Does this rice cooker take longer than most other brands to cook the rice? Says it takes 90 mins to cook brown rice? How long for white rice?
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Cooks white rice in average time. Brown rice ALWAYS takes longer to cook, but I don't recall that it took as long as 90. I love this cooker. Rice made here is delicious. And so many other meals can be made in this. Find a rice cooker cookbook. Very versatile machine.
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No it doesn't take longer than other brands. Brown rice has a soak time built in. It is an automatic system that shuts off when rice is done. White rice is 30-35 minutes. Brown rice is 90-95 minutes for 2 cups uncooked rice. Larger amounts take longer.
555899
I think the programmable features and sensors and logic that turns it to warming mode when the rice is done. The downside with the expensive machines is that the cooking is slower and longer. 90 minutes or more for brown rice, so you need to be someone who plans ahead/is organized.
380369
About 20 minutes? I never measured but it seem to take the same amount of time as rice cookers of different brands that are also small in size. But it stops by itself so no worries.
1465239
We have never had problems with cooking white vs brown rice... we even cook yellow rice in our cooker. No matter what type of rice we cook in our rice cooker, it cooks it perfectly each time.
909207
I don't use a rice cooker. I use the micro and put 1C of rice in a micro safe bowl and cover it with water (about an inch) let it sit about 45 min. Put it undrained in the micro for 3 min increments stirring from bottom to top after each 3 min. It usually takes mine about (?) 9 min.
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What kind of rice cooker are you talking about? I used to cook lentils a "ka-ching" rice cooker and it worked splendidly. I now have a rice/slow cooker combination and it actually seems to take a bit longer to cook--so does rice but that's another story. At any rate, just be sure to plenty of fluid; and your lentils will cook up nicely.
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I've only cooked rice in my pressure cooker once and I used a 1-2 ratio (rice to water). It took about 8 minutes and I did not add water to the bottom. Just put the rice and water in the removable pot, move the dial to 'pressure' and set timer at 8 minutes...it was perfectly cooked.
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Why would you want to set it in the morning and have it at night? Cooking rice only takes 7 or 8 minutes plus natural pressure release. And yes that is in the cusinart pressure cooker in the high pressure setting. Its a great unit Ray
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I cook brown rice mixed with 25% wild rice at the setting of "Brown Rice." The mixture cooks well with 150% of water without presoaking, but it takes 110 min. When time is short, I use a pressure cooker; it takes about 30 min. When I was a child, I used to eat barley at every meal, but I don't know how to cook. I will ask around. We always ate buckwheat in as noodles. I have just bought a bag of quinoa. I will find an answer in a month.
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A little wider because it is a square shape. It has white and brown rice settings, the brown rice takes almost twice the time. I do mixed white and brown rice (3 or 4 to 1) and used white rice setting which takes about 45 min
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The rice cooker I got was defective, the rice was uncooked. Anyway, to cook brown rice, you can either soak it for a few hours beforehand, or add more water, so the rice won't be too dry or hard. Hope it answer your question.
995126
I just set it and let it....but I think it takes about 40 minutes for brown rice. When it's done, the pot turns down low and keeps the rice warm. Unless you leave it for a really long time, it should not get dry. My rice always came out mushy, and since I bought this the rice always comes out with a nice texture.
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I only cook brown rice (for dog food). I measure the rice first, put it in the cooker, then measure the water and put it in. Brown rice takes longer to cook than white rice. I turn the cooker on, set the "Delayed Timer" to "one", which is going to soak the rice for one hour then press the "Brown Rice" setting. I cook 4 c. water and 2 c. brown rice. At the end of 2 hours, the rice is done perfectly. What does the instructions say about cooking white rice? Just follow the instruction and it will work fine. I love my rice cooker and it makes my job of making dog food a lot easier. Hope this helps. :) I only cook brown rice (for dog food). I measure the rice first, put it in the cooker, then measure the water and put it in. Brown rice takes longer to cook than white rice. I turn the cooker on, set the "Delayed Timer" to "one", which is going to soak the rice for one hour then press the "Brown Rice" setting. I cook 4 c. water and 2 c. brown rice. At the end of 2 hours, the rice is done perfectly. What does the instructions say about cooking white rice? Just follow the instruction and it will work fine. I love my rice cooker and it makes my job of making dog... » Read More I only cook brown rice (for dog food). I measure the rice first, put it in the cooker, then measure the water and put it in. Brown rice takes longer to cook than white rice. I turn the cooker on, set the "Delayed Timer" to "one", which is going to soak the rice for one hour then press the "Brown Rice" setting. I cook 4 c. water and 2 c. brown rice. At the end of 2 hours, the rice is done perfectly. What does the instructions say about cooking white rice? Just follow the instruction and it will work fine. I love my rice cooker and it makes my job of making dog food a lot easier. Hope this helps. :) « Show Less
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no. although I imagine you could plug it into a wall timer. It does specify how long white and brown rice take to cook in the manual.
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2 cups uncooked rice (Yield 4 cups cooked) takes 25-30 minutes for white and 90 for brown. Rinse rice well before cooking. This will remove the starch that causes the 'crust' on the bottom. I love this machine so much that I bought one for each of my children for their homes! Quick and easy!
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It depends how many cups of rice you have to cook. More rice will take longer to cook. Normally it took me 30 minutes to 45 minutes.
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Never cooked that little, usually cook 5 cups in about 15 minutes. Fluffy white rice, has a seperate button for brown, but Ive never tried it. Its the only rice cookerI have had that can turn off without having to unplug it.