I used to work in a restaurant that used that exact model of Zojirushi. I swung by that same restaurant 10 years later and they still had the same two rice cookers in the back, still working after all those years. Impressive machines.
My mom got her Zojirushi rice cooker when she was in college and it's the one we used constantly as I was growing up. Now it's mine and probably 30 years later it still works just as good! It's not fancy, just one tab that switches between cook and keep warm, but it's amazing. A few years ago I stopped measuring my rice and water and it still works perfectly! (Err on the side of more water). Such a reliable machine.
I haven't used any of these brands but my grandmother who immigrated to USA from Japan after WW2 gifted me a Tiger brand rice cooker and that thing is still making perfectly cooked, no nonsense rice without frills today. It's easy to use and easy to clean. I recommend Tiger rice cookers.
Not only is the cooked rice perfect every time, but it will stay that freshly-cooked texture for hours on the warmer cycle, and the unit is so durable! I have had my own Zojirushi 5-cup cooker for more than 12 years (& I’ve chosen it as wedding presents for several friends & they love it too)
Japanese rice cookers were always the gold standard for rice cookers. I still remember the days when you had to decipher buttons with Japanese script. Now you can find English language versions easily.
I bought the zojirushi used on craigslist for $80, and it has made me perfect rice over and over again despite never having glanced at the manual. A gift from the japanese electronic appliance heavens.
I've owned multiple $30 Aroma rice cookers, I abandoned that for a pot, and then finally one day, there was a sale on a Zojirushi and it was down to $80. I said, ya know what, I'm just gonna buy this thing and see if the price is worth it. Yup. The price was 100% worth it. I heard stories about Zojirushi's being the KitchenAid Stand Mixer of rice cookers and it definitely is. Makes perfect rice, every single time, and it sings a song when it starts and finishes. Sushi rice? It has you. Brown rice? It has you. Just absolute perfection every time
It's one of those core appliances where paying a bit more really does improve the end product in a noticeable way. The Aroma is to the Zojirushi what an Oster blender is to a Vitamix/Blendtec - they will all technically produce, but if you want a great product, saving a bit longer and spending a bit more yields massive improvements. I grew up making rice on the range, in a pot, and "graduated" to an Aroma in college. My move to a high-end rice cooker came years later, and I regret not discovering Zojirushi and their fuzzy logic chips earlier.
I've had the same aroma for years and eat rice at least once a week. Never thought about upgrading because it's always been good enough. Now this video crossed my feed and all these comments. I may have to get an upgrade 👀
When I moved out my Korean grandmother gifted me a Zojirushi rice cooker and a Philips air fryer. The perfect combo and still in tip top shape 6 years later.
@@Hedgehobbit It's for the timer! I mostly use the timer to have rolled oats cooked and ready when I wake up, but my battery has been dead for years, so I have to set the time every time I want to use the timer function.
@@lhinze Exactly! I think the fact that the Zojirushi battery isn't user-replacable should have been mentioned in the review. But it is otherwise an outstanding appliance.
I bought the Aroma cooker that's next to their current winner based on a previous ATK recommendation. He's right about how hard it is to see the embossed measuring lines on the bowl. I have to use a flashlight to see it.
as a asian person. i knew right away just by looking at the machines which one was gonna be on top. u look for the elephant logo of the brand. its the same one my family used throughout my entire life. when u eat rice everyday, ur gonna pay for a nice machine thats made well
No way. Most Asian people buy the $20 rice cooker at Target or get their rice cooker at an Asian supermarket. They make perfect rice every time and almost last for ever.
Anyone who owns that zojirushi knew the winner before clicking on the video. Mine is used 4 nights a week and is still making perfect rice 15 years in.
We love our Zojirushi rice cooker. It gets used at least once a week. Great to have the rice taken care of while the rest of the meal is being prepped and cooked.
The question is, is the Zojirushi 2x better than the Toshiba? One is $112 the other $208. That's a steep $$ difference. Also just learned not all Zojirushi are made in Japan. Some are actually manufactured in China. In the past, the runner up or value buy usually gets some love. Why no details on the 2nd place cooker that was half the cost?
The money is worth it. Some are made in China but they tell you on the product description. There are ones that are designated as made in Japan like the one in the video
I have had a Zojirushi rice cooker for like 30 years and it's still working fine, except with the old design it has a small center vault that started to keep falling off into the rice last couple of years. I finally bought a new Zojirushi rice cooker this week with one-piece inner lid and no separate inner lid parts to fall, hope this one will last just as long as the old one. Perhaps I can even pass it on to the next generation 😄
The winner 🏅 is the one I’ve been using for a couple years!! Love it and does a great job of keeping rice at a perfect temp for days after!! Mom has also used for years, as an Asian family we do eat a lot of rice 🍚🥰
I've owned this rice cooker for 15 years. It cooks rice and slow cook oats perfect everytime. 100% agree with paying a little more for the best out there.
My Zojirushi (maybe 10 years old) has a non replaceable battery for the display which doesn't work anymore. You are not having any issues after 15 years?
@@UTeewb If you or someone you know is handy with a soldering iron it's still technically replaceable. While you're in there you could always install a battery holder instead and just use the appropriate coin cell (watch) battery. When another ten years rolls around all you'd have to do is pop the old battery out and pop in a new one.
I needed a new rice cooker right when you posted this, bought the 3 cup capacity Zojirushi. It works great, and I'm very happy with the first batch. I'll be making those super fluffy pancakes in it next.
That ZOJI use to be but base on my recent experience with ZOJI rice maker it has reliability issues. Erro code that you can NOT re set, can not update , Can not operate. Why? because they have issue with their reliability of their design. Good luck if you already bought it
@@872man I’ve had it for quite a while. Perfect rice every time. I did buy my son one for Christmas a couple of years ago. He had problems at first, but he discovered it was user error. Mine is not digital. His is.
If you don't make rice often and are just using a pot on the stove, try a cheap rice cooker if you have the space for it. Even the low-end $10-20 rice cookers make rice better, more easily, and more reliably than on the stovetop unless you're an expert with lot of experience. Even the cheapest rice cooker does a decent job with white rice, and the brown rice is usually acceptable. The cheap cookers are easy to clean, just a nonstick (Teflon) pot and glass lid, and operate like an electric kettle or slow cooker. Just one switch. Pour into the bowl rice, water, salt, and optionally some fat and spices. Cover and hit the switch. It'll automatically switch to keeping it warm when it finishes cooking, so you can just come back anytime to hot rice ready to eat after the pot finishes cooking in 40 minutes or so. I have a small rice cooker I bought for around $10 that easily makes acceptable rice for 2-4 people at once. It's not a Zojirushi, it's not a Cuckoo, it's not a Cuisinart, it's not a Hamilton Beach. It's a Black & Decker! But it works well enough for someone that only cooks rice a few times a year. And sometimes I make my rice pot-in-pot in an Instant Pot if I'm making a pressure cooker curry. By all means, if you make rice often and/or you can afford it, get the superior, more expensive machine and eat better rice. I would if it was my staple. I'm just saying that people who aren't willing to spend the money on a high-end model can still benefit from a cheap rice cooker. And if they enjoy using that, perhaps they'll eventually upgrade. I want to have a better rice cooker some day, it's just not a priority for me at the moment since I don't use my rice cooker often. But it makes cooking rice so much easier when I do, even though it's the cheapest rice cooker I could find that I was willing to eat out of.
I've had that same Zojirushi for nearly 30 years. The clock no longer works but everything else is exactly the way it was the day it came out of the box.
We eat rice everyday. We have the Zojirushi because our Tiger rice cooker died after 20 years. The Tiger was nice too, mainly because it was so simple.
My rice cooking appliance preference is the Instant Pot pressure cooker for medium grain Calrose and Jasmine rice for steam cooking. However, when making steamed basmati, Mexican, and Cuban style rice, the stove top works best for me.
I’ve had had a 3 cup Zojirushi for close to a decade, and it still works great. The only time it didn’t work perfectly was when I accidentally left some rice on the ‘keep warm’ setting for several days (probably close to a week). After that it wouldn’t work for at all for a few days, but then it came back to life, and it hasn’t had a glitch since. I wish it did have handles on the pot, like the larger one which won here. The Aroma rice cooker that was their previous winner is cheaply constructed and makes mushier rice. I bought that one about two years ago, to use at work (to make lunch for myself and a couple of coworkers), and while it is ok, it is far less satisfying to use, and the nonstick surface has not held up nearly as well, despite being used less often, for a much shorter period of time.
“I have had” because you still possess the rice cooker you purchased in the past. “Had had” is when it is about an event that happened in the past before another event.
I saw a video by this smart man suggesting how the least expensive rice cooker $20/30 ones are the best. Simplicity ,ease of cooking , cleaning so on and so forth. I am a craze rice lover and have 10 rice cooker of all kinds and honesty I put the most expensive ones aside and cooking in a simple one using one push button and I can't be any happier. Sometimes you need to put aside the fuzzy logic and use your own make sense logic.
This Zojirushi makes great rice. The more expensive model with induction heating makes better rice, because it heats the whole bowl evenly. The top-end model, which runs around $600, adds pressure cooking for even better rice. Honestly, I bought it to replace my induction model (the bowl wore out from 15 years of use and was no longer available) on a whim, because I could; I was surprised at the difference. The pressure-cooked rice is just lighter and fluffier. For most people, it's not worth the price. But if you eat a lot of rice, if you have debates over which rice grown where is best-and you have the money to spare-it's not a waste of money.
@@SnowClover I drive every day. I wouldn't buy a Lambo either. I don't use a gaming PC for browsing the internet. I don't wear gucci underwear. All wastes of money. The rice cooker actually sounds more reasonable after I think about those other things but the point is still there. You can get a rice cooker far cheaper, why would anyone pay 600 for it. Unless it is industrial for a business.
@@svn5994 very snappy stuff there svn. you should really go into comedy or something, such a smart take. (since you are a mouth breather I should probably explain that was something called sarcasm.)
And they have great customer service too! I don't use mine as much as I used to, but I'm glad a bought it. It makes really good brown rice which is really a pain without a good rice cooker.
I have the red one. It is impeccable. I use it nearly daily, and I love it. Sure, the lines a little hard to see, but that's what good lighting is for.
I only buy japan made rice cookers, I eat rice 6-7 days a week with most every meal, so spending more is worth it for me. I had my last Tiger cooker for 15 years and decided to replace it not because of failure but because the outside was really sorry looking and the inner pot was scratched up because of using metal spoons. I wanted a IH (induction) cooker cause I can actually taste the difference and its faster, plus no burned bottoms, you like the burned bottom get a japanese made Tiger JNP type cooker (that will last you until you die) they usually have a flower pattern on the outside or are silver, the heating element will last forever. For a premium cooker that will tailor its method according to the type of rice you eat, the two models I'd advise people to look at (not cheap) I'd go either the Tiger JKT line or the Zojirushi NP-HCC line, both of these are induction type and yes it does taste better if you notice that sort of thing in rice. The fuzzy logic model they recommend here is nice, and has more features than the JNP line, but its not induction so does not cook quite the same nor as fast it is cheaper though than the two I recommend. I prefer the Tiger JKT line and bought it for myself causse the inner pot is concave shaped as has a nicer form, the zojirushi is just straight stamped. Does that make a difference? probably not, functionally and performance wise they are very similar. I guess get the one you can find a better deal on the size you need.
I have the same one. It cooks perfectly. I bought it about 10 years ago and 5-6 years in the battery for holding the time when it is not plugged in died. It still works but you need to plug in the unit and input the correct time if you want to use the timer function otherwise plug it in and go through the menu you want and press the cooking button and it will start cooking. Changing the battery is not a simple "open the compartment and put in new batteries" You need to use security bits and unsolder /resolder the old battery and new battery. Or do what I did, buy a coin battery holder and wrap wires to the + and - leads of the old coin battery. Someone added a YT video on how to change the battery and I add a comment on how I did it through his video. Now it has been two years since I change the battery and it's working fine. And if the batteries dies again all I need to do now is to open up the unit and swap out the batteries from the battery holder. These cookers are great but the batteries do die but it can be fixed if you are handy.
Though not the winner, the Toshiba made for a fantastic rice cooker. I've owned it for about a year, and love the results. The only complaint I have is there's no easy way to remove the bowl while it's hot. Otherwise, big fan.
You’ve recommended the Aroma in a previous review and I’ve been using it for years. It’s easy to use and very affordable. I’m surprised you didn’t mention it as a runner up.
In the same situation as you. Had mine since 2016. Overall I'm very happy with the Aroma and plan to continue using it until it wears out. But I have noticed its tendency to make slightly mushy large (3+ gou) batches of certain kinds of rice. For me it is Basmati. I have to make it in smaller batches if I want to preserve some chew. ATK's new review also mentions this being an issue with larger batches of brown rice, but I don't have any experience with that myself. Another issue they mention here (the un-colored embossed markings being a bit difficult to read) is also true; though far from a deal breaker for me atm, I have no trouble imagining an older person, anyone with reduced vision or even some folks with poorly lit kitchen sinks finding that frustrating. Otherwise it is a very good little machine at a much lower price point (still around $30 presently). I'd absolutely recommend it if none of the above issues are a significant concern.
I've went from using the Aroma for years upon years to buying a Zojirushi, albeit a much more expensive induction version because I wanted it dang it, and the rice is leagues better without any fussing. I love my NP-HCC10, but for $200 the neuro-fuzzy model they're showing is really the sweet spot between features and price in Zojirushi's line. My favorite part is I can make a big full batch of rice in the morning for breakfast and even after 12 hours on "keep warm" it's still just as great as when I first ate it.
@@carvedwood1953 Might as well be, it's absolutely perfect rice. If rice isn't a big part of your meals and you just see it as filler you probably wouldn't care to buy one, but well cooked rice and a quality machine that'll last (besides the darn clock battery) is important to me myself.
I always love it when my decisions are validated by professionals. I had a rice cooker I bought in Japan at the airport on impulse as I was leaving for the US over FORTY years ago, which was a star. I became embarrassed about the amount of scratching and starch on the outside. Then I went hunting for a replacement. From very plain I went glamorous and neurofuzzy.
As a Cuban American, HITACHI with the Chime back in the 70's and 80's was the BEST! Rice Cookers do not have to be expensive. Just use the Extra Long Grain White and add the correct water to rice ratio....a little cooking oil and salt. BINGO! Perfect fluffy rice!!
I own a Panasonic which does a fine job but takes 40 minutes. I now use my instant pot, 3 minutes high pressure, 10 minutes natural release and perfect rice every time
Is there an updated testing? I'd like to see something more competitive at the high end, ih and pressure. And adding some testing beyond white and brown rice.
@@xipalips if you make rice at least twice a month, heck even once month, get a rice cooker. You will thank me. It takes out all the guesswork of water amount, how long to boil it, when to reduce the heat etc. You just "set it and forget it" 😳
Nice thing some of the rice cookers, Zojirushi for certain have a aftermarket for the pot/basket/liner. So it’s possible to get a stainless steel replacement if using nonstick is an issue.
I make mine in my Instant Pot and it works great. I don’t need to have another single-use appliance cluttering up the kitchen and I get a lot more utility out of a multi-cooker.
Amazon prices can change within seconds. I was searching for an item, looked at several items, decided I was going to buy one and the price had gone up in the few minutes I was looking at the other models. Another time I was shopping for a gas burner, Amazon wanted $89.00 for it, the exact same burner was $22.00 from ebay. Delivery time was about the same. The burner is made in the UK. It pays to shop around. Today I noticed a lot of products have high shipping costs.
I agree on the Amazon prices. I notice if I look for something on a Monday and think about it for a day while I research more, when I decide to go buy the product, the price is ALWAYS higher. I guess thats AI and technology. I of course dont buy at the higher price. I can play the game too. : )
My little zoji is over 25 years old, and used twice a day, every day. While they ARE expensive, you can get rice cookers for less than 30 bucks, by the time you average out the service life, the zoji is probably LESS expensive per use than budget model. If you only cook rice once a week or a few times a month, by all means save money, but if you want something that will withstand heavy use, a zoji is worth it. And yes, it is true that even super high end Asian restaurants use multiple zojis for sushi spaced out in time so that way rice is always at it's peak (when we hand "vinegar" and hand fan small 18 cup batches, it is a BIG difference between that experience and a huge 55 cup cooker with the vinegar mixture put into the water.)
Zojirushi are great rice cookers but cuckoo is amazing for Korean rice. I used to have one and somehow it always made rice stickier and amazing compared to other rice cookers. And I currently have a zojirushi rice cooker. I’m also surprised they didn’t test any more expensive models.
You gotta pay attention to the Cuckoo rice cookers these days. Half of them are now made in China and I (and my Korean wife) think the quality is questionable. The other half of Cuckoo cookers (often more expensive) are made in Korea.
Out of curiosity, where does it retail for $164? Their link to Amazon has it listed at $212 right now. Not sure when the review was from, but it was only posted a day ago.
I’m considering buying the zojorushi, but I currently have a 20c (cooked) and I wonder how small this one is. We currently fill with a little more than 4 c water. It seems that would work.
One of my sisters has that model, my mom has an older model, and my other sister has the newer model. There's also a model that uses induction cooking.
I've got a several years old Black and Decker rice cooker I bought on sale for about 20 dollars. It resembles a crock pot has a removable pot and glass lid so it's easy to use. I just push a button and wait. Those look fancier and more like bread machines.
I came from a home that had a proper asian brand rice cooker. I moved out as a student and got desperately low on funds. Bought a Black and Decker rice cooker. It. Was. HORRIBLE. If you've only used the Black and Decker, you don't know what you're missing. I threw mine out instead of gifting it to other students still in dorm because it was so damn bad, I wouldn't wish it on my worst enemy. You don't need a top of the line Zojirushi: they make plain ol' models that look and work like the B&D, but just better. It's about $50 USD, and the quality of rice is still light years ahead of the Crap Pot B&D.
I was gonna get the Tiger rice cooker which is a great rice cooker but what really changed my mind was the “FUZZY Technology” literally you can just throw the water you think is right and the Zojiroshi would make it Perfect all the time!!! I’m glad I spent the $170 for it…
Could have used a better ranking system than just the #1 pick. Maybe a graph showing which ones performed what task, but failed others. That being said!! ... I am purchasing a Zojirushi right now.
I was afraid I was over spending on my Zojirushi rice cooker … absolutely not it’s perfect every time and you can cook other things in it too. Great buy. Well worth it.
I have been using a Zojirushi rice cooker for about 30 years. Did ATK just discover this brand? For years ATK picked the Aroma rice cooker. So what gives, or would ATK still recommend the Aroma rice cooker for a less expensive option?
I have the cheapest, smallest, simplest zojirushi. It doesn't have all the fancy features but the build quality is noticeably higher than the several others I've owned of the same type. The high end models must be nice but the basic one is all I need
My little brother was in the Airforce and was stationed in South Korea. He came back with a rice cooker that made fool proof rice. Me being an ignorant American, I thought A What Cooker? He fired that puppy up and made the best rice ever. I felt sorry for my Mom's Minute Rice.
Hands down best, if pricey rice maker is Le Creuset's analog rice cooker. An high-sided enameled cast iron pot with an internal and external lid. Equal parts rice and water, a dash of salt and bring to a boil, put both covers on and reduce heat to a slow simmer for 10-12 minutes then shut off the heat and don't lift the lids for another 12 minutes and voilà, perfectly cooked rice, no microchips needed.
I don't cook enough rice to justify $160 (even the Toshiba was $150) . I wish they would have rated 3 or more , or added a decent budget pick for those of us who occasionally cook rice.
if you cook rice at least twice a month, get a rice cooker. you will thank me. Even a $30 $40 rice cooker is fine. It does not have the bells and whistles but it does the job just fine. I gave the rice cooker I had in college to my daughter when she went to college. Yes, they last that long (and it was a cheap one too)
What you definitely DON'T want is a rice cooker so cheap it has a glass lid, like a pot. Any time saved by using that kind of rice cooker is wasted in cleaning up the starchy sputter that inevitably spits out around the top.
I’ve had my Aroma since 2017, my first and only rice cooker, and it was $24.99 via Amazon. I now use short to medium grain premium rice too. As an American, I grew up on long grain Uncle Ben’s white rice and only used the stovetop method. Occasionally, I burned the rice and was always afraid of burning my rice after. In 2017 an American friend told me about her new kitchen gadget, I got mine. Aroma is super easy to use and under $30. Also in 2017, a Korean friend showed me how to measure the rice to water ratio with my hand, without using that rice scoop or inner pot lines and my rice comes out perfect every single time. No more worries. I cannot afford that expensive rice cooker and I wish ATK would stop recommending extremely expensive items. If I were going to get a new rice cooker, that same Korean friend told me upgrade to Cuckoo a Korean brand 😊 but they too are expensive so Aroma it might be.
The online is always behind the release of the show and behind the online printed reviews. This review came out at least 8 months ago so yes the price is always different.
Nothing wrong with my olla, makes great rice all the time, i think I paid 5 bucks 30 years ago, still looks the same and cooks even better! Without the mind reading too! 😅🤣😂
Super durable too. I've thrown the Zojirushi across a room out of anger after I stubbed my toe while carrying it. I immediately freaked out cause I love that rice cooker. Well other than a small crack by the handle it still works like new. It makes a great gift too because most americans won't spend that much on a "rice cooker", til they have a Zoji.
To be honest, you can also make fantastic rice in an instant pot and just have one less small appliance around. I've barely used my rice cooker since getting the instant pot.
@@sherrybirchall8677 It's sensitive to adding precise amounts of water to rice ratios. And part of the difficulty is that if you google a good ratio, you'll find 10 different websites recommending a different number for every kind of rice. But once you get a good ratio I find that it comes out perfect. For example, for brown rice I think 1 cup of rice to 1.25 cups of water @ 21 minutes is great.
I am so sorry for saying this. But western people should know that comparing those rice cookers is not good choice. Because best rice cooker is the most expensive one. Also all of asian countries have different taste of rice. So all rice cookeres designed for different purposes. Like western countries has different dough makers.
I know this video is a year old, but supposedly this model machine was $164. It's currently listed on their website for $242.99. Same on Amazon. I double-checked the model number with video and it's definitely the right one. Did it go up in price? Very strange.
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I used to work in a restaurant that used that exact model of Zojirushi. I swung by that same restaurant 10 years later and they still had the same two rice cookers in the back, still working after all those years. Impressive machines.
More like you swung by to steal it for your lover Sigmund Freud as he moved into his new vacation condo on Sanibel Island.
Thank you for sharing! Ive been using Tiger for years 😁.
thats all i needed to know, bought. ty
what do you think of it after 2 months?@@meijimiko
@@bastiendocquois2104 If you eat rice somewhat regularly, get it. The quality of life improvement of this is huge.
My mom got her Zojirushi rice cooker when she was in college and it's the one we used constantly as I was growing up. Now it's mine and probably 30 years later it still works just as good! It's not fancy, just one tab that switches between cook and keep warm, but it's amazing. A few years ago I stopped measuring my rice and water and it still works perfectly! (Err on the side of more water). Such a reliable machine.
I haven't used any of these brands but my grandmother who immigrated to USA from Japan after WW2 gifted me a Tiger brand rice cooker and that thing is still making perfectly cooked, no nonsense rice without frills today. It's easy to use and easy to clean. I recommend Tiger rice cookers.
Mine is 30 yo😂 but I did have to replace the inner pot.
stay away from ZOJI brand
@@872man why?
@@872mansays the one who never own😂
I have a different model Zojirushi rice cooker that’s well over 50 years old. We use it all the time and it still makes perfect rice.
Not only is the cooked rice perfect every time, but it will stay that freshly-cooked texture for hours on the warmer cycle, and the unit is so durable! I have had my own Zojirushi 5-cup cooker for more than 12 years (& I’ve chosen it as wedding presents for several friends & they love it too)
Japanese rice cookers were always the gold standard for rice cookers. I still remember the days when you had to decipher buttons with Japanese script. Now you can find English language versions easily.
I bought the zojirushi used on craigslist for $80, and it has made me perfect rice over and over again despite never having glanced at the manual. A gift from the japanese electronic appliance heavens.
I've owned multiple $30 Aroma rice cookers, I abandoned that for a pot, and then finally one day, there was a sale on a Zojirushi and it was down to $80. I said, ya know what, I'm just gonna buy this thing and see if the price is worth it.
Yup. The price was 100% worth it. I heard stories about Zojirushi's being the KitchenAid Stand Mixer of rice cookers and it definitely is. Makes perfect rice, every single time, and it sings a song when it starts and finishes. Sushi rice? It has you. Brown rice? It has you. Just absolute perfection every time
Excellent review. I'll look for one @ that price point. Wish me luck
It's one of those core appliances where paying a bit more really does improve the end product in a noticeable way. The Aroma is to the Zojirushi what an Oster blender is to a Vitamix/Blendtec - they will all technically produce, but if you want a great product, saving a bit longer and spending a bit more yields massive improvements. I grew up making rice on the range, in a pot, and "graduated" to an Aroma in college. My move to a high-end rice cooker came years later, and I regret not discovering Zojirushi and their fuzzy logic chips earlier.
So this rice cooker turned you into liking Brown 🤎 Men. Interesting.
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I've had the same aroma for years and eat rice at least once a week. Never thought about upgrading because it's always been good enough. Now this video crossed my feed and all these comments. I may have to get an upgrade 👀
When I moved out my Korean grandmother gifted me a Zojirushi rice cooker and a Philips air fryer. The perfect combo and still in tip top shape 6 years later.
I have owned that exact model of rice cooker for about 20 years. I still use it all the time and my rice is still perfect.
I just bought my Zojirushi for $200 USD (in Mexico) and i just love the simplicity of use and the perfect cooked rice it has delivered so far :)
I still have the Zojirushi I bought in 2001. It's been making 4-5 batches of rice a week for more than 20 years and still works great.
Has the Teflon non-stick surface begun to flake off the pot?
@@celaeno919 sadly, yeah.
@frankfurter7260
My battery is still chugging along. Hopefully it won't die anytime soon.
I've had a Zojirushi rive cooker for over a decade and use it 2-3 times a week and it still works perfectly.
Does the battery still work?
@@stephenaustin3026 lol no. But I never knew what it was for other than a clock.
@@Hedgehobbit It's for the timer! I mostly use the timer to have rolled oats cooked and ready when I wake up, but my battery has been dead for years, so I have to set the time every time I want to use the timer function.
@@lhinze Exactly! I think the fact that the Zojirushi battery isn't user-replacable should have been mentioned in the review. But it is otherwise an outstanding appliance.
I use the $20 rice cooke from Target. It makes perfect rice every time. It last for ever.
I bought the Aroma cooker that's next to their current winner based on a previous ATK recommendation. He's right about how hard it is to see the embossed measuring lines on the bowl. I have to use a flashlight to see it.
as a asian person. i knew right away just by looking at the machines which one was gonna be on top. u look for the elephant logo of the brand. its the same one my family used throughout my entire life. when u eat rice everyday, ur gonna pay for a nice machine thats made well
can spell almost every word except you and you're...interesting
@@c.brionkidder9232 they're channeling the time saved into important things like eating rice
Zojirushi? As in _that_ elephant logo?
Baby elephant rice cooker the same that Uncle Roger reccomends.
No way. Most Asian people buy the $20 rice cooker at Target or get their rice cooker at an Asian supermarket. They make perfect rice every time and almost last for ever.
Anyone who owns that zojirushi knew the winner before clicking on the video. Mine is used 4 nights a week and is still making perfect rice 15 years in.
We love our Zojirushi rice cooker. It gets used at least once a week. Great to have the rice taken care of while the rest of the meal is being prepped and cooked.
The question is, is the Zojirushi 2x better than the Toshiba? One is $112 the other $208. That's a steep $$ difference. Also just learned not all Zojirushi are made in Japan. Some are actually manufactured in China. In the past, the runner up or value buy usually gets some love. Why no details on the 2nd place cooker that was half the cost?
The money is worth it.
Some are made in China but they tell you on the product description. There are ones that are designated as made in Japan like the one in the video
of all things that's worth it, the Zojirushi is always worth it, don't even play yourself.
I have had a Zojirushi rice cooker for like 30 years and it's still working fine, except with the old design it has a small center vault that started to keep falling off into the rice last couple of years. I finally bought a new Zojirushi rice cooker this week with one-piece inner lid and no separate inner lid parts to fall, hope this one will last just as long as the old one. Perhaps I can even pass it on to the next generation 😄
The winner 🏅 is the one I’ve been using for a couple years!! Love it and does a great job of keeping rice at a perfect temp for days after!! Mom has also used for years, as an Asian family we do eat a lot of rice 🍚🥰
Get help you sicko. You leave rice in the rice cooker on warm for days? Disgusting. Go talk to a therapist, your parents abused you.
I've owned this rice cooker for 15 years.
It cooks rice and slow cook oats perfect everytime.
100% agree with paying a little more for the best out there.
I’ve only used it for rice! I didn’t know you could cook oats.
I use the $20 rice cooke from Target. It makes perfect rice every time. It last for ever.
My Zojirushi (maybe 10 years old) has a non replaceable battery for the display which doesn't work anymore. You are not having any issues after 15 years?
@@UTeewb If you or someone you know is handy with a soldering iron it's still technically replaceable. While you're in there you could always install a battery holder instead and just use the appropriate coin cell (watch) battery. When another ten years rolls around all you'd have to do is pop the old battery out and pop in a new one.
@@UTeewb I replaced the bowl at year 11, that's it.
Got one for Christmas 2023. It’s amazing. No more burn rice stuck to the bottom of a cheap cooker.
I needed a new rice cooker right when you posted this, bought the 3 cup capacity Zojirushi. It works great, and I'm very happy with the first batch. I'll be making those super fluffy pancakes in it next.
I've always wanted a rice cooker, but never knew what one to get. Thanks for the information.
Spent extra for a Zojirushi cooker and was SO WORTH IT! I plan on gifting them during the holidays.
Hope I’m on the list! 😊
That ZOJI use to be but base on my recent experience with ZOJI rice maker it has reliability issues.
Erro code that you can NOT re set, can not update , Can not operate. Why?
because they have issue with their reliability of their design.
Good luck if you already bought it
@@872man I’ve had it for quite a while. Perfect rice every time. I did buy my son one for Christmas a couple of years ago. He had problems at first, but he discovered it was user error.
Mine is not digital. His is.
The rice Cooker that won is the one my mom has been using for decades and no wonder it tastes so good every time
I've used zojirushi rice cookers for years now. I currently use the umami model and the umami mode is amazing
we got ms. moneybags over here!! lol jk, i'd been wondering about the newer models with that function, what's the gist of it?
Their ( Zojirushi) thermal mugs are awesome too. Very well designed...great manufacturer
I’ve had Tigers and cheap “Aromas” in the past. Made the jump to a Micom Zojirushi and it takes rice to an unbelievable level of amazing.
I use an Instant Pot and it makes perfect rice every time.
If you don't make rice often and are just using a pot on the stove, try a cheap rice cooker if you have the space for it. Even the low-end $10-20 rice cookers make rice better, more easily, and more reliably than on the stovetop unless you're an expert with lot of experience. Even the cheapest rice cooker does a decent job with white rice, and the brown rice is usually acceptable.
The cheap cookers are easy to clean, just a nonstick (Teflon) pot and glass lid, and operate like an electric kettle or slow cooker. Just one switch. Pour into the bowl rice, water, salt, and optionally some fat and spices. Cover and hit the switch. It'll automatically switch to keeping it warm when it finishes cooking, so you can just come back anytime to hot rice ready to eat after the pot finishes cooking in 40 minutes or so.
I have a small rice cooker I bought for around $10 that easily makes acceptable rice for 2-4 people at once. It's not a Zojirushi, it's not a Cuckoo, it's not a Cuisinart, it's not a Hamilton Beach. It's a Black & Decker! But it works well enough for someone that only cooks rice a few times a year. And sometimes I make my rice pot-in-pot in an Instant Pot if I'm making a pressure cooker curry.
By all means, if you make rice often and/or you can afford it, get the superior, more expensive machine and eat better rice. I would if it was my staple. I'm just saying that people who aren't willing to spend the money on a high-end model can still benefit from a cheap rice cooker. And if they enjoy using that, perhaps they'll eventually upgrade. I want to have a better rice cooker some day, it's just not a priority for me at the moment since I don't use my rice cooker often. But it makes cooking rice so much easier when I do, even though it's the cheapest rice cooker I could find that I was willing to eat out of.
I've had that same Zojirushi for nearly 30 years. The clock no longer works but everything else is exactly the way it was the day it came out of the box.
We eat rice everyday. We have the Zojirushi because our Tiger rice cooker died after 20 years. The Tiger was nice too, mainly because it was so simple.
My rice cooking appliance preference is the Instant Pot pressure cooker for medium grain Calrose and Jasmine rice for steam cooking. However, when making steamed basmati, Mexican, and Cuban style rice, the stove top works best for me.
I’ve had had a 3 cup Zojirushi for close to a decade, and it still works great. The only time it didn’t work perfectly was when I accidentally left some rice on the ‘keep warm’ setting for several days (probably close to a week). After that it wouldn’t work for at all for a few days, but then it came back to life, and it hasn’t had a glitch since. I wish it did have handles on the pot, like the larger one which won here. The Aroma rice cooker that was their previous winner is cheaply constructed and makes mushier rice. I bought that one about two years ago, to use at work (to make lunch for myself and a couple of coworkers), and while it is ok, it is far less satisfying to use, and the nonstick surface has not held up nearly as well, despite being used less often, for a much shorter period of time.
“I have had” because you still possess the rice cooker you purchased in the past. “Had had” is when it is about an event that happened in the past before another event.
@@Nicolas88814 Or simply “I’ve had a....,” without the typo.
The Tiger rice cooker found at Costco is usually like $90-$100 and is pretty good.
I saw a video by this smart man suggesting how the least expensive rice cooker $20/30 ones are the best. Simplicity ,ease of cooking , cleaning so on and so forth. I am a craze rice lover and have 10 rice cooker of all kinds and honesty I put the most expensive ones aside and cooking in a simple one using one push button and I can't be any happier. Sometimes you need to put aside the fuzzy logic and use your own make sense logic.
This Zojirushi makes great rice. The more expensive model with induction heating makes better rice, because it heats the whole bowl evenly. The top-end model, which runs around $600, adds pressure cooking for even better rice. Honestly, I bought it to replace my induction model (the bowl wore out from 15 years of use and was no longer available) on a whim, because I could; I was surprised at the difference. The pressure-cooked rice is just lighter and fluffier. For most people, it's not worth the price. But if you eat a lot of rice, if you have debates over which rice grown where is best-and you have the money to spare-it's not a waste of money.
if you have money to spare nothing is a waste of money lol. 600 dollars for a rice cooker is insanity.
@@carvedwood1953 Eh, some people eat rice almost every day, if it lasts 15-20 years then I don't see it as outrageous.
@@SnowClover I drive every day. I wouldn't buy a Lambo either. I don't use a gaming PC for browsing the internet. I don't wear gucci underwear. All wastes of money. The rice cooker actually sounds more reasonable after I think about those other things but the point is still there. You can get a rice cooker far cheaper, why would anyone pay 600 for it. Unless it is industrial for a business.
@@carvedwood1953Absolutely horrible analogies but that's not a surprise since it's from you.
@@svn5994 very snappy stuff there svn. you should really go into comedy or something, such a smart take. (since you are a mouth breather I should probably explain that was something called sarcasm.)
And they have great customer service too! I don't use mine as much as I used to, but I'm glad a bought it. It makes really good brown rice which is really a pain without a good rice cooker.
I have the red one. It is impeccable. I use it nearly daily, and I love it. Sure, the lines a little hard to see, but that's what good lighting is for.
I only buy japan made rice cookers, I eat rice 6-7 days a week with most every meal, so spending more is worth it for me. I had my last Tiger cooker for 15 years and decided to replace it not because of failure but because the outside was really sorry looking and the inner pot was scratched up because of using metal spoons. I wanted a IH (induction) cooker cause I can actually taste the difference and its faster, plus no burned bottoms, you like the burned bottom get a japanese made Tiger JNP type cooker (that will last you until you die) they usually have a flower pattern on the outside or are silver, the heating element will last forever. For a premium cooker that will tailor its method according to the type of rice you eat, the two models I'd advise people to look at (not cheap) I'd go either the Tiger JKT line or the Zojirushi NP-HCC line, both of these are induction type and yes it does taste better if you notice that sort of thing in rice. The fuzzy logic model they recommend here is nice, and has more features than the JNP line, but its not induction so does not cook quite the same nor as fast it is cheaper though than the two I recommend. I prefer the Tiger JKT line and bought it for myself causse the inner pot is concave shaped as has a nicer form, the zojirushi is just straight stamped. Does that make a difference? probably not, functionally and performance wise they are very similar. I guess get the one you can find a better deal on the size you need.
I have the same one. It cooks perfectly. I bought it about 10 years ago and 5-6 years in the battery for holding the time when it is not plugged in died. It still works but you need to plug in the unit and input the correct time if you want to use the timer function otherwise plug it in and go through the menu you want and press the cooking button and it will start cooking. Changing the battery is not a simple "open the compartment and put in new batteries" You need to use security bits and unsolder /resolder the old battery and new battery. Or do what I did, buy a coin battery holder and wrap wires to the + and - leads of the old coin battery. Someone added a YT video on how to change the battery and I add a comment on how I did it through his video. Now it has been two years since I change the battery and it's working fine. And if the batteries dies again all I need to do now is to open up the unit and swap out the batteries from the battery holder.
These cookers are great but the batteries do die but it can be fixed if you are handy.
Though not the winner, the Toshiba made for a fantastic rice cooker. I've owned it for about a year, and love the results. The only complaint I have is there's no easy way to remove the bowl while it's hot. Otherwise, big fan.
You’ve recommended the Aroma in a previous review and I’ve been using it for years. It’s easy to use and very affordable. I’m surprised you didn’t mention it as a runner up.
Me too. Works great.
In the same situation as you. Had mine since 2016. Overall I'm very happy with the Aroma and plan to continue using it until it wears out. But I have noticed its tendency to make slightly mushy large (3+ gou) batches of certain kinds of rice. For me it is Basmati. I have to make it in smaller batches if I want to preserve some chew. ATK's new review also mentions this being an issue with larger batches of brown rice, but I don't have any experience with that myself. Another issue they mention here (the un-colored embossed markings being a bit difficult to read) is also true; though far from a deal breaker for me atm, I have no trouble imagining an older person, anyone with reduced vision or even some folks with poorly lit kitchen sinks finding that frustrating.
Otherwise it is a very good little machine at a much lower price point (still around $30 presently). I'd absolutely recommend it if none of the above issues are a significant concern.
I've went from using the Aroma for years upon years to buying a Zojirushi, albeit a much more expensive induction version because I wanted it dang it, and the rice is leagues better without any fussing. I love my NP-HCC10, but for $200 the neuro-fuzzy model they're showing is really the sweet spot between features and price in Zojirushi's line.
My favorite part is I can make a big full batch of rice in the morning for breakfast and even after 12 hours on "keep warm" it's still just as great as when I first ate it.
@@TwistedD85 It better be turning rice into gold.
@@carvedwood1953 Might as well be, it's absolutely perfect rice. If rice isn't a big part of your meals and you just see it as filler you probably wouldn't care to buy one, but well cooked rice and a quality machine that'll last (besides the darn clock battery) is important to me myself.
I always love it when my decisions are validated by professionals. I had a rice cooker I bought in Japan at the airport on impulse as I was leaving for the US over FORTY years ago, which was a star. I became embarrassed about the amount of scratching and starch on the outside. Then I went hunting for a replacement. From very plain I went glamorous and neurofuzzy.
As a Cuban American, HITACHI with the Chime back in the 70's and 80's was the BEST! Rice Cookers do not have to be expensive. Just use the Extra Long Grain White and add the correct water to rice ratio....a little cooking oil and salt. BINGO! Perfect fluffy rice!!
Or eat what type of rice you actually like and not add oil because you didn't cheap out on a PoS rice cooker.
I clicked the link for the 5.5 cup rice cooker & it says $213.31. Quite a difference in price than $164.
I think a lot of these segments were filmed a long time ago and prices for everything have soared in the last few months.
I own a Panasonic which does a fine job but takes 40 minutes. I now use my instant pot, 3 minutes high pressure, 10 minutes natural release and perfect rice every time
Zojirushi is VERY popular in Japan.
Highly recommended. Their electric hot plate is a great as well. ❤
This randomly came up on my RUclips page and glad to see the one I have won lol
Great video! Literally go to you for EVERY kitchen product!
My Zojirushi is my favorite kitchen/food purchase of anything. Ever. It also sings me twinkle-twinkle little star.
And a Jeopardy knock-off song when it's finished!
Is there an updated testing? I'd like to see something more competitive at the high end, ih and pressure. And adding some testing beyond white and brown rice.
Zojirushi is the Rolls Royce of rice cookers for decades. Without a question. Worth every penny.
I have used a heavy pot with a tight lid since I learned how to cook. Works perfectly in 25 minutes.
Sure, do it the hard way 😉
@@pangkaji LOL
I don't know a single family that eats rice on a consistent basis that uses a pot over a rice cooker ;)
@@xipalips if you make rice at least twice a month, heck even once month, get a rice cooker. You will thank me. It takes out all the guesswork of water amount, how long to boil it, when to reduce the heat etc. You just "set it and forget it" 😳
My Zojiroshi 3 cups last 10 yrs n I ❤️ it .
Please can you tell me where the steam , when cool flows out. Normal rice cooker had at the back. Here I can't figure it out. Thank you.
Nice thing some of the rice cookers, Zojirushi for certain have a aftermarket for the pot/basket/liner. So it’s possible to get a stainless steel replacement if using nonstick is an issue.
I make mine in my Instant Pot and it works great. I don’t need to have another single-use appliance cluttering up the kitchen and I get a lot more utility out of a multi-cooker.
I own the Zoji they chose & it’s fabulous.
Amazon prices can change within seconds. I was searching for an item, looked at several items, decided I was going to buy one and the price had gone up in the few minutes I was looking at the other models. Another time I was shopping for a gas burner, Amazon wanted $89.00 for it, the exact same burner was $22.00 from ebay. Delivery time was about the same. The burner is made in the UK. It pays to shop around. Today I noticed a lot of products have high shipping costs.
I agree on the Amazon prices. I notice if I look for something on a Monday and think about it for a day while I research more, when I decide to go buy the product, the price is ALWAYS higher. I guess thats AI and technology. I of course dont buy at the higher price. I can play the game too. : )
My little zoji is over 25 years old, and used twice a day, every day.
While they ARE expensive, you can get rice cookers for less than 30 bucks, by the time you average out the service life, the zoji is probably LESS expensive per use than budget model.
If you only cook rice once a week or a few times a month, by all means save money, but if you want something that will withstand heavy use, a zoji is worth it.
And yes, it is true that even super high end Asian restaurants use multiple zojis for sushi spaced out in time so that way rice is always at it's peak (when we hand "vinegar" and hand fan small 18 cup batches, it is a BIG difference between that experience and a huge 55 cup cooker with the vinegar mixture put into the water.)
Note to myself:
The _Zojirushi_ Neuro Fuzzy Rice Cooker, is *Made in Japan*
Must look the nonstick inner pan is made of which material. PFOA?
I have the Zojirushi and I love it. I got it with reward points. I’d say it’s worth the money if someone bought it outright. I freeze any extra rice.
The Cuckoo rice cooker is really amazing if you’re on a budget. Cooks almost as well as a zojirushi.
Probably the reason you became KooKoo
Can I make Co-Co Puffs in it?
Zojirushi are great rice cookers but cuckoo is amazing for Korean rice. I used to have one and somehow it always made rice stickier and amazing compared to other rice cookers. And I currently have a zojirushi rice cooker. I’m also surprised they didn’t test any more expensive models.
You gotta pay attention to the Cuckoo rice cookers these days. Half of them are now made in China and I (and my Korean wife) think the quality is questionable. The other half of Cuckoo cookers (often more expensive) are made in Korea.
You don't need those measuring lines. Use your finger. Water to the first knuckle.
Nah, more hygienic with the lines. 😌
Out of curiosity, where does it retail for $164? Their link to Amazon has it listed at $212 right now. Not sure when the review was from, but it was only posted a day ago.
@@sandrah7512 Ah, thanks for that catch!
I cook my rice the way my mom and grandmother did. In a covered saucepan.
Which ones add a container for steaming? Also retractable cords?
I’m considering buying the zojorushi, but I currently have a 20c (cooked) and I wonder how small this one is. We currently fill with a little more than 4 c water. It seems that would work.
You forgot to tell us about the most economical by end or the second one with the fuzzy logic that worked well also. You always have a choice of two.
One of my sisters has that model, my mom has an older model, and my other sister has the newer model.
There's also a model that uses induction cooking.
I just got this rice cooker for free brand new! 😅 I’m so excited
I've got a several years old Black and Decker rice cooker I bought on sale for about 20 dollars. It resembles a crock pot has a removable pot and glass lid so it's easy to use. I just push a button and wait. Those look fancier and more like bread machines.
I came from a home that had a proper asian brand rice cooker. I moved out as a student and got desperately low on funds. Bought a Black and Decker rice cooker. It. Was. HORRIBLE. If you've only used the Black and Decker, you don't know what you're missing. I threw mine out instead of gifting it to other students still in dorm because it was so damn bad, I wouldn't wish it on my worst enemy. You don't need a top of the line Zojirushi: they make plain ol' models that look and work like the B&D, but just better. It's about $50 USD, and the quality of rice is still light years ahead of the Crap Pot B&D.
I was gonna get the Tiger rice cooker which is a great rice cooker but what really changed my mind was the “FUZZY Technology” literally you can just throw the water you think is right and the Zojiroshi would make it Perfect all the time!!! I’m glad I spent the $170 for it…
I’ve got a little 3 cup Zojirushi and I love it💖
Picked up the Tiger at Costco and so far seems to be pretty darn good 😊
Could have used a better ranking system than just the #1 pick. Maybe a graph showing which ones performed what task, but failed others. That being said!! ... I am purchasing a Zojirushi right now.
If Zojirushi hadn't won, it would be a huge fail on their part. They've been basically the top company for it for as long as I can remember.
Yep. I first saw this brand when my friend in San Francisco owned one in 1986. Back then, it was unlike any rice cooker we had ever seen before.
I bought one, grimaced as I hit the "purchase" button, and have never regretted it. It's a different level than my previous cooker.
Which one reduces arsenic levels?
I was afraid I was over spending on my Zojirushi rice cooker … absolutely not it’s perfect every time and you can cook other things in it too. Great buy. Well worth it.
I have been using a Zojirushi rice cooker for about 30 years. Did ATK just discover this brand? For years ATK picked the Aroma rice cooker. So what gives, or would ATK still recommend the Aroma rice cooker for a less expensive option?
I like and I own a Zojirushi but if you keep the rice for 2 days it will get bad so make sure to put the leftover rice in the fridge.
The best rice cooker I ever used is my microwave. It has a button that say "Rice". When pushed, it makes perfect rice every time.
I have the cheapest, smallest, simplest zojirushi. It doesn't have all the fancy features but the build quality is noticeably higher than the several others I've owned of the same type. The high end models must be nice but the basic one is all I need
My little brother was in the Airforce and was stationed in South Korea. He came back with a rice cooker that made fool proof rice. Me being an ignorant American, I thought A What Cooker? He fired that puppy up and made the best rice ever. I felt sorry for my Mom's Minute Rice.
Zojirushi is the Bentley of rice cookers!!! Cuckoo is another amazing great rice cooker.
Hands down best, if pricey rice maker is Le Creuset's analog rice cooker. An high-sided enameled cast iron pot with an internal and external lid. Equal parts rice and water, a dash of salt and bring to a boil, put both covers on and reduce heat to a slow simmer for 10-12 minutes then shut off the heat and don't lift the lids for another 12 minutes and voilà, perfectly cooked rice, no microchips needed.
I wanted to buy a rice cooker and thought: "I'm sure ATK has a video for that!". Your timing is insane!
I use my Breville Fast Slow Pro using the pressure cooker feature. I’ve even made mushroom risotto with it.
I don't cook enough rice to justify $160 (even the Toshiba was $150) . I wish they would have rated 3 or more , or added a decent budget pick for those of us who occasionally cook rice.
Try the Aroma rice cooker. They are not that expensive and I think they cook rice just fine. You can find them at Walmart or Target
if you cook rice at least twice a month, get a rice cooker. you will thank me. Even a $30 $40 rice cooker is fine. It does not have the bells and whistles but it does the job just fine. I gave the rice cooker I had in college to my daughter when she went to college. Yes, they last that long (and it was a cheap one too)
What you definitely DON'T want is a rice cooker so cheap it has a glass lid, like a pot. Any time saved by using that kind of rice cooker is wasted in cleaning up the starchy sputter that inevitably spits out around the top.
I’ve had my Aroma since 2017, my first and only rice cooker, and it was $24.99 via Amazon. I now use short to medium grain premium rice too.
As an American, I grew up on long grain Uncle Ben’s white rice and only used the stovetop method. Occasionally, I burned the rice and was always afraid of burning my rice after. In 2017 an American friend told me about her new kitchen gadget, I got mine. Aroma is super easy to use and under $30. Also in 2017, a Korean friend showed me how to measure the rice to water ratio with my hand, without using that rice scoop or inner pot lines and my rice comes out perfect every single time. No more worries. I cannot afford that expensive rice cooker and I wish ATK would stop recommending extremely expensive items. If I were going to get a new rice cooker, that same Korean friend told me upgrade to Cuckoo a Korean brand 😊 but they too are expensive so Aroma it might be.
This must have been filmed years ago because that rice cooker costs substantially more than that.
It was published June of 2021. Thanks Biden.
The online is always behind the release of the show and behind the online printed reviews. This review came out at least 8 months ago so yes the price is always different.
@@ohnoyce lol doesn't blame the manufacturer for increasing their prices
Yes it's well over $200 now.
I just followed the link and it is reduced to $179 now
Nothing wrong with my olla, makes great rice all the time, i think I paid 5 bucks 30 years ago, still looks the same and cooks even better! Without the mind reading too! 😅🤣😂
Super durable too. I've thrown the Zojirushi across a room out of anger after I stubbed my toe while carrying it. I immediately freaked out cause I love that rice cooker. Well other than a small crack by the handle it still works like new. It makes a great gift too because most americans won't spend that much on a "rice cooker", til they have a Zoji.
To be honest, you can also make fantastic rice in an instant pot and just have one less small appliance around. I've barely used my rice cooker since getting the instant pot.
I could never get a fluffy texture in an Instant Pot. I always got sticky rice.
@@sherrybirchall8677 It's sensitive to adding precise amounts of water to rice ratios. And part of the difficulty is that if you google a good ratio, you'll find 10 different websites recommending a different number for every kind of rice. But once you get a good ratio I find that it comes out perfect. For example, for brown rice I think 1 cup of rice to 1.25 cups of water @ 21 minutes is great.
Zojirushi seems to design products to work very well and last (rather than to just make profit, as some other manufacturers seem to do)
I am so sorry for saying this. But western people should know that comparing those rice cookers is not good choice. Because best rice cooker is the most expensive one. Also all of asian countries have different taste of rice. So all rice cookeres designed for different purposes. Like western countries has different dough makers.
I know this video is a year old, but supposedly this model machine was $164. It's currently listed on their website for $242.99. Same on Amazon. I double-checked the model number with video and it's definitely the right one. Did it go up in price? Very strange.