Panasonic SR-CN188WST

Above my expectation – I cook rice every day. I previously owned a Tiger($300, the previous model of JAX-S18A, I forgot what it is. used for 10 years), Philips All in one pressure cooker HD2145/75 ($300, used it for 2 years). Tiger: I don't like it. The rice is quite average. The top layer and the bottom layer rice are different, the top part is a bit dry, the middle layer is a bit sticky.

Philips: The quality is bad. After 2 years it broke. As a pressure cooker, the rice cooking function is excellent. The pressure will be automatically adjusted from 15-25kpa couple of times during the cooking. This has the similarity of stirring. The rice is cooked through inside and outside, the rice looks bigger and tastes softer. some people will say overcook. This is the nature of the pressure cooker. It's ok to me.

Panasonic: Best quality among three of the cookers. The rice is easy to separate each of them. The top layer and the bottom layer are almost identical. It doesn't have residue water around the inner pot and under the lid, which most of the rice cooker will have a small cup attached at the back of the cooker to catch it. The only bad thing is, it is really not smart. It doesn't remember the last cooking option. There are around 6-8 different rice option on the menu, you need to press 1 button many time to reach the specific rice option. Everytime I cook, I need to press 6 times to reach Jasmine.

Three of the rice cooker have the same high-quality inner pot, which good at resists scratch. The tiger inner pot still strong after 10 years.