Rival rice cooker stopped working

I have had THREE different cookers over the past year and ALL THREE have done the exact same thing. It has to be electrical and I suspect it blows an internal fuse...then it is no longer working. This is awful. I would never recomend it to anyone.

If its less than a month. I would take it back to the store i bought it from and swap it for a new one

Hi,
Asians are good in cooking rice!
Use ur mid finger, dip ur finger until it touches the rice, the water must be in the FiRST LiNE of ur MiD finger!
Cheers!

Hi,

Here is a tip that will help you figure out about using a rice cooker...

How much Rice and Water go in the Cooker

heatman101

sunbeam rice cooker dead

I have a sunbeam rice cooker working fine and all sunden there no power on the rice cooker. I have test the wall outlet power input which is working fine. I assume the fuse inside the rice cooker burn out the fuse. I could not located the fuse from the inside as opend up everything from the bottom panel rice cooker .Please email to me at [email protected]


thank you

if you still have the reciept the best thing that i would suggest is to take it back to the store or call the manufacturer and they will send you out another under warranty cause there should be a 1 year warranty on the unit.

Try this:

• Before cooking, rinse rice in warm water until water becomes clear. Then place the rice in the inner pot with fresh water.
• Take care to use proper water to rice ratios.
• Use a 1:1 ratio of rice to water plus ½ cup of water for white rice and a 1:1 ratio plus ¾ cup of water for brown rice.

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IrishDruid

Here's all the info I've been able to find:

The older Rival rice cooker steamer should have a base, a lid, steamer basket, and rice bowl.

To cook rice, fill center basin of base with water. Place the rice bowl on basin. Add rice and water as follows. For white rice add water in a 1:1 ratio to rice plus 1/2 cup. For brown rice add water in a 1:1 ratio to rice plus 3/4 cup. Examples: 1 cup white rice, 1-1/2 cup water; 2 cups brown rice, 2-3/4 cups water. Put lid on and plug in and in about 50 minutes you should have delicious rice.

Timing is Everything
Whether using the Rival Steamer for a main dish or for a side dish, cooking is easy. But not Fast. Rice and steamed vegetables actually take twice as long to cook in this steamer. The simplicity comes since you add your rice or vegetables in one step. No waiting for one thing to happen before you can do the next. Put water and fruits, vegetables, fish, poultry or rice in the basket or bowl that come with the unit, cover, plug in and wait for the light to go off per the timing chart.
1/4 cup water takes 6 -7 minutes
1/2 cup water takes 10-12 minutes
3/4 cup water takes 16-17 minutes
1 cup water takes 19-22 minutes
1.25 cups water takes 24-26 minutes
1.5 cups water takes 26-30 minutes
2 cups water takes 38-39 minutes
2.5 cups water takes 43-44 minutes
3 cups water (max fill) takes 45-50 minutes.

Steamed Chocolate Pudding (From the Rival Steamer Guide)
3/4 cup flour
3/4 teaspoon baking powder
1/4 teaspoon salt
1/3 cup butter
1 teaspoon vanilla
1/2 cup sugar
1 egg, beaten
1.5 ounces unsweetened chocolate, melted
1/2 cup milk
1/4 cup chopped nuts
Sift together flour, baking powder and salt; set aside. Cream butter and vanilla until fluffy. Gradually add sugar, beat well. Add egg and melted chocolate; blend well. Add milk alternately with dry ingredients and beat until smooth. Fold nuts into batter. Pour into greased 8"x4" loaf pan. Cover pan with aluminum foil. Place pan in steamer basket. Cover and steam until wooden pick inserted near center comes out clean. Serve warm with **Marshmallow Cream Sauce. Water: 1 cup. Time: 19-22 min.

**Marshmallow Cream Sauce:
16 large marshmallows
1/3 cup cream
In a small saucepan, combine ingredients and melt over low heat. Serve over Steamed Chocolate Pudding.

You probably should bring it to a service center. since youve mention a span of time not using your cooker, the thermal capacitor may be busted.

hope this helps.

Your rice cooker has a defect from the time you bought it, you should have taken it back while the warranty was still in effect,but if the warranty is still in effect take it back to the supplier.or have a tech look at it, the problem is in the power supply circuit.good luck.