We initially bought a Zojirushi NP-GBC05-XT Induction Heating System Rice Cooker based on its great reviews on Amazon. Although this high-end rice cooker promises the ultimate in rice cooking, it only has preset programs for cooking. We tried many combinations of programs and different levels of water and found that the programs were optimized to make very soft and very fluffy rice. While this may sound nice, the result is also close to being bland and bit mushy, as if you added too much water and slowly cooked it a long time. My wife, who is Japanese, told me that this is the style that most Japanese like. It is not to our taste. It looks nice and works well otherwise. Be aware that after a few years that you will need to send in the unit to have the lithium battery replaced (its not changeable by the consumer, unless you don't mind soldering in a new battery). After two weeks of experimenting with the Zojirushi cooker, we returned it and bought a Tiger Corporation JAJ-A55U WS Micom on Amazon for less money and we are quite happy with it (although this has the same issue with its lithium battery). Its not as pretty, but by our taste, it makes much better brown and white rice. Its a keeper. It also comes with a inner steaming tray if you want to steam other dishes at the same time. One minor design flaw is that the electric cord doesn't automatically rewind back into the unit as in some other models.
3 cups rice cooker and warmer with cooking plate, new function 'Synchro-cooking' makes it possible to cook main dish and rice at the same time, non-stick coating inner pan for easy serving and cleaning, includes spatula/ cooking plate/ measuring cup/ cookbook, Dimention 10.7l X 7.5h X 8.7w 6.4Lb.
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- Synchro-Cooking function using "tacook" cooking plate to prepare two dishes at the same time
- 8 computerized cooking menus: Quick Rice, Synchro-Cooking, Plain Rice, Mixed Rice/Sweet Rice, Risotto, Brown Rice, Stew/Soup, and Cake Baking
- 2 preset cooking timers
- Easy-to-clean non-stick coating inner pan
- Includes non-stick spatula, cooking plate (BPA Free), rice measuring cup and a cookbook for using Synchro-Cooking function
- NOTE: Please ensure to measure rice in the cup that comes along with the product ONLY
