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I dont see the link to the second steamer from the left – the "H Cooker". Can you please add it into the description box? (The current second link is to a steamer called "The Moringa", which was never mentioned.)
Make it from a sustainable resource…. then add stainless steel all over it
Benn to dozens if dimsum restaurants and never have I seen a bamboo steamer with metal rings. Nor glued bottoms.
If all-bamboo is good enough for commercial use, I can't imagine it lacking in any way for home use.
Granted, he does say the slight misalignment affected nothing but the aesthetic, I find their conclusion odd.
No to metal bands — it invites rust. Quality bamboo steamers have been traditionally constructed without them. I've had mine for over 20 years. You just have to know what to look for in terms of the type of bamboo and construction. For topics like this, I wish ATK would invite experts with deep and direct experience in the cuisine and equipment vs. what superficially makes sense.
Put up on YouTube one day ago and price of the Tcooker is already 49.99.
I'm just here to say that every bamboo steamer I have ever tried imparted a flavor to the food that I didn't really like. I think you'd have to use it several times to allow the food tastes to overwhelm the bamboo tastes. Shudder. I could never get there.
Bamboo steamer is ingenious as steam can escape without water dripping onto the food being cooked. However, some steamers are so shallow that one cannot even put a standard dish (with food) in, without touching the lid. I am still very bugged that I can't find any bamboo steamer (or just a lid) for steaming a whole fish. I hope you guys have some solution for steaming whole fish. 🙏
I had never heard of a bamboo steamer before this video
How could glue be better??@2:52 ….why would you want that Chinese sourced unknown carcinogens glue around your food?
Do i get a MSDS data sheet with that steamer?
not sure about this one folks.
I bought the Mila Frozen dumplings. They came with an excellent steamer! I thought the dumplings were the best frozen ones I'd ever tried (unpaid review), but for me the real gem was getting that really nice steamer. I've made some great Chinese buns in it since the dumpling were consumed and gone.
I agree with the steamer update with joinery slats, instead of the bamboo cross binding on the slats. But I don't really want a metal band on them. And if you wash and dry them immediately (I put mine on a sunny counter to dry), then store them stacked until the next use, they don't tend to warp as easily or quickly. This method also keeps mold issues at bay. Love the testing, and am glad to see multicultural kitchen tools being evaluated. Just because something works for now, doesn't mean improvements can't be considered. Thank you for all the work that goes into testing… I make most of my kitchen purchases based on your good efforts!
there is no best chinese bamboo steamers. they all the same. you don't need the steel belt and just bamboo alone will last forever.
Bowel buns 😳
Lol, nope, I’ll continue to go with the less-expensive type used in my favorite Chinatown dim sum spot (first introduced to me by my ESL student from Hong Kong) — the kind he said warped. It lasted forever … well, until my husband accidentally dropped a moving box filled with books on it.
Not to be a contrarian, but the juvale steamer on Amazon has a 3.7 rating for durability and some reviewers say theirs started falling apart after two or three uses.
Natural smell 😅
Doesn't steal rust?
I feel ATK is missing the spirit of bamboo steamer. You dont review it the same way as cast iron dutch oven. Dont create more trash with liners, stainless steel frames etc.. Humans used bamboo in earlier days as it was cheaper easier to manufacture than earthen ware itself. Use all natural bamboo and throw it away after few hundred uses.
Oddly enough, I had a higher opinion of bamboo steamers before I watched this essay. Admittedly, it was mostly in my admiration of bamboo itself, as I've only ever used folding metal steamer inserts. Now, other than the layering and the unlikely problem of a curving surface, bamboo steamers seem to be more trouble than I'd imagined. Even so, ATK has provided useful information, even if it was not exactly as intended.
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How to rid off mold properly from a bamboo steamer?
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Hell yeah