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I swear by my Zojirushi cooker. There will be a host of comments here on how it is possible to cook excellent rice without the gadget. These people are all corr
by yborg 11y ago
I swear by my Zojirushi cooker. There will be a host of comments here on how it is possible to cook excellent rice without the gadget. These people are all correct. What the cooker brings to the counter is it is fully fire and forget ... until it plays its jaunty tune on completion, and then maintains the rice at serving temperature for hours if desired without requiring me to do anything but walk over to it with a rice bowl. All hail the elephant!
- taude 11y agoI also like that on the Zoji there's an hot cereal setting, and unlike my prior rice cooker, where cooking steel-cut oats made a big mess with it boiling over, the Zoji gets it perfect, no fuss.
- c0nsumer 11y agoWhich one do you have? There's so many different ones I'm not sure which to start considering...
- acdha 11y agoWe've used this one for years — great results, zero problems: http://www.amazon.com/Zojirushi-NS-TGC10-Cooker-Warmer-Stainless/dp/B000MAERM0 http://www.amazon.com/Zojirushi-NS-TGC10-Cooker-Warmer-Stain...
- hga 11y agoIf you're not cooking for so many people, this model which I got 8 years ago is great: http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000G30ESY http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000G30ESY It'll do 1/2 to 3 "cups" of rice, the cup specified in their ratings is an old Japanese measure. As I recall, that'll get the minimum serving down to 300 calories from 600 for a full cup.
- LanceH 11y agoAnd the absolute winner of a function of telling it what time you want the rice or oatmeal to be ready -- it will figure it out from there. Have oatmeal ready in the morning or rice ready in the evening when I walk in the door, it's incredible.
- rcurry 11y agoI just dig that they play Twinkle Twinkle Little Star when you fire them up. It's just such an oddball thing, that I get a kick out of it every time I use it.
- fluxquanta 11y agoI've had my Zojirushi rice cooker for probably 3 years now and use it at least 4 times per week. It's bulletproof. The bowl is starting to show its wear, but I'm still in love with the thing. In addition, I have a Zojirushi countertop water heater for tea and I don't know I lived without that, either. These are expensive gadgets but boy are they convenient. Next stop, bread maker!
- wavefunction 11y agoI have a Zojirushi tiffin/lunch set and have looked at their rice-cookers before. What a pleasure of industrial design their products all seem to be!
- fluxquanta 11y agoIf you drink any amount of hot drinks, the water boiler is worth it. According to the manual, the 3 liter version draws only 38 watts maintaining 195F/90C water (after the initial boiling cycle).
- Symbiote 11y agoHow is this better than a (European?) jug kettle? The manual I found says this boiler takes 1–2 minutes to boil water from "keep warm" at 98°C, or 3–5 from 90°C. I can boil 1 litre in about 2 minutes with a conventional kettle, or 2 litres in about 4 minutes. Add 25–50% if using an appliance that costs €15 rather than €50. It seems rather wasteful to have something like this at home. It would double the "standby power" use of an average home, even perhaps an American one.[1] [1] http://www.osti.gov/scitech/servlets/purl/795343 http://www.osti.gov/scitech/servlets/purl/795343
- compumike 11y agoWould you "fire and forget" other meal items if you could? (disclaimer: building it)