Comments on: Rice cooker

By: Bobbsie

Bobbsie — Tue, 13 Mar 2012 04:29:50 +0000

Just purchased my Cuckoo HN-1059 F Induction Pressure Rice Cooker
Wonderful appliance
But I have questions:
What setting do I use to steam food?
What is Nutritious Rice (the cooker has a setting for that
What is the Multi Cook setting for?

If someone is familiar with the Induction Pressure Cuckoo cookers I would appreciate your reply
Thank you

By: littlez

littlez — Tue, 17 Jan 2012 19:42:37 +0000

Oh, my goodness… I have to say I feel like the luckiest person here. I bought my rice cooker at Target for $12.80 American dollars (on sale) plus tax. It has both white and brown rice buttons, and I can steam food in it too. It makes perfect sushi rice! I would imagine that it would work plugged into my European adapter should the need arise (don’t those things have plugs for New Zealand and other countries too?) I trust the adapter with my computer, why not a rice cooker?! They’re not super expensive even when they’re not on sale. If anyone wants one, Let me know!

Cheryl :)

By: rv65

rv65 — Thu, 12 Jan 2012 21:56:30 +0000

I have seen some Cuchen rice cookers that support European voltage on ebay. The seller is even willing to include an adapter plug as well.

By: snow1081

snow1081 — Mon, 25 Jul 2011 00:36:03 +0000

Thank you so much for the help guys!! Appreciate it!!
I think I might just have to go to a few of the Korean Mart here in Melbourne and get it from them or maybe even order it from them. There’s one model that really catches my eyes…
*sigh*

By: rv65

rv65 — Sat, 23 Jul 2011 09:00:39 +0000

Only the westernized multi cookers are only sold in Europe :(. I hope they sell them in the USA. Multi Cookers are like a rice cooker, but without any rice cooking function :(. LiHom and Cuchen make models, but not sure if those are 50Hz capable (Korea uses 220v at 60Hz not 50Hz.) I hope someone in Europe takes notice and starts selling Cuckoo rice cooker not that Robochef that can’t do rice.

By: gourmetandkitchen

gourmetandkitchen — Mon, 11 Jul 2011 05:49:38 +0000

Thank you for mentioning our website. http://www.gourmetandkitchen.com.au/ We have been dealing with rice cookers for many years now, and we chose to offer Cuckoo rice cookers due to their popularity and great reputation. The machine we import has been modified to suit our market here. It is a restaurant capacity appliance, and would definitely work better if loaded with at least 10-15 cups dry rice. It can cook up to 30 cups in one serve. We also offer some more simple options from China, that are also very reliable, but more suited to budget conscious users. This range covers from 15-55 cup. Finally we also offer Rinnai gas rice cookers from Japan, but they are very commercial and not at all suited for home use. When using rice cookers, be sure to check your power supply if you are sharing power-points with other appliances. electric rice cookers have fairly high power demands, and often they should not be shared with other high powered appliances, in case the circuit becomes overloaded. This can cause failure of the thermal fuse, which is easy to repair, but often annoying.

By: phil

phil — Sun, 10 Jul 2011 13:16:24 +0000

Where can I buy such a Cuckoo rice cooker in Europe?
I rarely find some, if any then older or larger models.
But I want to buy a 3/5.5/6 cup model.

There are a lot of Japanese rice cookers out there, but I heard that Cuckoo is just great and their pricing actually looked reasonable compared to Japanese ones! Or would LiHom (sure more expensive?) be an alternative?
Didn’t see those anywhere either.

Thanks in advance!

By: rv65

rv65 — Fri, 08 Jul 2011 09:37:43 +0000

That model is a commercial model, which is used for restaurants and other commercial kitchens like Churches.

Zojirushi rice cookers from YumAsia.co.uk are a good enough.

Cuckoo has finally started selling rice cookers, but they are multi cookers, which aren’t really meant for rice. There is a rice mode, but it has non rice related menus. I guess these cookers are catching on in Europe.

By: Maangchi

Maangchi — Wed, 15 Jun 2011 13:57:28 +0000

Jamie, thanks a lot for your time and effort to share your experience about your rice cooker. It will be a big help for those who are interested in getting a rice cooker in Aus/NZ.

” I bought mine from a US store and it wouldn’t work here in New Zealand so I ended up having to get a very expensive step down transformer which sits under my bench so the rice cooker will work. ” I shouldn’t laugh but a little funny when I imagine your rice cooker sitting under the bench. : )

By: JamieF

JamieF — Tue, 14 Jun 2011 19:38:54 +0000

Oh – btw, here is an Australian shop online that you can buy a Cuckoo from that will work in Australia: http://www.gourmetandkitchen.com.au/ricecookers.html

It costs $438 excluding GST.