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Most people look forward to getting a rice cooker because it means effortless, fluffy, perfectly cooked rice. But, it mightn’t work out how you expect. If you find your rice cooker burns rice, i.e. it is burning a layer of rice at the bottom of the pot, here are some reasons and a list of what you can try.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n

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My rice cooker burns the bottom of my rice. What do I do?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

If your rice cooker burns rice on the bottom, first make sure you\u2019re using the rice cooker according to instructions. If that doesn’t fix it, then try shutting off the power when the rice cooker switches to ‘warm’. Or, read on for other causes and ways to fix them…<\/p>\n\n\n\n

If all else fails, you might have to get yourself a better quality brand (there’s also Instant Pots that can do rice<\/a>, but make sure to note my tips on using these<\/a>) or skip the rice cooker and make rice on your stovetop<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n

One thing not to do<\/strong> is to use a sharp knife<\/a> to try and scrape any rice stuck to the bottom of a rice cooker pot. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Recommended Content<\/strong>…<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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How to Clean a Pot with Burnt on Food<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Most inserts are a nonstick type and you will ruin its performance and possibly expose an aluminum base, which has issues, as I wrote in my article about the different cookware materials<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

You are best scooping out what you can with a non-metal utensil and then soaking the rest for a couple of hours and it should easily come away. You’ll get more care tips like this in my guide on how to use, care, and store nonstick pans<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the following, I cover ways to prevent your rice cooker from burning the bottom layer of rice. I also look at an alternative to your rice cooker if it just isn\u2019t working out between the two of you.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Why your rice cooker burns rice at the bottom<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Before we get into how you can prevent your rice from burning or having rice stuck to bottom of rice cooker, let’s look at how a rice cooker works. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

How do rice cookers work<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Rice cookers use moist heat (compare this with the dry heat cooking of air fryers<\/a>). A rice cooker has four main parts: the main body, an inner pot, a heating plate or element at the base, and a thermal sensing device with thermometer. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The basic ones have two primary modes. These are ‘cook’ (or simply the \u2018on\u2019 switch) and ‘warm’.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

When ‘on’ or in one of the ‘cook’ modes, the cooker heats the water inside the inner pot until it is very hot. Once the rice in the pot has absorbed the water, or the water has evaporated, the rice cooker will normally switch to ‘warm’ mode.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

While in this ‘warm’ mode, the rice cooker reduces the temperature, keeping the rice warm, while continuing to cook and soften the rice, as a general rule, for another 10-15 minutes. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The more sophisticated rice cookers like those I covered in my article Zojirushi vs Tiger vs Cuckoo Rice Cooker Brands<\/a> will have variations, but this is the basic process.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

So why does rice burn on the bottom — possible causes…<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Admittedly, it can take time and experimenting to get that perfect rice, even if you\u2019re using a rice cooker.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

With knowing the basics of how a rice cooker operates, what might cause that layer of burnt rice at the bottom of your rice cooker could be one of the following.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Causes of rice burning on the bottom<\/strong>:<\/p>\n\n\n\n