын

the other fun point is that at least for some materials they only become magnetic past a certain temperature i think it was aluminium (or an aluminium alloy for casting at least) does become magnetic and this is quite notable due to the magnetic field caused by some furnaces heating said aluminium for casting

@ncooty Жыл бұрын

*phenomenon (singular)

@mattmarlow1458 Жыл бұрын

if it happens to different types of alloys at different temperatures would it be plural?

@ncooty Жыл бұрын

@@mattmarlow1458: You seem to have suggested you think it's likely singular with the phrase "it happens", just as the OP indicated with "bears".

@drozcompany4132 Жыл бұрын

Like MiniDisc, for example

@thedoofguy5707 4 жыл бұрын

"Simplicity is the highest form of sophistication." And thus, the basic rice cooker won.

@unlokia 4 жыл бұрын

@@skipfred In murrrrica, even the most basic of tasks needs "simplifying" for them. Lol n

@awo1fman 4 жыл бұрын

@@unlokia Because we have better things to do than make the simplest tasks needlessly complicated, like the rest of the world...

@InnocuousRemark 4 жыл бұрын

AvE pointed out once that "over-engineered" is a contradiction. Building a bridge that can carry 100x the maximum weight that will ever cross it is not good engineering, it's wasteful. Building a device that can function faultlessly for ages with limited sensitivity to the environment is very good engineering. This is why we still don't have "smart guns." Guns need to shoot every time, so "dumb" ends up being smart.

@BandidoDescalzo 4 жыл бұрын

Cobb Butterscorn a Pot doesn’t always cook rice perfectly every time, and needs to be monitored, a rice cooker is set and forget and will be perfect every time. 🙂 ‘Basic’ rice cookers are the best. 👍

@ExtremeMadnessX 4 жыл бұрын

@@awo1fman Rest of the world make the simplest task needlessly complicated?! WTF that even mean?! WTF are you talking about?

@MichaelSteeves 4 жыл бұрын

I've used these rice cookers for years and never really questioned how they actually worked. I just assumed it was some sort of bimetallic switch. This was eye opening, thank you!

@Mr371312 4 жыл бұрын

Most cheap ones have a thermoswitch. I have never actually seen one using this system

@Tinfoilpain 4 жыл бұрын

@Howard Black I assumed myself that it was weight based, and would release when a certain amount of water was boiled away.

@dabigbadwolf5081 4 жыл бұрын

@@Tinfoilpain but it does'nt boil away, the rice absorb it

@absalomdraconis 4 жыл бұрын

@@dabigbadwolf5081 : And a pound of rice looks like half a pound of rice + half a pound of water.

@m2heavyindustries378 3 жыл бұрын

@@Mr371312 Umm, NO most cheap ones have this magnet system as does the original design

@cheesygrilkaboomyawoman Жыл бұрын

The best part about these rice cookers is that they are physically automated as apposed to mechanically automated. This kind of automation is personally my favorite due to the lack of moving parts and the reliance on something as constant as physics. Absolutely beautiful.

@urosmarjanovic663 Жыл бұрын

Well, these are mechanically automated. That lever is mechanic, although controlled by magnet. One of the most finicky things is that thin copper switch terminal. It could really easily bolt in if there is an over current and then you cannot turn it off. But it is clever and gracious design.

@DaDunge 10 ай бұрын

Over time the magnet will lose it's power though.

@zarnox3071 10 ай бұрын

@@DaDunge Over time, everything is bound to stop working due to degradation from one reason or another. The point is, it will easily last a relatively long time, and is very consistent.

@rhythmelia 8 ай бұрын

What would you say is a long time? Mostly I'm curious about the record 🤭 the Panasonic rice cooker that works exactly like the one in the video hung in there for my family for over 15 years, finally kicked the bucket this year, and I found one exactly like it brand new on eBay from an electronics store and its packaging looked like it was sitting on a shelf since the 90s 🤭

@Robb1977 6 ай бұрын

@@rhythmelia my general rule is: if an electronic gadget can outlast the average family pet, its a venerable design. electronics should have a lifespan to some degree, otherwise the wires, heating elements, and whatever else could decay too far and cause a fire/blow fuses. but some things don't need the complexity that claims to bring additional comfort. if rice cookers were more popular in the west, theres a high liklihood one would come with GPS tracking and an stat tracking app that tells you how much rice youve made quarterly... and stop working altogether if you didnt buy that companies rice.

@uranusjr Жыл бұрын

3:18 Al dente rice *is* a thing, but not cooking the rice long enough makes your al dente rice swim in water. So the main way to achieve that is to put in slightly less water and rely on the same mechanism to time the cooking. Also, a couple of small tidbits: When Toshiba first invented these, they used a bimetal strip instead of a magnet. While the double-boiler version (with either bimetal or magnet) is slightly less convenient when cooking rice, it can also be used to heat up other things as long as you put the right amount of water in the outer layer-quite useful before microwave ovens were common.

@cdgonepotatoes4219 11 ай бұрын

You could also just boil the rice like pasta, pull it out whenever you like. It's good for very starchy rice as even with the right ratio I can't seem to manage good rice-cooker rice with anything but basmati or parboiled, so just wash that excess away with the rest of the water and there you have it. For plain rice, a rice cooker and the right kind is always going to be best and you won't be wanting that one "al dente", but here lies the beauty of choice.

@cat-.- 11 ай бұрын

I once tried something called rosoto and was surprised they didn’t cook the rice through. Maybe that was intentional?

@cdgonepotatoes4219 11 ай бұрын

@@cat-.- It's risotto. Risotto is very creamy, if the rice is overcooked it tends to get lost, though I'd be hard-pressed to call the ideal consistency al dente, more at the very end of it. "Al dente" means leaving just a little bit of the core of the pasta or rice still uncooked, enough to give it some structure. It should not feel hard or crunchy, just enough that you feel some resistance when you bite down (hence the name), tune it at your liking. Of course, it all depends on what you mean by "they didn't cook the rice through", if it's by a big margin then it probably means whoever made it got tired and took it out of the stove early, if you mean just enough to be noticeable from say plain basmati rice which is long and thin then yeah.

@almakedvelo8818 10 ай бұрын

We have al dente rice in hungary. We call it "pergős" rice.

@myrtlealley 6 ай бұрын

I like my rice being more hard and less mushy

@ganaraminukshuk0 4 жыл бұрын

Toaster: suicidal electromagnet Rice cooker: water magnet Light switch: fidget clicker

@xenontesla122 4 жыл бұрын

Microwave: electromagnetic whistle

@lukasbieri 4 жыл бұрын

@@xenontesla122 Hotel: Trivago

@wengieboy2011 4 жыл бұрын

Cellphones : microwave whispers

@nicholasanderson7115 3 жыл бұрын

Because of this video, I now understand why my basic rice cooker regularly burns the bottom layer of rice for me. I live at altitude, and water boils around 200 degrees Fahrenheit for me. I'm guessing my rice cooker keeps the heating element on until it exceeds 212 degrees Fahrenheit, and that continued heating after all the water has been absorbed is probably what causes the rice to burn!

@ttaibe 2 жыл бұрын

Maybe adding a pinch of salt to the water can fix that problem? And create a new one (salty rice).. but hey, nice experiment anyway.

@calvinnyala9580 2 жыл бұрын

@@ttaibe putting salt will raise the boiling temperature of water, just be careful it won't disabled the magnetic as the water temp rises, or else you get half cooked rice that as good as gone. Seriously, half cooked rice has the worst texture ever. It's like eating sand and glass yet soft on tongue...

@cheriekalel9578 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you for sharing this, as I often stay in CO.

@TheRecurrence 2 жыл бұрын

Are you washing your rice first? It could very well simply be excess starch burning at the bottom.

@BruceS42 2 жыл бұрын

That was exactly what I was wondering as I watched the video. I thought maybe if your water boils at 190F, the temp rises fast enough to the cutoff (215F?) that it doesn't matter. Now I see that it does matter, and the rice burns. Oh well, not quite the foolproof design I'd hoped. We have an electric kettle, and I believe it's using a fixed temperature for stopping. When I hear the water madly boiling away, I just take it off the base, figure our water won't be getting any hotter. A clever electronic rice cooker could monitor the temperature, look for the plateau point, and shut off once the temp starts rising again.

@chrisjamesr77 Ай бұрын

Who else came here from the Dankpods video about the rice cooker with "AI"? I mean, I watched this video a long time ago, but had to watch it again after the shoutout! lol

@blakksheep736 16 күн бұрын

Meeeee.

@k-c 11 ай бұрын

I bought my glass lid rice cooker for $12 in Australia back in 2005, still working perfectly like new. We eat rice almost daily. Incredible and simply amazing !

@metalsoul12 4 жыл бұрын

Hey Technology Connection, watching your channel has always reminded me of something I couldn't put my finger on but I've finally figured it out: Watching your channel feels like watching the Discovery channel during its prime. Every video makes me more curious about the world and technologies around me, and just a bit more knowledgeable. It is a feeling I have missed, so thank you!

@PongoXBongo 4 жыл бұрын

Oh man, prime Discovery channel. Do you remember "Beyond 2000"? That show was mind-blowing as a kid.

@detaer 4 жыл бұрын

I wouldn't think I was smart without the 90s programming on the discovery channel.

@Norweeg 4 жыл бұрын

PongoXBongo That was one of my favorites! Thanks for reminding me about that gem of a show.

@uss_04 4 жыл бұрын

The atmosphere Boom de yada Boom de Yada

@jmvsic 4 жыл бұрын

He's like if Bill Nye was stuck on engineering mode 24/7. I love this channel and this guy. Good call :)

@kenzie2191 4 жыл бұрын

“And you have to remove the gasket and clean it regularly.” H-haha yeah I totally knew that was a thing [nervous sweating]

@platenoise256 4 жыл бұрын

[rice cooker sweats as well]

@thedead456321 4 жыл бұрын

Yeah I had a rice cooker with the lid made of two parts (well 5 if you count the rubber ring, and two brackets that holds the two pieces together, I am purposely ignoring the screws) and it was a pain to take out and clean.

@AzharH1983 4 жыл бұрын

I think we all have same experience - buying fancy rice cooker and then have to unscrew the top just to clean it

@KarryKarryKarry 4 жыл бұрын

[Rice cooker lid trying to crawl away] That’s why you need a hammer close by.

@ermuunboldbaatar6215 4 жыл бұрын

Bruh I never knew you had to clean the gasket. And I eat rice all the time.

@GavinsMarineMom 10 ай бұрын

OMG! I just got my Aroma rice cooker and I have been pondering how the hell it knows when my rice is done. I watched 3 other videos before I found yours and they were useless. Yours absolutely satisfied my curiosity! Thank you, sir!!!

@abbottracing66 5 ай бұрын

Funnily enough i've always wanted a rice cooker, a week after seeing your video I stumbled across an identical 'old style' one brand new in the box in a discount shop for £3.50! Trying it out now and it seems to be perfect, love the old fashioned technology and design!

@P_RO_ 2 жыл бұрын

Fun Fact: When Toshiba decided to begin manufacturing electronics, it's rice cooker was already iconic in Japan being of the highest quality yet affordable, and nearly ubiquitous in every home there, so they decided to make a transistor radio receiver shaped like their rice cooker but smaller to offer on the Japanese market as a means to capitalize on their market image of high quality and advanced technology. It is now one of the "Holy Grail's" of transistor radio collecting, exceedingly rare and valuable. This was in itself another first: it began the "Novelty Radio" craze of receivers being placed into all manner of plastic case shapes like Coke bottles, world globes, and various 'ball' shapes among many others.

@GadgetAddict 3 жыл бұрын

The trick with the gasket type rice cooker is to simply not look at it. That way you can avoid the difficult cleaning.

@josephgaviota 3 жыл бұрын

That's a similar strategy for when something is going wrong with your car. Turn up the radio, and you don't hear it any more.

@andrewwilliams6963 3 жыл бұрын

Cartoon physics, it's not a problem until you look down.

@josephgaviota 3 жыл бұрын

@@andrewwilliams6963 That's what Wile E. Coyote says!

@rstuff1605 3 жыл бұрын

@@josephgaviota beep beep. That roadrunner makes around 400 horsepower

@rstuff1605 3 жыл бұрын

I've got one with the central stub. Its like cleaning a 4 sided hub or a ninja star and its a theft deterrent device

@palmgameboy Ай бұрын

Surprised to not see that anyone from DankPods said that they were sent here... Maybe I'm the first one here? 🤔

@Husain5XG Ай бұрын

Because the video came out today

@ashkitt7719 Ай бұрын

I did watch this prior to the Dankpods video but I did decide to come back here again due to said video.

@JamLlama9000 Ай бұрын

The AI got most of them on the journey over here, RIP dinguses >.

@blakksheep736 16 күн бұрын

Am here.

@ericpheymannicie5044 7 ай бұрын

Still one of the very best channels on KZfaq. You don't just have knowledge; you don't just explain things; you find the perfect sweetspot of teachable background as it relates to perfectly common unobserved phenomena. All the things we take for granted, you take the time to offer just enough base level knowledge and just enough specific fact, to leave us thinking "wow I know so much more about that now and I didn't even have to try following along!"

@mirneshreljic3275 3 жыл бұрын

“...212F delightfully easy to remember, idk what that is in Celsius probably some silly arbitrary thing...” I love these little gems lol 👍🏼

@gsxrsquid 2 жыл бұрын

I thought that as well. subtle and still makes me laugh.

@jamesengland7461 2 жыл бұрын

Hmm... exactly 100 likes for this arbitrary comment...

@MD-vs9ff 2 жыл бұрын

I mean yeah, it is arbitrary. Why pick water's freezing and boiling point as the 0 and 100 degree marks? That's a completely arbitrary choice.

@gabydiaz1083 2 жыл бұрын

100C

@jerkifer924 2 жыл бұрын

@@gabydiaz1083 whoosh!

@JacquesLeChat 4 жыл бұрын

"we'll get to that when we tackle air conditioning and refrigeration" Me: I AM EXCITE

@joshuacoppersmith 4 жыл бұрын

Yes, and wow. That's a lot to tackle. I learned from Bryan Orr (HVAC School). Neat thing is, once a person knows why the hot tube carries the cold and the cold tube the heat, they've pretty much got it.

@PongoXBongo 4 жыл бұрын

Not too excite or you vaporize.

@uss_04 4 жыл бұрын

PongoXBongo It would make for a nice change of Phase. Err Pace. Also an excuse to delay CED

@davincent98 4 жыл бұрын

Refrigeration is TIGHT

@cholesterol6703 4 жыл бұрын

@@davincent98 YA BOIIIIIIII!!!!!!!!

@thenarrativeandwhyyouloveit Жыл бұрын

I have this same exact rice cooker and it works much better than the expensive one I currently have in storage. It’s inexpensive, super simple and you’re correct about it being very easy to clean.

@kenthuang436 9 ай бұрын

I have a rice cooker similar to the one in the video. I like it because there’s a small insert that I can place on top of the metal bowl and use it as a steamer.

@balasuar 3 жыл бұрын

“I prefer it to my fancier one.” The Asian delegation welcomes you as honorary Asian.

@armorhide406 3 жыл бұрын

I'll get him his card

@Carewolf 3 жыл бұрын

Just having a rice cooker was enough for that. I think Asians are the only human beings unable to cook rice in a pot

@Sara-bk3yi 3 жыл бұрын

@@Carewolf why would anyone cook rice in a pot when rice cookers exist? youre flexing about being able to make shitty rice

@Carewolf 3 жыл бұрын

@@Sara-bk3yi Why would anybody buy things they don't need? At least other optional kitchen appliances can do something faster or better. Rice cookers, like breadmakers and electric knives are just kind of pointless unless you have need an extra free space on the stove.

@bazil4146 3 жыл бұрын

@@Carewolf Rice cookers are better than stove tops. They makes things so much easier. You don’t have to set a timer on a rice cooker and it turns off once it’s done cooking. I don’t have to worry about Leaving the rice on the stove too long and it being burnt. I also don’t have to worry about turning the knob at the perfect point. It makes sure that you get perfect rice every single time while keeping it low maintenance. World War II is over, use technology.

@shawn576 3 жыл бұрын

These things are incredible. I've actually fallen asleep while the rice was cooking, and the rice was totally fine when I woke up. Not burned, not dried out, not on fire. Doing that with a pot on the stove doesn't end so well.

@shawntheviking 3 жыл бұрын

Sire of the shire, whom'st've came from the lands of the feeble noita crashers how may bilbo shit his pants today?

@alexsis1778 2 жыл бұрын

Can agree. Someone did this when I was in college and caught their dorm room on fire

@runed0s86 2 жыл бұрын

I made a hockey puck out of an egg yolk once

@StealthTheUnknown 2 жыл бұрын

And you are exactly the sort of person a rice cooker was invented for 🤣

@lelandunruh7896 2 жыл бұрын

I tried making arroz con pollo with way too much water one night when I was rather drunk and fell asleep on the kitchen floor. I awoke to what was essentially congee. Happy accidents do happen sometimes!

@pirwzy Жыл бұрын

I love how the basic rice cooker has a crooked switch under the lights, as if to really drive home how simple and basic it is.

@atsaichu Жыл бұрын

While the original Toshiba rice cooker from the 50s went out of style in Japan in favor of more advanced ones from Zojirushi etc and became a display in an appliance museum, it actually survived and has become a household item in Taiwan in the form of Tatung rice cooker. Available in various colors and sizes, Tatung rice cooker is said to have become a popular souvier for Japanese tourists when they visit Taiwan.

@hankheat 5 ай бұрын

Yes exactly! Also wanted to add these are just about the only rice cookers you can buy with a stainless steel inner pot ie without non-stick coating! The coating is toxic imo, and it always flakes off eventually. Replacement pots are very expensive too.

@God-Emperor_Elizabeth_the_2nd 3 жыл бұрын

“Doesn’t beep incessantly for 15 seconds when it’s done” (glares at microwave)

@theoriginalshew 3 жыл бұрын

Mine sings to me

@altairtodescatto 3 жыл бұрын

@@slightlyevolved Its a silly annoying shit until it became useful

@patrickbuick5459 3 жыл бұрын

How can something beep incessantly if it stops at 15 seconds? Those terms contradict each other!

@BrokebutCreative 3 жыл бұрын

People think I stop the microwave at 1 second because I'm impatient but really it's to avoid the loud beeps at 2am letting everyone know my cow-ass is eating a hot pocket.

@StapleCactus 3 жыл бұрын

Apparently microwaves have a mute function. You just need to figure out the right combination of button presses for your model. I haven't looked into it for my latest one yet, but I did play with an older one that had the instructions on the keypad. It was neat until other people forgot about their food for the third time.

@kyroha 3 жыл бұрын

I bought a rice cooker just like that when I first moved out of my parents home. Over 20 years later it's still the only rice cooker I've ever owned. It's worked flawlessly every single time.

@alexandrathearmy8464 2 жыл бұрын

Is it cheap and affordable?I want to buy a rice cooker,but I don't wanna spend money on zojirushi,it's 350 dollars.

@crf80fdarkdays 2 жыл бұрын

@@alexandrathearmy8464 yeah just buy a cheap one by decent brand it will be ok

@jcjc3671 2 жыл бұрын

@@alexandrathearmy8464 ...any cheapest one will do.....though a brand name might last forever until you outgrow its size.

@alexandrathearmy8464 2 жыл бұрын

@@jcjc3671 ok,I was thinking about buying instant pot duo,cause it has good reviews,many cooking options and you can buy it online for 30 dollars.

@jcjc3671 2 жыл бұрын

@@alexandrathearmy8464 I almost bought one after all the excellent reviews, and watching cooking recipes on utube. I was even offered one by a friend in Ont. who bought one and isn't using it. Turned around 180°, saved some money, and am using a max of 2 biggest Sanyos, a big Chinese one, and a small Black and Decker. Easiest I've even come to cooking my one daily meal. 4different sizes classical Hawkins pressure cookers sleeping in cupboard. 2new portable induction cookers and large dedicated pots same. Easy Cooking pushing one button for myself and dog!!!

@artofnoise5013 Ай бұрын

Watching this video ended up being a journey of over four years! Back when you covered toasters I wondered how rice cookers worked. Then you came out with this video, but I never got around to watching it. Fast forward four years and three months to the recent past, and I heard Neil Degrasse Tyson mention latent heat of vaporization, and I thought ah, I bet that's how rice cookers know when to stop. And just now in May 2024 while I was making some rice I remembered I still needed to watch this video! These little guys are more clever than I imagined with the magnet. Thanks for making this video. It's still being appreciated!

@SilverBullet096 Ай бұрын

Wade brought me here any other dankpods fans in the house?

@JEST3R_ 25 күн бұрын

What video?

@blakksheep736 16 күн бұрын

@@JEST3R_ the AI rice cooker.

@blakksheep736 16 күн бұрын

🙋🏿‍♀️

@DeadAbeVigoda 4 жыл бұрын

My rice cooker has all the alarm signal I need--the metallic CLUNK when the switch snaps back to WARM.

@KaityKat117 4 жыл бұрын

truth

@wyattroncin941 4 жыл бұрын

for me in college that was the cluck of needing to reset the wooden spoon keeping the stove on. dorms didn't allow any cooking other than a rice cooker, and god dammit i want a burger.

@samiam619 4 жыл бұрын

Wyatt Roncin Makes sense only letting students have only a rice cooker. We all know that college students have NO common sense! 🤣

@wyattroncin941 4 жыл бұрын

@@samiam619 no, it was in the same building as the Culinary Arts portion of the school. They just hadn't added in a dorm kitchen yet, and the individual rooms are not equipped for cooking in.

@HeathenHacks 3 жыл бұрын

As an Asian who eats rice everyday, this has been the question of my childhood.

@MaxiRSilva 3 жыл бұрын

As an Asian, do you approve this rice cooker?

@1976kanthi 3 жыл бұрын

@@MaxiRSilva as an Asian I approve of this rice cooker

@majist0 3 жыл бұрын

Aroma is a solid brand actually. It’s not fancy like Zojirushi but it gets the job done well for the price.

@josephgaviota 3 жыл бұрын

@@majist0 _Aroma is a solid brand actually. It’s not fancy like Zojirushi but it gets the job done well for the price._ Thanks for that useful review! I'm interested in getting one now :-)

@metallicfingers 3 жыл бұрын

@@MaxiRSilva as an asian, i very much approve of rice cookers.

@kulrigalestout Ай бұрын

I used to have one of those little things before I moved across the country. My aunt gave me a fancier rice cooker from her stash, with beepers and LEDs and eight different cooking modes. Frankly, I miss my old one. The new one is massive and can cook far more rice than I will ever be able to eat, so I always end up doing the minimum load size and it still takes 45 minutes. It also beeps when it's done. I miss the "cathunk" of the magnet-based model.

@urbypilot2136 4 ай бұрын

I’m a Filipino (saying that as a frame of reference) born in the 80’s. My grandparents had that “double boiler” type of rice cooker, and used it well into the late 80’s. I even learned to cook rice with that one. You had to add some water outside of the cooking pot after placing it in the rice cooker for it to work properly. It finally died sometime before or around the 90’s. I’m not sure when my grandparents purchased that model of rice cooker.

@brianmiller1077 4 жыл бұрын

"I mean, it's no Toaster!" :)

@kruemmelbande5078 4 жыл бұрын

*Sad toaster lover noises*

@oldred9122 4 жыл бұрын

Plus, that little lever on the mechanical rice cooker is incredibly satisfying to push.

@valeriopastore7310 Жыл бұрын

I am SO grateful to you for these videos, and particularly for this specific one. I love rice and I was instantly convinced to buy a cooker, and it made rice recipes sooo easier. Enough with burnt rice and badly cooked rice. Thank you!

@sandwich2473 Жыл бұрын

When this video was first released, it inspired me to ask for a basic, simple rice cooker for my Christmas and low and behold, a couple years later, it's been an amazing tool that's easy to clean and just wonderful to have around

@adrb142 4 жыл бұрын

“This ain’t no toaster” cracking me up.

@Norweeg 4 жыл бұрын

His toaster content is top notch.

@jamesslick4790 4 жыл бұрын

To be fair: Toasters and Coffee makers ARE proof of Man's achievements! I would not be without them, even if my other appliances crapped out!

@shadowpod13 4 жыл бұрын

I love his humor in this vid. Especially when he shows how well he knows how KZfaq watchers can react to the slightest thing.

@worldcomicsreview354 3 жыл бұрын

Like the use of imperial or metric. The idea anybody could familiarise themselves with both or at least learn simplified conversions is just crazy talk, of course.

@samtoshner8002 3 жыл бұрын

WHAT DID YOU SAY ABOUT KZfaq WATCHERS?!?! HOW DARE YOU!!! lol

@worldcomicsreview354 3 жыл бұрын

@jonny j Got a bit of a fanatic 'ere, ain't we?

@Mettie7 Жыл бұрын

I love the closed captions on your videos, I can tell you definitely put a lot of work into them. Most content creators would just ignore the transcript.

@SuperFredAZ 11 ай бұрын

I bought one for $22 and it's great. No software, no Bluetooth, just rice and water. It's small and easy to clean and foolproof.

@Kiwjtastic 3 жыл бұрын

5:01 *plugs the rice cooker in and proceeds to screw it apart.* My brain: AHHHHHHHH

@pfefferle74 3 жыл бұрын

Better not let your brain watch ElectroBOOM's channel then.

@pablorepetto2759 3 жыл бұрын

_Same_

@BierBart12 3 жыл бұрын

You know, if someone opens an electric device while it's plugged in, they are either a master at handling it or a complete amateur. No in between.

@grummhd3020 3 жыл бұрын

Scrolled until seeing that

@user-tr2dh4xx6u 2 жыл бұрын

i was wondering about that, it is unplugged when he opens it though, just bad editing

@MichaelSteeves 4 жыл бұрын

As someone who routinely works with liquid water at 300 deg C, I appreciate your disclaimer!

@kissingfrogs 4 жыл бұрын

guessing around 9 MPa I am curious

@joejoe4games 4 жыл бұрын

@@kissingfrogs could just be the lack of a nucleation point, thou I'm not sure that you can get to 300°C that way...

@peter_smyth 4 жыл бұрын

@@kissingfrogs The pressure of an espresso machine?

@JesusMeza3 4 жыл бұрын

Just microwave it

@uss_04 4 жыл бұрын

Funny thing too Theres Pressurized Induction Rice Cookers as well. The Zojirushi NP-NVC10, so boiling points are adjusted accordingly.

@purleybaker Жыл бұрын

Oh my goodness this is absolutely fantastic. I am on my second Aroma basic rice cooker just like this one and have wondered from day one how it knows when the rice is done. It really does make great rice every time once you nail the rice/water ratio. It's good for cooking other grains as well. Thank you so much for this information.

@andrewlanford2378 3 ай бұрын

You have inspired me to go dig through my kitchen cabinets to find my rice cooker so I can marvel at its unexpected ingenuity.

@Probookuser03 4 жыл бұрын

See, this is why I love this guy. He makes even cooking rice interesting and more educational than just taking the cooker apart. Somehow.

@XDTuber 4 жыл бұрын

Cuz he spends time to understand how it actually works, and actually knows his stuff

@jamesslick4790 4 жыл бұрын

He knows how to show that even the most ordinary things have an interesting operation! ANY KZfaqr can shill the latest "iGadget", But this guy knows that we are surrounded by cool shit all of the time, and shows what makes these things so cool, otherwise we would miss it.

@Probookuser03 4 жыл бұрын

James Slick and XDTuber, very good points indeed

@Winter_drivE 4 жыл бұрын

"I prefer it to my fancier one simply because it doesn't get gross" Me: Just finished spending 15 minutes wiping down my fancy rice cooker because it was getting gross. ._.

@vlogerhood 4 жыл бұрын

I have a super fancy one and never touch the top seal thing and it is never gross. Not sure what is causing yours to get gross.

@CtrlShiftGo 4 жыл бұрын

@@vlogerhood Yeah, my Zojirushi rice cooker is pretty easy to clean and the seal looks exactly like it did when I first bought it, never had to clean that part.

@jcstalesoftrails9249 4 жыл бұрын

@@vlogerhood I am going to guess overfilling the pot would make the seal gross.

@PongoXBongo 4 жыл бұрын

@@jcstalesoftrails9249/videos And boiling colorful aromatics, or adding fats/oils.

@MakerOnTheMove 4 жыл бұрын

I have a basic one with that gasket style lid, and I didn't know that it came apart. Now I'm afraid to look in there.

@eedobee 5 ай бұрын

It’s honestly such a relief when people understand phase change energy.

@lewisdsd 6 ай бұрын

Having my iPad in a different language and so having the subtitles on by default gifted me some of the best examples of humor in this channel at the end of the video. I love you, SPIRIT OF THE CREDITS. 🎉 I hope you recover from your existential crisis soon!

@90msg90 4 жыл бұрын

6:48 I love how you treat Internet people just like a very very slowly learning child... which we are.

@chemxfan 4 жыл бұрын

Speak for yourself, thanks.

@patrickjohnson5658 4 жыл бұрын

Well yes. Nobody is omniscient knowing absolutely everything about everything. The average person who buys a rice cooker or say a vacuum cleaner has no idea how it works, just that it does.

@PongoXBongo 4 жыл бұрын

Better to slightly bore the experts than to leave the simpletons behind. ;)

@ke6gwf 4 жыл бұрын

@@patrickjohnson5658 I think the reference was about checking to see if 50 other slow internet children had already added the correction. But, as a slow internet child, I suppose you missed that part... ;)

@kmg501 4 жыл бұрын

The beauty in a device like this is that it is passively automatic.

@AllonKirtchik 4 жыл бұрын

Like selenium-powered cameras!

@matt4193 4 жыл бұрын

Felt the need to manually write a negative comment about your statement.

@lealedoux7564 Жыл бұрын

I really love your channel, you explain things so clearly, and the fact that you do it with everyday objects make the connection very easy ! Keep going !

@Karreth 23 күн бұрын

Is this the channels first mention of latent heat of vaporization? Legendary.

@TillyKyKayKat 4 жыл бұрын

As someone who also owns that exact “fancy” rice maker, I too despise that 15 seconds of screaming when the rice is done.

@HeleneLogan 4 жыл бұрын

YES! It sounds like a radiation alert or some such thing--why so shrill, fancy rice cooker, whyyyyyy?

@samiam619 4 жыл бұрын

And I have the cheap one. Works just fine for sushi rice...

@AlchemicSoul 4 жыл бұрын

I think we all have one appliance that we yell “shut up!” at.

@mysteriouslyhandmade 4 жыл бұрын

@@AlchemicSoul in my case it's an egg boiler.

@GadgetBoy 4 жыл бұрын

My instant pot plays a little tune when it's done, then shuts up and keeps it warm until you tell it otherwise.

@penelopepenobscot4475 2 жыл бұрын

I bought my first rice cooker in 1980 while stationed on Okinawa. It worked fabulously for over 35 years.

@aristedes9449 8 ай бұрын

You could probably fix it with a soldering iron.

@Bistinglolwut 8 ай бұрын

@aristedes9449 nah, after 35 years, it might need to be out inside of a display case and retired

@aristedes9449 8 ай бұрын

@@Bistinglolwut why? the new ones are still built the same way. 35 years isn't even that long for an appliance to survive, you're just conditioned to expect shit to break after 5 years max by planned obsolescence.

@Bistinglolwut 8 ай бұрын

@aristedes9449 Look, I enjoy repairing broken appliances, but that doesn't mean everybody has the time, wants to put in the effort, or even cares about something that might as well cost 15-20 dollars.

@Raytracer111 8 ай бұрын

Is that what people call "Wife" these days? :D

@birdbrain4445 Жыл бұрын

Honestly even without using either of them - I prefer the basic unit too. Not only is it definitely easier to live with, no doubt going to last longer (there isn't too much to go wrong), and cheaper, but it's just charming honestly, especially knowing how simple yet intelligent and elegant its method of operation is. It has kind of an 'old world'/old school sort of vibe to it that I like a lot, and a no-nonsense style in general. It just... is, nothing fancy here.

@lizamohd7151 11 ай бұрын

My late mother's Toshiba rice cooker survived well until early 2000's... bought in early 80'. My own-rice cooker, same Toshiba model, bought 1997, survived my college years 1997-2001, used it to cook everything; rice, noodles, porridge,curry, fried fish, chicken etc, boil egg etc. Still useable until 4 years ago... My late father insisted to buy me new latest rice cooker model for me but I said 'no' because I wanted to see how 'far' my trusted cooker can go. Very impressed, indeed.

@rocmage1366 4 жыл бұрын

"This device is unremarkable" - Goes on to remark about it for 11 minutes. lol

@dash8brj 4 жыл бұрын

@Will Pack So true! thats why I have backup power, I cannot be without juice. When the power goes out my backup battery system kicks in, and I'm the only house on the street with the lights on. :)

@Ddub1083 4 жыл бұрын

The device is unremarkable.... the way in which it works is remarkable, and thus the center and focus of his remarks. He says that... literally. 0:23

@davidkoch9123 4 жыл бұрын

And get the rice cooker paid back 10 folds by the views. Genius.

@stevethea5250 4 жыл бұрын

@@dash8brj IS THIS GUY CAPTAIN DISILLUSION?

@billmcdonald4335 4 жыл бұрын

"This ain't no toaster, that's for sure."

@mello-kn9gw 4 жыл бұрын

I think he has a slight problem.

@feha92 4 жыл бұрын

Felt like a toaster to me: amazing ingenuity hiding as a really simply circuit and senses reality in a way that was unexpectedly indirect.

@jangerston 4 жыл бұрын

Might be a reference to Technology Connections' "Antique Toaster that is Better than Yours" video. kzfaq.info/get/bejne/Z7WWq8-ErJzVZY0.html

@johngaltline9933 4 жыл бұрын

I mean, it's no Sunbeam Radiant toaster, but it's at least equally as amazing as a normal toaster. At least it is to me.

@sramabadran 4 жыл бұрын

Now I want to see a video on how toasters work

@novanettle7497 4 ай бұрын

Awesome explanation! This helped me sort of figure out what is wrong with my rice cooker. Bought one just a few days ago and the stupid thing won't cook, it just jumps back to "warm". Thanks to your video I figured out that, for whatever reason, the magnet won't engage. The lever will just not stick in the down position. I thought I was doing something wrong, as this is my first rice cooker, but now I know that something is up with the magnet. I'll see if I can figure out a solution on my own, otherwise it's gonna get returned.

@andyfpt 3 ай бұрын

Having just bought our first rice cooker this week I came to your channel to learn how it works! Thank you!

@PaulBersch 4 жыл бұрын

I just finished cooking rice with this exact model of rice cooker, opened KZfaq, and this video was my top recommendation. At least say hi next time you visit!

@AMPProf 4 жыл бұрын

OMG uhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh Turn off the googles maybe lol ohhhhh

@DLBBALL 4 жыл бұрын

Anthony Peters ...

@transwave50 4 жыл бұрын

google found a way to accses the rice cooker through a magnetic link

@AMPProf 4 жыл бұрын

@@transwave50 Sounds about right...... waves! hmmmmmm........ maybe were on to something.............

@ericclaptonsrobotpilot7276 4 жыл бұрын

Alexa can smell now.

@nfineon 4 жыл бұрын

You missed to chance to end with: "Have a rice day"

@parnikkapore 4 жыл бұрын

A rıice day?

@chronoshield75 4 жыл бұрын

@@parnikkapore You stop that now

@ravik007ggn 4 жыл бұрын

That would rice..

@spacemanrick2014 4 жыл бұрын

Rice guys finish last😕

@ss5gogetunks 4 жыл бұрын

He neglected saying this just to get a rice outta you.

@DaniCalifornia44 10 ай бұрын

You have the most enjoyable sense of humor on the Internet together with This Old Tony..

@mwinchesterjr6862 Жыл бұрын

Fascinating! so it’s not about cooking time, or pressure, but instead the ratio of water to rice. Thank you. You also instilled confidence in getting a cheap rice cooker.

@MrProthall Жыл бұрын

Protip for cooking rice: Right amount of water for white rice is putting rice in the pot, then fill with water until the water is one fingerjoint above the rice

@cmaxz817 Жыл бұрын

@@MrProthall depends on the rice type though. Some rice in some areas need more water and some need less. You need some experiments before getting the desired result. Mine is like 4/5 upper finger joint to get the desired result.

@rocbolt 4 жыл бұрын

A functional, clever kitchen appliance without Bluetooth and a Twitter app for some reason, don’t tell Kickstarter!

@sirBrouwer 4 жыл бұрын

but i need to be able to see what the weather is by looking at my rice cooker. How am i going to know? And don't tell me to use my refrigerator that thing is rude.

@ignatz14 4 жыл бұрын

Kickstarter will probably make a glorified Dehumidifier out of it.

@chadd990 4 жыл бұрын

Haha technology can be useless sometimes. Let us all joke and laugh about it. Haha I just don’t understand the humor

@AM-os4ty 4 жыл бұрын

@@sirBrouwer - Lol!

@korbenbutterworth3479 4 жыл бұрын

It already exists Now im sad

@Jasonlords 4 жыл бұрын

"Magnets are confusing" Insane Clown Posse: "I told you!"

@n3wty 4 жыл бұрын

gibbdude spoiler, it’s magic.

@wrongtown 4 жыл бұрын

@gibbdude Miracles 😉

@AMPProf 4 жыл бұрын

WHO!????

@chadd990 4 жыл бұрын

Seriously, this is probably going to sound like an old person question but why am I getting notifications for comments that I have nothing to do with? It just started sometime recently

@chadd990 4 жыл бұрын

Ok, I could delete my comments to erase the stupidity, but I literally thought that all the comments on the video were in my notification screen. I got this iPhone recently and I’ve never had one before ... embarrassing

@mikec9092 11 ай бұрын

My mom still has a working double boiler type rice cooker made in Taiwan in 1972 by a company called Tatung, it’s versatile as it can steam, cook rice, cook congee…etc.

@Gulitize 6 ай бұрын

I also get an basic one after moving out, the old one was a pain to clean, I am so happy that I now can simply throw it into the dishwasher.

@coten 4 жыл бұрын

yo, you should check your camera setup; that shot used at 0:37 is some really grain-y footage

@TechnologyConnections 4 жыл бұрын

I took this seriously at first... ...but then I gave you 100 points for that excellence

@sciathoir 4 жыл бұрын

I don't understand how this doesn't have more likes man, this is gold

@francoisrossouw9864 4 жыл бұрын

@@TechnologyConnections there are some real white blobs at 7:37 no joke.

@pandapolygon 4 жыл бұрын

@@TechnologyConnections fix your mic please too reverberant

@tekvax01 4 жыл бұрын

@@TechnologyConnections BOOM!

@PhillyMotoXTS 4 жыл бұрын

"CED part 5 coming soon." I think this series is going to be around longer than it was originally.

@GoodGnewsGary 4 жыл бұрын

Came looking for a CED comment, thank you for making me happy!

@Roitame 2 жыл бұрын

I am incapable of cooking rice without one of these. 10/10 best kitchen appliance

@Creamypie626 9 ай бұрын

The best thing about this basic rice cooker is in the event it get's wet, there isn't any delicate to break. Everything is just simple yet robust. Also there is no program that might get an error, lesser parts that can fail and overall, lesser chance of fire. If something breaks, it just stops functioning.

@ThatOneGuyfromMars 4 жыл бұрын

Technology Connections: Here's a multi-part series about how the CED was developed, released, and how it ultimately failed. Also Technology Connections: YO CHECK OUT HOW THIS RICE COOKER WORKS!! You certainly know how to make a relatively boring household item seem exciting though

@DoctorWhom 4 жыл бұрын

I'll pass on the CED, but I do plan to make some rice tomorrow. I think I have a rice cooker. Hopefully I have the inner bit.

@gillyweedniharry 4 жыл бұрын

I didn't know basic rice cookers were this complex. I've been around them for 30 years and simply assumed they worked due to the difference in weights between uncooked and cooked rice. . You can cook other stuff on a rice cooker. The most interesting one for me is the anime Yakitate Japan's bread cooked in a rice cooker. They even did a live demo of it to show it could be done in real life and not just in the anime.

@becker990 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the anime suggestion!

@rgfs71 6 ай бұрын

We have that exact rice cooker and you’ve made me appreciate its simplicity. I had originally thought it worked by lifting off the burner when enough of the water has evaporated. It works consistently well but makes a mess as starchy water percolates through the loose lid. I wanted a more advanced, less messy one, but you have me reconsidering after pointing out how messy it gets under the seal. I think I’d rather wipe up the counter.

@Losttoanyreason 11 ай бұрын

I ended up getting one of these last year and love it. So easy and no mess on the stovetop

@DeviantOllam 4 жыл бұрын

Your jokes and humor keep getting better and better. Thank you for always being there for all of us and making such great content. ;-)

@mickles1975 4 жыл бұрын

I agree. The boiling point joke amused me particularly.

@DNAblue2112 4 жыл бұрын

Love getting notifications for this channel or your own Deviant

@derekelam9967 4 жыл бұрын

Oh hey, two of my favorite youtubers watch each other! (Or at least one does)

@Mememaster12345 4 жыл бұрын

Wtf hi Mr Penetration Man

@LeoStaley 4 жыл бұрын

Huh, I felt like his jokes felt more strained here than previous videos. Loved the episode though, one of my favorites in a while.

@lewismassie 4 жыл бұрын

So lucky for you all here I just had a lecture on magnetism and still have my notes out (if you care to read it) - Within a bulk mass of magnet there are domains, areas with the same magnetic moment. - Magnetic moments derive from the atomic structure and is beyond the scope of this youtube comment. - Senseable temperature is actually the rate of the random motion of particles in space. - At the Curie temperature (Tc), the energy it takes to move the orientation of a domain is equal to the energy whithin that random motion. - Above Tc, there is enough energy for the domain orientations to be scrambled by random motion. - For a magnet, all the domains must point in the same direction. The interesting thing is that in order to realign the domains, a magnetic field must be present while it cools down. I suspect you would have picked up the presence of a second magnet (electromagnet?), so I suspect there is something more complex going on where the magnet doesn't completely scramble. I might have to ask my lecturer, though he probably won't know either. Some bonus facts: - Above Tc, the material acts like a paramagnet. - A paramagnet is basically what we would call something magnetic but not a permanent magnet. - Ferromagnetic materials have the magnetic moments (at a atomic level) pointing in parrallel and add together - Antiferromagnetic materials have the magnetic moments pointing antiparallel and so they cancel out. - What we call permanent magnets form when atoms switch between domains in a process called Magnetic Hysteresis.

@TechnologyConnections 4 жыл бұрын

I'll tell you for sure the is no electromagnet in there. I believe it's not the magnet that reaches its Curie temperature but the material that it's attracted to. There were a few forum posts I ran across where someone said the spring itself was what lost its magnetic attraction but frankly that seems to run counter to what I've observed. The magnet definitely sticks to the sensing button, so I think it's that which is important - not the magnet itself

@moorbene5104 9 ай бұрын

Yep. This video convinced me to buy a rice cooker. One of these cheap ones like the one featured in the video. I love the engineering behind it and this video was literally the best advertisement there could've been. I love your videos. Please keep it up ❤

@joepacheco7979 Жыл бұрын

Very cool. I'm 60 and still learnin' from youngins like yourself. Keep up the good work.

@Nico777s 4 жыл бұрын

Technology Connections: Rice Al Dente isn't a thing Hell's Kitchen: Hold my risotto

@lollycopter 4 жыл бұрын

Hot wet rice. -The Katering Show

@strehlow 4 жыл бұрын

Hell's Kitchen in Minneapolis is one of my favorite restaurants. I don't know if they do al dente rice though...

@AMPProf 4 жыл бұрын

Who wants Crunchy rice?????

@kurokoro 4 жыл бұрын

@@AMPProf Actually crunchy rice taste good, sort of like pocorn but I do preffer soft fluffly white rice.

@erkdoc5 4 жыл бұрын

Eating anything al dente is weird. Al dente is used to precook pasta in water before you finish cooking it in sauce. You cook it in water first to keep the sauce from tasting starchy. Anyone who actually eats anything al dente is just being pretentious and just eating it that way because they think it's proper.

@PeregrineHawthorn 4 жыл бұрын

As I watch this, I'm eating rice that was cooked on almost that exact rice cooker, and I love it. I eat rice pretty often (half my cooking skill set is Korean) and it suits my needs great. My only complaint is that the "warm" setting is hot enough to dry the rice out, if I leave food out for a buffet style dinner. And yes, a digital sensor is just a thing that will break. If you don't absolutely need them, don't use them.

@mattb4721 4 жыл бұрын

Your cooker might be trying to keep the rice above 60-63 degrees Celsius in order to prevent the growth of Bacillus cereus; which is important for a "buffet style" arrangement (see my previous comment: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/iLmEgcunqa3GiX0.html&lc=Ugx5q1cbi1Edv-wWOQl4AaABAg).

@rooditooti4388 4 жыл бұрын

Used to work at Chipotle, where we had to keep rice at a safe temperature. It would dry out, but that's why we mix it up between every couple customers, and it helps that we went thru pans quickly

@lawrencedoliveiro9104 4 жыл бұрын

@@mattb4721 Yeah, rice must never be allowed to spend much time at room temperature. It must either be hot or chilled.

@redgemon 4 жыл бұрын

@@lawrencedoliveiro9104 I'll eat it up to 24 hours later but I prefer 12 Not worrying about germs as much ... top tier immune system

@joharakiri 5 ай бұрын

I just love love love inventions like this one that can be built by anyone but coming up with the actual concept takes true ingenuity.

@128Gigabytes 9 ай бұрын

I saw this video a while back, maybe a year, and yesterday finally decided to buy a rice cooker I came to rewatch the video and realized I bought the exact one you said was difficult to keep properly clean because of the rubber gasket, I went back to the store today and returned it since I had not yet opened it and I bought the same white one you had in this video Im very happy with it after using it for dinner tonight, thanks!

@biscuitsalive 4 жыл бұрын

We use our rice cooker every week. And I have to admit I’ve wondered how it worked dozens of times. Now I know. Cool. Thanks.

@0x73V14 3 жыл бұрын

i had always assumed it used a bimetal switch like a thermostat, but this is definitely more elegant and probably more reliable and cheaper

@bazil4146 3 жыл бұрын

Unlike technology, physics have a absolute 0% failure rate.

@mipmipmipmipmip 2 жыл бұрын

@@bazil4146 though a commercial consequence here is lack of planned obsolescence. I bought a magnet-style rice cooker 10 years and there isn't any indication it will break down soon.

@unliving_ball_of_gas 2 жыл бұрын

@@mipmipmipmipmip That's amateur, mine has been working since before I was born and doesn't even look like it needs replacing until after WW4.

@ZonsoAvalune 2 ай бұрын

My family has been using that exact model for as long as I can remember.

@Generic-Username Жыл бұрын

Omg I have that exact model in your video! It works great. We are Korean family and cook rice Korean style. Rinse it 2-4 times until water drains clear then add cold water and push the button and done. Quick stir and a drop of sesame oil and it's perfect. Freezes well too, but keeps poorly in fridge.

@MrVanillaCaramel 3 жыл бұрын

Car mufflers are interesting unique technology too, they neutralize sound waves with their own echo, a very precise thing to do.

@MSportsEngineering 2 жыл бұрын

"Helmholtz resonance" in case anyone wants to learn more. There are other phenomenon at play too.

@c182SkylaneRG 4 жыл бұрын

00:50 - I laughed way too hard at the snipe at Fahrenheit. :D

@camchute Жыл бұрын

Dude. Great video. Stumbled on your channel and your approach is rock solid. Thanks so much for taking a deep dive on the rice cooker topic. Physics and culinary meet head to head. Keep up the good work. New sub. 👍