Rice Cooker Manufacturers and Resources
Rice cookers can be simple, basic machines. Or they can employ high-tech features such as "fuzzy logic," meaning they can be programmed for different types of rice and other foods, can sense amounts of rice and water, and will fine tune the cooking process accordingly. Whether you choose a high-tech or low-tech version, here are some of the major product brands available.
Black & Decker's rice-cooker models come in a wide range of sizes.
Cuisinart's brushed-stainless cubes look great on the counter.
This Japanese company is a leader in fuzzy-logic technology.
Krups' rice cooker doubles as a steamer and a 9-hour slow cooker.
Nordic Ware offers a microwaveable rice cooking pot.
Oster offers a handful of rice-cooker models of varying sizes and features.
Panasonic offers both regular and fuzzy-logic rice cookers.
Rival's rice cookers range in size from 6 to 20 cups, and some models are available in a trendy red finish.
Sanyo has an excellent assortment of fuzzy logic rice cookers, as well as a nice array of basic rice cookers.
A leader in the rice cooker category, Zojirushi has more than a dozen models to choose from.
