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[–] fireweed@lemmy.world 4 points 8 months ago (2 children)

Do you care about exposure to potentially toxic/carcinogenic materials? Asian (especially Japanese) rice cookers such as Zoujirushi do an excellent job, but AFAIK they all utilize non-stick pots (Teflon).

[–] tiredofsametab@kbin.run 2 points 5 months ago

It looks like you can buy aftermarket inner pots that don't have teflon. I tried poking around the website here in Japan and it looks like the new ones use a different coating (there was something in the news about teflon a couple years ago so this is entirely possible), but I can't be sure without downloading and pouring through manuals. You could probably do the same on Zojirushi's US website.

[–] Ghostalmedia@lemmy.world 2 points 8 months ago (3 children)

Yeah, I’m not super into teflon. This is the only piece of teflon cookware that I have left. Makes me think that I might want to try something like a ceramic or stainless rice cooker.

[–] odium@programming.dev 4 points 8 months ago

Aroma has stainless steel stuff. Tiger has a ceramic one.

[–] toast@retrolemmy.com 1 points 8 months ago

I've had a stainless steel rice cooker for about a year now. Works well with the two types of rice I tend to cook and is easy to clean. Would recommend