Why I buy this one ?
- 5-1/2-cup rice cooker and warmer with advanced fuzzy logic technology
- Multi-menu cooking functions; LCD control panel; keep warm; timer
- Black, thick, inner cooking pan and heating system provide even heating
- Spatula, spatula holder, and rice-measuring cup included
- Measures 14 by 10 by 8-1/2 inches

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What our customer's say!

"best rice cooker", This is just a great rice cooker! Once you get it set-up it is so easy to use.I have 3 members of my household and it is just the right size.The web site has recipes too that are helpful. It cost more than some cookers but worth it.As far as the aluminum thing goes I have been cooking in restaurants for 30 years and have cooked on aluminum every day. If it were copper then worry. I have never heard anything so ridiculous.

"no spatter rice cooker",
this machine cooks and keeps rice warm, it has never spattered steam or water droplets on my counter. it is cleaned after each use and it is used quite frequently as i love rice. i have used it for long grain white rice and for brown rice, it does exellent on both.

a good purchase if you cook rice on a regular basis otherwise it may be on the high side for average households.

"Before you buy, ask if you need it.", I have been cooking rice since my youth. Half rice and half water will always yield perfect rice, if you like soft rice. 2/3 rice and 1/3 water will yield rice more firm. Boil the water, let it sit and use low flame for 20 minites to cook it well done.

See you do not need high tech cooker. In that regard, this cooker is a complete waste of money. If you like convenience, buy a $30 one. That will do perfect job.

I bought because my friend told me great things about it. AFter I tried it, his claims are all unfound. Bottom line, it is a rice cooker with high price, that is it.

High tech, high hype.

"Does what it's supposed to do!", I bought this rice cooker during my kitchen remodel, when the only methods of cooking I had were crock pot, microwave, or hot plate. This thing was, and still is, a life-saver!

I love brown rice, but I hate the intense, laborious process of cooking it on the stove. Watching the heat, getting the water amount just right, constantly having to baby it...no thanks. With my Zojirushi I just set it to brown and go to town (haha). The brown rice cycle takes about 2 hours...but if you use the built in timer function, you can have brown rice (or any kind of rice) ready and waiting for you at the time you desire. The time you set on the timer is the time that your Zojirushi sings it's corny little japanese song to let you know that your rice is ready to eat. If you aren't ready for it yet, your rice is kept warm without getting dried out or crusty.

If you've never tried short or medium grain brown rice, do it. It's so much better for you and most people I've cooked it for prefer the texture of short grain brown rice to the more common long grain. In case you were wondering...PF Changs uses medium grain, but I've had trouble finding that.

White rice always comes out great, not too sticky or wet...though it does take around 45 minutes. I make a lot of spanish rice...here's a quick easy recipe for that:

**SPANISH RICE***
2 Zojirushi Cups White Rice
1 Small can Tomato Juice (I think it's 8oz)
2-4 Teaspoons of Chicken Buillon (or use chicken broth instead of the water)
2-4 Tablespoons of Taco Seasoning
Fill with water to "2" and cook on white rice setting
It's a pretty forgiving recipe and I frequently spice it up with additional ingredients....chipotle peppers, sweet corn, etc.

I also make steel-cut oatmeal nearly every morning. My timer automatically has it hot and ready for me when I get up for work. I use 1/2 Zojirushi cup of steel cut oats (rinsed) with 1.5 zojirushi cups of water. All of this goes in the night before. More often than not, I have to clean the inside steam vent cover after cooking this, but that doesn't take long.

This is the first rice cooker I've ever owned, so I can't vouch for the performance of any other model, though I suspect I'd be disappointed with the cheapo on/off ones sold by most stores. The 5.5 cup capacity has been plenty for me & my roommate....usually 2 cups is enough for us (and we eat a lot). I typically cook 4 cups so that I've got leftovers or lunches.

If you're trying to decide between this and the induction model...you really don't need to spend the extra money...this one does just fine. I can't imagine the results being any better than they are...save that extra $100 for something else. I got the stainless finish because it matches my other appliances, but I'm sure the cooking functionality of the other models is identical.

At the time I purchased mine, Amazon was charging a bit more, so I ordered it, cheaper, from a place where I usually buy computer supplies. Now I see that Amazon has it for about the same price. You really can't go wrong with Zojirushi.

"Rice cooker review", A great product, and worth the price. Best tasting rice I have ever eaten, and costs less to run than the stove or microwave--plus frees up those appliances, too.

Read this reviews before You buy...

"Great food to be found RIGHT HERE", For a family of 2 - 5, this is the key to healthy eating. From porrage to rice, cream of wheat to oatmeal, this cooker is the bomb. You can use the timer for a warm breakfast treat or for preparing the base for a healthy supper. If you can see, you can make perfect food.... come to think about it, if you can measure... you really don't even need to be able to see. It is worth every penny and more. BTW, this is the least expensive place to buy it. I spent hours looking, from eBay to the mall, and everywhere else, and this is the place, rest assured. You found it, now buy it, there will never be a regret. Good luck and good eating.

Steve

"Ultimate Warrior", I suppose you get what you pay for. This thing takes "making rice" to the next level. Really, how much you value something like this depends a lot on how much you value rice. If you're the kind of person that thinks... "Hmm. Rice? I can take it or leave it." --well, don't waste your time. A $20 rice-maker will do you well and last forever. They're about as complicated, technologically, as toasters.

But if you think you might have inclinations to rice-snobbery... well, you can't do any better than the Japanese. This thing *plays music* when it's finished. It is the ultimate in lazy cookware: it keeps your rice fresh and warm *days* after you've made it. Heck, it makes BROWN rice taste decent. That's rice-voodoo. But it will cost you.

"Yeah!!! I can finally cook rice!!!", After years of my husband making fun of me because I couldn't properly cook rice on the stove, I finally broke down and bought a rice cooker. A Japanese friend suggested Zojirushi, so I did some researching before purchasing this model.

I don't have a huge group to cook for, just our family of four, but I do entertain quite often so I bought this model instead of the smaller 3 cup model just incase I ever needed it.

So far, I've made white rice and oatmeal in the rice cooker. Both turned out perfectly! My husband mentioned that this was the best rice he'd ever eaten and kept pointing out how each grain was perfect, not a sticky mess like our usual rice.

For the oatmeal, I used a "recipe" mentioned in another Amazon review (1 rice cooker cup steel cut oats, 2.5 cooker cups water and a dash of salt). I used the timer function on the rice cooker so that it was ready when I woke up in the morning. I've had the rice cooker for a week and made the oatmeal three times already! It's a nice treat. (For the record, my very picky 1 year old loved hers with a little brown sugar and some dried cherries mixed in).

Clean up is a breeze. Both the rice and oatmeal cooked without scorching and the pan cleaned up quickly. Not a speck stuck to the side.

People have complained about having to wipe out the top lid each time you cook. I really don't understand the complaint. This takes all of 5 seconds and there's no mess to scrub, just maybe a drip of water.

I am very happy that I finally broke down and shelled out the money for a decent rice cooker. I could have gotten a cheaper one, but would I be enjoying fabulous oatmeal first thing in the morning? No, and I'd probably be replacing it within a year, from what people have told me.

"Perfect Size & Perfect Rice - Glad I Got This Instead of the NS-LAC05", Just got this rice cooker this afternoon & immediately tried it out making one "Zojirushi cup" of sticky short grain white rice I bought at a Japanese grocery store. I just finished gobbling it up with a little soy sauce and it was DELICIOUS! The rice came out perfectly - nice and sticky (I can't wait to make some sushi with it!), but not watery at all and cooked perfectly.

I was really torn between this model and Zojirushi's NS-LAC05 3-Cup model. Most of the time, I will be cooking rice for only 2 people, so the 3-Cup NS-LAC05 seemed ideal. But, on the other hand, I liked the flexibility of getting this bigger 5 1/2-Cup model - e.g., when having company over for dinner, or for cooking "one pot" rice-based dishes - I thought I could use the extra room in both cases. And, this bigger model can make cakes, where as the 3-Cup is too small. The only thing that worried me about getting this bigger model was I wondered if it would cook a small amount (i.e., one "Zojirushi cup") of plain rice as well as the smaller model - after all, that is what I would be doing most of the time.

Well, the flexibility won out in the end (as well as the surprisingly lower price of the NS-TGC10 on Amazon - $10 cheaper than the smaller NS-LAC05). And my worries about making a small amount of plain rice in the NS-TGC10 turned out to be unfounded as I discovered in my test run.

So, if you are torn between these two Zojirushi models, I recommend this one - $10 cheaper & more flexibilty. Plus, judging from the dimensions of both, it is not much bigger than the NS-LAC05 so it won't take up significantly more kitchen counter space.


"Excellent Rice Cooker", I bought this rice cooker from Amazon a few weeks ago and I've used it almost every day since I got it! I've used it for mixed rice, wild rice, black rice and oatmeal. In fact, I've mainly used it for oatmeal.

The timer feature is great and this model has two! I just put my steel cut oats in and set the timer to have the oatmeal ready for me in the morning. I use the following recipe and oatmeal comes out great each time!

1 Rice Cooker Cup - Steel Cut Oats
2.5 Rice Cooker Cups - Water
Dash of salt

The rice I've cooked has come out perfectly every time! In fact, it comes out too perfect depending on how you're used to your rice. I like my wild rice a little more dry than how this cooker cooked it the first time, but no problem, I just needed to add less water. It still came out moist and tender though and as perfect as you would think.

I've also found that you can be imperfect with your water amounts. This cooker seems to adjust for my imperfections and still makes great rice and oatmeal!

Having two timers is pretty handy, but one timer models will be fine for most people. The only advantage to having two timers is that the timer remembers your last time setting so you don't have input a new time each time. If you always have two set times, changing the times on a single timer model would be a pain.

I've noticed that the timer doesn't seem to remember my cooking method settings. This is odd since it remembers the time just fine. I always have to change my settings to porridge for my oatmeal, even though I've always set it to that the time before. This is my one con about this model so far.

The bowl is non-stick and cleans up easily. I've had no problem with cleaning the bowl even if I've left rice remnants in there all day. The inner lid removes easily and is cleaned easily. It doesn't get too dirty, but I have noticed that using the Quick Cook method seems to make it a bit dirtier than the normal cooking time.

The included cup is smaller than a standard US Cup, but that's not a big deal since everything is proportional anyhow. The include spoon is great and easy to clean as well. Nothing seems to stick to!

The handle and retractable cord are also pluses. All in all, a very well designed machine and easy to use. I didn't have any issues understanding the manual.

This is a great machine and hopefully it will stand up over time!

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