InstantPot Dual-Measure Rice Cup

Though weighing out rice and water for rice-cooking is far more reproducible, it can also be tedious to get out the scale and the reference chart. Alternatively, an accurately calibrated volume measure for each type of rice and their water portions is good enough in most cases, so why not just combine all these portions in one collapsible device for your InstantPot (IP)?

Introducing an all-in-one measuring gadget for the most common rice types!

Four common types of rice are represented with three level markers:

1. Calrose
2. Jasmine & Basmati
3. Glutinous (AKA: sticky or sweet)

Marker lines correlate to the above rice-type list, with the top line in cup (water side) being for #1, the lowest for #3 and the visible line count on the rice side equating to the same type.

Abbreviated inset textual cues are provided on the top and bottom faces of the cup, which can be printed as infill on the model if you use a multi-filament system (AMS/MMS).

Usage

1. Add water to the marker line in the cup per the rice list & pour into a heat-safe pot/bowl that will fit inside your InstantPot.
   (1-, 2=, 3≡ on top brim)
2. Flip the tool, then unscrew outer ring to a visible line-count of the rice type (3 lines:#3).
3. Fill with rice to the inner lip & pour into the inner pot/bowl from step #1.
4. Add 1.2g salt (3-4 pinches) if desired, then give it a quick stir.
5. Fill water cup to line #2 (about 1-cup) & pour into the outer pot of the IP.
6. Set the inner pot on a trivet in the IP (AKA: Pot-In-Pot… “PIP”)
7. Close lid & steam-vent, set to High and time listed on cup base.
8. Allow for natural-release (NR) or wait 10-min (also on cup bottom).

Note: I may get hate for it, but I find that rinsing rice for the IP is unnecessary since the water ratio is well-controlled and the IP cooks a bit differently.

Makes: 530g cooked rice

Printing

Material: ABS is best if you can, PETG is fine as well, PLA… maybe?
Layers: Optimally ≤0.16mm height, ≥3 walls
Infill: 10-15% gyroid or grid… or as preferred for further filament conservation
Support: Brims recommend for best adhesion

If the text is printed using the second model color inlay on the water cup, you'll have about 40 filament changes at 0.16mm LH. To use the text model, load both models together as a single part and assign a filament to each part accordingly.

Filament usage is about 21m for the water cup as multi-color & 26m for the rice “ring”.

Updates

• Added STL files