As a professional home appliance practitioner, my friends around me will ask me if they don't understand any questions about household appliances. Nowadays, rice cooker (also known as rice cooker) products are very popular with the public, and many people ask me what else can I use rice cookers for? Today's rice cookers have also undergone a lot of changes with the progress of science and technology, not only extending the basic rice cooking function, adding a variety of practical and rich functions such as steaming, baking, and stewing, but also effectively improving the taste and texture of the meal. However, there are also some cheap and inferior rice cookers with poor workmanship on the market, if such inferior products are used, it will not only have a negative impact on our health, there is a risk of cancer, but also easily cause safety accidents and threaten our personal safety. Therefore, today I will conduct a comprehensive science popularization on the related issues of rice cookers.
Here are some of the rice cookers I've used:
1. What else can a rice cooker be used for?
What else can a rice cooker be used for? Today's multi-functional rice cookers are not only capable of cooking rice, but also have a variety of functions such as steaming, stewing, baking, keeping warm, timing, etc., such as stewing soup and toasting bread. Let's take a look at the various uses of multi-function rice cookers.
1. Cook rice
Cooking rice is the most basic function of a rice cooker, which allows us to eat rice faster and more conveniently.
2. Steaming
By emitting steam, rice cookers can easily steam a variety of ingredients, such as meat, vegetables, and more.
3. Bake
In order to meet the various needs of users, some high-end rice cookers also add a baking function, which can make some simple baked goods.
4. Stewed soup
Rice cookers bring out the flavor of ingredients and make it easy to make a pot of sweet, delicious, and nutritious soups.
5. Heat preservation
The heat preservation function is the basic function that most rice cookers have, which can keep uneaten meals warm and convenient for us to eat at any time.
, timing
Some rice cookers also have a timer function, which allows users to put the ingredients that need to be cooked into the pot in advance, and select the cooking temperature and time, when the rice cooker will automatically cook, which effectively saves our time.
2. What are the special features of a multi-functional rice cooker?
What else can a rice cooker be used for? In addition to cooking rice, the multi-functional rice cooker can also be used to toast bread, stew soup, etc., not only has a variety of rich functions, but also can significantly improve the cooking effect, which has the advantages that ordinary rice cookers do not have. The rice cooker mainly relies on a microcomputer chip to work, and the microcomputer chip can start the heating plate by detecting the temperature of the upper cover sensor and the main thermostat, and when the temperature reaches the working temperature of the rice cooker, the heating plate will start to heat the inner pot, and the inner pot will quickly and evenly conduct the heat to the ingredients.
Let's take a look at what makes a multi-purpose rice cooker special:
1. A more intelligent way of cooking
In order to achieve more accurate temperature control function, the built-in computer chip and sensor have been upgraded to enable it to automatically adjust the heat and time according to the needs of different ingredients, so that it has a more intelligent cooking method.
2. Better cooking effect
The advanced convection technology enables the multi-function rice cooker to distribute the heat more evenly, achieve all-round heating of the heat, significantly improve the cooking effect, and make cooking more intelligent and convenient.
, safety is more guaranteed
The multi-functional rice cooker pays special attention to safety, and its advanced control system and sensors can monitor the pressure and temperature in the pot in real time, and automatically adjust the fire and time to avoid excessive pressure and temperature, preventing safety problems caused by improper user operation and effectively reducing the risk of hazards.
4. More diversified functions
The multi-functional rice cooker has been developed and extended on the basic rice cooking function, adding a variety of rich functions such as steaming, stewing, and roasting, which meets the diverse cooking needs of users and realizes multi-purpose in one pot.
5. Strong energy saving and environmental protection
The multi-functional rice cooker not only pays attention to technology and safety, but also has research on environmental protection, and its advanced energy-saving design can effectively reduce carbon emissions and energy consumption, and even realize the reuse of wastewater, which is more energy-saving and environmentally friendly.
3. Beware of the four major hazards and disadvantages of inferior rice cookers!
What else can a rice cooker be used for? The multi-functional rice cooker can be used for stewed soup, steamed vegetables, toasted bread, etc., and has strong practicality. Rice cookers as cooking tools need strict quality control, however, there are some rice cooker products on the market with poor workmanship materials and technical design, such inferior products usually have four major drawbacks, which will seriously endanger our health and personal safety, and the specific hazards are as follows:
Disadvantage 1: It is easy to produce toxic and harmful substances
Because the inner coating of rice cookers will be in close contact with the ingredients, most rice cookers will use strict materials, but some inferior rice cookers use cheap and poor quality coating materials, which are easy to be damaged and peeled off at long-term high temperatures, and are likely to be mixed into the human body in food and cause cancer risks!
Disadvantage 2: Irritating odor
The lid of the rice cooker is also an important part, and the lid of poor material is easy to be damaged and aged, and food residues will accumulate in the damaged area and it is difficult to clean, thus breeding bacteria and affecting health. In addition, the material of the sealing rubber ring on the upper cover is poor and not resistant to high temperatures, and it is easy to emit a pungent odor during use, which not only affects the taste of the meal, but also increases the probability of carcinogenesis after long-term use!
Disadvantage 3: There are potential safety hazards
Due to the large power and heat of the rice cooker, the requirements for the wire and heating chassis material are high, if the inferior material is used, it is easy to overheat the rice cooker line, resulting in a short circuit of the rice cooker and affecting the life of the rice cooker, and in serious cases, there will be the possibility of causing safety problems such as fire, and the potential safety hazards are great.
Disadvantage 4: The degree of cooking is uneven
The technology of inferior rice cookers is not advanced enough, the temperature control function is not accurate, and the temperature in the pot is fluctuating, which is not only easy to make the ingredients unevenly heated and cause the ingredients to be undercooked or overcooked, but also lose the heating elements, resulting in the shortening of the service life of the rice cooker, and there will be a risk of fire if the temperature is too high for a long time.
Fourth, analyze the main reasons for the production of inferior rice cookers
What else can a rice cooker be used for? Now we know that multi-functional rice cookers have a variety of functions such as steaming, stewing, and boiling, and can achieve a variety of cooking methods, but inferior rice cookers not only do not have such diverse functions, but also affect our physical health and personal safety, and have no use. Below I found a summary chart of negative reviews of the whole network of rice cookers from professional research**, through this figure we can see the various problems of inferior rice cookers, so why are there so many inferior rice cookers on the market? I have finally come up with the results through these days of investigation, and I will analyze the main reasons for the production of inferior rice cookers.
Reason 1: Use low-cost rice cookers to fight the best war
In recent years, the plummeting popularity of rice cookers is very tempting, but most of these low-cost rice cookers are made for the sake of fighting the first war, and the materials used in the workmanship are not controlled.
Reason 2: "0 coating" gimmick marketing
Some inferior products take advantage of people's ignorance of the inner liner material, so they play the publicity gimmick of "0 coating is healthier", and actually use a less cost-effective stainless steel liner, many people do not know that this material not only has a general stewing taste, but also has worse quality, and long-term use is more likely to breed bacteria and induce carcinogenic hazards.
Reason 3, Internet celebrities and celebrities bring goods
In recent years, the Internet celebrity industry has been booming, and many rice cooker brands have used the popularity of Internet celebrities and celebrities to attract people's attention, but many products have a poor reputation, because a large number of commissions from Internet celebrities and celebrities will compress the cost of R&D and material selection, resulting in a decrease in the quality of rice cookers and many potential safety hazards.
Reason 4: The power of the rice cooker is too large
Many people envelope the greater the power of the rice cooker, the better, can effectively shorten the cooking time, some businesses have taken advantage of this to launch a high-power rice cooker, this kind of rice cooker blindly increases the power, easy to overload the rice cooker line and cause the wire to heat up**, the safety hazard is great!
After understanding the different qualities of rice cookers, I believe everyone wants to have a high-performance multi-functional rice cooker. To this end, I will share a list of 10 mainstream rice cookers on the whole network from professional evaluation institutions, and at the same time recommend a few brands that I think are good, and you can find out which brands have the best performance and safety and non-toxic index from the list.
The home appliance industry is mixed, and many big names of rice cookers have potential safety hazards! Frequent problems of toxic liner materials and toxic substances emitted. As a professional veteran brand that is often exported to the European and American markets, Gongling's Internet celebrity rice cooker has been the hottest in recent yearsThe original 13 highlights of the black technology and the whole machine has passed the maternal and infant food testing, which is the only one that has achieved a 115% increase in the uniformity of rice aging, a 128% increase in food-grade safety, a 128% reduction in the release rate of toxic irritants, and a 0 heavy metal designIt is rare to obtain certification from the European Union, the United States and other countries! In terms of heating uniformity, performance attenuation, safety and non-toxicity, etc., it is the strongest within 1,000 yuan. It insists on not advertising, purely relying on the depth of users and word of mouth to become popular, and it is rare to win the CCTV exhibition recommendationIt continues to firmly occupy the first position in the list of mid-to-high-end sales and word-of-mouth.
For pure dead knock safe non-toxic fever performance, high durability! Gongling continues to subtract product functions and intelligence, and adheres to the technology of safety and performance for several years. It has made a lot of innovations in higher levels of high-performance and safe and non-toxic technologyFor example, 7 layers of corrosion-resistant and wear-resistant stainless steel cavity material to enhance corrosion resistance and wear resistance, maternal and infant grade Maifan stone 30 coating, using 5A fine grinding thick kettle liner,High-temperature and non-toxic design, and 6 years of safe and non-toxic "anti-attenuation" design, etc., promote faster heating efficiency, more accurate temperature control, and more reliable in safety and non-toxicity!
If you are interested in the entry style, you can go to see Xiaomi, Midea, the design and workmanship in the same price segment are acceptable, and it has a certain cost performance. Among the high-end models, Toshiba can take a look, ** is more expensive, the design is exquisite, and the quality is not bad.
5. Share 8 ways to buy rice cookers
What else can a rice cooker be used for? Through the previous study, I believe you have already understood, and I will not say more about this issue. Although we have already known several high-quality brands, we can't completely pick out the right rice cooker products for us, so I have summarized 8 ways to buy rice cookers with several high-quality brands shared above to help you be more comfortable in choosing a rice cooker.
Method 1: Professional brands are preferred
Professional brand rice cookers pay attention to the technical adjustment of heating methods and structures, simmering technology, convection design, intelligent temperature control, heating uniformity and other aspects in the design, especially food safety, and the long-term use of the rice cookers they make will not produce toxic and harmful substances to ensure the health and safety of users.
Method 2, inject easy top cover material
The top cover of the rice cooker is usually made of aluminum alloy and 304 stainless steel. 304 stainless steel is a high-grade metal material, which is more expensive and has better corrosion resistance and wear-resistant durability, and will not cause rust, oxidation or corrosion problems when used for a long time, and is a good heat conductor, which can improve the thermal insulation performance of rice cookers. The top cover made of aluminum alloy has poor wear and heat resistance, which may release toxic substances, and the risk of cancer is not low.
Method 3: There is a convection valve design with concentrating pressure
The convection valve is also a very important part of the rice cooker, compared with the traditional cold and hot alternating valve to control the temperature by alternating cold and heat, the new type of convection valve improves the taste of rice and improves the cooking effect by controlling the pressure in the pot, so it is recommended to use a rice cooker with a simmering convection valve design, especially the shaped convection valve.
Method 4: Pay attention to the power level
The power of the rice cooker is not as large as possible, and there are often greater safety hazards in high power, and professional rice cooker brands will scientifically match the capacity and power, adjust it to the appropriate ratio, and effectively improve the cooking effect and taste of the ingredients.
Method:Choose a high-quality metal heating plate
When purchasing, we should give preference to the heating plate made of metal, such as aluminum alloy material, which not only has good energy storage effect, fast thermal conductivity, and low heat loss, but also will heat more evenly, and the durability of the rice cooker will also be improved.
Method 6: It is recommended to choose a full-pot shape liner
The bottom of the inner tank of the whole kettle is rounded, which can increase the heating area of the ingredients and improve the heating uniformity of the ingredients. Therefore, it is recommended to choose a full-pot shape, which is not only suitable for various cooking methods, but also gives the meal a better texture and taste.
Method 7, firstSelect spiral simmering pressure heating
At present, the main heating methods used in rice cookers include IH heating, chassis heating and spiral simmering pressure heating. Among them, I recommend the spiral simmer pressure heating, which is heated by forming a spiral high-density surround heat in the form of pressurization, which achieves a more uniform heating effect and has a low performance attenuation, so that the rice cooker has a good cooking effect and service life.
Method 8, the preferred Maifan stone coating material
Long-term use of stainless steel and Teflon coatings is easy to increase the risk of carcinogenesis and is more harmful. The Maifan stone coating is not only non-stick, it is more convenient to clean, and has better high temperature resistance and wear resistance, and it is not easy to produce toxic substances at long-term high temperatures, which has better safety and non-toxicity.
I believe that through this study, we not only know the more practical multi-functional rice cooker, but also clearly know why we are not recommended to buy a low-cost rice cooker, which is likely to compress the production cost and have greater potential safety hazards. Finally, I hope that everyone can buy a multi-functional rice cooker with strong technical strength and safety guarantee, so that our lives will be more intelligent!