Japanese rice cooker (Toshiba RC-10VSA)

[in2sky]

Hello,
Here's a little question about japanese rice cookers.
Was in Tokyo a couple weeks ago when I saw these gorgeous and very interesting rice cookers at yodobashi.
One caught my eye, the Toshiba RC-10VSA. Its got IH,
you can make a lot of different kinds of food with it (rice, vegetables,
tofu, cakes etc.).
I went back home to Switzerland without buying it because when I saw it uses some 1250watts, I wasn't sure about the kind of transformer I should use (for electricity).
I have a 110V (50/60Hz) to 220V (50/60Hz) (power 80VA) transformer, but I am not sure what this kind of rice cooker needs as it uses alot more watts than your usual computer, sound system etc.
Any idea?

I've seen export models but I'm not interested as they are ugly, they don't do much except cooking rice and they are very expensive.

thanks.

 

[Kyoto Returnee]

You would be suprised!

Hi in2sky:

When my wife and I left Japan, the first thing we did before we returned to Oz was to purchase two "export" model "TIGER" brand rice cookers from Rakuten.com. One large and one small.

They are the older basic click down button to cook type.

Yes, they work fine as we use them daily.

The problem was, when we received these rice cookers, their was a warranty info. thing inside, basiclaly saying any faults, please return to XXXXX in Sydney!

Low and behold, they were for sale in Australia!

What I am saying here is that, their is a high possibility that you can purchase Japanese rice cookers in your country with suitable voltage, although I am guesisng you have not thought to look..

I would suggest, head to your nearest Asian town (China, Thai, Vietnam, etc.) and inquire.

Possibly also contact the Japanese consualte and aks them for a large Japanese supermarket location as they may just have the cooker you need.

It may not be Toshiba, but I'm sure the rice will taste the same and get the job done just as well:gohan:

 

[in2sky]

Thanks alot.
As I said, yes, there are several export models, from brands like Tiger, Hitachi etc available in my country. I do actually own one, but it's your basic Tiger that just cooks rice and has a very basic bowl, rice sticking to its edges etc. When you cook rice just for one person, half of it is sticked to the edges of the bowl, which is lame.
So the export models are basic, and they pretty much costs the same price as the japanese models that are totally awesome. So that's why I am thinking of buying a brand new, multi-cooking model like this one here ( toshiba.co.jp/living/rice_cookers/rc_10vsa/ ), when I go back to Tokyo. The only thing is that I don't know if my transformer is powerful enough for it.

 

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You need to buy something like the above.

Or if your kitchen is the one with a gas stove, it is good to buy a Donabe earthenware pot. You can even find some rice-cooking donabe pots.

 

[in2sky]

oh that's it! yeah.
it's pretty heavy and expensive, but a couple appliances can be used at the same time so it's convenient.
I thought it'd be a bit bigger than my current converter, but mine is like 1kg only. This one is 7kg, woww!
Thanks alot for the information, that's pretty much what I need!

 

[in2sky]

actually, maybe this one would be enough (1500w):
yodobashi.com/enjoy/more/i/40729968.html
as the Toshiba needs 1250W.

 

[Kyoto Returnee]

Thanks alot.
As I said, yes, there are several export models, from brands like Tiger, Hitachi etc available in my country. I do actually own one, but it's your basic Tiger that just cooks rice and has a very basic bowl, rice sticking to its edges etc. When you cook rice just for one person, half of it is sticked to the edges of the bowl, which is lame.
So the export models are basic, and they pretty much costs the same price as the japanese models that are totally awesome. So that's why I am thinking of buying a brand new, multi-cooking model like this one here ( toshiba.co.jp/living/rice_cookers/rc_10vsa/ ), when I go back to Tokyo. The only thing is that I don't know if my transformer is powerful enough for it.

We must be on different wave lengths here.

The TIGER we have is non stick, and cooks fantastic rice!

Hey, It's a Japanese rice cooker

 

[in2sky]

Mine is a cheap Tiger I got years ago, it definitely doesn't have IH which is the most important thing for a rice cooker nowdays. Other than this, I really like the idea of cooking several different dishes with the rice cooker. You should check Toshiba's website, their cookers are amazing (you can cook bread, cakes, vegetables, make tofu etc.).

 

[pipokun]

Other than this, I really like the idea of cooking several different dishes with the rice cooker.

You don't always need the IH rice cooker for the dishes.

The easiest way to check if your rice cooker is a multi-cooking one or not is to bake simple pancake,

Prepare the pancake batter.
Lightly butter the inner pan (you can use cooking oil, instead), and ladle it in the pan.
Turn on the cooker
When it turns "keep warm", see if the pancake is throughly heated or not with a chopstick.

If it is heated, just eat it.
If not, turn on the cooker again.

In case you cannot turn on the cooker again, your cooker is not a suitable one to cook other dishes. Just cook the partly heated pancake in another way.

About tofu...
You also need a coagulant, Nigari, to make tofu with RC-10VSA.

 

[Kyoto Returnee]

What is IH?

We will definitely need to get a long term new cooker when we return so TOSHIBA has been written down..

Fun days ahead and that's just the rice cooker!

Hopefully I can find a good quality hybrid bike in a large size..

Then their's the car.. Subaru Forester or Honda CRV?

 

[in2sky]

I think it'll be much fun cooking tofu and cakes. about tofu: yes, they sell the tofu kits at the japanese store here.

 

[in2sky]

I went to the local japanese store today. They do actually sell the stepdown transformer, but very pricey (like 230 usd....) will wait till the next japan trip...

 

[Arabianbarbie]

Cook your rice the traditional way,Taste better and satisfying.Lack of time??? Hire a servant.
hope this help.