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Zojirushi Neuro Fuzzy 10-Cup Rice Cooker and Warmer (Premium White)
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Brand | Zojirushi |
Capacity | 1.9 Quarts |
Product Dimensions | 14.25"D x 11.13"W x 9.5"H |
Power Source | Corded Electric |
Product Care Instructions | Wipe with Damp Cloth |
About this item
- Versatile Appliance: Compact and convenient, the Zojirushi Neuro Fuzzy Rice Cooker and Warmer is a reliably versatile kitchen appliance for making all the rice recipes. Whether you like white or brown, or prefer the rinse-free variety of rice, this is the machine for you
- Settings: With its 2 delay start options and automatic, as well as extended Keep Warm settings, Neuro Fuzzy will accommodate any situation
- Technology: The advanced Neuro Fuzzy technology ensures the rice is fluffy and delicious with automatically customized cooking temperature and heating time adjustments
- Compact and Practical Design: With the full range of rice cooking options, including porridge, sweet, semi-brown, brown, rinse-free and sushi rice you'll be able to make a wide variety of delicious rice based dishes. Cook for yourself, your family or throw a party - this compact machine may take up less than a foot of your countertop space, yet it fits up to 10 cups of cooked rice inside
- Other Features: Its spherical inner pan sports stay cool side handles for safe retrieval and handling, while its convenient inner lid detaches for washing. Additionally, the rice cooker is equipped with fold-down handle and retractable power cord for convenient storage
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Zojirushi Neuro Fuzzy Rice Cooker & Warmer NS-ZCC10/18
The Neuro Fuzzy Rice Cooker & Warmer features advanced Neuro Fuzzy logic technology, which allows the rice cooker to 'think' for itself and make fine adjustments to temperature and heating time to cook perfect rice every time.
The 5.5-cup rice cooker (NS-ZCC10) makes up to 10 cups, and the 10-cup rice cooker (NS-ZCC18) makes up to 20 cups of cooked short grain white rice. It includes a variety of cooking functions including short or medium grain white rice in regular/sushi, softer or harder, in addition to mixed rice, porridge, sweet rice, semi-brown rice, rinse-free rice and quick cooking. It comes with a spherical inner cooking pan with stay cool side handles that provides even heating for better cooking. There is a melody or beep audio indicator to indicate when the cooking cycle has ended.
Other highlights include a detachable and washable inner lid, an easy-to-read LCD control panel, automatic keep warm, extended keep warm and reheating cycles, delay timer with two settings, and a built-in retractable power cord.
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Easy-to-read colored LCD control panel with Clock and Timer functions |
Convenient detachable and washable inner lid for easy cleaning |
Stay cool side handles allow quick and easy transporting of the inner cooking pan |
Accessories include rice measuring cup, rinse-free rice measuring cup, nonstick rice spatula and spatula holder |
Make every rice type imaginable with a Zojirushi Rice Cooker
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Brown RiceThis is a menu setting designed to cook delicious short or medium grain brown rice. In order to cook hard rice bran and the rice inside, preheating time is extended for better absorption of water, and is cooked at a lower temperature to allow the rice to cook longer without becoming mushy. |
Sushi RiceBecause sushi rice will be processed after it's cooked, it is easier to handle when it is a little firmer. This menu setting is very similar to regular white rice, but uses less water (adjusted by the water fill line) for a firm finish. |
Mixed RiceMixed rice is rice cooked with additional ingredients and seasonings. This setting extends preheating for better absorption of seasoning. Also, the cooking temperature is slightly lower than regular white rice, to avoid ingredients from boiling over. |
PorridgeInstead of cooking rice in larger amounts of water and risk making it sloppy, use the porridge setting to cook fluffy porridge. Cooking temperature is slightly lower than regular white rice to be cooked longer for soft texture. |
MICOM (Microcomputer) Technology
Aided by microcomputer technology, this category of rice cooker takes having rice on your menu from “occasional” to “serious”. Basically, the microchip does all the thinking for you, as far as adjusting cooking times and temperatures according to the type of rice you are cooking, and timing the pre-soaking of the raw grains and the final “wait” period during steaming.
MICOM allows the cooker to have multiple functions on its menu, making it a necessity for any avid rice fan who wants to incorporate rice into their daily diet.
How it Works
Conventional rice cookers simply turn on and off in reaction to temperature. The “fuzzy logic” of MICOM fine tunes this adjustment to adapt to various rice types, such as white, brown, sweet or porridge, which all has different cooking requirements. The trigger to everything is the thermal sensor, a small round button at the bottom of the inner body of the cooker. As the inner pan’s weight rests on it and activates the sensor, it starts the cooking process and keeps an eye on the temperature and time.
About Zojirushi
In 2018, Zojirushi Corporation celebrated its 100th anniversary, and a century of products designed to improve customers' quality of life-bringing comfort, ease, vitality, and affluence to people around the world. Striving to remain faithful to the principles that embodied the company's first 100 years, and the reputation of quality and durability it earned them, Zojirushi looks forward to a future of continued innovation and inspired design.
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Product information
Brand | Zojirushi |
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Capacity | 1.9 Quarts |
Product Dimensions | 14.25"D x 11.13"W x 9.5"H |
Power Source | Corded Electric |
Product Care Instructions | Wipe with Damp Cloth |
Color | White |
Special Feature | Automatic Keep Warm, Timer, Ready Indicator Light, Retractable Cord, Programmable |
Material | Stainless Steel |
Lid Material | Plastic |
Item Weight | 16 ounces |
Wattage | 1000 watts |
Included Components | Rice cooker, Spatula, Spatula Holder and 2 Measuring Cups (regular and rinse-free), Inner Pot, Instruction Manual |
Voltage | 120 Volts |
Model Name | NS-ZCC18 |
Item Weight | 1 pounds |
Manufacturer | Zojirushi |
ASIN | B000A7NN4I |
Item model number | NS-ZCC18 |
Customer Reviews |
4.8 out of 5 stars |
Best Sellers Rank | #2,078 in Kitchen & Dining (See Top 100 in Kitchen & Dining) #13 in Rice Cookers |
Is Discontinued By Manufacturer | No |
Date First Available | April 15, 2005 |
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Product Description
Zojirushi NS-ZCC18 10-Cup (Uncooked) Neuro Fuzzy Rice Cooker and Warmer, Stainless Steel
NS-ZCC18
The Zojirushi Neuro Fuzzy Rice Cooker & Warmer features advanced Fuzzy Logic technology, which allows the rice cooker to 'think' for itself and make fine adjustments to temperature and heating time to cook perfect rice every time.
The Micom Rice Cooker & Warmer cooks flawless rice.
This 10-cup rice cooker and warmer makes 20 cups of cooked rice and includes a variety of cooking functions comprising of white (regular/sushi, softer or harder), mixed rice, porridge, sweet, semi-brown, brown, rinse-free, and quick cooking. This unit uses a black thick spherical pan with stay cool side handles that provides even heating for better cooking. There is a programmable melody or beep audio indicator to indicate when the cooking cycle has ended.
Other highlights include a detachable and washable inner lid, an easy-to-read LCD control panel, and automatic keep warm, extended keep warm and reheating cycle, delay timer with two settings and a built-in retractable power cord. Accessories include a spatula, a spatula holder, and 2 rice-measuring cups (regular and rinse-free). The 680-watt rice cooker and warmer measures 11-1/8 by 14-1/4 by 9-1/2 inches.
- Micro computerized Advanced Neuro Fuzzy logic technology
- Menu settings include: white (regular/sushi, softer or harder), mixed, porridge, sweet, semi-brown, brown, rinse-free and quick cooking
- Programmable melody or beep audio indicator
- Extra Large Easy-to-Read color LCD display
- Automatic keep warm, extended keep warm and reheating cycle
- Spherical inner cooking pan and heating system ensures even heating for perfectly cooked rice
- Programmable Delay timer (2 settings)
- Fold down handle for easy carry and transport
- Built-in retractable power cord
- Accessories include: Spatula, spatula holder and 2 measuring cups (regular and rinse-free)
- cETLus listed
Make every rice type imaginable with a Zojirushi Rice Cooker
Brown Rice
This is a menu setting designed to cook delicious brown rice. In order to cook hard rice bran and the rice inside, preheating time is extended for better absorption of water, and is cooked at a lower temperature to allow the rice to cook longer without becoming mushy.
Sushi Rice
Because sushi rice will be processed after it's cooked, it's easier to handle when it is a little firmer. This menu setting is very similar to regular white rice, but uses less water (adjusted by the water fill lines) for a firm finish.
Mixed
Mixed rice is rice cooked with additional ingredients and seasonings. This setting extends preheating for better absorption of seasoning. Also, the cooking temperature is slightly lower than regular white rice, to avoid ingredients from boiling over.
Porridge
Instead of cooking rice in larger amounts of water and risk making it sloppy, use the porridge setting to cook fluffy porridge. Cooking temperature is slightly lower than regular white rice, to be cooked longer for soft texture.
MICOM (Microcomputer) Technology
Aided by microcomputer technology, this category of rice cooker takes having rice on your menu from “occasional” to “serious”. Basically, the microchip does all the thinking for you, as far as adjusting cooking times and temperatures according to the type of rice you are cooking, and timing the pre-soaking of the raw grains and the final “wait” period during steaming.
MICOM allows the cooker to have multiple functions on its menu, making it a necessity for any avid rice fan who wants to incorporate rice into their daily diet.
How it Works
Conventional rice cookers simply turn on and off in reaction to temperature. The “fuzzy logic” of MICOM fine tunes this adjustment to adapt to various rice types, such as white, brown, sweet or porridge, which all has different cooking requirements. The trigger to everything is the thermal sensor, a small round button at the bottom of the inner body of the cooker. As the inner pan’s weight rests on it and activates the sensor, it starts the cooking process and keeps an eye on the temperature and time.
Key Features:
Convenient detachable inner lidfor easy cleaning.
Stay-cool side handles make removal of the inner cooking pan quick and easy.
Spherical inner cooking pan provides even heating for better cooker.
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Easy to clean | 4.8 | 4.7 | 4.7 | 4.5 | 5.0 | 4.8 |
Easy to use | 4.7 | 4.8 | 4.8 | 4.3 | 5.0 | 4.7 |
Timer function | 4.7 | 4.7 | — | 4.1 | 5.0 | 4.7 |
Versatility | 4.7 | — | 4.7 | — | — | 4.7 |
Sold By | Amazon.com | Amazon.com | Amazon.com | DELUXE M | Amazon.com | Amazon.com |
capacity | 1.9 quarts | 1.9 quarts | 10 cups | 1.9 quarts | 1 liters | 1.05 quarts |
material | Stainless Steel | Plastic | Stainless Steel, Polycarbonate (PC), Ceramic | Acrylonitrile Butadiene Styrene (ABS) | — | Stainless Steel |
lid material | Plastic | Plastic | Stainless Steel | Aluminum | Plastic | Plastic |
voltage | 120 volts | — | 220 volts | 120 volts | 120 volts | 110 volts |
wattage | 1000 watts | 660 watts | 700 watts | 880 watts | 610 watts | 680 watts |
model name | NS-ZCC18 | steaming basket | — | Umami Micom Rice Cooker & Warmer | NS-WTC10 | NS-ZCC10 |
weight | 1 pounds | 12 pounds | 12 pounds | 12.44 pounds | 1 pounds | 1.4 kilograms |
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Customers like the appearance, size and ease of cleaning of the rice cooker. For example, they mention it's well designed, easy to use and clean, and has a reasonable storage and countertop footprint. Customers are also impresseded with the warmth, saying it can keep rice warm and fresh for a long time. As for the ease of use, they say it'll make delicious rice in no time.
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Customers like the quality of the rice cooker. They mention that it makes perfect rice, is one of the best rice cookers they've ever had, and is a workhorse. Customers also appreciate the rice scoop, saying that it never sticks to it. They say that the rice is very tasty and has a nice smokey grilled flavor.
"...Conclusion: this rice cooker will cook most rices just fine including parboiled long grain rice, and I am now very happy indeed...." Read more
"...Besides that, they have a nice smokey grilled flavor that I like...." Read more
"...but the finished product is so good from this cooker, and the keep warm works so well, that an..." Read more
"...rice is done to perfection (including when used for sushi) and keeps its quality even if I have to let it sit in the pot for an hour or more after it..." Read more
Customers find the rice cooker easy to use. They mention the instructions on the rice bowl are easy to understand. They also say the controls are satisfying to handle and assemble/disassemble. Customers also say that the rice never burns and is easy for making dinner. They say the time savings and simplicity is worth it.
"...The upshot is that my first batch of rice was easy to make and turned out fine...." Read more
"...It sounds silly, but they're satisfying to handle and assemble/disassemble...." Read more
"...Another very useful feature is that it is simple to program it hours ahead to start cooking so that the rice is done at the exact time I want it..." Read more
"...Pros:- High Quality- Excellent Rice Cooker- Easy to use- Cooks from 1 cup to 10 cups (enough for 1 or 20+ people)-..." Read more
Customers like the value of the rice cooker. They say it's worth the money, saves a lot of time, and is satisfying.
"...I just think the long grain parboiled rice is the most satisfying...." Read more
"...but if you eat rice more than once a week, this one is worth the money and space, even more than a cheapo rice cooker." Read more
"...Zojirushi NS-ZCC10 cost more than I wanted to spend, but was more than worth the cost...." Read more
"...Yes, you can ship it in for servicing but that's very expensive just for the battery and I did not (and will not) do it for my 3-cup model...." Read more
Customers find the rice cooker easy to clean. They say it has removable parts that make cleaning a breeze. Customers also say the rice is perfect and mess free every single time.
"...the range of grains I can cook in this rice cooker and the ease of using and cleaning it, I am very pleased with this rice cooker...." Read more
"...Since it has a very good non-stick surface it is easy to clean off dried-on ingredients...." Read more
"...-It takes me 2 minutes to clean the cooker when I'm done...." Read more
"...It will even keep it warm for you.Clean up is simple...." Read more
Customers are satisfied with the warmth of the rice cooker. They mention that it cooks rice to perfection and can keep it warm and fresh for a long time. They also love the warm rice feature, which is good for small families. The reheating function and the timer you can set so that it automatically switches to keep warm mode.
"...The keep warm function is really great at preserving the texture of the rice even when used all day, much better than any other cooker I've used..." Read more
"...Fun little jingle when starting cook and cook complete- Keeps rice warm, moist and delicious 8+ hours after cooking-..." Read more
"...No more boiling in a regular pot...." Read more
"...heating element, the handles on the inner bowl, the extended keep-warm function, the retractable power cord, and the many varieties of rice settings...." Read more
Customers like the appearance of the rice cooker. They say it looks great, is cute, and well designed. Customers say it creates perfect rice every single time and is oddly homey. However, some customers have concerns about the nonstick coating of the pot being too fragile.
"...It turned out nicely, and I am going to use the leftovers to make fried rice, which I think I shall enjoy more...." Read more
"...So adorable. It makes me smile every time...." Read more
"...BUT knowing it's a beautiful piece of appliance that can stay on my counter made it worth the purchase...." Read more
"...Cons: The nonstick coating of the rice pot is beautiful but far far too fragile...." Read more
Customers are satisfied with the texture of the rice. They mention that it is fluffy, excellent, and spectacularly fluffy. The rice is not mushy or hard, and the kernels are very distinct. The product turns out beautiful fluffy rice that is plump, moist, and not Mushy.
"...on the outside, and this one is all plastic, although nice smooth high-quality plastic...." Read more
"...myself, but have been eating more because this machine turns out beautiful fluffy rice...." Read more
"...I even smelled the difference in the rice, and it tasted great. The texture, consistency, and stickiness were just right for my liking...." Read more
"Does its job and does it well! Fluffy rice, well built, hope it lasts decades." Read more
Customers like the size of the rice cooker. For example, they say it does not take up that much counter space, it stores in a cabinet easily, and it's small enough for a couple of people or small family. It has a reasonable storage and countertop footprint, and is good for large meals. Some mention that it looks more spacious than one would think, and that it frees up space on the stove.
"...It is quite lightweight. Everything so far seems to function as it should...." Read more
"...around with the handle because it isn't heavy, but it's actually small enough that it can live on my countertop because we use it multiple times per..." Read more
"...It’s also a nice size and stores in a cabinet easily! You’re welcome!! ☺️" Read more
"...It's not hefty when lifted, even with cooked rice in it. It came with two measuring cups, one for prewashed rice and one for regular...." Read more
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Somehow I expected it to be a much heavier appliance than it is. It is quite lightweight. Everything so far seems to function as it should. DO READ ALL OF THE INSTRUCTIONS FIRST, as did I, though, so you do not make any errors.
After washing and drying the inner bowl, the rice paddle, and the removable lid, I used my rice washing bowl to wash two cups of Jasmine rice. I never prepared Jasmine rice before in my life, although I am sure it must be the same rice I have eaten in Chinese and Thai restaurants many times. It is at best a medium grain rice and much more sticky than the rice I usually eat, i.e. parboiled long grain rice. Cooking the rice was a breeze. I put two cups of washed Jasmine rice in the inner bowl and added 2.5 cups of distilled water. I set it for white rice and "soft." It took about 50 minutes to cook it which was fine with me as I had plenty of other things to do. It turned out nicely, and I am going to use the leftovers to make fried rice, which I think I shall enjoy more.
I used the Jasmine rice today as a base over which I spooned some tinned soup. It is purely a matter of personal tase, but I much prefer my long grain parboiled rice over this Jasmine rice, at least for the types of meals I usually make, e.g. soups, creoles, seafood gumbo, as a side to veggie burgers, etc. I just think the long grain parboiled rice is the most satisfying. I suppose it may have something to do with how one was raised and how one has lived for most of one's life.
Clean up was a breeze. Set up and first use were easy (I read everything and read reviews and watched YouTube videos, so it did not seem like much of a challenge to first set up and use it). I love the little tune played at the start and the end! I HATE buzzers on microwaves and spin dryers, etc. Why cannot they all use some little bit of music like this rice cooker uses? It is so cheerful, and it does not make one jump out of one's skin to hear it. Anyone who does not like the little tunes played at the start and the finish of a cooking cycle must be an old Grinch.
I plan to make one cup of my parboiled rice in this rice cooker just to see how it turns out. I will rinse it well first and keep an eye on it. I hope it turns out well because I definitely like it more than the Jasmine rice. I also like brown rice and plan to try it. I love wild rice, too, but I am not sure if this rice cooker cooks wild rice. Japanese must eat mainly sushi rice and brown rices because this rice cooker seems more geared to those rices than any others.
I plan to make some steel cut oats later in the week. I think they will turn out well, too, based on my experience today so far. I love that I all I have to do is put the washed rice into the machine with the appropriate amount of water, set it, and walk off without having to remember to do anything else. I have seen several YouTube videos where veggies and even some meats were added to the rice with great results, so I plan to try that soon, too. One YouTube chef added a tomato and a splash of olive oil to his rice, and it turned out beautifully. I bet it tasted good. I want to try that as well. My only concern is whether the acid in the tomato might not be good for the non-stick coating. Manufacturer warns against using vinegar but does not mention tomatoes.
The upshot is that my first batch of rice was easy to make and turned out fine. I must try more rices and porridge in it as well, but if all goes well, and especially if I can get away with making parboiled, or even plain long grain rice in this cooker, I shall be happy. I have no problems making consistently good rice on the stove top, but I have to watch my stove top rice and turn it off at the end cooking time, etc. This rice cooker can free me up not to have stick close to the stove top.
If you love rice and eat a lot of it, as do I, then this might be a good purchase for you. If you only eat rice once per week or less, then you can probably stick with the stove top method and earmark the $200 for something else you want/need.
As something of an aside, I found a couple of etsy sellers who custom make cozy covers for appliances and teapots, etc. I probably will have a cozy made for this rice cooker as it will live its life on my countertop (no cupboard space available), and I want to keep it protected from dust, etc.
Re the timer function, I have not tried it so far, and I probably will rarely need to use it, but it is a very nice feature to have. For example, if you knew you were going to be away from home all day or all afternoon at least, then you could use the timer to have rice ready at 6 or 7 p.m. or whatever time you will be back home. The timer would also be nice if you wanted your rice to start cooking say one hour before you arise from a nap or come in from working in the garden, etc. Many reviewers lament the long cooking times, but really, the cooking times are not so long. It takes 40 minutes to cook long grain parboiled rice on the stove top. It did not take much longer to make Jasmine rice in this rice cooker. Besides, you should plan ahead. If I know I want to eat a meal at say noon, then I wash the rice and start it cooking up to two hours before I plan to eat. The rice will be kept warm until I do eat. The cooking time is only a hassle if one does not plan ahead. There is a remedy for this, however, you can buy Minute Brand Instant Rice instead.
Now, I have one HUGE complaint here, but it has nothing to do with the manufacturer or the rice cooker. My complaint is again Amazon. They shipped this $200 rice cooker to me in the manufacturer's box. No shipping box was used. Somewhere along the way, either they dropped it really hard or something big and sharp fell on it because there was a HUGE gash on one side of the box, and the box's corners were all smashed in. Who in his right mind ships a $200 piece of computerised equipment without a shipping box?
Then, to add insult to injury, the delivery person simply opened my gate and left the rice cooker sitting in the muddy wet grass (we had a lot of rain the day before, and it still was not dry out) even though there was a DRY, CLEAN sidewalk right next to where he left it. Moreover, it was only a very few more feet to to walk to reach my garden bench beneath my covered porch where it not only could have been left in a dry area protected from rain and also further from the gate where someone could have spied it and reached inside to grab it. This just shows a lack of attention and concern in the delivery.
I have had to complain at least 4-5 times in the last few months about Amazon drivers leaving my packages OUTSIDE of my gate where they are very likely to be stolen. I cannot wrap my head around how these drivers must think if they would leave packages outside of the gate or leave packages inside the gate but in the muddy grass even though the dry, safe porch is only a few more feet away.
29 July 21 ETA: I have now prepared Jasmine rice, steel cut oats, aka Irish oats, wild rice blend, and long grain parboiled rice in this machine, and they all turned out great. The only one I was concerned about was the long grain parboiled rice, but I need not have worried. I prepared 1 cup rice to 1.25 cups water and cooked it on Mixed, and it turned out just fine. Be sure to wash you rice before cooking, though. I forgot to wash the wild rice blend, and it turned out too sticky for wild rice. I used the rice/water ratio of 1 cup rice to 1.5 cups water and used the brown rice setting per the Zojirushi website. I thought the mixed rice setting is for rice with other items added, e.g. veggies, but I think the next time I will try the mixed rice setting because after all, I used a blend of black, brown, red, and wild rice. It may turn out better on the mixed rice setting, and it should turn out better if I remember to rinse it of course. This is an object in mindfulness. If we let too many things distract us at once, then we cannot focus on a simple task well enough to do a proper job. Making rice can be very Zen if you are in the moment.
Conclusion: this rice cooker will cook most rices just fine including parboiled long grain rice, and I am now very happy indeed. I really wish I would have purchased one of the Zojirushi rice cookers 2-3 ago at the time I first became interested in them. Two things held me back. Firstly, I thought the rice cooker would not be able to cook long grain parboiled rice which is my go-to rice, and secondly, I did not think I could add other ingredients to my rice, e.g. veggies. I was wrong on BOTH counts. If these are issues that have held you back, do not let them. This rice cooker is quite versatile.
For example, I made Jasmine rice in the cooker one day. I added an whole, fresh tomato and a splash of olive oil to the pot. I saw a chef do this on YouTube. It turned out great. I added my usual Lipton Beefy Onion Soup Mix to my long grain parboiled rice, and it turned out great, too. I will continue to experiment, but at this point, I think this rice cooker could cook pretty much any type of rice you care to put into it, and do not fear adding veggies and even some minced pieces of lean meat if you eat meat.
Given the range of grains I can cook in this rice cooker and the ease of using and cleaning it, I am very pleased with this rice cooker. I am less pleased with Amazon at the moment, though. If you decide to purchase one, remember to stipulate that it be sent in Amazon packaging IF you care about the manufacturer box arriving in good shape.
ETA: Well, I have been using my rice cooker for over a year now! I cannot believe I have had it that long already! I still love it and use pretty much every single day. I did want to add a caveat to my review, though.
The instructions say to be sure to wipe off any moisture from the bottom of the cooking before you place it in the base and use it. I never gave it much thought as to why, but I always wiped it, or so I thought. It seems I used it a couple of time whilst there was still moisture on the outside bottom of the bowl, and that moisture sort of "baked" into the metal where you place the bowl. I tried to unsuccessfully to scrub it out. It seems permanent. I cannot budge it. It appears to be cosmetic only, but it bothers me nonetheless. I am happy that the rice cooker still performs just fine, but every time I remove the bowl and see those marks, it bothers me. Once this rice cooker has to be replaced, next time I will be very, very careful to remove all moisture from the bottom of the bowl before I place it into the base to cook rice or anything else. Attaching a photo for you so you can see what it looks like. Wish I could figure out a way to clean off of these ugly, dark "burns." I am not really sure what to call them. I guess it must be the minerals in the water that were baked on or burned into the metal? If anyone knows how to remove these "burns," please let the rest of us know.
Somehow I expected it to be a much heavier appliance than it is. It is quite lightweight. Everything so far seems to function as it should. DO READ ALL OF THE INSTRUCTIONS FIRST, as did I, though, so you do not make any errors.
After washing and drying the inner bowl, the rice paddle, and the removable lid, I used my rice washing bowl to wash two cups of Jasmine rice. I never prepared Jasmine rice before in my life, although I am sure it must be the same rice I have eaten in Chinese and Thai restaurants many times. It is at best a medium grain rice and much more sticky than the rice I usually eat, i.e. parboiled long grain rice. Cooking the rice was a breeze. I put two cups of washed Jasmine rice in the inner bowl and added 2.5 cups of distilled water. I set it for white rice and "soft." It took about 50 minutes to cook it which was fine with me as I had plenty of other things to do. It turned out nicely, and I am going to use the leftovers to make fried rice, which I think I shall enjoy more.
I used the Jasmine rice today as a base over which I spooned some tinned soup. It is purely a matter of personal tase, but I much prefer my long grain parboiled rice over this Jasmine rice, at least for the types of meals I usually make, e.g. soups, creoles, seafood gumbo, as a side to veggie burgers, etc. I just think the long grain parboiled rice is the most satisfying. I suppose it may have something to do with how one was raised and how one has lived for most of one's life.
Clean up was a breeze. Set up and first use were easy (I read everything and read reviews and watched YouTube videos, so it did not seem like much of a challenge to first set up and use it). I love the little tune played at the start and the end! I HATE buzzers on microwaves and spin dryers, etc. Why cannot they all use some little bit of music like this rice cooker uses? It is so cheerful, and it does not make one jump out of one's skin to hear it. Anyone who does not like the little tunes played at the start and the finish of a cooking cycle must be an old Grinch.
I plan to make one cup of my parboiled rice in this rice cooker just to see how it turns out. I will rinse it well first and keep an eye on it. I hope it turns out well because I definitely like it more than the Jasmine rice. I also like brown rice and plan to try it. I love wild rice, too, but I am not sure if this rice cooker cooks wild rice. Japanese must eat mainly sushi rice and brown rices because this rice cooker seems more geared to those rices than any others.
I plan to make some steel cut oats later in the week. I think they will turn out well, too, based on my experience today so far. I love that I all I have to do is put the washed rice into the machine with the appropriate amount of water, set it, and walk off without having to remember to do anything else. I have seen several YouTube videos where veggies and even some meats were added to the rice with great results, so I plan to try that soon, too. One YouTube chef added a tomato and a splash of olive oil to his rice, and it turned out beautifully. I bet it tasted good. I want to try that as well. My only concern is whether the acid in the tomato might not be good for the non-stick coating. Manufacturer warns against using vinegar but does not mention tomatoes.
The upshot is that my first batch of rice was easy to make and turned out fine. I must try more rices and porridge in it as well, but if all goes well, and especially if I can get away with making parboiled, or even plain long grain rice in this cooker, I shall be happy. I have no problems making consistently good rice on the stove top, but I have to watch my stove top rice and turn it off at the end cooking time, etc. This rice cooker can free me up not to have stick close to the stove top.
If you love rice and eat a lot of it, as do I, then this might be a good purchase for you. If you only eat rice once per week or less, then you can probably stick with the stove top method and earmark the $200 for something else you want/need.
As something of an aside, I found a couple of etsy sellers who custom make cozy covers for appliances and teapots, etc. I probably will have a cozy made for this rice cooker as it will live its life on my countertop (no cupboard space available), and I want to keep it protected from dust, etc.
Re the timer function, I have not tried it so far, and I probably will rarely need to use it, but it is a very nice feature to have. For example, if you knew you were going to be away from home all day or all afternoon at least, then you could use the timer to have rice ready at 6 or 7 p.m. or whatever time you will be back home. The timer would also be nice if you wanted your rice to start cooking say one hour before you arise from a nap or come in from working in the garden, etc. Many reviewers lament the long cooking times, but really, the cooking times are not so long. It takes 40 minutes to cook long grain parboiled rice on the stove top. It did not take much longer to make Jasmine rice in this rice cooker. Besides, you should plan ahead. If I know I want to eat a meal at say noon, then I wash the rice and start it cooking up to two hours before I plan to eat. The rice will be kept warm until I do eat. The cooking time is only a hassle if one does not plan ahead. There is a remedy for this, however, you can buy Minute Brand Instant Rice instead.
Now, I have one HUGE complaint here, but it has nothing to do with the manufacturer or the rice cooker. My complaint is again Amazon. They shipped this $200 rice cooker to me in the manufacturer's box. No shipping box was used. Somewhere along the way, either they dropped it really hard or something big and sharp fell on it because there was a HUGE gash on one side of the box, and the box's corners were all smashed in. Who in his right mind ships a $200 piece of computerised equipment without a shipping box?
Then, to add insult to injury, the delivery person simply opened my gate and left the rice cooker sitting in the muddy wet grass (we had a lot of rain the day before, and it still was not dry out) even though there was a DRY, CLEAN sidewalk right next to where he left it. Moreover, it was only a very few more feet to to walk to reach my garden bench beneath my covered porch where it not only could have been left in a dry area protected from rain and also further from the gate where someone could have spied it and reached inside to grab it. This just shows a lack of attention and concern in the delivery.
I have had to complain at least 4-5 times in the last few months about Amazon drivers leaving my packages OUTSIDE of my gate where they are very likely to be stolen. I cannot wrap my head around how these drivers must think if they would leave packages outside of the gate or leave packages inside the gate but in the muddy grass even though the dry, safe porch is only a few more feet away.
29 July 21 ETA: I have now prepared Jasmine rice, steel cut oats, aka Irish oats, wild rice blend, and long grain parboiled rice in this machine, and they all turned out great. The only one I was concerned about was the long grain parboiled rice, but I need not have worried. I prepared 1 cup rice to 1.25 cups water and cooked it on Mixed, and it turned out just fine. Be sure to wash you rice before cooking, though. I forgot to wash the wild rice blend, and it turned out too sticky for wild rice. I used the rice/water ratio of 1 cup rice to 1.5 cups water and used the brown rice setting per the Zojirushi website. I thought the mixed rice setting is for rice with other items added, e.g. veggies, but I think the next time I will try the mixed rice setting because after all, I used a blend of black, brown, red, and wild rice. It may turn out better on the mixed rice setting, and it should turn out better if I remember to rinse it of course. This is an object in mindfulness. If we let too many things distract us at once, then we cannot focus on a simple task well enough to do a proper job. Making rice can be very Zen if you are in the moment.
Conclusion: this rice cooker will cook most rices just fine including parboiled long grain rice, and I am now very happy indeed. I really wish I would have purchased one of the Zojirushi rice cookers 2-3 ago at the time I first became interested in them. Two things held me back. Firstly, I thought the rice cooker would not be able to cook long grain parboiled rice which is my go-to rice, and secondly, I did not think I could add other ingredients to my rice, e.g. veggies. I was wrong on BOTH counts. If these are issues that have held you back, do not let them. This rice cooker is quite versatile.
For example, I made Jasmine rice in the cooker one day. I added an whole, fresh tomato and a splash of olive oil to the pot. I saw a chef do this on YouTube. It turned out great. I added my usual Lipton Beefy Onion Soup Mix to my long grain parboiled rice, and it turned out great, too. I will continue to experiment, but at this point, I think this rice cooker could cook pretty much any type of rice you care to put into it, and do not fear adding veggies and even some minced pieces of lean meat if you eat meat.
Given the range of grains I can cook in this rice cooker and the ease of using and cleaning it, I am very pleased with this rice cooker. I am less pleased with Amazon at the moment, though. If you decide to purchase one, remember to stipulate that it be sent in Amazon packaging IF you care about the manufacturer box arriving in good shape.
ETA: Well, I have been using my rice cooker for over a year now! I cannot believe I have had it that long already! I still love it and use pretty much every single day. I did want to add a caveat to my review, though.
The instructions say to be sure to wipe off any moisture from the bottom of the cooking before you place it in the base and use it. I never gave it much thought as to why, but I always wiped it, or so I thought. It seems I used it a couple of time whilst there was still moisture on the outside bottom of the bowl, and that moisture sort of "baked" into the metal where you place the bowl. I tried to unsuccessfully to scrub it out. It seems permanent. I cannot budge it. It appears to be cosmetic only, but it bothers me nonetheless. I am happy that the rice cooker still performs just fine, but every time I remove the bowl and see those marks, it bothers me. Once this rice cooker has to be replaced, next time I will be very, very careful to remove all moisture from the bottom of the bowl before I place it into the base to cook rice or anything else. Attaching a photo for you so you can see what it looks like. Wish I could figure out a way to clean off of these ugly, dark "burns." I am not really sure what to call them. I guess it must be the minerals in the water that were baked on or burned into the metal? If anyone knows how to remove these "burns," please let the rest of us know.
I usually don't have much appetite until I'm already in a bad way, then I feel extremely hungry and malaise very suddenly.
This is a problem because I am already very thin. If I don't eat on a regular schedule I lose focus and feel off. So it stands to reason that I should make meals as efficient, cost effective and convenient as possible.
Begin Operation Breakfast 2.0
I wanted to come up with a way to have breakfast ready and waiting when I got out of bed so I could eat quickly and get on with my morning.
First I tried protein bars. That worked pretty well, but I had a problem where the chalky taste got really tiresome after a while. They also feel very heavy in my stomach. Then when I got braces I couldn't bite into the protein bars any more. When I got to the point that I was cutting up the protein bars and then sucking on them to soften them, or microwaving them, I decided this was no more convenient than making a regular breakfast and decided to try other things.
Next I tried protein shakes. They were disgusting. No matter what I put into them I couldn't find a way to mask the flavor of the protein powder enough that it didn't make me nauseous. I tried several different protein powder sources, all of which were disgusting in their own way.
After protein shakes I tried smoothies. This worked okay in the taste department, but they didn't contain enough protein or other ingredients that were good for me. They were essentially fruit (which contains a lot of sugar) and other forms of sugar, which left me needing food way before lunch time and made me sugar crash after 2 or 3 hours.
I then tried a combination of fruit and calorie supplements. They didn't taste too bad, but I tried several different substances, all of which had different adverse health effects. Some of them gave me diarrhea, some made me constipated and some of them had the same problems as previous breakfasts I tried.
And Now Breakfast 2.0
I think I have now finally found a solution that works.
Here are the ingredients:
A programmable rice cooker
I use a Zojirushi NS-ZCC10 5-1/2-Cup Neuro Fuzzy RiceCooker and Warmer that I bought on Amazon back in January. I chose it because it was the rice cooker with the most positive reviews from people who know the most about rice (Japanese, Korean, Chinese folks who consider rice a staple food). It is truly an amazing rice cooker. If you take a modern high efficiency washing machine and apply all the design axioms that make it human compatible to a rice cooker, you get the Zojirushi NS-ZCC10. It does really cool things like let you set multiple timers to start cooking at any time day or night, cancels the timer if you forget to close the cooker; it even plays a different song when it starts, when it's done and when it starts from the timer.
Pre-cooked, frozen chicken strips (Fajita style) (1 serving per Nutritional Information on package)
I got these in the frozen foods section at the grocery. I probably could buy chicken and grill it myself, then freeze it, but I'm more comfortable using the pre-packaged strips because I am more confident that the conditions under which the meat was prepared and cooked will be sanitary than my own kitchen would be. Besides that, they have a nice smokey grilled flavor that I like.
Store brand garden vegetables mix (Half cup serving per Nutritional Information on package)
These are generic frozen vegetables, because vegetables are vegetables to me. They don't taste any different to me if they're organic or GMO, but these happen to be organic (or so it says on the label). They consist of corn, carrots, broccoli and some kind of green beans I forget the name of.
Regular rice (Half japanese cup)
Plain old generic, medium grain rice in the store brand bag.
Half a can of cream of mushroom soup
This is purely for flavor. It acts as a base. I might try other soups or different bases as I get bored with cream of mushroom.
Water
Straight out of the tap.
Putting Together the Ingredients
I tested my recipe last night so that I wouldn't wake up groggy in the morning to a disgusting mess if things went wrong.
I have experimented with different ingredients before, so I know which ingredients can be safely left overnight without spoiling. I intentionally use frozen chicken and vegetables rather than thawing them because they will keep cool in the closed rice cooker overnight without spoiling.
Here's how to put it all together:
When measuring your rice, always use a Japanese rice measuring cup (unless the instructions with your rice cooker indicate otherwise), not an American one. Rice cookers are labelled with water levels that assume a Japanese cup. If you use an American cup your rice will not cook properly and your cooker may boil over.
First I wash the rice. I don't just give it a quick rinse, I wash it thoroughly. I wash my rice by putting it into a tall plasticware container with a snap-on lid with some water and shaking it. I put in water, shake, drain off the water through a sane and repeat until the water runs clear. This is important because if the rice isn't washed thoroughly the bran powder will act as an emollient, which will mess up the chemical balance when other ingredients are added and could cause the cooker to boil over.
I should note here that I've been washing and cooking rice the Japanese traditional way for years, so it's a bit of a ritual for me.
Next I fill the rice cooker pan slightly above halfway to the 1 cup water mark. I have experimented with different amounts of water with my cooker, and I have found that this amount of water works well for regular rice when I am using other wet ingredients. YMMV.
After adding water I add the half cup of rice. I swish the water around so the rice settles down into the water, then I toss in the frozen vegetables. I follow that by dolloping the mushroom soup onto the vegetables, then I place the chicken strips around the perimeter of the other ingredients.
The reason for this order:
Water and rice goes in the bottom because it needs the most heat to cook.
Frozen veggies go next because they need a medium amount of heat to steam.
Soup goes next because it's already cooked and only needs to be warmed up.
Chicken goes around the perimeter because it's already cooked. The perimeter is where the least heat goes, so the chicken will heat up without overcooking.
Finally I put the cooker pan into the rice cooker, close the lid and set the timer for one hour before I wake.
By morning the ingredients are thawed and ready to be cooked and heated up. The rice cooker kicks on an hour before I'm ready for breakfast and I have a warm, delicious meal waiting for me in the rice cooker. The rice cooker will switch from cook to warm automatically when cooking is done and keep the food warm for as long as I want.
If I don't feel like cleaning up I can close the lid and leave the rice cooker messy then clean it when I get home. Since it has a very good non-stick surface it is easy to clean off dried-on ingredients.
The combination of ingredients represents an ideal set of food groups for breakfast including starch, vegetables, protein and essential vitamins and minerals.
This reduces eating breakfast to the simplest of activities: Dumping it into a bowl and stuffing it in my face.
As a result I eat breakfast more consistently and I'm more productive and less malaise during the day.
As a result, I eat breakfast more consistently and I'm more productive during the day.
The different settings are actually useful if you cook a lot of rice, and the measurements for each are intuitive and result in a really good finished product. The keep warm function is really great at preserving the texture of the rice even when used all day, much better than any other cooker I've used with that function.
I've seen some outside reviews complain about the longer cook times (there is a quick cook that doesn't make quite as good of a result), but the finished product is so good from this cooker, and the keep warm works so well, that an extra 10-15 min compared to your dorm room rice cooker is well worth it.
It's pretty easy to move around with the handle because it isn't heavy, but it's actually small enough that it can live on my countertop because we use it multiple times per week. The retractable cord is a great feature. I absolutely love the little handles on the inner cooking pot, it makes it so easy to lift it out for a quick hand cleaning as soon as we're done with it, and the inside lid is so easy to take out and reinstall for cleaning too. It sounds silly, but they're satisfying to handle and assemble/disassemble. The nonstick is still perfect after several months of use and Zojirushi tends to support their products for a long time, so I'm confident if I ever need to replace the pot, I can.
Most people can learn to cook rice, even good rice, with practice, but if you eat rice more than once a week, this one is worth the money and space, even more than a cheapo rice cooker.
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