Unpopular opinion: My $15 rice cooker from Target makes better rice than my fancy $200 Instant Pot ever did

I was a HUGE skeptic about dedicated rice cookers. For years I used my Instant Pot and thought it was fine. Then my friend brought over her little cheapo rice cooker for a potluck. The rice was FLUFFY every single grain perfect. I got one the next day. The Instant Pot rice always came out mushy or burnt on the bottom. Has anyone else had this experience or am I just bad at using the Instant Pot?

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3 Comments

daniel_martin3d ago

Simple tools usually do one thing better than fancy do-it-all gadgets.

joel_hall173d ago

And the thing that gets missed is how these all-in-one tools break. You drop that fancy multi-tool once on a jobsite and suddenly none of the parts work right. With a simple hammer or a basic screwdriver, you can beat the hell out of it for years and it still does its job. Plus when a simple tool breaks you can fix it yourself most times. Those complicated gadgets just become expensive paperweights.

stellanelson3d ago

Read an article saying the more parts a tool has the more can break on it.