Tiger JNP-1000-FL 5.5-Cup (Uncooked) Rice Cooker and Warmer, Floral White

Good Rice Cooker/Warmer, Reputable Brand (Tiger), But First, There Was This Odor Problem… I got my first rice cooker/warmer 27 years ago, and have used Tiger and Zojirushi brands with good results. However, I had problems with this particular Tiger rice cooker/warmer. The first one had to be returned (thank you, Amazon, for a pain-free return system!), because it gave off an unpleasant odor during the cooking of the rice, and this smell was infused into the rice. The only way I can describe the odor is that it is like the smell of the old-fashioned “transistor” radios…

Rice stays moist I have 7 kids and we eat a lot of rice. My husband is from Guam and adds rice to everything (I have caught him piling it onto his slice of pizza and even onto lasagna?) My kids love rice and eggs, rice with sugar, cinnamon and milk, sushi, rice and fish, fried rice, ect. Needless to say, we go through rice pots. I always buy reputable brands, and my last zojirushi just didn’t keep the rice moist long enough. I would make rice in the morning, and by evening the top layer of rice in the pot was…

Better Rice Maker, Better Rice!! This is the third rice maker I’ve bought in less than two years 😮 What I’ve learned (that I hope will keep you from making the same mistake) is to buy a rice maker that’s actually made in Japan (the lower priced units are almost always made in China even if it’s a Japanese brand). While I was researching, I read that one of the first things people from China typically do when visiting Japan, is buy a Japanese-made rice maker. I can certainly see why. I could tell the difference when I pulled…