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I spent $60 on a cheap rice cooker and it either saved my food budget or tricked me
So three weeks ago I grabbed a basic 3-cup rice cooker from a local discount store for $60 because I kept burning rice in pots and tossing out failed batches. Since then I've been making beans and rice, oatmeal, even steamed veggies for meal prep, and I swear my grocery spending dropped to like $35 a week versus $60 before. But I'm also wondering if the upfront cost plus the extra counter space is really worth it when I could just learn to cook rice better with a pot I already own. Has anyone else gone back to stovetop after trying a gadget like this, or is the convenience actually the long-term win?
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the_patricia16d ago
Let me guess, next you'll be telling us the $60 rice cooker also does your taxes and folds your laundry. Kidding aside, the math you did is the real test here and it sounds like it's passing with flying colors. Dropping from $60 to $35 a week pays that thing off in about two and a half weeks, so the counter space argument kind of loses steam after that. Stovetop rice is one of those skills everyone swears they'll master someday, and then someday never comes and you're eating crunchy rice at 9pm. If the gadget keeps you actually cooking instead of ordering takeout, that's the win right there.
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