Daikoku Banko Ware Rice Cooking Donabe

These rice cooking donabe are the most versatile donabe styles. Aside from cooking rice, they can be used to cook porridge, stews, soups, and other gohanmono (seasoned rice dishes). Three-piece rice cooking donabe includes inner lid, outer lid, and pot.

The unique clay formula of our rice donabes allows rice to cook in a shorter period of time of around 10 minutes without any heat adjustments (for a 1, 2 or 3 go size). Rice made in a Kagetsu donabe tastes much better than rice made in the most expensive electric rice cooker, with grain structure being kept intact, and a sweeter taste and better aroma. 

We are proud to carry our rice donabes from Kagetsu, a family business making ceramics for over 150 years in Yokkaichi, Japan. 

Kagetsu was the creator of the modern donabe clay formula, as household cooking in Japan was transitioning from traditional wood-fire to gas after World War 2 and donabes needed to adjust to its higher temperatures. The current CEO’s father and uncle identified petalite as a key ingredient that can increase the donabe’s heat tolerance, after finding clues in the heat-resistant tiles of NASA rockets. 

Because our line of donabes use a higher percentage of petalite in its clay formula than other companies, it is resistant to cracking even so much that you can bring it from the fridge straight to direct flame. 

Banko ware rice donabe are measured in Japanese gou. We offer a 1-gou rice measuring cup .

1 gou = 180ml or ¾ of a US Cup

For sizing, specs, and measurements of white vs. brown rice, or if you are unfamiliar with using donabe, please reference our Donabe: Use and Care page.

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