Kumo YumCarb Advanced Fuzzy Logic Ceramic Rice Cooker

A new way to cook healthier rice – up to a 25% reduction in carbs when using YumCarb function for white and brown rice.

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$102.10

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Rice Cooker Size Guide

Think about how many people you will be cooking for and work from there.... 1ml = 1g
Capacity Uncooked Rice Cooked White Rice Uncooked Brown Rice Cooked Brown Rice Multicook Number Of People
1 cup 180ml ~360ml ~90ml ~270ml - 1
2.5 cup 450 ~1350ml ~270ml ~810ml ~900ml 1-2
3.5 cup 630ml ~1890ml ~360ml ~1260ml ~1300ml 1-3
4 cup 720ml ~2160ml ~720ml ~1440ml ~1440ml 1-4
5.5 cup 1000ml ~3000ml ~720ml ~2000ml ~2100ml 1-5
8 cup 1500ml ~4500ml ~1000ml ~3000ml ~3300ml 1-8
10 cup 1800ml ~5400ml ~1500ml ~3600ml - 1-10
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A HEALTHIER WAY TO COOK RICE
Kumo

Packed full of rice cooking functions including YumCarb which reduced carbs in rice by up to 25% reduction

HEALTHY EATING PERFECTED

Efficient, Healthy, Rice Cooking Perfected

Kumo was the first carb lowering rice cooker in the UK and EU and now you can have it in the US. It’s still the best, originally launched in early 2020 it rapidly gained popularity due to it’s YumCarb function which can reduce the carbohydrates in both white and brown rice by up to 25%. It’s an optimal size at 5.5 cup – sitting in between the normal 1 to 10 cup size range for rice cookers making it perfect for making meals for 1 to 5 people.

Multi Award Winning

THE TELEGRAPH - 'Best Carb Changing Rice Cooker' (April, 2020) and 'Best Overall Rice Cooker' (Oct, 2024)
THE DAILY MEAL - 'Best Rice Cooker' (Jan, 2023)
EXPRESS UK - 'Best Fluffy Rice Cooker' (March, 2021)

FEATURE RICH AT A GOOD PRICE

Surprisingly Affordable With Premium Features

Not only is Kumo incredibly affordable it has premium features such as our Ninja ceramic coated inner bowl, advanced fuzzy logic (AI) processing, multi phased cooking, 5 rice cooking functions with 3 carefully selected add-on functions, a last 10 minute countdown for the rice functions, long life tested Korean design Smart Button control panel with an LED display, 3D heating technology, 24 hour timer, 12 hour keep warm and calibrated by Yum Asia for perfect rice cooking.

HEALTHY AND DURABLE MATERIALS

A Healthy Flexible Solid Performer

Kumo can cook your rice as normal or using our special YumCarb mode can cook low carb white and brown rice. It does this via a special cooking cycle that using multiple cooking phases to removes excess carbohydrates all controlled by advanced fuzzy logic. Kumo includes our signature 2mm ceramic coated Ninja inner bowl which has silk printed rice measurement lines so you know exactly the right amount of water to add depending on how much rice you add to the bowl. You also get a stainless steel YumCarb basket with rice measurement lines also for the healthy YumCarb rice option. No more guess work or trying to measure water in cups. Our cookers do not contain BPA, PTFE or PFOA and the steam cap, stainless steel inner lid and condensation collector are all removable for good hygiene.

CLASSIC LOOKS REFINED

Strong Industrial Grade Cooking

Both light and dark stainless steel versions of Kumo are available. We chose high quality steel for the exterior so it would be more hard wearing and give a contemporary industrial look that we found to be appealing to the western market and kitchen style. Whilst Kumo may be low on price it is rich on features. Kumo can cook anything from white or brown rice (normal or YumCarb), short grain rice (sushi) and can even steam, cook porridge or (what most people like about our rice cookers) can slow cook too!

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STAINLESS STEEL TRAY

For use with YumCarb cooking or for steaming food / vegetables
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CERAMIC NINJA BOWL

2mm coated for extra long durability and easy cleaning
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RICE COUNTDOWN

Accurate final 10 minute cooking countdown for rice cooking functions
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PERFECT CAPACITY

5.5 cup with a small footprint to volume ratio with insulated walls
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BRIGHT LED DISPLAY

For easier operation of the cooking functions
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PRESS CONTROL

With press button controls for robust mechanical operation
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MOULDED HANDLE

Easy to move and sturdy with solid press button release mechanism
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DETACHABLE VENT

Allows excess steam to escape to prevent over soaking of contents
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WATER COLLECTOR

Large reservoir to collect excess condensate during cooking
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STAINLESS STEEL INNER LID

Healthy, durable premium easy cleaning
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RICE LEVEL LINES

Specially printed rice level lines for easier reading in low light
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EXTRA WATER CATCHER

The rim of Kumo acts as an additional water trap to prevent excess moisture
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Up to 25% lower carbohydrates in brown or white rice when using YumCarb

The reduction of glycemic load in starchy foods brings sugar levels down to be more suitable for a diabetic diet and prevention of diabetes, obesity, and heart disease. This is achieved by the special YumCarb setting in combination with the advanced fuzzy logic technology (AI) which, rather than simply boiling the rice (which strips out valuable nutrients) uses a 7 phase cooking pattern to achieve rice with improved texture, taste, nutritional value and aroma.

*Based on lab testing, a reduction of 25% less carbohydrates was shown in white rice. Certified by Testing Institute of Product Quality Supervision, China
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PREHEATING PHASE

Kumo starts to gently heat the rice and water in the inner bowl to between 50-60°C. This begins the cooking cycle and is key to the release of sugars into the water from the rice grains.

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ABSORB WATER PHASE

The cooking temperature is further increased whilst the microprocessor makes small adjustments to obtain a range of between 50-80°C so the rice can optimally start absorbing the water depending on the function chosen.

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HEATING PHASE

The temperature is increased again to between 75-85°C to start the actual cooking process. This varies depending on the function chosen.

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BOILING PHASE

Kumo then rapidly increases the temperature to 100˚C boiling point to evaporate the majority of the water from the inner bowl and to further cook the rice to soften and optimise texture.

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STEAM PHASE – sugar reabsorption

Deep steaming then enables the rice to continue cooking while reabsorbing the sugars from the remaining water back into the rice whilst simultaneously evaporating the remaining water. This part of the cycle makes the rice taste sweeter, more nutritious, have better aroma/texture and completes the final rice grain cooking.

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COOL DOWN PHASE 

Water balancing then occurs using low temperature range cycling to ensure there is no remaining water left and that the rice has the correct moisture content.

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KEEP WARM AND STEAM PHASE 

The temperature is then held at an optimal 70-76°C to continue to steam the rice and keep the rice safe from bacteria. This ensures the rice is perfectly cooked, fluffy and delicious and ready for when you need it.

Multi Phased Cooking

Kumo uses advanced fuzzy logic (AI) to ensure rice is cooked perfectly every time. This cooking profile graph shows how the advanced microprocessor adjusts the temperature using the weight, content type, water volume, internal temperatures along with pre-programmed conditions to cook perfect rice time after time.
Kumo uses at least 7 phases of cooking types which includes preheat, absorb water, heating, boiling, steam, cool down and keep warm with steam which are each calculated for time and temperature using Yum Asia's unique cooking profiles.

HEALTHY RICE - HEALTHY LIFE

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Find out how the Yumcarb function works to reduce the carbohydrate content of rice and take a look at the tour of Kumo's features that make it stand above the rest.

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Kumo YumCarb Rice Cooker Description icons

  • 5.5 cup / 1.0 litre capacity of uncooked rice – enough for 1-5 people
  • Advanced fuzzy logic (AI) technology
  • White/long grain, short grain (for sushi) and brown rice settings
  • Unique ‘YumCarb’ setting for white and brown rice to reduce carb value of rice by up to 25%*
  • Useful multi-cooker features – steam, porridge, slow cook settings
  • Stylish industrial dark or light stainless steel exterior with black lid and trim
  • High quality 5 layer 2mm thick Ninja ceramic coated inner bowl
  • 24 hours keep warm function and 24 hours timer feature
  • 10 minute rice function countdown timer
  • Korean designed ‘Smart Button’ control panel
  • Cool ice white crisp and bright LED display
  • 3D heating technology
  • Power On/Off feature
  • Detachable outer steam cap and condensation collector for easy cleaning
  • Stainless steel steam basket, measuring cup, spatula and soup ladle included
  • 220-240V, 50Hz. Factory made for South East Asia power. Detachable plug and cable

ITEM DIMENSIONS

Item Depth (front to back)
27cm
Item Width (side to side)
27cm
Item Height (base to top)
26cm
Item Weight
2.36kg

PACKAGE DIMENSIONS

Package Depth (front to back)
29.5cm
Package Width (side to side)
29.5cm
Package Height (base to top)
33cm
Package Weight
3.31kg

FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS

Yes. There isn’t any problem cooking 1 cup of rice in this rice cooker, we made sure that Kumo can do this successfully – 1 cup of rice comes out as perfectly as when you cook the full 5.5 cup capacity of rice.

Kumo has two different types of capacity. It is a 1 litre, 5.5 cup rice cooker or 2.2 litre multicooker.

Let’s take the first two capacities – 1 litre or 5.5 cup. Rice cooker capacities are always referred to in litres or cups. Kumo is a 1 litre capacity rice cooker and it can therefore cook 5.5 cups of uncooked white rice or 4 cups of uncooked brown rice – each cup is 180ml/g. So, if you want to cook 1 cup of white rice, that would be 180g or if you want to cook the full capacity of 5.5 cups, that would be 1kg of uncooked rice.

The third capacity of 2.1 litres refers to Kumo’s multicooking capacity. This means that the inner bowl can hold a maximum of 2.2 litres of liquid.

You can learn more about the capacity of our rice cookers in the following pages:

US Capacity Guide

In our years of selling Zojirushi rice cookers, we realised that all of rice cookers on the market in the UK, Europe or the USA only had teflon/similar non-stick material inner bowls.

Based on many customer queries and opinions, we took the decision to supply an inner bowl with a premium and durable 2mm thick ceramic coating.We call this type of bowl – Ninja.

The Ninja bowl is BPA-free and PTFE-free and is hard wearing. The inner bowl also has a special honeycomb structure to help the heat disperse evenly across the bowl’s surface. 

The level lines of the bowl are silk printed rather than stamped so they can be hard wearing but also easily read in low light conditions. 

Yes! To turn Kumo OFF simply press the POWER button twice when a menu function is not selected.

To turn Kumo back ON simply press the POWER button again.

No, Kumo does not simply boil the rice. As it is advanced fuzzy logic rice cooker, is designed to cook rice using 7 distinct phases to produce perfect rice every time and to carefully retain nutrients.

These phases are Preheat, Absorb water, Heating, Boiling, Braising, Absorb water and then finally Keep warm (in this order). This phased cooking and adjustments in temperature are what produces perfect rice every time.

We spent many years thinking about and designing a rice cooker with functions that were most appealing to people that love Asian food with the core emphasis being based around cooking great tasting rice. We decided that the cooker would not only have to function extremely well but look great and have superior reliability comparable to the Zojirushi brand of rice cooker. Every part of the cooker from the display panel, moulded materials, inner bowl, packaging and instruction manual was designed with meticulous detail to ensure that customers would get the very best value for their money.

The factory we chose to manufacture Kumo also manufacturers highly thought of brands like Cuckoo, Cuchen and Tiger.

We have extensively tested Kumo and we conducted blind taste tests with the Yum Asia team and we are all in agreement that Kumo produces rice which is every bit as good as the rice from a Zojirushi! We also included several features that aren’t usually available on small rice cookers, like a steaming function.

 

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  1. mazon Customer

    This item is brilliant

  2. Clare Corfield

    Very easy to use, must have if you like rice.

  3. Lyhtem

    If you think cooking rice is something you can do without rice cooker and you follow weird magic recipes with amount of water and rice Stop you are wrong, get a rice cooker You’ll never look back and thank me

  4. Julie D. Masters

    Absolutely love this rice cooker. On my first attempt the rice was cooked perfectly. Very happy with this purchase

  5. Denise Donlan

    I am diabetic and love rice but amount of carbs in it put me to sleep. The fuzzy techno on this machine which reduces the carbs in the rice is fab it really works would defo recommend it cooks other stuff aswell.

  6. tracy teal

    This is the best thing I’ve ever purchased ? I could never cook rice but this is amazing ??????

  7. brian conrad

    Great for rice and slow cooking

  8. Kunde

    This rice cooker is straight forward to use and when used as in the instruction does not boil over.

    The bowl is made of ceramics and the basket tray of stainless steal. Only the lid has aluminium parts, but these do not come in contact with the food and only sour food would remove aluminium. So I am not concerned about this. I chose this rice cooker, because I wanted one for daily use.

    The bowl and basket are easy to clean and one can wash at least short grain rice clean in the basket. For long grain rice it is better to wash it in the bowl, because the rice grains can slip through the wholes of the basket.

    It also comes with a measuring cup for rice and water, although one can as well follow the markings inside the bowl and basket tray to fill the water up to the marking for the amount of cups of rice.

    I have cooked long white rice and brown rice and white and brown short grain rice in the different programmes. They were all equally excellent (I followed exactly the instructions of the manual).

    What I really like is that one can choose between the method where less water is used and the water is completely absorbed while the rice cooks or one can cook the rice in the basket in a multiple of the regular water and boil potential heavy metals like arsenic, cadmium and lead out, the water remains in the bowl underneath when the cooking is finished and can be poured into the sink with with a pair of cooking gloves or such (the bowl is hot).

    This is very important for me, because eating rice daily and choosing brown rice quite often, I can reduce the intake of these heavy metals. Of course this also reduces the nutrients. What might be good if people want to eat less carbohydrates, because the programme is praised for reducing the amount of carbohydrate of the rice.

    I use this in particular for brown rice which is higher in heavy metals, but also healthy as a whole grain. For basmati rice, which naturally absorbs fewer heavy metals while growing in the rainy season with fresh clean water, I prefer the traditional ‘soak it all up’ method in the bowl.

    When one has filled the rice cooker with the rice and the water and chosen the programme, it will start to bring the water to boil and then start counting the time down on the digital display until the rice is done. It alerts with a beep, which is very convenient, as one can focus on something else in the meantime. If one decides to leave the rice on the keep warm function, it will start counting the time up.

    This is ideal for rice pudding, where the rice it boiled in the prescribed amount of water first, then after cooking the milk added and the keep warm function left until the milk is absorbed and the rice is creamy. When I use brown rice and boil this in the basket tray, I take the tray out after cooking, empty the water from the bowl and then fill the bowl with the rice. There is a white plastic spatula sold with the cooker, which comes very handy for this and for stirring the rice in the bowl with the milk before leaving it again on its own. For the finished rice I use the shite plastic ladle which also comes with this device.

    As cooking on a gas stove is less expensive than using electricity, this cooker is visible in my electricity bill. But it’s worth it, because on a gas stove rice pudding needs to be supervised and stirred for the whole 40 minutes, else it will set and burn. In this rice cooker I can just leave the rice boil, add the milk at the beep and wait until the required keep-warm time is up (because every rice is different one has to experiment on this, but in general whether I used white or brown arborio or white sushi rice, it took the rice about 1 hour to 1 hour 30 minutes to have a creamy rice).

    White basmati rice is quickly done, in 25 minutes and it is always fluffy and evenly cooked. On the stove this was difficult to boil evenly (at the bottom mushy or sticking), especially with measure of two or three cups, which is the maximum rice amount for this cooker, but here it comes out excellent and the same every single time. For the brown basmati rice I use the YUM function to reduce the heavy metals, which takes about 40 minutes.

    What is not yet optimal on the device is that the condensation will run down the lid when opened and also come out of the steam vent. There is a tiny collecting vessel under the hinge-joint to collect the water, but most runs onto the rim inside or outside down the lid. This is not a major issue when one knows. When I want to open the lid, I just open it one cm and keep vibrating it up and down on that short distance for a bit, what helps shake a lot of water inside into the rice. Then I hold the towel against the steam vent while opening the lid and allow the water from the steam vent to run into that towels and finally I dry the lid and the rim, if something still went into it.

    But this wiping up condensation water is no bother at all in comparison to cooking rice on the stove. I would definitively place it under a good extractor van for the YUM function in particular, as this will boil a lot of water and the steam needs to leave the room somehow. In regard to the regular programmes I have found it a relief in hot weather that this rice cooker gives less heat into my studio room than the open flame of the gas oven would.

    Considering the price I paid and how well the device works for me, I am giving five stars. I am really enjoying it, it makes life a lot easier.

    One downside is that currently one can not get any replacement bowl, one has to reorder and return the whole device. Hopefully they will be able to sort this for the future to make this more environmentally friendly.

  9. Carlos Portillo

    This machine consistently cooks the BEST RICE I have ever tasted. 1000 times better than making the rice manually, and a neat extra is the ability to steam a couple veggies while making the rice (haven’t used this, though).

  10. Carlos Portillo

    This machine consistently cooks the BEST RICE I have ever tasted. 1000 times better than making the rice manually, and a neat extra is the ability to steam a couple veggies while making the rice (haven’t used this, though).

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