Tiger America 5.5 c. Electr Rice Cooker/Warm ( JAZ-A10U )

I'm an Asian so we cook rice a lot (twice a day). Tiger is a famous brand and we used to have a 4 cup and liked it very much. This one, however, is very disappointing! Within one year the bottom of the pot is worn out with very heavy scraches. We never used a metal spatula but the one comes with it. The rice also got burned at the bottom. The price was a little cheaper compared with other models but you got what you paid for. Actually it's not cheap if you think it only lasted one year.

I really like brown rice so it was important for me to do ANYTHING to get a cooker to work, especially one that was smaller.

I started out with white basmati because I wanted to "give the cooker a chance" assuming it would find it easier to cook white rice. I got rice mush instead.

I tried long grain brown rice which I had soaked all day. I got brown rice mush.

I called Tiger and was told that white Basmati requires less water than other rices, and that this cooker would not cook brown rice. Well I haven't tried white basmati again yet, but I have cooked short grain brown rice several times and really like it. The trick is to soak the rice for 2 to 4 hours in advance of cooking. I like my rice a little chewy so I soak for 2 to 3 hours. Long grain brown rice is best soaked for 4 hours ahead of time.

WITH ALL RICE, MAKE SURE TO RINSE IT THOROUGHLY BEFORE COOKING.

I also like that I can make 3 cups instead of 6. Left...Read more