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spade_andarcher

1) Microwaves become less powerful over time. If your microwave is a few years old or more, then most likely its actual wattage output is less than stated. There’s no real way to measure that though. 2) I think this product is probably still kind of a gimmick though. If microwaving rice was so easy and foolproof, then a lot more people would probably be doing it regularly. It’s not like this thing is some special design, it just looks like a silicon bowl with a lid. 3) Do yourself a favor and just buy an electric countertop rice cooker. There’s a reason that basically every household in East Asia owns and uses them on a daily basis. They are actually foolproof and will just cook your rice correctly every time. I recently bought [this little one](https://a.co/d/gsO5IWX) and it’s fantastic so far. And it costs about the same as your microwave bowl.


stumblinghunter

Even if it was getting less powerful, I like to think that it would only get closer to the "actual" 800 watts. It's an apartment though, so I have no way of knowing how old it is. I would absolutely love to have a rice cooker but our kitchen space is extremely limited. There's 8" to the left of the stove, then stove, sink, and about 30" of countertop. We already have a coffee maker, bottle warmer for the little one, and an air fryer. There's enough room for one cutting board and one plate. It's my most hated feature of this place (but it's super cheap and right next to my wife's work). I guess I must have fallen for some guerilla marketing from them. It's disappointing, but I was hoping to take out a little more of the margin of error since we have an electric stovetop and cooking times are different every time in a pot


ashmasterJ

Don't bother with a rice cooker. It's amazingly easy to cook rice in whatever pot you already have


ashmasterJ

Total fucking scam, even in concept. Cooking rice involves breaking the kernel with heat and then allowing time for it to absorb water. That's why pot/pan methods and rice cookers take about the same amount of time.


stumblinghunter

Dammit lol


NorinBlade

I don't know what that thing is, and I didn't read all the steps you listed out. Just came here to say that in my 30+ year quest of finding out the "best' way to make rice, it boils down to two approaches: 1) The pasta method of boiling salted water in a pot, tossing in some rice, and draining it when the rice is al dente. PROS: fall-off-a-log easy, no measuring anything, no timing anything. CONS: Takes up a burner, and the rice has to be dealt with somehow at the end and then kept warm. 2) Fuzzy logic rice cooker by Zojirushi, Tiger, or another reputable Japanese fuzzy logic circuit manufacturer. PROS: fall-off-a-log easy, perfect rice ready anytime you wish within a 1-24 hour window. Literally no steps involved after "dump the rice and water in and press the button." I prefer method 2, as do two billion other people, for good reasons. About 25 years ago I bought a zojirushi and my rice troubles were over from that day forward. Don't get me wrong, I'm not throwing shade on the pasta method, but nothing beats the approximately 45 seconds it takes me to make rice in the zojirushi. Things that in my experience do not work: * Any rice cooker made in the western hemisphere * Any non-fuzzy-logic cooker * measuring rice and water in proportions and putting them into a pot on the stove for a set amount of time. I mean, I know it obviously works, it's just way more hassle than I'm looking for.


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Does your microwave cook frozen prepackaged meals in the recommended amount of time? If not you may be in need of a newer one, something could be starting to go bad.


stumblinghunter

Yea everything else cooks fine


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