Thanks for this post, and I wonder if anyone has a rice cooker that does not 'bubble out' at the ventilation hole.

The main thing I dislike about rice cooker (the type that the lid is attached at the body) is the sticky goo sticks at the ventilation hole. My mother in law is a rice cooker collector and keeps going after new technologies but she too, has the same issue. It's not hard to wipe them, but it's the inside that can easily accummulate sticky dirts.

Inner lid can, but there's one more part inside ventilation hole. It can be removed but more hassle to remove. Let me try to find a video of it.

The ventilation hole must be detached and clean to squeky clean, if no insect will go in there (especially roaches). Even if the ventilation hole is clean but if you have not used it for a few days, better to clean it again before using.

Since my mother in law complaining about her rice cooker having tiny roaches in the ventilation hole, I had switched to cooking using stainless steel pot over stove. She had changed to using the old-fashioned type.

My MIL now changed to use traditional rice cooker. Something like this:



Me? I use Zebra stainless steel pot, to cook rice. Not steaming, just put the rice+water directly over fire. Close the lid when the water almost dried up and wait for the crackling sound to turn the stove off.



This post has been edited by lowlowc: Jan 20 2018, 09:44 PM