Help need rice cooker help for rso

I am pissed. Tried several different rice cookers. They either leak or I cannot keep the lid open or it will turn off. I just got a brand f**cking new Hamilton Beach rice cooker with several settings and I have been screwing around with it for over 2 hours and I cannot get it to boil. No matter what setting. I have it closed it still won't boil. I take out liquid so it only has a few cups , NO BOIL HELPPPPP I don't have time for this. What am I doing wrong. EXACT instructions please. I thought I was supposed to have the lid open. I have tried the white rice, quick rice and brown rice settings. NO LUCK. Can you tell I'm PISSED.

I have never done it.. but this has video of it being done.. and seems to be descriptive..

Rice pots are used to create steam and cook the rice... im guessing it might take quite a while to build up temp to boil

Thanks for that. I have seen that. I have tried every setting on the cooker that I have used. The only thing I can see is that he has a lot more liquid in his. I put a fair amount in mine to begin with but kept taking some out when it wouldn't boil. I have not been able to get mine to boil on any setting for any time. I tried for over 2 hours. Certainly enough time for the thing to get hot enough. His continues to boil with very little liquid in the pot. And I had a different rice cooker that just had a high or low and it would automatically shut off when the lid was open. I don't know if it is the way these new rice cookers are made that have sensors in them or I am just a big moron with a lot of education. LOL

Any other suggestions or a model that you use that is available in the stores presently that WORKS.

im not familiar w/ the process here but i cant explain why he would use a rice cooker.

you want something more like a crock pot but i dont know if a crock pot will bring anything to a boil even on high. i dont have one to test.

a rice cooker is made on the principal that when all the liquid is gone it stops cooking. you either need to trick the little weight switch in the bottom to stay on full time (usually the lid, but not applicable here) or try something else. i've been through about a dozen rice cookers in the past decade in a restaurant kitchen and they all have the stop-cook by weight deal. once the water's gone, they switch to warm.

maybe overkill but something like an induction burner would give you more fine control over temperature and provide flameless source of heat that can be used outside on a patio or something.

http://www.amazon.com/Burton-6200-1800-Watt-Induction-Cooktop/dp/B0037Z7HQK

http://www.target.com/p/aroma-digital-induction-cooktop-single-burner/-/A-14024411

Crock pot on warm or low

mountaingirl2 said:

I am pissed. Tried several different rice cookers. They either leak or I cannot keep the lid open or it will turn off. I just got a brand f**cking new Hamilton Beach rice cooker with several settings and I have been screwing around with it for over 2 hours and I cannot get it to boil. No matter what setting. I have it closed it still won't boil. I take out liquid so it only has a few cups , NO BOIL HELPPPPP I don't have time for this. What am I doing wrong. EXACT instructions please. I thought I was supposed to have the lid open. I have tried the white rice, quick rice and brown rice settings. NO LUCK. Can you tell I'm PISSED.

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This post made me laugh so hard... thanks.

makasupa. Thanks for that. I have used a a basic electric grill but the temp only gets to 400 and it is VERY SLOW. I can only put in about a 2 cups of material at a time. Especially in the winter when the garage is cold. It takes hours and hours to cook off and I hate being around the fumes that long. When I see Rick Simpsons rice cooker, that think is cranking even with a large amount of mterial. I just do not get it. If this induction grill got really hot that would be a good idea but it doesn't say how high the temp goes on the specs. Worth checking out.

I have a crock pot for butter. Maybe next time I will try it on high. It does produce enough heat to boil water with butter in it. That is worth a shot also.

Any other thoughts from people making the oil????

Thanks all.

mountaingirl, if youre looking at one of those induction burners thats pushing 1500 watts it will definitely get hotter than you need to boil off some solvent.

something thats glass and completely non-reactive on an induction burner like those i mentioned would be a pretty great setup.

but, i dont know if stuff like this is even still in production, my quick google only reveals vintage stuff - http://www.amazon.com/Corning-Visions-Visionware-Amber-Glass/dp/B0053ZO2H4

Get yourself a griddle, and a bowl. Bring the water to boil in the bowl and set the oil on top. The boiling water is enough to evaporate the alchohal.

Turn off the heat first. Trust me, boiling water is enough to cause a flame.

Either that or get a water or essential oil distiller. Safer and you can recover most of the solvent.