MullardEL34 posted:

Hello Korean Thread. I have a somewhat interesting problem and I was wondering if someone here would be able to help me out. The commercial building I just started leasing was previously owned by a Korean family that fled the country this spring due to Immigration issues and tax evasion. Apparently you can't import and distribute vinyl awnings for campers tax free, who knew? They left behind all kinds of stuff, including kids clothes, cases of expired Chapaghetti, a 50 pound bag of Korean short grain rice that was unfortunately full of moth larvae, 5KG of anchovy powder (could this still be good? 5KG would retail for like $50 here, and the bag is still sealed), and like five pounds of moldy Doenjang. They also left this:

It's a 220V Samsung Pressure Rice Cooker that was definitely intended for the South Korean market. I'm guessing that they must not have realized before coming over that the US doesn't use 220V Mains power for small appliances, so it was thrown in a closet and promptly forgotten. In fact, the empty box for a 120v Zojirushi rice cooker was sitting right next to it.


It looks like a nice unit, and the rice cooking bowl is really heavy cast steel. I already rewired it for a 30 AMP US 220V dryer plug, since my laundry room is right by my kitchen, and I was able to power it up, but it would really be helpful if I actually knew what the buttons on the front did. Could someone here possibly translate the control panel? Has anyone here used a Korean pressure rice cooker before, and are there any tips on getting the best results out of one? I tried looking for a korean language manual on Samsung Korea's support website, but the model number came up with nothing. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance.

Here's a high res shot of the controls:

(Please excuse my lovely phone photography)