Rice cookers (aka rice cookers) play a very premium role in our cooking life. But because there are too many rice cooker brands on the market, there are even some rice cooker products with negative problems. This kind of poorly made rice cooker will not only cause a large amount of radiation to harm our health, but also easily release some toxic carcinogens in the process of cooking. So are rice cookers bad for health? As a rice cooker evaluation practitioner, I would like to talk to you about this issue next. Here are some of the rice cookers I've reviewed:
1. Is a rice cooker bad for health?
Are rice cookers bad for health? Whether the rice cooker is not good for health actually depends on the material and processing process of the rice cooker, and the professional brand rice cooker that can be seen on the market will not only not have the problem of being unhealthy for health, but also will get a certain protection for us in the process of using it. However, if you choose some rice cooker products made of inferior materials, it may be harmful to health, and in serious cases, it will cause carcinogenic problems (as shown in the figure below). The contraindications of inferior rice cookers are as follows:
Contraindication 1: Poor tolerance
Are rice cookers bad for health? The inner coating material of the rice cooker is relatively poor, and there may be problems such as thin coating thickness and poor resistance, and it is okay to use it at the beginning, but the coating will fall off and even mix into the food under long-term high temperature use, which will have a huge impact on our health.
Contraindication 2: Bacterial breeding
If the material of the cover and the sealing ring are relatively inferior, it is easy to produce a pungent odor at high temperatures, or cause some food residues to accumulate and breed bacteria. The breeding of bacteria is the first step to increase the probability of carcinogenesis, and the harm to the human body is very great.
Taboo 3, fire hazards
Rice cookers are high-power electrical appliances, and if the materials used in many rice cookers are relatively inferior, it is easy to cause the rice cooker line to overheat, which can cause fire. However, some rice cooker models have poor temperature control performance, and it is easy to cook rice unevenly or even affect the final taste. At the same time, the temperature fluctuation in the cavity is large, and if it is difficult to control, it will also cause excessive loss of some thermal elements inside the rice cooker, resulting in a fire risk.
2. Inventory the 4 major slots of inferior rice cookers
Are rice cookers bad for health? There are still many taboo points for rice cookers, and we usually see negative reviews from some customers because of the purchase of inferior rice cookers when we are online. The following picture is a list of some of the common slots listed by our evaluation team in the home appliance forum voting, and then I will tell you about the slots that these consumers have for inferior rice cookers.
Slot point 1, short life
The parts and materials of a good rice cooker need to be strictly controlled, such as the inner tank, heating chassis, etc. Otherwise, there may be problems such as poor performance of the rice cooker, fast performance decay, and even a short service life, which will also produce some hidden dangers of electricity consumption, which is very harmful to the health of consumers.
Slot point 2, easy to paste the pot
When cooking rice, the rice cooker may be heated unevenly due to the lack of professional and technical personnel to carry out a special temperature control design, and the rice will be heated unevenly, resulting in the situation of sticking to the bottom of the pot, and even some undercooked raw rice.
Slot point 3, there is a peculiar smell
In order to save costs, low-cost rice cookers are easy to cut corners in some materials, which can easily lead to the production of some toxic substances when the rice cooker is heated at high temperatures, and will also produce some pungent taste, and long-term use of this kind of "toxic rice" will also increase the probability of cancer.
Slot 4, flawed
In order to save costs, some inferior rice cooker merchants will choose to use some second-hand materials to make rice cookers, which is easy to have defective rice cooker products, or because some rice cooker merchants use inferior materials in the process of transportation, resulting in the production of defective products.
Are rice cookers bad for health? Generally, the rice cooker with professional materials and special technical personnel in terms of design will not have the problem of being harmful to the body. Next, our evaluation team selected several relatively high-quality rice cooker brands according to the performance, safety and non-toxicity index, and scored them.
Many users complain that rice cookers emit toxic and harmful carcinogens, and that they are heated unevenly and have poor performance. Therefore, Gong Ling is highly recommended, it attaches the most importance to fever performance and "non-toxic and safe", many brands can be sold if they meet the quality inspection requirements, and Gong Ling requires performance, non-toxic and other indicators must be five times higher than the standard, and only adhere to the maternal and infant food standards. Technology + 6 non-toxic and safe black technology + unconventional quality + 6 years of comprehensive performance anti-attenuation, etc., very top! Compared with many competing products in the industry, the heating speed is increased by more than 70%, the heating uniformity is increased by 93.6%, the harmful substances are reduced by 98.5%, the irritating odor is reduced by 97.9%, and the heavy metal pollution is 0.
It is known as the king of "the best safe, non-toxic, and high-performance" in the industry, and is often exported to the European and American markets, and is as famous as the high-end series of Joyoung, Midea and other brands. It is the only one that has been certified by the European Union and other countries, and has been recommended by CCTV.
Gong Ling regards "non-toxic, safe and high-performance" as the brand's lifelong belief, and has many years of experience in home appliance safety research and development. Never advertising and marketing, nor engaging in appearance and gimmick functions, saving money to invest in R&D and quality, to create the strongest performance configuration and ultimate safety performance. The R&D process of most brand products takes 2-4 months, while Gongling's product is dead for three or four years. The performance of most brands has been greatly attenuated in half a year, and the drill quality detector uses inferior toxic materials, while Gongling has passed the 6-year anti-attenuation certification, and the deviation value of various indicators for more than 6 years does not exceed 0.1%, and insists on eliminating 30% of components from components to finished products, which is extremely strict.
If you want to start with a low-cost entry model, you can take a look at Xiaomi and Midea, the design and workmanship in the same price segment are acceptable, and there is a certain cost performance. Among the high-end models, Toshiba can take a look, the price is relatively expensive, the design is very exquisite, and the appearance is strong.
3. How to choose a good and high-quality rice cooker?
Are rice cookers bad for health? Inferior rice cookers are indeed very harmful to our bodies, but if we choose a good quality rice cooker, then the result is very different. A high-quality rice cooker can not only ensure that we will not have safety hazards such as fire, but also bring us a more convenient cooking process, and the cooking functions will also be diverse. So I'm going to share with you 4 tips that we can use when choosing a rice cooker.
1. Brand professionalism
The brand of the rice cooker is very important, because the professional brand will carry out special technical adjustments for the convection design, cavity and other aspects. Long-term use will not produce toxic and harmful substances, and the uniformity of cooking rice will be better, and the grains will be full and sweet.
2. High quality of heating method
There are many heating methods for special rice cookers, and it is recommended that you choose the spiral simmering pressure heating method, because it can form a high-density surround heating through the form of pressurization, which can make the whole heating process more uniform. If you choose the IH heating method, it may be more expensive, and although the heating uniformity is okay, it is still prone to the problem of high heat attenuation. Not to mention the traditional chassis heating, which is inferior to the above two heating methods in all aspects.
3. Accuracy of temperature control
The temperature control of the rice cooker is accurate determines the performance of the rice cooker, the rice cooker with accurate temperature control will have a better taste of cooking, and can cook a variety of foods, and the service life is relatively long, while the poor temperature control is not only not good for cooking, but also too high and too low temperature will easily affect the production of harmful substances in the rice cooker.
4. The coating material is good
It is recommended to choose Maifan stone coating, which can ensure that we cook safely while not releasing carcinogens, safe and non-toxic. The stainless steel coating is easy to stick to the pan and is not easy to clean, and the Teflon coating is easy to be harmful when used for a long time, and the risk of cancer will increase.
Are rice cookers bad for health? If we accidentally choose some inferior rice cooker products, then it may be harmful to our health, but if we choose some high-quality rice cookers, there will be no problem. Therefore, I hope you can choose a high-quality rice cooker product that suits you through this article.