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My $10 rice cooker died mid-meal prep and left me with a lump of burnt sadness
Last Saturday I was cooking up a big batch of black beans and rice for the week. About 15 minutes in, the cooker just clicked off and wouldn't turn back on. I tried unplugging it, different outlet, nothing. Had to dump the whole pot and start over on the stove. The rice was already a scorched mess on the bottom. Honestly it was one of those cheap ones from the discount store, had it for maybe 6 months. Anyone else have a budget appliance bite the dust at the worst possible time?
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taylorlewis19d ago
Hang on, is the dollar store rice cooker really the problem here? Tbh I've had a $10 cooker from some random discount store last me like 3 years before it finally gave up. Ngl it sounds like you might've just gotten a dud or maybe the outlet was having issues. Honestly I think the real issue is expecting a 10 dollar appliance to be a workhorse. You get what you pay for sometimes, but that doesn't mean every cheap one is junk. I've had way more luck with the basic ones from Walmart that cost like 15-20 bucks. They hold up better than the super cheap ones.
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jessica_miller19d ago
...and my friend Mark had the exact same thing happen with his rice cooker. He was making a big batch for a potluck, got about 20 minutes in, and poof - nothing. He said it smelled like burning plastic and the rice looked like a charcoal briquette on the bottom. He had to run out and grab some takeout instead. The worst part was he'd just bought that cooker two months before from a dollar store. Now he just uses a regular pot on the stove, says it's more reliable.
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