So I saw this at Walmart… What makes this special? It seems just like a plastic (BPA safe_ bowl… Why would I want to pay money for this??? Any ideas?? What makes it “rapid” other than the microwave… Seems like a scam to me??? 
There’s nothing obviously clever or special about it. The only thing I can think of to make it ‘rapid’ would be the fact that it’s a Wal-Mart product and thus fueled by damned souls shrieking in eternal hellfire. Beyond that, your guess is as good as mine.
Do you normally get your BPA-free, microwave-safe bowls for free?
It is cheap–cheaper than other microwave rice/pasta cookers and not much more expensive than just a normal bowl. It is convenient, being exactly the right size to make a specific dish that is popular as a side dish or snack. Does being cheap and convenient make it a scam?
Since this is about cooking, let’s move it to Cafe Society.
Colibri
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It takes 4-5 minutes to boil water on the stove, then 7 minutes to boil the noodles. Then
This bowl is the right size to hold enough water to boil a box of macaroni noodles (presumably? It doesn’t say on the site.) You know it’s microwave safe. So right there it’s better than just any bowl. And it will only take 5 minutes total to boil the noodles. It looks like it might be cool to the touch after it’s done.
So it does have benefits. And if you’re a college student or some other person without a stove, it has even more benefits. Because Easy Mac is awful.
It’s not a scam, it’s just kind of silly.
I use my Pyrex bowl with a lid to do a lot that one might do on the stove. I’ve cooked rice in mine; noodles, too. It also has a nifty basket that I use to steam veggies.
If someone has kids and really is worried that their kids will hurt themselves making mac and cheese, then maybe this is useful. But this makes me think that a) kids are eating a lot of crap, and I wouldn’t make it easier for them to eat that crap for a snack (and certainly not an entire BOX of the crap); and b) maybe a parent needs to teach the sprogs how to use the stove to boil water. Then again, I knew how to prep and roast a chicken when I was 10*, so my views may be skewed on this subject.
*Divorced parents; mom was working. If we were having a roast chicken, I prepped it and put it in the oven. It was mostly done by the time mom got home.
You obviously have never had a teen aged boy… a box is an appetizer.
I saw it in Wal*Mart last week when I went in to pick up a power strip. It was being sold alongside a similar product (same price and manufacturer) labeled for cooking ramen noodles. I’m still wondering how convenient this could be for taking to work or school. You still need a container for the butter and milk to complete the recipe.
Are you sure? I would assume you would just put them right in there after you take it out of the microwave and then eat it out of the same bowl.
A zip lock bag would be simple enough to hold the butter and milk.
Wouldn’t work, the way I make mac’n’cheese.
Wait, how are you guys making mac & cheese with a separate container for butter and milk?
We’re all talking about boxed mac here, right? I can’t imagine this product is marketed towards anything but that.
I’m pretty sure kaylasdad99 was talking about a container to carry the butter and milk to work or school in.
If you are going to eat it at work, just buy the Velveeta kind with the cheese in the pouch. No milk or butter necessary.