Neuro Fuzzy 10-Cup Rice Cooker and Warmer (Premium White)

This rice cooker is worth every single penny. It makes restaurant-quality rice so consistently that it honestly ruined every other rice cooker (and stovetop rice) for me. The Neuro Fuzzy “smart” technology is not a gimmick it actually works. The cooker adjusts cooking time and temperature as it goes, so the rice comes out perfectly fluffy, tender, and evenly cooked every time. White rice, brown rice, sushi rice — it somehow nails all of them without me doing anything special. Just measure, rinse, fill to the corresponding line on the pot, press a button, and trust the machine. What really sets it apart is how intelligent it feels. It modulates heat and cook time based on the rice and conditions, which means no mushy bottoms, no crunchy tops, and no guessing. The rice stays warm for hours without drying out, which feels like magic. Yes, it’s more expensive than basic rice cookers but this is one of those rare appliances where you immediately understand why. If you eat rice even semi-regularly, this will pay for itself in sheer joy and better meals. I use it constantly, and the results are flawless every time. If you’re on the fence: buy it. This is hands down the best rice you’ll ever make at home.

BEST RICE COOKER I EVER USED! This thing time and time again cooks amazing rice! Love its warming feature which keeps rice warm in the cooker for several days even. It has multiple modes for different types of rice and I even love the little tune it plays when it starts cooking and when it finishes. This thing has been soo solid. This isn't a negative on the product but just keep in mind if you have a small kitchen it is a pretty big rice cooker but not so big. The non stick pot works great (never sticks) and I love that it has a little rice scoop holder. Just a fanstastic cooker. Very pricey but totally worth it.

I have a bad habit of skipping meals to do other things, like sleep in late. I usually don't have much appetite until I'm already in a bad way, then I feel extremely hungry and malaise very suddenly. This is a problem because I am already very thin. If I don't eat on a regular schedule I lose focus and feel off. So it stands to reason that I should make meals as efficient, cost effective and convenient as possible. Begin Operation Breakfast 2.0 I wanted to come up with a way to have breakfast ready and waiting when I got out of bed so I could eat quickly and get on with my morning. First I tried protein bars. That worked pretty well, but I had a problem where the chalky taste got really tiresome after a while. They also feel very heavy in my stomach. Then when I got braces I couldn't bite into the protein bars any more. When I got to the point that I was cutting up the protein bars and then sucking on them to soften them, or microwaving them, I decided this was no more convenient than making a regular breakfast and decided to try other things. Next I tried protein shakes. They were disgusting. No matter what I put into them I couldn't find a way to mask the flavor of the protein powder enough that it didn't make me nauseous. I tried several different protein powder sources, all of which were disgusting in their own way. After protein shakes I tried smoothies. This worked okay in the taste department, but they didn't contain enough protein or other ingredients that were good for me. They were essentially fruit (which contains a lot of sugar) and other forms of sugar, which left me needing food way before lunch time and made me sugar crash after 2 or 3 hours. I then tried a combination of fruit and calorie supplements. They didn't taste too bad, but I tried several different substances, all of which had different adverse health effects. Some of them gave me diarrhea, some made me constipated and some of them had the same problems as previous breakfasts I tried. And Now Breakfast 2.0 I think I have now finally found a solution that works. Here are the ingredients: A programmable rice cooker I use a Zojirushi NS-ZCC10 5-1/2-Cup Neuro Fuzzy RiceCooker and Warmer that I bought on Amazon back in January. I chose it because it was the rice cooker with the most positive reviews from people who know the most about rice (Japanese, Korean, Chinese folks who consider rice a staple food). It is truly an amazing rice cooker. If you take a modern high efficiency washing machine and apply all the design axioms that make it human compatible to a rice cooker, you get the Zojirushi NS-ZCC10. It does really cool things like let you set multiple timers to start cooking at any time day or night, cancels the timer if you forget to close the cooker; it even plays a different song when it starts, when it's done and when it starts from the timer. Pre-cooked, frozen chicken strips (Fajita style) (1 serving per Nutritional Information on package) I got these in the frozen foods section at the grocery. I probably could buy chicken and grill it myself, then freeze it, but I'm more comfortable using the pre-packaged strips because I am more confident that the conditions under which the meat was prepared and cooked will be sanitary than my own kitchen would be. Besides that, they have a nice smokey grilled flavor that I like. Store brand garden vegetables mix (Half cup serving per Nutritional Information on package) These are generic frozen vegetables, because vegetables are vegetables to me. They don't taste any different to me if they're organic or GMO, but these happen to be organic (or so it says on the label). They consist of corn, carrots, broccoli and some kind of green beans I forget the name of. Regular rice (Half japanese cup) Plain old generic, medium grain rice in the store brand bag. Half a can of cream of mushroom soup This is purely for flavor. It acts as a base. I might try other soups or different bases as I get bored with cream of mushroom. Water Straight out of the tap. Putting Together the Ingredients I tested my recipe last night so that I wouldn't wake up groggy in the morning to a disgusting mess if things went wrong. I have experimented with different ingredients before, so I know which ingredients can be safely left overnight without spoiling. I intentionally use frozen chicken and vegetables rather than thawing them because they will keep cool in the closed rice cooker overnight without spoiling. Here's how to put it all together: When measuring your rice, always use a Japanese rice measuring cup (unless the instructions with your rice cooker indicate otherwise), not an American one. Rice cookers are labelled with water levels that assume a Japanese cup. If you use an American cup your rice will not cook properly and your cooker may boil over. First I wash the rice. I don't just give it a quick rinse, I wash it thoroughly. I wash my rice by putting it into a tall plasticware container with a snap-on lid with some water and shaking it. I put in water, shake, drain off the water through a sane and repeat until the water runs clear. This is important because if the rice isn't washed thoroughly the bran powder will act as an emollient, which will mess up the chemical balance when other ingredients are added and could cause the cooker to boil over. I should note here that I've been washing and cooking rice the Japanese traditional way for years, so it's a bit of a ritual for me. Next I fill the rice cooker pan slightly above halfway to the 1 cup water mark. I have experimented with different amounts of water with my cooker, and I have found that this amount of water works well for regular rice when I am using other wet ingredients. YMMV. After adding water I add the half cup of rice. I swish the water around so the rice settles down into the water, then I toss in the frozen vegetables. I follow that by dolloping the mushroom soup onto the vegetables, then I place the chicken strips around the perimeter of the other ingredients. The reason for this order: Water and rice goes in the bottom because it needs the most heat to cook. Frozen veggies go next because they need a medium amount of heat to steam. Soup goes next because it's already cooked and only needs to be warmed up. Chicken goes around the perimeter because it's already cooked. The perimeter is where the least heat goes, so the chicken will heat up without overcooking. Finally I put the cooker pan into the rice cooker, close the lid and set the timer for one hour before I wake. By morning the ingredients are thawed and ready to be cooked and heated up. The rice cooker kicks on an hour before I'm ready for breakfast and I have a warm, delicious meal waiting for me in the rice cooker. The rice cooker will switch from cook to warm automatically when cooking is done and keep the food warm for as long as I want. If I don't feel like cleaning up I can close the lid and leave the rice cooker messy then clean it when I get home. Since it has a very good non-stick surface it is easy to clean off dried-on ingredients. The combination of ingredients represents an ideal set of food groups for breakfast including starch, vegetables, protein and essential vitamins and minerals. This reduces eating breakfast to the simplest of activities: Dumping it into a bowl and stuffing it in my face. As a result I eat breakfast more consistently and I'm more productive and less malaise during the day. As a result, I eat breakfast more consistently and I'm more productive during the day.

Many other reviews have described this rice cooker's features in detail over the years. I decided to purchase this one in large part because of the consistently positive reviews that have been written for years. This rice cooker is pretty straightforward. It's an off-white/almost light beige hard plastic that looks built for function rather than form or flashiness. Has the feel of a kitchen appliance from the old days, and the reviews seem to substantiate its durability for many years. The bowl is great quality, and the volume markings appear durable. Very easy to clean the bowl and the lid. The rice paddle is some sort of plastic with little bumps to fluff the cooked rice; it magically wards off any rice from sticking to it. It cooks rice basically perfectly every time. Nothing seems to disintegrate or stick. I have used it with short-grain Japanese rice and medium-grain Calrose rice. Have not attempted to use it for off-label applications like Basmati rice, nor for brown rice, porridge, etc. since I don't eat those regularly. It does not have a GABA rice feature, but I would not personally need that either. It is not a particularly fast rice cooker — takes 45-60 minutes to make 2-3 cups of short-grain Koshihikari rice — but I have not found it to be too slow. It would be nice if the device showed the time remaining a little earlier in the cook cycle, if that's possible. Usually I notice an ETA displayed when there is only a little more than 10 minutes left until the rice is done. It would also be better if the steam outlet were removable or a little wider to make it easier to clean and dry out. Otherwise, I cannot really think of much to critique. Zojirushi has earned a solid reputation over the years, and the NS-ZCC10 really exemplifies this.

I love this rice cooker. I use it to cook everything when I’m being lazy and it always cooks it through and will take as long as it needs to do that. Hope I have it for decades. I recommend to all family and friends.

アメリカで役に立った。

I live in Spain and was looking for a trustworthy brand so I purchased this zojirushi. (For reference it is an American plug but they provide a converter) Unfortunately the product wouldn't work for me and I had some difficulties but the seller was very helpful throughout the process! In the end I had to return the product but the seller provided great service throughout :)

Me gustó mucho la arrocera. Tiene tiempo que la compre, pero hasta ahora he podido revisarla bien. Me gustó la presentación, el paquete incluye todo lo necesario para realizar su función, tanto la arrocera como sus accesorios. También me gustó que si cable toma corriente sea retráctil, para no batallar con acomodos. Se me hizo curioso que la pantalla ya estuviera encendida aún cuando no lo haya conectado. Es un acierto para cuando se te vaya la luz.

Unfortunately the device would not compatible with my specific requirements, on identifying this the seller was quick to issue a cancellation order and notified me on progress. I really appreciated their attentive client service