Here’s something you don’t see everyday, a rice cooker from Japan that cooks by burning wads of newspapers. The Tiger KMD-A100 works just like any other normal rice cooker, where you need to add 1-5 cups of rice and water to the inner pot before placing it back into the furnace.
The furnace section has two holes where you need to place wads of newspapers folded a specific way into, and to cook 3 cups of rice, you’ll need around 9 pages. Pages are expected to be inserted in intervals of 1.5 minutes when the fire begins to burn, and then slowed to every 1 minute after six of them are in the furnace. When you get down to the last page, users need to wait an additional 10 minutes before setting ablaze. The Tiger KMD-A100 is available now in Japan, priced at around $135 USD.
- Micro computerized fuzzy logic technology. Capacity Up to 5.5 cups / 1.0 liter,Dimensions (W x D x H) 10-1/8 x 14 x 8-1/2 inches. The electrical...
- Automatic keep warm, extended keep warm and reheating cycle
- Easy to clean clear coated stainless steel exterior, 2 delay time settings
When cooking rice outdoors, problems such as not knowing the appropriate amount of water and difficulty controlling the heat tend to occur, but with the magic rice cooker, you can adjust the amount of water according to the scale on the pot. You can adjust the heat by just observing the timing of adding the newspaper. I was able to cook delicious rice the first time without any special skills or practice,” said Gigazine.
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