$200 Rice Cooker
It is time to buy a new rice cooker. Is a Neuro Fuzzy Logic Zojirushi worth ro cost?
Thanks.
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8 Comments:
I have one and love it --- but not for rice. We use it to make steel cut oats for my husband's breakfast. Set it up at night (takes all of 30 seconds) -- hot oatmeal waiting for you in the morning. Steel cut oats take 30 minutes to cook on the stove, not practical for @ 5:30 AM. But with the cooker, he can have it every day.
I find it takes longer to cook rice in the cooker than on the stovetop and it took a fair bit if trial and error to find the right combination of water, rice and cooking method. But it does do a decent, consistent job.
However, $200 sounds like a lot. I think I paid less. Then again, I got the smaller model. Ordered it from Amazon.
kjgibson at 8:25PM on 06/07/08
I paid around 220 for my Cuckoo. It does a lot of stuff. I use it almost everyday.... if you're going to use it a lot, I say spend the money. If you're just trying to cook rice, go a little cheaper.
smile at 10:01PM on 06/07/08
I have a 5-cup Sanyo fuzzy logic cooker. Paid about $115 on Amazon 2 years ago. I was really doubtful about paying so much for a rice cooker and spent ages doing research, since we didn't have a whole lot of extra money. However, I've never for even a moment regretted the purchase.
http://www.amazon.com/Sanyo-ECJ-D55S-5-5-Cup-Micro-Computerized-Stainless/dp/B000260JPI/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&s=home-garden&qid=1212973178&sr=8-2
renzata at 9:01PM on 06/08/08
We love our Zojirushi -- for rice, polenta/grits, oatmeal, etc. It's worth it if you eat a lot of those type of things. Almost every Japanese person I know (a lot since my wife is Japanese) has one (or another fuzzy logic brand) because they do the best job.
Dominic
the zen kitchen
dvchurch at 10:15PM on 06/08/08
I have a Cuckoo (a Korean rice cooker that's a bit more) as well and it does so many things - it works as a slow cooker so I can braise meat in it; I can make porridge; I can cook all different types of rice so that even brown rice is just as "soft" and sticky as white rice.
It depends how much you will use a rice cooker and if you're looking for other purposes to use it. Otherwise, I would stick to something basic.
PattyCho at 10:24PM on 06/08/08
I have a Sanyo 10-cup and haven't regretted the purchase either. I think I paid less than $100 on Amazon. I eat way more grains than I ever did before and have made things I probably would have never tried without the ease of the cooker. For instance, I have found barley and love it. The timer feature is super - nothing's better coming home to a house that smells like jasmine rice.
The larger size was not significantly more expensive and it works as a steamer and slow cooker too.
GregWA at 1:54PM on 06/09/08
Worth it.
thepictsie at 3:35PM on 06/09/08
I hate to say it, but $200 for a rice cooker seems steep. maybe it's the college student in me, but if you've got a stove, a pot and a plate, there's your rice cooker.
rasellers0 at 6:12PM on 06/09/08