NS-ZCC10WZ Neuro Fuzzy® 5.5-cup Rice Cooker & Warmer
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Web ID: 6794164Wonderful Rice Cooker, Best One You Can Get!
I bought this rice cooker in March of 2005, so it's about to turn 20! Still looks like new and works perfectly. The internal battery went out a long time ago, but it's only for delay timer functions and if you plug the cooker in and set the clock each time if you need delayed cooking, that works fine. I'm actually not sure why you would want or need the battery. I have been careful cleaning everything over the years, and it still looks brand new. The cooking pot doesn't have a single scratch on it and always cleans up easily. My favorite rice is Basmati cooked like in India or Persia, and I cook both white and brown as both are delicious. The white rice cooks perfectly on the White Rice/Soft setting, and the Brown on the Brown setting. With Basmati, I wash/rinse the rice 8 or 9 times, then soak it for 30 minutes and drain. Put the rice in the pot, then I add fresh water to the appropriate lines indicated in the pot, add a teaspoon of salt, and cut up a tablespoon of butter into small chunks and place on the top of the rice, then cook. The white Basmati takes 55 minutes to cook, the brown takes about 1.5 hours. Both types of rice turn out perfectly, just like you want Basmati to turn out. I have also cooked regular rice, Jasmine rice and Sushi rice and they all turn out great. This is a fantastic rice cooker and I would buy it again. The longevity of this appliance is amazing!
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Just a darn good rice cooker
I love how many different setting there are, the retractable cord, and how easy it is to clean everything! And obviously it’s great at cooking rice.
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Good machine
We replaced our 20 year old zojirushi with this one and are very happy with our purchase.
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Multiple uses a week for 15 years and no problems
I bought this rice cooker in 2009 and have been using it several times a week since then. It has simply made perfectly cooked rice every single time since then with no problems. We cook black rice, short grain white rice and short grain semibrown rice. We also cook a mix of rice and lentils and rice with coconut milk, and occasionally other stuff. We did have to replace the bowl since our kids scratched it up, but other than that it's been a near-daily workhorse for 15 years without a hiccup.
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Zojirushi NS ZCC10
Great cooker. It's a set and forget appliance. Experimenting with different rices and it's a learning curve. Zojirushi needs to put out a cookbook. Especially like adding ingredients to my rices. Makes steel Cut Oats and Oatmeal perfectly which I love. Made a fantastic Rice with Miso Salmon.
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Look no further
Absolutely the best, easiest rice I have EVER made.
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An excellent machine with some UX issues
I bought this about a year ago to replace the Zojirushi NS-JCC10, which I had had for more than 20 years and loved. It still worked fine, but the pan's teflon coating had worn away and replacements were no longer available; otherwise, I'd have kept it. The NS-ZCC10 is a very similar machine. It makes rice dependably and properly. It is the kind of appliance one seldom has to think about, in the best sense: you put rice and water in it (and in my case, steel cut oats), push a few buttons, and the machine does the rest, worry-free. However, a few changes in the layout and UX are (in my opinion) inferior to the JCC10. Instead of a pop-out steam vent, plug the ZCC10 has an aluminum plate (or perhaps it's some other metal) that probably offers more protection. It has to be washed, like the old pop-out plug, after each use. The cooker will not close unless the plate is in place, which means that unless you immediately dry and reinsert the plate after washing it, your cooker sits open until you do. As a consequence, letting the plate air-dry, though more convenient, isn't a sanitary option. Also, the actual buttons on this model need to be pushed *very* hard in order to work. It's not a big deal, but often it's necessary to hold the cooker in place with one hand while mashing a button with another; otherwise, the cooker will slide along the counter due to the pressure of your finger and hand. The old model's timer button, if you pushed it after setting the timer, would display the current time. The new model doesn't have this feature. Once you've set the timer, the display will only show the finish time to which you've set it. And the display only shows 24-hour "military time," e.g. 1:30 PM is always 13:30. Neither of these things is a big del, but I preferred the older model's better array of time displays. I'd also add that, while in theory it's nice to have so many settings, in practice I only really need three or four of them. Overall, it's an excellent machine that does its job well. My only quibbles are minor.
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Perfect rice, every time
Bought this to replace my old fuzzy logic steamer, and so far it has not disappointed. The rice comes out perfect every time, even on the "quick" setting.
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