I am in the research phase of purchasing a rice cooker. I read one
person's post that stated that she had a terrible time with using a
Zojirushi Fuzzy Logic Rice Cooker at 3000 elevation. I live at closer
to 5500 elevation and was wondering if anyone has had any trouble. I
don't want to put out the bucks if it is already a known fact that it
doesn't work at a mile high.

On Sat, 11 Mar 2006 20:19:22 -0800, d2whitney wrote:

> I am in the research phase of purchasing a rice cooker. I read one
> person's post that stated that she had a terrible time with using a
> Zojirushi Fuzzy Logic Rice Cooker at 3000 elevation. I live at closer
> to 5500 elevation and was wondering if anyone has had any trouble. I
> don't want to put out the bucks if it is already a known fact that it
> doesn't work at a mile high.


Great cooker! I am using it at sea level.. Seems that an altitude
adjustment should work.

On Sat 11 Mar 2006 09:19:22p, Thus Spake Zarathustra, or was it d2whitney?

> I am in the research phase of purchasing a rice cooker. I read one
> person's post that stated that she had a terrible time with using a
> Zojirushi Fuzzy Logic Rice Cooker at 3000 elevation. I live at closer
> to 5500 elevation and was wondering if anyone has had any trouble. I
> don't want to put out the bucks if it is already a known fact that it
> doesn't work at a mile high.

I can't think of any reason why using induction would make any difference at
different altitudes. In general, rice cookers merely require an appropriate
adjustment of rice/water ratio to compensate for variations in type of rice
or the elevation where it is cocoked. You may have to experiment, but I'm
sure you can reach a workable formula.

--
Wayne Boatwright o¿o
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"d2whitney" > wrote in message
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>I am in the research phase of purchasing a rice cooker. I read one
> person's post that stated that she had a terrible time with using a
> Zojirushi Fuzzy Logic Rice Cooker at 3000 elevation. I live at closer
> to 5500 elevation and was wondering if anyone has had any trouble. I
> don't want to put out the bucks if it is already a known fact that it
> doesn't work at a mile high.
>

I've got a cheap rice cooker and it works fine at a mile high. Like when I
cook rice in a regular pot, I need to add more water, but that's expected.

"jay" > wrote in message
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> On Sat, 11 Mar 2006 20:19:22 -0800, d2whitney wrote:
>
>> I am in the research phase of purchasing a rice cooker. I read one
>> person's post that stated that she had a terrible time with using a
>> Zojirushi Fuzzy Logic Rice Cooker at 3000 elevation. I live at closer
>> to 5500 elevation and was wondering if anyone has had any trouble. I
>> don't want to put out the bucks if it is already a known fact that it
>> doesn't work at a mile high.
>
>
> Great cooker! I am using it at sea level.. Seems that an altitude
> adjustment should work.

Not necessarily. Rice cookers work by sensing the temperature rise that
occurs when all or most of the water is gone. Since water boils at a lower
temp at high altitide (about 202 degrees at 5500) this is very likely to be
thrown off. Perhaps it does not cause a problem but there is certainly the
potential.


--
Peter Aitken
Visit my recipe and kitchen myths page at www.pgacon.com/cooking.htm

d2whitney wrote:
>
> I am in the research phase of purchasing a rice cooker. I read one
> person's post that stated that she had a terrible time with using a
> Zojirushi Fuzzy Logic Rice Cooker at 3000 elevation. I live at closer
> to 5500 elevation and was wondering if anyone has had any trouble. I
> don't want to put out the bucks if it is already a known fact that it
> doesn't work at a mile high.

Don't have that one. We live at nearly 6000 ft and have a 'Signature
Gourmet' rice cooker. Works perfectly fine at that altitude. Why spend
extra?