Old-fashioned rice cookers are extremely clever

"So now its a permanent not magnet" Oh come on, you totally missed the opportunity to call it a Magnot

My wife saw me click on this video and said, "Is that the toaster guy?"

I'm not going to lie I took this video as a good review for this specific rice cooker and said "eh, it's probably good enough" and bought my first rice cooker. dear God how have I lived so long without a rice cooker.

Basic rice cookers are not only cheaper but usually last way longer than the fancy ones. I had a classmate in uni who moved into her own apartment and one of the appliances she bought was a multifunction rice cooker, which broke in less than a year even though she used it 1-2 times a week at most. Meanwhile, my dad's rice cooker from my childhood home was older than me by several years, used every day, and lasted way into my teens until a typhoon came and it got washed away in a flood 😂

"i dont eat rice as a staple" owns at least 2 rice cookers.

"Simplicity is the highest form of sophistication." And thus, the basic rice cooker won.

It was Pierre Curie, husband of Marie Curie, that discovered the phenomena that bears his name. The Curie temperature varies considerably for different metal alloys, there are even some that have Curie temperatures well below freezing. There are magneto-optical data storage drives that rely on the Curie temperature to record and erase data.

I have that exact same Aroma rice cooker and I've always wondered how it works. This is genuinely fascinating

To those wondering; it uses about 40 watts when in the warm mode, according to my Kill-a-watt

Because of this video, I now understand why my basic rice cooker regularly burns the bottom layer of rice for me. I live at altitude, and water boils around 200 degrees Fahrenheit for me. I'm guessing my rice cooker keeps the heating element on until it exceeds 212 degrees Fahrenheit, and that continued heating after all the water has been absorbed is probably what causes the rice to burn!

The best part about these rice cookers is that they are physically automated as apposed to mechanically automated. This kind of automation is personally my favorite due to the lack of moving parts and the reliance on something as constant as physics. Absolutely beautiful.

Who else came here from the Dankpods video about the rice cooker with "AI"? I mean, I watched this video a long time ago, but had to watch it again after the shoutout! lol

“And you have to remove the gasket and clean it regularly.” H-haha yeah I totally knew that was a thing [nervous sweating]

I've used these rice cookers for years and never really questioned how they actually worked. I just assumed it was some sort of bimetallic switch. This was eye opening, thank you!

3:18 Al dente rice is a thing, but not cooking the rice long enough makes your al dente rice swim in water. So the main way to achieve that is to put in slightly less water and rely on the same mechanism to time the cooking. Also, a couple of small tidbits: When Toshiba first invented these, they used a bimetal strip instead of a magnet. While the double-boiler version (with either bimetal or magnet) is slightly less convenient when cooking rice, it can also be used to heat up other things as long as you put the right amount of water in the outer layer—quite useful before microwave ovens were common.

I bought my glass lid rice cooker for $12 in Australia back in 2005, still working perfectly like new. We eat rice almost daily. Incredible and simply amazing !

“I prefer it to my fancier one.” The Asian delegation welcomes you as honorary Asian.

Toaster: suicidal electromagnet Rice cooker: water magnet Light switch: fidget clicker

Surprised to not see that anyone from DankPods said that they were sent here... Maybe I'm the first one here? 🤔

Funnily enough i've always wanted a rice cooker, a week after seeing your video I stumbled across an identical 'old style' one brand new in the box in a discount shop for £3.50! Trying it out now and it seems to be perfect, love the old fashioned technology and design!