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[snarp]

Assuming I'm in the US, does anyone know what I want to get if I want a non-fuzzy-logic rice cooker with a warmer that will keep a very small amount of rice - as in, less than two cups dry - warm for six hours without either drying it out or getting it soggy?

(When I was in Japan, I had a Neove NM-R06 that would do this moderately well. I bought the best-reviewed similar-looking-thing on Amazon - an Aroma ARC-838TC - but the rice is both burned and soggy after about two hours on warm.)

Alternately, I'd be really interested if anyone had any recommendations or righteous indignation regarding sub-$100 fuzzy logic cookers. I was looking at this one and this one.

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[rilina]

Unfortunately, I don't have any firsthand knowledge of the categories you mention, but I do love the one I do own. I plan to keep it for the next, oh, twenty years, so I figured spending a little more money would be worth it. I usually only cook 2 Zojirushi cups (as in the small cup that comes with the cooker, not an actual measuring cup) dry in it, and it has no issue fine with the small quantity.

[snarp]

I would like a Zojirushi - a dorm I stayed in once had a communal one, and it was awesome - but I have so far been unable to convince myself to spend that much on a kitchen appliance. Possibly I should go ahead and do it, given that over the past five years I've spent at least $100 on cheap crappy rice cookers that broke quickly.

[smillaraaq.livejournal.com]

That was pretty much the rationale behind my getting the Sanyo -- I'd already destroyed a couple of cheapies that didn't last more than a few years each, and didn't see the point continuing to throw good money after bad, especially not when I knew perfectly well from growing up in Hawai'i that a decent rice cooker should be able to live through decades of daily use. If you're going to invest in a seriously expensive kitchen appliance that you expect to use regularly for years and years, Zojirushi is definitely worth the money, and their lower-end models are only slightly more expensive than stuff from other decent brands like Sanyo.