Zojirushi Induction Rice Cooker @ 5500 Elevation

[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.

[jay]

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

[Wayne Boatwright]

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

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.

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Wayne Boatwright ożo
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BIOYA

[D.Currie]

"d2whitney" <d2wh...@charter.net> wrote in message
news:1142137162.1...@j33g2000cwa.googlegroups.com...

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.

[Peter Aitken]

"jay" <j...@hotshot.com> wrote in message
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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

[Arri London]

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?