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michaelmpk
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Dec 2, 2017
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Am I missing something ? I've had a few rice cookers through the years and have never spent more than fifty bucks. What makes this one worth so much more ?
WinstonZ
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Dec 3, 2017
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michaelmpkThis has more options for different types of rice and style. This one can easily handle brown rice and porridge. You can set a timer, so you don't have to wait another hour to cook rice after getting home. I have one without induction heat. The taste and texture are better than the cheap rice cookers I had in the past, and you don't have to remember how much water you put into the pot to create that perfect texture for a specific type of rice.
The Induction Heat is said to mimic the style of using an iron pot with firewood to cook the rice, which is believed to be the best way to cook rice.... I've never got a chance to try IH, but I know that the food can easily taste better if you use the gas stove instead of using an electric stove to cook because of the even cooking temperature and more accurate temperature control.
This is the second top line from Zojirushi. I hope it can achieve the magical effect of what Zojirushi advertised.
The Induction Heat is said to mimic the style of using an iron pot with firewood to cook the rice, which is believed to be the best way to cook rice.... I've never got a chance to try IH, but I know that the food can easily taste better if you use the gas stove instead of using an electric stove to cook because of the even cooking temperature and more accurate temperature control.
This is the second top line from Zojirushi. I hope it can achieve the magical effect of what Zojirushi advertised.
WinstonZ
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Dec 3, 2017
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michaelmpkForgot to mentation that my roommate bought the same model as I have after tried with it (not the one in this post, it is an older model cost about $120 at that time).
RogierFvV
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Jan 13, 2018
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michaelmpkYou have never owned a rice cooker yet. I don't know which is more important, the GABA brown rice setting or the two timers... I have used this one non-stop for 7+ years. It is unbeatable. And it is better than having your own cook. It is always on time, and it does not talk back. I set my oatmeal for the AM, and if necessary, I then cook my grains for lunch, and then set the timer again for rice for dinner. Managing GABA brown rice, or even regular brown rice any other way is barely feasible if you have a busy life.
Annndy
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Jan 13, 2018
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michaelmpkShort-Grain Rice
Why spend so much on a rice cooker? The answer is pretty specific and generally not understood outside of Japan: short-grain rice, also known as Japanese, sticky or sushi rice. For most people throughout the world "rice" means "long-grain rice, cooked fluffy." In Japan the standard rice is short-grain, high protein, sticky, chewy and not fluffy. That type of rice, which is sometimes called "sushi rice" in North America, is not just starchy long-grain rice that has been cooked until it is mushy. It is an entirely different type of rice that is much harder to cook properly, unless you have a good Japanese style rice cooker. If you want to cook Chinese, Jasmine, Basmati or any other type of long grain rice, this is a very nice cooker, but it's not crucial. $50 Chinese rice cookers do a perfectly good job of cooking long-grain rice. They do not cook short-grain rice well and will produce mushy, overly sticky, partially uncooked rice. More importantly, to do short-grain rice in a standard inexpensive cooker you have to allow the rice to soak for a while before you can actually turn the cooker on. Firm, slightly sticky Japanese rice is the whole purpose of high-end expensive cookers like this. It also has other features like the keep warm and delayed cooking timer functions, but the primary difference between this and $50 cookers is the very careful, gentle, precisely controlled and staged time and temperature that are needed to make short grain rice properly. This cooker will also make rice without creating a toasted crust on the bottom as most inexpensive cookers typically do. Certainly there are less expensive cookers that also do short-grain rice well. This is just one of the best. There are models for slightly less than $100 that are suitable substitutes for this, but not $50 models.
The bottom line: if you make short-grain rice, you need a cooker like this. If you don't, you can easily use a much less expensive cooker.
Why spend so much on a rice cooker? The answer is pretty specific and generally not understood outside of Japan: short-grain rice, also known as Japanese, sticky or sushi rice. For most people throughout the world "rice" means "long-grain rice, cooked fluffy." In Japan the standard rice is short-grain, high protein, sticky, chewy and not fluffy. That type of rice, which is sometimes called "sushi rice" in North America, is not just starchy long-grain rice that has been cooked until it is mushy. It is an entirely different type of rice that is much harder to cook properly, unless you have a good Japanese style rice cooker. If you want to cook Chinese, Jasmine, Basmati or any other type of long grain rice, this is a very nice cooker, but it's not crucial. $50 Chinese rice cookers do a perfectly good job of cooking long-grain rice. They do not cook short-grain rice well and will produce mushy, overly sticky, partially uncooked rice. More importantly, to do short-grain rice in a standard inexpensive cooker you have to allow the rice to soak for a while before you can actually turn the cooker on. Firm, slightly sticky Japanese rice is the whole purpose of high-end expensive cookers like this. It also has other features like the keep warm and delayed cooking timer functions, but the primary difference between this and $50 cookers is the very careful, gentle, precisely controlled and staged time and temperature that are needed to make short grain rice properly. This cooker will also make rice without creating a toasted crust on the bottom as most inexpensive cookers typically do. Certainly there are less expensive cookers that also do short-grain rice well. This is just one of the best. There are models for slightly less than $100 that are suitable substitutes for this, but not $50 models.
The bottom line: if you make short-grain rice, you need a cooker like this. If you don't, you can easily use a much less expensive cooker.
treeinc
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Mar 21, 2018
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michaelmpkMaybe the fact that you say "I've had a few rice cookers through the years" says it all.
Annndy
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Apr 30, 2018
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RogierFvVGABA was something new to me when I got my cooker. I have always liked brown rice, but only on rare occasions. Now with the GABA setting, brown rice is so much more enjoyable and easy to make that my brown rice consumption has tripled, which is probably better for my health too.
Annndy
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Apr 30, 2018
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michaelmpkZojirushi has a page that explains the unique purpose for this style of rice cooker - https://www.zojirushi.com/grains/nphcc10.html. As I said in an earlier reply, it is certainly possible and even reasonable to make rice in a less expensive cooker, but this model will do it a little better and a lot easier, all while being a very nicely made, elegant and somewhat luxurious home product. I'm not denying that part of the price in a model like this is certainly appearance and brand. It's probably possible to get a cooker that is functionally similar for closer to $100.
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