Product Description

Pressure rice cooker from Cuckoo. Uses "Ga Ma Soht"-like inner chamber which increases the heat intake while cooking and keeps the rice "new" while keeping warm. The "Ga Ma Soht"-like inner chamber is also very very strong so there is very little, again, very very little chance of breaking. Happy cooking!

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Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #109686 in Consumer Electronics
• Brand: Cuckoo
• Model: CRP-HN1059F
• Dimensions: 23.00 pounds

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Customer Reviews

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12 of 12 people found the following review helpful.
Excellent initial impression
By Mountain Voyageur
My initial impressions are so positive I thought I should post them.

The out-of-box experience was excellent -- it was well packed, looks very attractive, and seems as if it is solid and good quality (as much as I can tell after only one day). So far, I am happy with my choice, and would recommend it.

Language -- the cooker is bilingual -- English and Korean. The buttons have bilingual labels. The manual is bilingual, with English and Korean in separate sections.

So far I have made plain brown basmati rice, GABA brown basmati rice, pinto beans, quinoa & oatmeal, and quinoa & brown rice pudding. Yes, it has been a busy day, hasn't it? (I have lots of leftovers in the refrigerator now.) That is enough cooking, though, to give me confidence that it works very well and is extremely easy to use.

The main reasons I got it instead of a Zojirushi cooker are:

1) The general Internet comments that Cuckoo is better quality
2) Its non-stick coating promises to be much more durable (problems with the Zojirushi non-stick coating crop up in several reviews)
3) The germination time for GABA rice is settable (0, 2, 4, or 6 hours), while the Zojirushi cookers are fixed at 2 hours.

A note on the pot -- it works fine, however I have nothing to compare it to so I cannot say whether it is better or worse than the alternatives. I was surprised at how light the pot actually is, considering that it is cast iron and the cooker weighs appreciably more than its otherwise-identical sister unit without the iron pot. I had been expecting something more like an old cast-iron Dutch oven, but it is much lighter. The important part is that, whatever weight it is, it works just fine.

The pot's non-stick coating seems outstanding -- so far nothing sticks to it and water just beads up on its surface. I do notice the water-level markings are on its surface, so I hope they wear well -- probably will, since there is no reason I have yet found to use anything harsher than a soft sponge to clean it. Just a quick wipe-and-rinse and the pot is clean.

One thing to think about before buying any pressure rice cooker -- it has its advantages, but for cooking non-rice things there are a couple of drawbacks:

1) You cannot open the pot mid-cycle to inspect, test, or add more ingredients, as some rice cooker recipe books want you to do.

2) Because you cannot operate it with the lid up, you cannot use it to do the initial sauteing for a pilaf.

All of that is no issue for just cooking rice (other than pilafs) -- it only becomes an issue when you use it as a much more general rice / grains / beans / other legumes cooker.

The commonly cited cookbook "The Ultimate Rice Cooker Cookbook" was not written with pressure rice cookers in mind, so if you use it you will have to be prepared to alter their recipes a bit (co oking time, and as indicated above). Go ahead and buy the book, but be aware you'll have to use it thoughtfully.

FWIW: look around on price. The going price seems to be more like $410, with free shipping.

The closest thing to a negative that I have found is the manual -- I considered docking a star for that, but decided the cooker is 5-star and you can work past the manual issues. The manual is in English and Korean (separate sections). Some of the English is a little ... interesting. The manual does include some recipes, in English. One problem with some of them is that they refer to some cooking modes that do not exist on this model. Still, they are useful examples.

EDIT: one other negative I have found is that the pot makes black marks on my tile counter and on my sink. The marks do not just wipe off -- they need to be scrubbed. I now put the pot on a towel. Might be something to think about -- I believe that the HN-1054F differs only by having a different pot.

Oh ... it would also be nice if the cooker's voice would speak English, not just Korean. At least you can adjust the volume, or turn it off, if the voice bothers you.

Bottom line is that, based on my admittedly limited experience, I am quite happy with my purchase and expect it will make it easier to include GABA brown rice and other healthy whole grains in my diet.

EDIT (7/15/12): I've had it 4 months now and stand by my review -- I've never had another rice cooker, so I have nothing to compare this one to. That said, this one has become one of my main cooking devices -- rice, rice pudding, beans, grains (wheat berry hot cereal is delicious), steamed vegetables, steamed fish, .... A top quality device and very versatile. Its non-stick coating remains outstanding -- probably the best one in my kitchen. One other point -- when deciding to buy this one I considered its little sibling, since I am cooking for one. I noticed that with one exception the minimum amount to cook was the same. In hindsight I am VERY glad I got this one (the larger one) -- I find I often use its full capacity when making up a pot of something such as bean soup or split pea soup.