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My $12 rice cooker died mid-batch in the middle of meal prep Sunday, and I fixed it with a fork
Was making 4 cups of rice for the week in my $12 cooker from the Asian grocery on 6th Ave, and it just quit with the rice still crunchy. Took the whole thing apart on the kitchen counter and found the little spring on the switch had popped off. Poked it back on with a fork tine and it fired right up, rice came out fine. Anyone else keep repairing stuff under $20 or do you just toss it and grab a new one?
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simonl1116d ago
I read somewhere that the average small kitchen appliance lasts like 3 to 5 years now, way less than back in the day. The throwaway culture is real. Most of the time it's one tiny part that fails, like your spring. A fuse, a switch, a wire. Fixing it takes ten minutes. Buying new means another $12 plus the drive to the store plus the old one ends up in a landfill. My mom had the same blender for 20 years because she just kept swapping the coupling gear. Cheap stuff breaks but it also comes apart easy. No fancy sealed housing, no weird screws. A fork and some patience go a long way.
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