Panda Mini Rice Cooker
Panda has a small footprint but is big on functionality - it's ideal for smaller kitchens individuals or couples. Our advanced fuzzy logic (AI) technology controls the temperature for the efficient and perfect cooking of many different types of rice. You can cook long grain short grain (including sushi and glutinous rice) brown rice (short or long grain). Panda doesnt just cook perfect rice it cooks other grains like quinoa cous cous millet and pearl barley perfectly too. The add on functions include porridge that can be used for rice porridge or oat porridge slow cook steam (steam basket included) and cake baking.
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7 mentions from real owners
- #1Nov 3, 2025
What’s a purchase that’s not fun, not flashy but now you swear by it?
Yum Asia Panda mini is what I have. Can’t go wrong with anything by those guys or Zojirushi (who I believe own Yum Asia?).
View on Redditopen_in_new - #2Oct 2, 2025
This Zojirushi cooker just made the best rice I’ve EVER tasted in my life
I got a yum asia mini panda, not the same grade but japanese round rice had nothing in common when cooked in one of those. Plus get a good quality rice (+7€/gk) and you'll love it. Didn't see any difference with basmati rice tho
View on Redditopen_in_new - #3Aug 6, 2025
What is the best non teflon rice cooker?
Our YumAsia Bamboo has been used at least 3 times a week for 5 years now and it's still perfect. We have always made sure to never use abrasives on the ceramic bowl, there is no need as the entire bowl is induction heated instead of just burning on the bottom with a heating element.
View on Redditopen_in_new - #4May 5, 2025
UK Rice Cooker that has a good keep warm function
Hello, **WITH REGARDS TO LOW TEMPERATURE RICE KEEP WARM FUNCTION** It would most certainly not be amazing to allow any lower temperatures for KEEP WARM with rice. This would result in potential rice food safety issues and we will never do this and nor are we permitted by food safety regulations to do this. There is no advantage with Zojirushi. They simply state that you cannot and should not keep rice warm for longer than 8-12 hours. The potential for microbial growth in rice can be dangerous at the low temperatures for any longer period of time. **WITH REGARDS TO YOU THINKING THERE IS A SECOND KEEP WARM HEATING ELEMENT IN ZOJRISUHI MODELS** This isn't a second heating element. As you know, the BGQ05 has a 5mm thick bowl. Zojirushi have the exact same heating element (the steel disk at the bottom of the unit with the middle button that depresses) on all fuzzy logic models. When an inner bowl is as thick as this, the heating element should really be upgraded to a higher wattage, but instead, Zojirushi used this additional heating method. This heating method is only ever activated at the same time as the normal heating element and it doesn't work independently. Already, even with this additional heat source it takes a really long time to cook white rice in the BGQ05 (60 mins); without this additional heat source, it would take 2 hours to cook white rice. This additional heat source definitely doesn't work independently, it only works with the normal heating element. All Yum Asia rice cookers have a similar keep warm temperature because we have to comply with food safety standards in our rice cookers. It is not safe to use a keep warm setting for more than 24 hours, we are surprised that your Zojirushi hasn't malfunctioned sooner because it is not designed to be used on keep warm for days on end, they are only designed to be used for 12 hours on keep warm. There is also a danger for food poisoning keep rice warm for this length of time and is not ever recommended. Please note that we say the above with over 25 years in using rice cookers, designing rice cookers, working with Zojirushi and other leading rice cooker brands and perfecting new ways to cook rice. We hope this answers your questions and helps others . Happy Cooking!
View on Redditopen_in_new - #5May 4, 2025
UK Rice Cooker that has a good keep warm function
I’ve not used the keep warm function for that long on the yum Asia panda but it’s a decent cooker. It does have a timer though where you can set it to start cooking in x mins/hours if that would work for you?
View on Redditopen_in_new - #6Mar 2, 2025
Rice cooker with stainless steel or ceramic bowl for EU
\+1 for the Yum Asia Panda. Can't recommend it highly enough. We've had ours for a couple of years, using it at least 1-2 times per week, and the ceramic-coated bowl doesn't have a scratch on it, it looks new. However I do wash it by hand, as suggested in the manual, rather than the dishwasher.
View on Redditopen_in_new - #7Mar 2, 2025
Rice cooker with stainless steel or ceramic bowl for EU
The Yum Asia Panda model is suitable for 2-3 people and has a high-quality ceramic-coated aluminum bowl. I have one for me home in EU and one for my home in US. You can find it for less than 100€. It is reliable and easy to clean. That's the best price I found for an intelligent rice cooker. You may see it listed as "Panda Mini Advanced Fuzzy Logic Ceramic Rice Cooker"
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