How Rice Cookers Are Made | How It’s Made

Rice cookers use indirect heat to circulate steam around rice and water, from the outer pot to an inner pot.
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[@rclsm1021]

I don't know how this particular company makes money. Their rice cookers just won't break. A vintage model from the same company has been in use in my family since before I was born, and the bloody thing is still going strong even till today!!

[@Lyf4rMusic]

Haha... Same! We had one for almost 14-15 years and just the outer design coating had gone away, so my dad sold it and brought a new glossier one :D

[@darnit1944]

More people will buy this product because it is very good

[@nightvisiongoggles]

There are 4.4 billion Asians on the planet. Imagine that.

[@miumiu75]

It's a big company, they also make other electric appliances that break more easily than this rice cooker ☺️

[@MustachoDude]

It don’t last here in Asia 6 months that is it’s lifespan

[@UruruUchiha]

Me at 3 am: oh so that's how rice cookers are made

[@bkirk5843]

How it's made is excellent before bed

[@balachaur2073]

😆

[@user-mu8lw9nn6o]

if you didn’t watch How It’s Made growing up, you ain’t living right.

[@DanielPerez-og7cf]

It is literally 3:00 am for me

[@tjack3172]

@@DanielPerez-og7cf same

[@spongeturambar6505]

A Taiwanese here. This tatung company is a Taiwan brand. Those cookers are so well made that each of them can function for over 30 years(if used properly).

[@lee207ful]

Idk why you have so much pride about a rice cooker 😑

[@spongeturambar6505]

@@lee207ful wow curious about what you've been eating. salty as f

[@pauldanielserrano2329]

@@lee207ful lol wtf

[@pauldanielserrano2329]

@@controversialx1074 it isn't our fault that you have no culture, lol u could just ignore the comment if it's not ur thing

[@spongeturambar6505]

@@controversialx1074 I don’t see why you can’t understand that I’m just a normal person proud at products of my own country, and that first guy is literally acting like an asshole bitching at me

[@chiaojian6122]

Don’t know how I got here to watch this video clip. Honestly, this rice cooker surely can last forever and built tough and good quality. I know every bit detail about this rice cooker because I was the product manager of this kitchen appliance product lines at Tatung Company located in Long Beach California. Personally, I am still cooking my rice everyday with same Tatung rice cooker, same exact one you see in video, that my parents bought 55 years ago. It NEVER EVER failed once on me throughout past 55 years. It still attaches to its original electrical cord, connector, internal parts, and shinny body paint, only except few dings and dents that’s all!

[@jkgou1]

You are right This is a must wedding gift for daughters in Taiwan. A Taiwan iconic product.

[@chiaojian6122]

@@jkgou1 yeah! Or for steaming baby bottles, gift for people go abroad for studying graduate school, some even use for hot pot, many many functions

[@CYT_yoyosikou]

Wait, Tatung sell this in America?

[@chiaojian6122]

@@CYT_yoyosikou Yes! They were also HP and Compaq computer contract manufacturer as well decades ago in Long Beach Ca. They also sell lots of POS cashier machines, LCD touch panels, electric kettles, long ago they also sold lots of plasma TVs., compact refrigerators, etcs

[@andriealinsangao613]

More than 55 years, and it still functions?! Jesus Christ, that's some Nokia-level quality there!

[@jkcchuang]

Wow, this is the rice cooker pretty much in every household in Taiwan. The rice cooker manufacturing shown in the video is a mechanical and very versatile cooker not just for cooking rice. So surprise to see "How It's Made" corporate with Tatung for this episode.

[@nqh4393]

You mean cooperate?

[@Fuzy2K]

I had a Tatung computer monitor in the 90s

[@jimmyneutron9144]

@@Fuzy2K cool

[@chrisandrus2735]

I like the very 60s looking design and the high-quality construction☺️

[@JohnWells-lm5fq]

Works great if you pay attention to instructions. kzbin.infoUgkxviiltW7NlHbp_VL_bLbIkbLAvILVhnia For those that complain about "mushy" or "wet" rice I suspect they are using the included cup to measure rice (which is really only 3/4 cup) and then putting in water using a separate measuring cup that is a full cup. This results in too much water and you will get mushy or wet rice and think it is not done. Just use the included cup for both rice and water, or your own measuring cup for rice and water according to your package directions. It will come out fine. I've used mine for years for brown and white rice. If your machine is bubbling white froth out of the steam vent then it means you should have rinsed your brand of rice first to remove some of the starch. Sheesh. Makes me wonder how people can cook well enough to feed themselves.

[@kswsquared]

Us Asians, we've all been there, coming back after half an hour to find we forgot to press down the "Cook" tab on the rice cooker... 😎

[@rokano]

*When you accidentally open the rice cooker while it's still cooking*

[@Drakonus_]

@@rokano *When you forget to close the lid after taking some rice for dinner*

[@michaelmurray7199]

D’oh!

[@phs125]

As an indian, we use gas top rice cookers, and we forget to turn off the heat after 3 whistles and end up making a cooker shaped rice charcoal block...

[@nightvisiongoggles]

@@phs125 It's time you try the "regular" rice cooker that never burns rice

[@tianzining]

A Simple design,multi function cooker. Super durable, it’s like cast iron cookware of electronic rice cooker. It could be used for decades ....literally. Now it already becoming common memories and part of culture of Taiwanese.

[@Enviotonin85]

this is the first i heard of a rice cooker that you need to add water into the outer pot.

[@voxer99]

Yes, me too.

[@tianzining]

It’s actually a steam slow cooker. It used water as heat conductor , preventing inner pot directly contacting electric power high temperature heat pad. So your food will not experience any heat over 98~99 degree C. If you have experience on cooking canned soup (thick one, like chowder) over conventional stoves, you might experience burn in the button if u don’t stir it all the time while heating. This cooker doesn’t have to worry about it.

[@jamesryan6224]

The real ones like this use steam to cook. Much better.

[@HarpaxA]

@@tianzining Great explanation 👍

[@op3l]

Let me shed some light on this pot... it’s very famous in Taiwan for basically working forever. It’s not just a rice cooker as others have said. You can cook porridge or steam dumplings in this as well.

[@siristanboli]

This is the best rice cooker on the market. .. I have one at home. $120.00 Thank you.

[@mysock351C]

4:00 pretty cool to see them using the curie point of the ferrite cores to regulate the temperature.

[@Auoric]

What's a 'curie point'? I'm interested in knowing.

[@DynamicSaff]

@@Auoric In physics and materials science, the Curie temperature (TC), or Curie point, is the temperature above which certain materials lose their permanent magnetic properties.

[@AlexanderNash]

Simplicity is the ultimate sophisitcation.

[@Albert-hl1ct]

Rice cooker is really the best thing you can have in a kitchen by far, not only for rice, I make soups, stews... A lot of things

[@silverhawk7324]

Found a good Zojirushi Rice cooker with floral patterns on it for $3 at Goodwill, still use it to this day :D

[@NickyNightShine]

Zojirushi "Elephant Brand" is built like a tank, that was a steal for $3.

[@douglashoward346]

@@NickyNightShine I got ya beat. When I lived in Japan I got a Toshiba brand fuzzy logic cooker in the electric appliance store garbage pile. my cost was zero. Ive been using it back here in Canada for 20 years now. The non stick coating had bubbled off in places like someone had put it on top of the gas flame. I just removed the rest of the coating by putting it back onto a flame and a little elbow grease i had a plain aluminum pot and no worries of the teflon leaching into the rice :)

[@kingcalamity4350]

I hope you at least washed it first

[@nihonkokusai]

@@kingcalamity4350 Got a National rice cooker 1985 and still works. Made In Japan. 100V.

[@cuongandmari]

@@douglashoward346 yeah, but now you are worry about aluminum leaching into your food. Aluminum is linked to Alzheimer.

[@chun-yuchen7258]

Simple and elegant, ingenuity from the country of Taiwan.

[@WormholeGarden]

Everyone's Taiwanese grandmother has one of these, from decades ago, and will tell you how much better it is than the new ones are. And the new ones are still considered the best in the game. While not the biggest brand in Taiwan, I would argue that it is the strongest associated with quality.

[@drivesthecar3247]

Japanology has a very interesting and informative episode about rice cookers, their development and new innovations and uses.

[@danhammond8406]

That's also a very good show

[@LastBastion]

It's Taiwan tho

[@itskitty808]

I saw that episode! Peter Barakan was so impressed by what they can do. But this episode shown is apparently for a Taiwanese brand.

[@patricknjones1753]

Great, now I'm in the mood for rice!

[@JustOnlyOnePiece]

These looks way more robust than what we use when works differently. High quality stuff.

[@naveenraj2008eee]

Wow.. Nice to learn. Thanks for this amazing video...😀

[@user-cw5co2td7l]

Many Taiwanese house have the rice cooker. This product is really convenient to cook or heat.

[@arno6998]

Thanks. Now I'll make my own rice cooker

[@Jon-iv6gh]

This new version of rice cooker seems better than the old way. Direct hitting element can end up burning your rice or at least have a hard rice at the bottom. This way the rice don't burn. Kinda like cooking sous-vide style.

[@ccflee4455]

It's old version actually.

[@anandhakrishnans543]

Short and simple way to understand this video 👌👌👌💓

[@DaxterSnickers]

Thanks to this video i was able to repair my rice cooker. Many thanks. ^^

[@YC-xr6si]

ask any taiwanese students study abroad, 90% of them will have this exact pot, this is like our national identity

[@lyimoej7198]

Nice explanation,,,i love how you didn’t hide the logo & company’s name like the discovery tv channel

[@madeariartha2546]

In our country, rice has lots of name, when its planted, when harvested, when before milled, when before cooked, after cooked, But in english just rice for everythings

[@Lyf4rMusic]

Same in my language too :)

[@Marklee-lx7cd]

Which country?

[@LuciferMorningstar-ix3lb]

What

[@madeariartha2546]

@array s mantap gan, mudah2an tidak ada lagi yg mengkonsumsi aking

[@kitsuneakage22]

In Spanisj we call it Arroz for every of those stages

[@MrBob891014]

Cooks more than rice literally cooks everything

[@stanirelandbig]

I love my rice cooker , orange but green looks good as well

[@Techischannel]

And here we have a Production Assembly Augumented by Machines, not replaced.

[@TheBeastystar]

I needed to know this.

[@travisterence5147]

Thank you for this video😘❤️

[@n.nagendrababu9288]

Wowww..amazing. .Excellent. .👌

[@cockrising]

It was TOSHIBA ER-4 in Japan .

[@cockrising]

1955 design .

[@mike856ms]

I love my rice cooker. Works great.

[@Drakonus_]

Uncle Roger's probably addicted to watching this.

[@Sojourner7367]

you are funny nephew

[@copid2025]

Great product from Taiwan 🇹🇼🇹🇼🇹🇼

[@TalkToMeInTagalog]

Interesting 👍😊

[@johndoyle4723]

Very good and interesting. The term used of "Technician", is stretching the definition to breaking point. Thanks for the video.

[@graceshiflett6526]

Corporate wants a pat on the back

[@paldigabi6327]

After all these years, struggling to make the perfect rice in a rice maker. I’ve let down so many people including myself. Could not figure out what was the problem. But now my life turned around 360 degrees since i k ow that i have to walk away till it’s ready.

[@pixieloco]

more like: how FANCY rice cookers are made.

[@SuperStizi]

Go! 大同！

[@mu11668B]

lol tbh the main purpose of this stuff is to steam whatever you want. Japanese rice cookers are much better at cooking rice. Also the funny thing is the company is having a hard time since the product is so durable that customers won't even need to replace it at all.

[@akiteruapologist2820]

this was recommended to me while i was eating rice!!

[@hhk995]

Nice

[@jimrossabrena7955]

Uhhh... our two rice cookers have a small plate that we put the pot on top of so the rice cooks. This must be a different style of rice cooker that is more complex and requires more labor to produce

[@Julian-br9pe]

This cooker are not only use in cook rice, it can doing multiple dishes.

[@moosedraw3731]

This is a very specific thing that I don’t think anyone really cares about how it’s made but we dead ass decided to watch it... Ahahahahaha.

[@gp3wu6vm0]

大同電鍋lol Im so surprised, they keep so many manual steps to avoid robots replace human...lol

[@srikanthreddy774]

Understand a rice cooker by handling it in real time is very simple... Theoretical videos are quite complicated..

[@zeldaharkinian5597]

I don't like rice except spanish rice, yet curiosity took over 😅

[@textliter]

I'm pretty sure this company made my CRT monitors from my childhood.

[@kc_1018]

I LOVE RICE!

[@alanwatts8239]

I love pot.

[@IvanWinata]

Rice cooker is right way to cook rice. No need using any colander

[@atlasmoon5497]

That’s a cute lil rice cooker

[@edwardhuang1502]

This product was not designed to cook rice perfectly. That's the job of high-tech Japanese rice cookers. This product is loved for being simple and utility. It's just a simple pot with heater.

[@ingridtseng3864]

We use 大同電鍋 to cook A LOT of things

[@medic-iw6qx]

Why has my rabbit hole gone from honey, to laptops to rice cookers ? lol

[@graceshiflett6526]

They also make kick-ass pancakes

[@MusicFurler]

Add rice and water check. Press button check. Walk away until it's ready....how far do you have to walk? Or how far away can you walk in the time it takes for the rice to cook?

[@Pertamax7-HD]

Ok sir

[@emadsoltan2980]

Great , can you do sheet bending animation but only the sheet is showing in the video ?

[@jupiteru.s.8973]

I use an electric pressure cooker to cook rice. Press for 8 minutes, then wait 3 minutes to release the pressure, and the rice is done. The ordinary rice cooker has to cook 40 minutes. I can't wait.

[@louiejanedorian2825]

Nah around 20 mins for me

[@asmaali6333]

Now I want rice 🍚

[@pizzaovenpizza]

If you ever feel useless, don't forget that there are water lines in a rice cooker pot.

[@charlesandrecuadra8569]

Next: how is the rice cooker maker machine is made.

[@desmondfrancis6038]

Yes man

[@GypsyVictorious]

I ♥️ rice 😊

[@nanetteisontheinternet]

Keep your rice warm y’all

[@alejandravelascobarboza1167]

What is this comment section, an amazon revew? ...i wouldn't mind buying one now that i think about it

[@Rose_Butterfly98]

It looks so different from mine.

[@JabbuGuy]

take a shot every time he says Pot

[@wind-solar]

Because cooking rice on the stove is so fuckin challenging

[@aLLsTaR_617]

From a Asian person TIGER brand is the best rice cooker 👍🏽 your welcome 🙏🏽 😂😂

[@RaymondYung88]

When I was young, my mom always wanted a TIGER but end up with Panasonic because of the price...

[@tianzining]

Japanese computerized rice cooker gives you best results on cooking rice, but this cooker beats it by cost and multi functional. Actually we don’t really use it to cook rice anymore today, we use it to reheat foods. Steam reheat is the favorite way for most of Taiwanese style food (don’t try this on pizza...it’s not a good idea to eat a pizza which is soaking wet). Today, almost every Taiwanese families has two rice cooker. Japanese rice cooker and this one.

[@Pacifica1]

*👮‍♂️✋🏽👉🏽you're*

[@aie007]

@Monty Python the Flying Circus Once you know how to do it, cooking rice on gas stove is pretty easy.

[@HarpaxA]

Used to be, I think now Zojirushi overtook them in fact they have twice the revenue than Tiger

[@marginamasaru4990]

Masaru💞

[@jamesstuart5877]

There was a time when Tatung made other electronics such as televisions.

[@diontompkins2217]

100g Rice and 200g Water. Wash the rice and simmer for 10mins with lid. Switch off heat and leave for another 5. Alot more cheaper 👍

[@BibaswannBandyopadhyay]

No that's not how my rice cooker works. I don't know about other countries, but in India, we put rice and water together and the rice cooks and water dries inside the same pot

[@W123]

I have rice cooker this brand 😀

[@melodyll2651]

Taiwanese company🇹🇼🇹🇼🇹🇼

[@jamesryan6224]

Taiwan has always been a better manufacturer than crappy China. Taiwan was our principal importer until Bill Clinton cast them aside and sold us out to China. Now we are flooded with inferior junk from China.

[@darnit1944]

@@jamesryan6224 Electronics too. Gigabyte, Asus, BenQ, MSI, you name it. The Chinese aint got shit.

[@konohafrog]

K

[@SoloTravelerOffTheBeatenPath]

@@jamesryan6224 China sucks ass.

[@aaalbert]

Was it produced in Los Alamos

[@FerroequinologistofColorado]

I’m watching how rice cookers at made whilst disassembling one in Disassembly3D. What am I doing with my freaking life?

[@harryroger1739]

Zojirushi are the best.

[@lbaker3602001]

Everybody in the world has a job, who wants one.

[@tigardgirl2007]

Man i lllllllllllloooooooovvvvvvvvvveeeeeeeee this show a lot it is soo good on here man this show awesome big time put it suck i can't watch it on tv any more were i live in oregon it sucks big time

[@anasqai]

Inside is different size, it is suppose to be fitting like a smooth drop.

[@anasqai]

And can pull at sides.

[@worldofai-games1036]

The name 'rice cooker' sounds misleading. We have a Tatung pot at home and we use to steam many foods like steamed buns. BTW, we have a Zojirushi IH (Induction Heating) rice cooker on the side.

[@terryrack2534]

how many years of training to become one of these technicians? I'm thinking 10 minutes.

[@HolyKhaaaaan]

It probably takes a few months to get good and quick at it, though.

[@viky1354]

@@HolyKhaaaaan get the joke man

[@jennavargh7146]

This has gotta be Uncle Roger’s favorite weejio.

[@HongsiquanWingDing]

Imagine being the assembler? 10 hours a day of screwing in the three screws

[@Bonejone213]

“Technician” lol sweatshop workers

[@wooble73]

adrianm413 aren’t all factory workers sweatshops?

[@Bonejone213]

Nick W my point?

[@ciobanflorin9832]

i didn't know these things existed, lol.

[@wadehart6937]

I didn’t know that they are two layers like that, I thought it just boiled the rice only

[@Kno_Buddy]

The first step could be so much cheaper and quicker to make if they did it in a press as well.

[@notsus6956]

These comments lead me to believe I should purchase this brand

[@289pinto]

Looks like a Chinese version and different method than the Japanese style Zojirushi and Tiger

[@drivesthecar3247]

This is how Japanese rice cookers were in the 60s and 70s.

[@David_T]

I've had both Aroma and Zojirushi rice cookers and I've never seen one that sits in a water bath. Japanese style cookers you just put the rice and water into the main pot, no water outside of the main pot.

[@289pinto]

@@drivesthecar3247 makes sense I didn't know that I am on the other half of the world ha

[@drivesthecar3247]

@@289pinto me too. I was an exchange student 36 years ago. Watch the Japanology episode about rice cookers! They really make stories of everyday objects interesting!

[@289pinto]

@@drivesthecar3247 thank you

[@jerekaila8792]

This is type of video you just watch to fall to sleep

[@renofumi28]

Fuсk you, why this is so accurate 😂

[@laurentiupetrache3158]

Hi