Zojirushi NS-ZCC10 5.5 Cup Neuro Fuzzy Rice Cooker And Warmer In Premium White

I hear a lot of people talking about how it makes fluffy rice, but personally, I like my jasmine (fragrant) rice on the stickier side. So the trick is to leave it in the cooker on the keep warm setting after it finishes cooking. I do so for at least 2 hours. The texture is amazing. I liked rice before and would have it every week. Now, I have it every day.

Important things to know:
– It can only make 4 cups (uncooked) jasmine rice. So the 5.5 cup capacity doesn’t apply to all types of rice.
– The 10 cup version is actually cheaper, so if 4 cups of jasmine rice aren’t enough for you, you might want to go for the 10 cup one and save a few bucks at the same time.
– It has handles that stay cool, unlike some of the other Zojirushi models.
– Has a very handy automatically retractable power cord.

Even my boyfriend raved about the rice’s texture (and he is not the type to pay attention to that kind of detail). I used to own a cheap rice cooker that cost under 20$. It depends on how picky you are. Sometimes I would hurt my teeth on the uncooked rice of that cheaper machine. The Neuro Fuzzy cooks rice really evenly. None of it sticks to the bottom to form a hard crust.

I actually bought a Panasonic Fuzzy Logic rice cooker a few years back (retailing at around 100$) and I returned it to the store, as it couldn’t deliver texture-wise.

Before I moved to Toronto, I had a simpler, but same size and style rice cooker from Panasonic, and I loved it. I gave it to my mother, and decided to use just an Instant Pot, as just one appliance would take up less space in my small apartment kitchen. Well the instant pot certainly cooks rice, but it does not do it WELL. I regretted gifting away my trusty Panasonic rice cooker for months, then saw this one priced very reasonably on here. I did some research about the reliability, then went ahead and got it.

I am SO pleased with this rice cooker, there was obviously quite a lot of thought put into it. Little things like a retractable cord, plastic handles on the pot so you can pick it up right after cooking, and a well-balanced handle (the cooker stays level when picked up by the handle).

I highly recommend this to anyone looking to get a real rice cooker, either for the first time or as a replacement for an older one.

Okay, I lived in Japan for 10+ years, and have been visiting there for over 30 years, so I have eaten a lot of rice in my time. In all honesty, I’m not even that crazy about rice. Being a former baker, I much prefer bread, and over all this time have always thought that rice is rice, you know what I mean?

Since I moved back to the U.S. about five years ago, I used a cheap rice cooker/steamer/yogurt maker from Costco. It did the job, and cooked rice fairly adequately. It died on me last year, though, and my wife BEGGED me to buy a quality rice cooker to replace it. Though a cheapskate at heart, I’m also a big softie, so after spending hours online researching rice cookers in English and Japanese, we settled on the 5.5 cup model of this one. It lacks all the bells and whistles of higher end suihanki, but it has high reviews, the most modern technology and design features to cook rice well, and Zojirushi is one of the most trusted brands in Japan.

As much as I have wanted to believe that my wife was over finicky about rice (typical male?), I am not too proud to admit when I am wrong. I was so wrong – the rice that this appliance cooks is truly phenomenal! Whereas the rice in the previous cooker had soft and hard spots – some rice overcooked and some undercooked – the rice from this one is uniformly consistent. Each grain comes out glossy and chewy, with just the right amount of stickiness.

If you want to make any popular Japanese dishes, from the lowly onigiri (rice balls), to sushi – everything turns out more delicious with rice from this cooker. I truly don’t understand how there can be such an immediate, explicit difference in the quality of the cooked rice. We use the same exact brand of rice every time, and my wife doesn’t even use any of the “fancy” features on the device – she just hits “quick rice.”

Nearly two hundred dollars may seem like an exorbitant amount to spend on a one-trick pony appliance like this (especially considering our bread machine was only around 50 bucks). Rest assured, though, this is money well spent. I cannot recommend this rice cooker enough.

Rice Cooking function is good as expected. However, I’m upset because I paid for new unit and received a used/retuned unit with paper towel insert and cooking residual.

I decided to keep it but post a review here to remind the seller on their business ethics.

Esta arrocera es común que se descomponga, vean las reseñas en amazon de USA, tampoco venden ni envían (hasta donde yo se 03/09/2015) piezas por separado como la olla o la tapa, solo la he usado una vez y ya se rallo la olla.

Compren una arrocera que tenga soporte (de la empresa que la hace) en México.
ya que Zojirushi no tiene presencia en México, ademas se le tiene que cambiar una pila de reloj cada cuatro años y esta viene soldada, te recomiendan llevarla a la empresa donde se fabricó pero no hay en México.

Debo añadir que para lavarla es un lio porque la tapa de platico no se quita y despues de hacer arroz se ensucia, y corres el riesgo de mojar la parte electrónica que siempre esta prendida.

I finally decided to grit my teeth and shell out the money for this Made in Japan cooker, replacing the run of the mill simple electronic one I got from the big box stores.

The footprint of this one is fairly large, obviously being a 10 cup cooker over my last one, which was only 4, but turns out the difference in size between the 5.5 and 10 cup Zojirushi models is hardly any, and you can cook a round of rice as small as just 1 cup, so why not.

The only other downside, aside from the price, is the cooking time. Being able to finely adjust the rice to hard or soft (which you can choose in the menu) comes at the cost of extra cooking time. My old dumb (for a lack of a better word) rice cooker would complete a cooking cycle in about 20 minutes. This one, you’re looking at minimum 40 minutes to an hour, depending on the amount of rice you have in there. But it is oh so worth it having rice that isn’t burnt or sticky at the bottom of the pan. I’ve used it a few times so far and the rice always comes off the inner pan easy.

The best function on this cooker BY FAR to me, is the timer option. You’re able to set the time to *when you want the rice to be ready* (not when it should start cooking). Perfect if you’re heading off to work and want perfect rice by the time you get back home! Perfect if you want to cook up a batch of oatmeal (yes, it does that too) in the morning – just set up the oatmeal in the pan, add water, set the timer, close it up and wake up to easy breakfast.

I am super happy with this even though the upfront cost is so high. A slight nitpick would be that the LCD menu on the cooker is not backlit, so it’d be hard to see in the dark. Oh well. Minor gripe.