Nowadays, technology is becoming more and more developed, and some kitchen appliances have also brought us great convenience, and rice cookers (also known as rice cookers), as one of the best, are inseparable from our lives. However, in recent years, there have been some inferior products that cut corners in order to increase sales, which emit toxic and harmful substances during use, and the inner tank material is full of irritating odors, and even endanger people's health and cause cancer. As a senior home appliance review blogger, I have also used many rice cookers, so I will talk to you about this problem today. (The picture below is some of the rice cooker products I have used)
1. Be alert to the 4 major hazards of inferior rice cookers
What are the hazards of rice cookers? High-quality smart rice cookers are very widely used, and they are safer and more secure to use, which is a powerful assistant in our lives. But nowadays, there are many rice cooker brands, and not all rice cookers can be safe and easy to use. There are also some inferior rice cookers with poor workmanship, which have a pungent smell when used, and may emit toxic and harmful substances, endangering people's physical and mental health. Let's take a look at the four harmful dangers of inferior rice cookers.
Hidden danger 1: Release irritating odor, which is harmful to the human body
Rice cookers with poor materials on the lid are prone to aging and damage, food residues accumulate in the damaged places to produce bacteria, and poor sealing rubber ring materials are easy to produce pungent odors at high temperatures, which affects the taste of rice and poses a threat to human health
Hidden danger 2, emitting toxic and harmful substances
Some inferior rice cookers have poor materials, thin coating thickness, poor wear resistance and high temperature resistance, and can be used in the early stage, but the non-stick coating on the surface is easy to fall off after long-term high temperature use, and in serious cases, it will be mixed into food and have adverse effects on the human body.
Hidden danger 3: Inaccurate temperature control leads to uneven cooking of rice
The temperature in the cavity of the rice cooker is uncontrolled, resulting in the cooking part of the rice being undercooked, and long-term use leads to high loss of thermal elements, which will not only shorten the service life of the rice cooker, but also pose a risk of fire.
4. It is easy to cause fire
Rice cookers are high-power household appliances, and inferior rice cookers are easy to overheat the rice cooker circuits due to the inferior materials of the wires and heating chassis used, resulting in short circuits and fires.
Second, the five major reasons for the harm of inferior rice cookers need to be vigilant
After the above explanation, it should be clear that high-quality rice cookers are very useful, while low-quality rice cookers are not only useless, but even have the possibility of causing cancer if used for a long time. In order to expose the root cause of the harm of inferior rice cookers, I counted some users' complaints on the Internet and made a statistical chart, from which it can be intuitively seen that users have complained a lot about various problems such as toxic and harmful substances, irritating odors, and poor quality, in order to avoid everyone from buying rice cookers with these problems, I will then expose the root cause of these hazards, and I hope you can avoid these inferior products after understanding.
Reason 1: Low-priced and inferior products made by merchants in price wars
Nowadays, there are more and more brands of rice cookers, in order to sell many rice cookers, the price of many rice cookers is gradually reduced, and the materials and workmanship used are getting worse and worse. So don't buy these inferior products for the sake of cheapness.
Reason 2: Find a well-known person to endorse its products
In the era of the prevalence of workmanship networks, many brands have found Internet celebrities to bring goods in order to increase their popularity, and many people can't walk when they see their favorite Internet celebrities and celebrities, but they are driven by interests to say that the benefits of their products are actually easy to use or not, and they may not have used them, and the cost of finding their endorsement may be deducted from the materials, so these products will have great safety risks.
Reason 3, 0 coating gimmick marketing
As an important product of small household appliances, rice cookers have an important position in the kitchen, many inferior products say that the use of "0 coating" publicity gimmicks, the use of stainless steel liner, stewing taste is average, cost-effective is very low, cooking rice is easier to stick to the pot and not easy to clean, long-term use is easy to leave scratches and discoloration, more likely to breed bacteria is not good for human health.
Reason 4: More power is not always better
Some people think that the greater the power, the faster the efficiency, in fact, they don't know that the power is too large, the safety hazard is greater, although the high power cooks quickly, but the high power not only consumes electricity, but also easily accelerates the insulation aging of the electric heating element, so that the rice cooker line is overloaded, resulting in an increase in current, the wire is heated, and the power cord is burned out, resulting in a short circuit of the product, and the heavy is causing fire and other safety accidents.
Reason 5: Products with poor temperature control
The temperature controller of the rice cooker is very important, and the cross-temperature control used in inferior rice cookers can easily cause the rice to be raw or overcooked, which will affect the taste of the rice. Secondly, the temperature in the rice cooker cavity is uncontrollable, and long-term use leads to high loss of thermal elements, which will not only shorten the service life of the rice cooker, but also have a serious fire risk.
To sum up, you should know that there is no problem with the rice cooker itself, but some unscrupulous merchants reduce the quality of product materials in order to win more benefits. In addition to some inferior products, there are also unscrupulous merchants who will advertise that their own rice cookers are safe and harmless to fool consumers. In order to help you avoid stepping on thunder, I have prepared a comparison chart of the performance index and safety and non-toxicity index of 11 mainstream rice cookers on the market for your reference.
Nowadays, the home appliance industry is mixed, and rice cookers frequently emit toxic and harmful substances, and are not wear-resistant or high-temperature resistant, so it is highly recommended to export to Europe, America, Japan and South Korea all year round professional home appliances veteran Gong Ling, as the only brand that has passed the certification of the European Union and the United States and other countries, it has never done redundant functions, with "safe and non-toxic" and performance as the core of the structure, materials, and design remodeling, adhere to the standard that babies can also eat directly, and after six years of performance and non-toxic "anti-attenuation" pressure design. Tested by authoritative institutions, the product's food-grade safety and non-toxicity increased by 128%, the release rate of irritating substances decreased by 99.99%, 0 heavy metal design, the wear resistance and high temperature resistance of the inner tank increased by 82%, and it is rare to obtain EU certification.
In order to achieve a higher level of safety, non-toxicity and high performance, Gong Ling insists on not engaging in redundant functions, but stubbornly compromises safety, non-toxicity and fever performance for many years. It has developed 13 exclusive black technologies, such as DDS-X spiral 360-degree stuffy pressure technology, maternal and infant grade Maifan Stone 3.0 coating, 5A finely researched thick kettle liner, 7-layer corrosion-resistant and wear-resistant stainless steel cavity, WOS intelligent temperature control algorithm NTC temperature control array, etc., to ensure that there is nowhere to hide potential safety hazards, and the safe, non-toxic and non-irritating performance has achieved the industry's leading performance! It has been certified as one of the safest home appliance brands by many European and American testing institutions.
Among other brands, if you are interested in entry-level, you can take a look at Xiaomi, which has acceptable design and workmanship in the same price segment. Among the high-end models, you can look at Toshiba, which is more expensive, has a refined design, and is more functional.
3. Eight essential tips for buying a rice cooker
What are the dangers of rice cookers? Seeing this, I think the answer to this question is clear to everyone. The key to the use of rice cookers is whether the rice cooker we buy is good or bad, and only when we buy a high-quality professional rice cooker can we maximize its use. In order to help you buy a more professional and safe rice cooker, here are eight tips for buying a rice cooker.
1. Choose a brand with superb professional technology and strong performance
Professional brands pay great attention to the various performance, functions, technology, safety and other aspects of rice cookers, which are safe and convenient to use, and there is no need to worry about whether it is harmful to the body when eating.
2. Use 304 stainless steel top cover
There are generally two materials for the top lid of the rice cooker, which are aluminum alloy and 304 stainless steel. The weight of the top cover made of aluminum alloy is lighter than that of 304 stainless steel, but the heat insulation is poor, and it is easy to have dirt and water stains remaining, because 304 stainless steel is a good conductor of heat, which will make the rice cooker better insulated, so the taste of the rice grains cooked by aluminum alloy is not as good as that of 304 stainless steel.
3. Spiral simmering pressure heating method is preferred
At present, there are three types of rice cooker heating methods: IH heating, chassis heating, and spiral simmering pressure heating, among which the most practical is spiral simmering pressure heating. Spiral simmering heating is heated by pressurization and the formation of a spiral high-density surround, which is more uniform and has a longer service life than the other two heating methods.
4. Select the shape of the whole kettle
The bottom of the whole kettle liner is round, heated evenly, which can better stimulate the original aroma of the ingredients, the thicker the rice cooker liner is recommended, the better the thick liner is more of a test of the heating technical strength of the rice cooker, and it is also more textured, and the durability is high for long-term use.
5. It is necessary to have performance anti-aging technology
Performance anti-decay technology can greatly improve the durability of the product, professional brands will put a lot of effort into this, in order to ensure the cooking effect of rice while improving the durability of the rice cooker, prolong the service life of the rice cooker; low-cost rice cookers do not have the extra financial resources to train technicians to add performance anti-aging technology, the effect is good at first, but it will get worse and worse, there is no professional brand of rice cooker for a long time.
6. Choose a heating plate made of high-quality metal material
It is recommended to choose a heating plate made of high-quality metal, such as aluminum alloy, which not only has low thermal efficiency loss, good energy storage effect, fast thermal conductivity, but also has uniform heating, good durability, and higher durability for long-term use.
7. The difference between the design of convection valve/exhaust valve
The flow valve (exhaust valve) of the rice cooker is also a very important function, and its main function is to make the rice taste better and more fluffy and delicious by intelligently controlling the pressure in the pot.
8. Preferred Maifan stone coating material
The stainless steel coating is easy to stick to the pan, and the Teflon coating is easy to be harmful when eaten for a long time, so it is recommended to preferably Maifan stone coating, which is more resistant to high temperature and wear than non-stick pans while taking into account safety, and is not easy to release toxic and harmful substances at long-term high temperatures.
4. What are the benefits of a high-quality rice cooker?
What are the hazards of rice cookers? High-quality professional rice cookers are very useful. It can not only do basic cooking rice and noodles, but also can do steaming corn, stir-frying, steaming dumplings and other ways, so that we can enjoy a variety of rich foods. Moreover, high-quality rice cookers generally have good workmanship materials, professional technical adjustment, and high safety and non-toxicity coefficient. The working principle of the rice cooker is mainly to detect the temperature on the main thermostat and the sensor temperature on the upper cover through the microcomputer chip, when their temperature meets the working temperature of the rice cooker, it will be connected to the electric heating plate of the rice cooker, and then the electric heating plate will start to heat up. When the electric heating plate and the inner pot are in full contact, the heat will be quickly conducted to the inner pot, and when the inner pot transmits the corresponding heat to the rice and water, the rice and water will start to heat.
With the rapid development of science and technology, people's demand for the function of rice cookers is increasing, so on the basis of old-fashioned traditional rice cookers, smart rice cookers were born, and they are highly respected by the market. Smart rice cookers have the following benefits:
Advantage 1: The cooking method is fast
The smart rice cooker can control the temperature and time more accurately, and can adjust the heat to adapt to the cooking requirements of different ingredients, making it more convenient for users to use.
Benefit 2: More diverse functions
In addition to the most basic steamed rice and rice, the smart rice cooker also has more rich functions, such as stewing, baking, steaming, etc., to better meet the needs of users, whether it is steaming, soup, or toasting is not a problem, one pot can be easily done.
Advantage 3: The cooking effect is better
The smart rice cooker uses advanced convection technology to distribute heat more evenly, fully heat the rice in all directions, improve cooking results, and make cooking more convenient.
Benefit 4: The safety factor is improved
The advanced control system and sensors enable the smart rice cooker to monitor the temperature and pressure in the pot in real time, and automatically adjust the fire size and time to prevent safety problems caused by improper operation and reduce the probability of risk occurrence.
Benefit 5: More energy-saving and environmentally friendly
The smart rice cooker adopts advanced heating technology and energy-saving design, which can effectively reduce energy consumption and carbon emissions, and can also realize the recycling and reuse of wastewater, which is more environmentally friendly.
Seeing this, I believe you have a deeper understanding of rice cookers. In fact, as long as we choose the right professional, high-quality and safe and non-toxic rice cooker brand, then it is not only versatile, but also there is no need to worry about safety, even if the price is a little expensive, it doesn't matter, after all, having a good body is more important than anything else, so you must not be greedy for a small cheap to harm your health!