Best Rice Cooker

Zojirushi NSRNC-18A Automatic Rice Cooker and Warmer with Floral Imprint

john — Mon, 16 Aug 2010 02:18:35 +0000

Zojirushi makes the top rice cookers and this is one of them! The Zojirushi NSRNC-18A Automatic Rice Cooker looks very Asian, with the traditional flower prints on the side. It’s just an automatic rice cooker, no programs or anything, but it cooks perfect rice every time.

Zojirushi NSRNC-18A Automatic Rice Cooker and Warmer with Floral Imprint

Very Durable!

I don’t own this rice cooker but my aunt has it. She married an Asian and they eat rice every day for decades. According to her, the Zojirushi NSRNC-18A Automatic Rice Cooker has lasted her more than 10 years! The durability of this rice cooker is not by chance, I’ve read the numerous raving reviews on Amazon and many of the users have owned this rice cooker for a very long time too.

“My mother has been using hers for 20 years.” – Janey Lee
“My family used this rice cooker for 15 yrs.” – E. Tran
“13 years and still cooking rice!” – T. Schulz

Many of them are very happy that this rice cooker has a retractable cord too, which means it’s so convenient to keep one less cord out of the way, and you can bring the whole pot to a party without having to mess with the cord.

Large Rice Cooker

This rice cooker is really big. It holds a 10-cup capacity, which is more than anyone need, but it can cook 2 cups perfectly too. Of course, if you don’t ever need such a big rice cooker, get a smaller model, but for a medium to large size family, this is just perfect, with room for more.

Get the Zojirushi NSRNC-18A Automatic Rice Cooker and Warmer now while it has the best price with free shipping. It’s definitely a best buy for such a durable rice cooker!

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Panasonic SR-MS182 Fuzzy-Logic 10-Cup Rice Cooker

john — Sat, 14 Aug 2010 02:17:39 +0000

Panasonic has been doing well in the market alongside Zojirushi and Sanyo, but with a different approach to rice cookers. They like to keep it simple and no-frills, and charge you less for it. This Panasonic SR-MS182 Fuzzy-Logic 10-Cup Rice Cooker is one of their best advanced models.

Panasonic SR-MS182 Fuzzy-Logic 10-Cup Rice Cooker, White

The Good
1) This rice cooker has many modes: normal white rice, quick white rice, brown rice, sticky rice, rice porridge, steam, cake and slow cook. But if you’re the kind who cooks more variations, you’ll probably have to find the best match for your favorite type of rice.

2) The rice cooking is good, but add slightly more water than the suggested amount if you’re only cooking 2 cups, because somehow cooking less will make the rice drier, and this happens with many big size rice cookers.

3) The steam tray works well and is easy to clean. It automatically sets the time to 10 minutes when you press “steam” and you can adjust it to more or less time if you need. But for most veggies and fish, 10 minutes is perfect.

4) It’s nice to be able to ‘bake’ a cake in a rice cooker if you don’t have any other options, but the cake is more like a steamed cake instead of a bake one with golden crust. Tastes just as good though.

5) The Panasonic SR-MS182 Fuzzy-Logic 10-Cup Rice Cooker remembers your last setting for slow cook, cake and steam, nice for routined cooking.

The Bad
1) The quick mode isn’t very good. The rice comes out undercooked unless you let it sit for a while more in keep warm mode, which defeats the purpose of quick mode entirely.

2) The slow cooker only has no heat setting so it only cooks on high heat. You can still slow cook with this if you think the temperature is right for your recipe, but it provides no flexibility for recipes calling for low heat.

I think the Panasonic SR-MS182 Fuzzy-Logic 10-Cup Rice Cooker is a good rice cooker for a big family. Click the link to read more reviews for this rice cooker so you will know whether it’s right for you.

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Sanyo ECJ-HC55S 5-1/2-Cup Micro-Computerized Rice Cooker and Slow Cooker

john — Fri, 13 Aug 2010 07:08:25 +0000

This is a great rice cooker with slow cooking function! The Sanyo ECJ-HC55S is a rice cooker and slow cooker in one advanced, computerized machine. And it is so easy to use too!

Sanyo ECJ-HC55S 5.5-Cup Micro-Computerized Rice Cooker and Slow Cooker, White

The Sanyo ECJ-HC55S is a 5.5-cup rice cooker that comes with two inner pots, one that is non stick for rice cooking, and one for slow cooking. Everything can be programmed or cooked manually as you like, and the timer works great!

What I like about the timer of this rice cooker is that you can preset the rice cooking time to have the rice cooked at a certain time of the day, for example if you come back from work at 7PM, just enter that time and the rice will be ready at precisely that time. But even if you don’t get back in time, the rice will be kept warm and waiting for you.

The rice comes out perfect each time too, not too wet or too dry, and not clumpy. There’s a steamer you can use to steam your favorite dish along with the rice cooking, and this is perfect for Asian dishes like steamed fish, veggies, tofu and eggs. But of course, the steamer size has it’s limitations.

Great Slow Cook Options

If anyone likes to slow-cook steel cut oats, this works great! The oatmeal comes out really beautifully, never with any disappointments.

This rice cooker can take up quite a bit of the counter space though. But it works so well and it even has a retractable cord. If you think 5.5 cups is small for you, the Sanyo ECJ-HC100S is a similar model at 10-cup size.

Definitely get the Sanyo ECJ-HC55S 5-1/2-Cup Micro-Computerized Rice Cooker if you think a medium size rice cooker with slow cooking function is for you. The price is affordable and Amazon offers free shipping with the best price!

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Aroma Cool-Touch Rice Cooker and Food Steamer

john — Thu, 12 Aug 2010 09:34:19 +0000

The impression I always get with Aroma rice cookers is that they are very basic and easy to use. This one, the Aroma Cool-Touch Rice Cooker and Food Steamer is a 6-cup automatic rice cooker with a steamer.

Aroma Cool-Touch Rice Cooker and Food Steamer

What’s nice about it is that it is very simple. No bells and whistles, no programs or whatsoever, just measure the rice and water, switch it on and cook. After about 20 minutes for 2 cups of rice, or 30 minutes for brown rice, you get perfectly cooked rice. And you can steam a dish on the plastic steamer at the same time!

I think this rice cooker is great for making one-dish rice meals, or even making sushi rice. It can make up to 12 cups of cooked rice so you have room for guests and special occasions.

Aroma Cool-Touch Rice Cooker – To Buy or Not to Buy?
The rice cooker goes into keep warm mode after cooking so you can have warm rice when you come back from work. There are a couple of complaints with this automatic switch though – the reviewers said the switch with their rice cooker was faulty and jumped into keep warm mode before the rice was cooked.

Also, a few users said that when trying to cook more cups of rice, the rice cooker would spew starchy water. This could be a fault with the water reservoir that is supposed to contain the water. But Amazon has a good return policy so the rice cooker can be sent back.

Overall, this rice cooker is basic and affordable. Aroma Cool-Touch Rice Cooker and Food Steamer costs around $30 which is a good price for a 6-cup rice cooker that gives you the flexibility of cooking more or less rice. Ships for free at Amazon too.

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Best Mini Rice Cooker – Black & Decker RC3303 3-Cup Automatic Rice Cooker

john — Wed, 11 Aug 2010 09:30:44 +0000

This rice cooker is so cute! If anyone needed a rice cooker that is so tiny it can be brought anywhere, the Black & Decker RC3303 3-Cup Automatic Rice Cooker will do.

Black & Decker RC3303 3-Cup Automatic Rice Cooker

Actually A 1.5-cup Rice Cooker

Although it says on the description that this is a 3-cup rice cooker, in fact it really makes 3 cups of cooked rice instead of uncooked rice. So in reality, this is a 1.5-cup rice cooker. It is very small and looks like a toy!

Don’t be fooled by appearances though, the Black & Decker RC3303 3-Cup Automatic Rice Cooker can cook rice. It can cook enough for one or two persons if they eat normally.

Take it Wherever You Go

I think this rice cooker is just nice to bring with you while traveling. This reminds me of the time when I went to China, and the weather just didn’t agree with me, so I had to stay in the hotel for several days. The hotel food bored me after a while, and that was the time when I wished I had a rice cooker with me.

The Black & Decker RC3303 3-Cup Automatic Rice Cooker has a non stick bowl so it’s very easy to wash after cooking, even if it does brown the rice a little at the bottom sometimes. The remedy for this is to stir up the rice when it has absorbed all the water, and switch the rice cooker to keep warm earlier instead of waiting for it to click.

Most of the reviewers who rated this less than 3 stars had mistaken it for a bigger rice cooker and was disappointed that it was so small. The correct dimensions are there in the description, and they are: 7.5 x 7.5 x 6.6 inches.

So beware! The Black & Decker RC3303 3-Cup Automatic Rice Cooker is a mini rice cooker! Only buy this rice cooker if you think the size is right for you.

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Sanyo Rice Cookers – Summary

john — Thu, 29 Jul 2010 02:35:14 +0000

I have write quite a lot of Sanyo rice cooker reviews in the past. And here I like to compile all the Sanyo rice cooker into this post.

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Panasonic SR-G06FG – Best Basic Rice Cooker
Sanyo ECJ D100S – Best Value Big Rice Cooker
Aroma Rice Cooker – Top Affordable Rice Cooker

Zojirushi Rice Cookers – Summary

john — Wed, 28 Jul 2010 02:54:47 +0000

Zojirushi rice cookers are the best rice cookers you can get if you can afford the price. Most of the rice cookers are design with advance cooking technology such as fuzzy logic, neuro fuzzy logic and induction heating. I have review almost all the best zojirushi rice cookers you can buy in the market and I like to compile all of them here in this post.

Zojirushi Rice Cooker Reviews – All :

Zojirushi Rice Cookers – All Zojirushi Rice Cooker Reviews
Zojirushi Neuro NS-ZCC10 5.5-cup Rice Cooker Review – Best Rice Cooker (5.5-cup)
Zojirushi NS-ZCC18 10-cup Neuro Fuzzy Rice Cooker Review – Best Big Rice Cooker (10-cup)
Zojirushi NP-HBC10 5.5-cup Rice Cooker With Induction Heating Review
Zojirushi NP-HBC18 10-cup Rice Cooker With Induction Heating Review
Zojirushi NS-WAC10 Micom Fuzzy Logic 5.5-cup Rice Cooker Review
Zojirushi NS-TGC10 Micom 5.5-cup Rice Cooker Review
Zojirushi NS-LAC05 Micom 3-Cup Rice Cooker
Zojirushi NHS-18 10-cup Rice Cooker/Steamer Review
Zojirushi Basic 6-cup Rice Cooker Review

Of course my top recommendation is Zojirushi Neuro NS-ZCC10 rice cooker; it is constantly being award as the best rice cooker or best advanced rice cooker in the consumer report, cooking magazine and more. But there are other models that might meet your need better such as the basic rice cooker series (very affordable), or the latest induction heating model (top of the line). Anyway, the most well know series are the fuzzy logic (very popular) and neuro fuzzy logic rice cooker models (best value).

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Panasonic Rice Cookers – Summary

john — Tue, 27 Jul 2010 08:07:11 +0000

Recently, I making an effort to update and add in few Panasonic rice cooker reviews. Anyway, my favorite is still Zojirushi and Sanyo rice cookers but Panasonic rice cookers are very affordable rice cooker with its simplicity and ease of use. If you ever in tight budget, you might want to consider some of the very best Panasonic rice cooker that I have take the time to review at below:

Basic Rice Cooker:

Panasonic SR-G06FG 3.3-Cup Rice Cooker Review – Best Basic Rice Cooker, Great for student, single and couple
Panasonic SR-TMB10 5.5-Cup Rice Cooker Review – Pretty Old Model, I think I can’t find it in the market anymore
Panasonic SRG-10G 5-Cup Rice Cooker Review

Fuzzy Logic Rice Cooker:

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Zojirushi NS-ZCC10 Rice Cooker Review

john — Wed, 21 Apr 2010 06:46:13 +0000

For me, this Zojirushi NS-ZCC10 5.5 cup rice cooker is really the ultimate rice cooker machine!

What Make It The Best?

Well, this Zojirushi NS-ZCC10 rice cooker have received top rating from cook illustrated, consumer report and more. It’s really the ultimate rice cooker machine with a lot of advance features and come with a higher price. Well in short, many experts have pick this as the best programmable fuzzy rice cooker in their overall rice cooker testing and reviews. And in my personal opinion, I think it is quite safe to say that you can’t go wrong by buying this rice cooker.

Anyway, this is not the main reason why I strongly recommend this best rice cooker. What I truly love about this rice cooker is you can cook whatever rice in it and still come out right each time. Either you are cooking with white rice, brown rice, black rice or making sushi, this Zojirushi NS-ZCC10 rice cooker will automatically adjust it for cooking different kinds of rice and store your texture preference!!! This is really smart and powerful rice cooker machine. Even though sometime I forgot to put in enough water, but still the cooked rice comes out perfectly each time. This saves the day sometime. But of course, compares to other ordinary rice cooker, the trade off is longer cooking time for this advance technology.

My Personal Zojirushi Rice Cooker Review

Zojirushi NS-ZCC10 Rice Cooker Review

For me, this rice cooker is pretty easy to use even though it comes with a lot more features in it. And it can cook up to 5.5 cup of raw rice that good enough to serve 3-4 people in the family. 5.5 cup rice cooker is pretty standard cup size for a rice cooker but if you are looking for a smaller rice cooker or rice cooker that can cook only for 1-2 people, you might want to check out this Zojirushi 3 cup size rice cooker. Anyway, my tip here is if you have guests to come over your place sometime, it’s better to get a bigger cup size rice cooker but you also want to make sure that you bigger cup size rice cooker can fit in your kitchen counter top:)

What Is The Bad Thing About This Rice Cooker?

One thing to note here is … this rice cooker don’t come with a streaming basket and the one I bought sometime ago comes with an incomplete instruction manual, but since I don’t use streaming basket or read any rice cooker manual, I guess I will give it a 5 star for this rice cooker review except it is a bit pricey compare to other rice cooker.

Zojirushi Rice Cooker Extra Feature

What is the extra feature? Well, you can read more about Zojirushi NS-ZCC10 advance feature and product description at Amazon. The model has earns a lot of good Amazon review from Zojirushi owner, they love it and happy with Zojirushi NS-ZCC10. And I think I have say enough good think about this Zojirushi in my rice cooker review here. Well, check out the Zojirushi nano feature. This Neuro has just about every feature you could want, including fast-cook, re-warm and extended keep-warm settings … oop, I think I have give away the extra feature here:)

Anyway, Amazon have very good discount on this Zojirushi rice cooker (Amazon Link) item and I believe it’s the lowest price I ever see, don’t you just love to get the best deal online:)

Further Information:

Zojirushi NS-ZCC10 At Amazon

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Zojirushi NS-LAC05 Micom 3-cup Rice Cooker Review

john — Wed, 21 Apr 2010 06:02:38 +0000

As the name suggests, NS-LAC05 Micom 3-Cup Rice Cooker and Warmer that manufactured by Zojirushi can accommodate up to 3 cups of rice, which makes it appropriate for single or small size families. A few reviewers conveyed that they like this cooker as it enables them to cook the amount of rice in accordance with their preferences. With the delicate stainless steel housing, it has a sleek outer appearance that will fit well with any kind of kitchen upholstery. It also saves the countertop space with its optimum size of 11 ½ by 9 by 7 ¼ inches as well as its built-in retractable electrical cord which is perfect for those who have small-size kitchen.

Zojirushi NS-LAC05 Micom 3-cup Rice Cooker Review

NS-LAC05 Micom 3-Cup Rice Cooker and Warmer offers a variety of functions such as White, Sushi, Porridge, Brown and Quick Cooking. The users have revealed that it works well with various kinds of rice. For instance, long grain brown, medium grain brown, and the like. This rice cooker is equipped with Micro-computerized Fuzzy Logic Technology, which enables even heat distribution and good control of the temperature during the rice cooking process. The assortments of reviews have shown that this rice cooker has fulfilled the users’ needs with utmost satisfactions.

A great deal of reviewers has pointed out that the Keep Warm and Timer functions are particularly useful in easing their rice cooking tasks. The Timer will start the rice cooking process automatically, while the Keep Warm feature will maintain the ideal temperature of the rice and preserve its freshness until it is ready to be served. NS-LAC05 Micom 3-Cup Rice Cooker and Warmer has extra-large colored LCD display for easy setting selections. It also comes with nonstick inner cooking pan and detachable inner lid that will simplify the cleaning processes. A one-year limited warranty and a wide range of rice cooking accessories are given away with the purchase of this rice cooker.

In my opinion, I think NS-LAC05 Micom 3-Cup Rice Cooker and Warmer is a modern, compact and handy rice cooker that suitable for small to medium size family.

Further Information:

Click here for more – Zojirushi NS-LAC05 Micom 3-Cup Rice Cooker

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