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Zojirushi NS-ZCC10 Neuro Fuzzy Cooker, 5.5-Cup uncooked rice / 1L, White

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Capacity 1.05 Quarts
Product Dimensions 13"D x 10.13"W x 8.13"H
Power Source Corded Electric
Product Care Instructions Wipe with Damp Cloth

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  • 5-1/2-cup computerized rice cooker and warmer with advanced Neuro Fuzzy logic technology. Wall mountable
  • Multi-menu selections; automatic keep-warm, extended keep-warm, and reheat cycles. Electrical Rating - 120 volts / 680 watts
  • Spherical, nonstick inner pan allows for uniform heating; LCD clock and timer; retractable cord
  • Menu settings include white (regular/sushi, softer or harder), mixed, porridge, sweet, semi-brown, brown, rinse-free and quick cooking
  • Measures approximately 14 by 8 by 9 inches; 1-year limited warranty, Dimensions (W x D x H) : 10-1/8 x 13 x 8-1/8 inches
  • Includes 2 measuring cups, nonstick rice spoon/scooper, rice spoon holder, and recipes . NOTE: Please ensure to measure rice in the cup that comes along with the product ONLY

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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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rice spatula, rinse free and regular rice measuring cups

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 Rice

This 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 Rice

Because 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 Rice

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.

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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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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. This 5-1/2-cup rice cooker and warmer makes 10 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 10-1/8 by 13 by 8-1/8 inches.

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Easy to clean
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4.8 out of 5 stars
4.8 out of 5
11,035 global ratings

Customers say

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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2,026 customers mention1,802 positive224 negative

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

598 customers mention531 positive67 negative

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

492 customers mention358 positive134 negative

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

425 customers mention385 positive40 negative

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

214 customers mention214 positive0 negative

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

172 customers mention151 positive21 negative

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

166 customers mention154 positive12 negative

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

149 customers mention124 positive25 negative

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

Life Can Be Good (Sometimes)
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Life Can Be Good (Sometimes)
My Zujirushi rice cooker arrived today, and I made my first batch of rice in it! The machine is easy to set up and use. I watched YouTube videos and read a lot of reviews before purchasing, so that gave me a leg up so to speak.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.
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Reviewed in the United States on July 12, 2021
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Reviewed in the United States on July 12, 2021
My Zujirushi rice cooker arrived today, and I made my first batch of rice in it! The machine is easy to set up and use. I watched YouTube videos and read a lot of reviews before purchasing, so that gave me a leg up so to speak.

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.
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