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PERFECT SIZE AND CAPACITY: Our 3-cup uncooked capacity, 1.6L small rice cooker can effortlessly cook up to 6 cups of cooked white rice. It's just the right amount for 1-3 people. Its compact size ...

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like steamed rice,” says Ginny Lui, a CR test engineer for kitchen products. Read on for reviews of seven of the best multi-cookers from our tests. CR members can also dig into our complete ...

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Whether your machine is $200 with 30 settings, or $15 with a single toggle switch, rice cookers all have the same bones. The best part is that they’re so easy to use, even the least confident ...

To help you buy an electric rice cooker, here are the best options on Amazon. The Panasonic rice cooker claims to cook up to 1.25kg of rice at once as it has a 2.2l capacity. It features an ...

Consumer Reports’ testers rinsed and cooked small and large batches ... Still, it’s the all-around best-performing and most ...

Rice Cooker Ratings Make the perfect batch of rice with a rice cooker. Many models also function as a steamer or pressure cooker, and vary on performance when cooking different grains of rice.