The 5-cup is large enough for us. But with friends for dinner or cook a soup, should we buy the 10-cup? Can it cook small amounts of rice for 2? Thx
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We purchased a 10 cup. Sometimes I cook 2-3 cups as well.Infact the 10 cup cooker is not that big if you are worried about the size. If you have guests at home very often and if you cook rice very often, go ahead and buy a 10 cup.It's certainly a good investment.
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I think 5-cup is enough for family of 4. The 10-cup pot would be for family larger than 5. And yes, you still can cook a small amount on a 10-cup.
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The smallest amount that we have cooked is 2 cups of rice. It cooks 2 cups of rice well. I don't know how much rice you eat, but for my wife and I, 2 cups of rice is too much rice for us.
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5 cups of rice is an awful lot. Consider that 1/2 cup is a very generous serving along side a main dish. If you need more than 10-12 servings of rice then you might consider the 10 cup model. And yes, the 10 cup can cook rice for 2 the same as the 5 cup model.
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The one I bought makes only 5 cups uncooked. You can use the steamer but you have to make less rice in order to make room for the steamer. The steamer cooks really well. Panasonic do make 10 cups uncooked rice cooker.
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I have two ot the Fagor pressure cookers a smaller one and the 10 quart and the small one is great for smaller dishes but the ten quart is fantastic for large roasts and hugh corned beef and cabbage dinners. My suggestion is go for the larger unit.
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It is a nice size pot for small quantities of food, I have boiled potatoes and cooked pasta in it because of the size, I would not recommend it for rice or stir fry anything for the bottom is rather thin and might stick and burn. Soup will cook fine in it. For a family of four, this small pot is great. Hope it will help!
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It's a fairly large rice cooker. A minimum amount is not actually specified in the manual, but I noticed all the rice tables in the manual start with 2 rice scoops and go up from there. My 3 cup Zojirushi has a 1/2 cup minimum. My 5 1/2 cup rice cooker has a 1 cup minimum. And most 10 cup rice cookers have a 2 cup minimum. Hope this helps.
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Cooking for 4 people, the 6 quart is adequate. I cook for two and it gives me leftovers. But if you plan to cook for 6 or 8 people, I'd get the 8 quart. Or buy the 6 quart and when you have more $$ get the larger size. I wrote an extensive review at ChezBettaydotCom.
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It doesn't hold a lot of veggies. You could cut a potato in half and steam some green beans or broccoli. That's it. Enough for one person for a meal. Not enough for two. (Although I use it constantly as it works brilliantly at steaming dumplings.) And yes, you can cook rice and steam together.
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this is not certainly suitable for 2cups...min it might cook is about 10cups..its really big..
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Hi, Jason,It depends on what do you plan on using this stove for. If you plan for a camping trip I guess you will start a fire pit too so you won't have to worry about not enough place to cook for your family. This stove will not cook a 5 meal dish but just having fun with your family that's priceless. Have fun.
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If your cooker has enough capacity, one cup of rice should cook in the same amount of time as 4 cups: around a half hour.One cup of uncooked rice will result in "about" two cups of cooked rice.
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I have tried to cook one cup and it was a little dry and burned at the bottom. If you are only planning to cook one cup, I would suggest you buy a smaller rice cooker. The concept of having a good steamed rice is that the rice need depth to cook to give the proper fluff this is why cooking more then a cup taste better. When you use the big rice cooker to cook just one cup, the rice is too shallow and therefore no fluff. Hope this help.
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You can cook as little as 1 cup in cooked rice but I wouldn't recommend any less than 2 cup because it browns on the bottom.
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You can pretty much make any amount of rice. I won't make the complete 20 cups again. It did make a mess but was easy to clean. I have cooked so many different types of food in it. I love mine.
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Yes, it makes at most 5 cups of rice which yields about 10 serving sizes of cooked rice.
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I've tried only 3 cups mixed rice, after it was cook, it seems only have space for i more cup of rice! The cooker is good so far, I had this brand before and it is quite reliable!
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Hi Kayleigh, I checked the owners booklet that came with the cooker and this is what it said: "The Perfect Rice Cooker can comfortably cook as much as 3 cups of raw rice which will yield over 6 cups of compact cooked rice - over 8 cups when fluffed. You may cook a maximum of 4 cups of raw rice, but to fluff the cooked rice properly, transfer the cooked rice to a larger bowl or serving piece, then fluff." The most I, personally, have made was 3 cups raw rice and it came out perfectly. Good luck! Eggbeth
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It doesn't do a great job for 1 cup of rice...not enough rice to actually steam. one cup of rice covers the bottom of the pan. I think a minimum of 2 cups works best. If you only want to cook one cup of rice, I would suggest you cook it in a skillet or small pot with lid (bring to a boil, cover, turn heat down to low for about 10-15 min).