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 List Price: $73.00 Sale Price: $48.64 
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Plump moist grains of rice and brilliantly colored flavorful vegetables are yours with this steamer. Steaming not only preserves nutrients, flavors, and colors marvelously well, it also allows you to cook without adding oil or fat. Once your food is cooked it will stay warm until you're ready to serve, eliminating those timing headaches. And last but surely not least, the cooking pan is removable and non-stick, ensuring your precious time isn't spent cleaning up.
- Cooks rice and keeps it warm up to five hours
- Use also to steam seafood and vegetables and to cook custards and eggs
- Measuring cup and serving spatula included
- Uses 600 watts of power
- 9-1/4 inches high to lid knob; 13 inches in diameter, including handles
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This is an excellent rice cooker but I would like to point out something very important. The directions say specifically that you must wash the rice in a strainer until the water that runs through them comes out clear. This is very important. If you are having problems with the rice bubbling up over the top of the rice cooker and getting on the counter, you probably aren’t washing the rice or aren’t washing it well enough. Also if you are having problems with a crust on the bottom of the rice, you probably aren’t washing the rice or aren’t washing it well enough. Start washing your rice and you probably won’t see those two problems again. Also the rice comes out much fluffier and less gummy if you wash it.
The reason for this is that, when you get uncooked rice, there is a large amount of excess starch that is stuck to the outside of the rice that gets stuck there when the rice is processes.
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I’ve been using this model for just over two years now with no problems at all. We routinely cook brown rice and have had none of the problems that others have called out. The one thing you must remember though is that you MUST rinse the rice (white or brown) before cooking it. We put it in a screened collander and run cold water through it for about one minute. Shake the excess water and you’re ready to go. The reason for the rinse is to keep the rice from foaming while it cooks. Evidently, the rice packers dust the rice with a talcum-like substance to keep it dry. This will cause the water to foam when it boils if you don’t rinse it off before you cook the rice.
Cleanup couldn’t be easier. Just rinse and wipe with a soft towel. Don’t use metal scrubbers becuase the pan has a non-stick coating that you don’t want to scratch. After two years of moderate use, our cooker still looks new and works perfectly.
This is a premium brand, and the product has lived up to my expectations. Five stars for this one.
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I really like this machine. It is my second rice cooker. This model is much sturdier than my first cooker. It is very easy to use and turns out excellent rice every time that I have used it. The steamer tray works well on vegetables and does a great job on hard boiled eggs. However one draw back is that the steamer tray does not hold alot of vegetables nor will it hold 12 eggs. I usually get 11 in it. But for rice this model has come out perfect every time. Clean up is very easy and I would recommend this model to anyone in the market for a rice cooker.
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great rice cooker. the steamer addition is a real time saver, not to mention dish saver, as one can cook almost a full meal with just this one appliance. my roommates and i cook rice almost everyday, and this machine has really helped make that process easy and enjoyable. the only downside is occasionally water/steam will come out of the hole in the cover, resulting in a mess. this only happens when cooking a lot of rice without using the steamer, which acts like an additional layer of covering. not a problem, just something to be aware of when cooking 4+ cups of rice without steaming.
overall, it’s a great unit and i’d be happy to buy one again. definitely recommended!
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Awesome product! My previous rice cooker finally bit the dust so I had to replace it. At first I was unsure about the brand since I had never heard of it, but after researching I read and heard from people that it is “the Sony of Japan.” My mother, who has made rice everyday for the last 50 years, even commented that she wouldn’t mind one herself. It makes perfect rice and doesn’t burn the bottom, even after it has been left to warm a few hours. I’ve never seen such a thing! I do rinse my rice several times in cold water, to remove excess starch that makes the rice a little sticky, so I don’t know how it would perform otherwise. I haven’t tried the steaming yet but I’m sure it’ll be great.
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WE HAVE HAD THIS COOKER FOR ABOUT 2 MONTHS AND IT COOKS RICE GREAT, EASY CLEANUP, AND NO OVER FLOW OR MESS. WE HAVE ONLY USED WHITE RICE SO FAR AND WE HAVE STEAMED A COUPLE OF VEGGIES AND IT WORKED FINE.
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Just received the unit from Amazon.com.
First try, cooked two cups (6 OZ each) of rice and 1 pound of french cut carrots in the top tray. Carrots cut approximately 1/8 inch thick. Let it go 20 minutes after warm light went on and all was PERFECT! Gave the rice a stir and let it keep warm while the rest of dinner was being finished.
Easy clean up and unit nicely made. Thank you for a Double Duty appliance!!!!
The instruction books leaves a lot to be desired. Be sure to rinse your rice B4 cooking. No problem with boiling over here.
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This is an upgrade of a smaller capacity Zojirushi I bought through Amazon a year or two ago. I loved it, and the only reason I am replacing it is that my brother loved it as well. Since we have a family of six and eat rice every day, I figured I would just buy a bigger one and give him the smaller. He is happy, I am happy. My husband is Thai, so we cook only Jasmine rice. To make Jasmine, I use the ratio of one provided cup full of rice to one and a quarter provided cup of water, and it comes up perfect. Definitely rinse your rice, otherwise you will have white stuff spitting everywhere. Also, when the rice is finished cooking and it clicks over to warm, make sure to stir the rice first, otherwise it will brown a bit on the bottom. I have made brown rice as per the directions and it was great, though I discovered I prefer mine a little undercooked. I cannot fault this machine at all, it is a breeze to clean, doesn’t take up an inordinate amount of space on my counter, and lets me get everything else done without having to risk a burnt pot on the stove. I see no need to spend more money on the fancier rice cookers with AI or fuzzy logic or whatever it is, and the price here for a basic rice cooker is even cheaper than our local Asian market for similar products. I recommend it to people all the time, and if you are like me and feel that a pot on the stove works just as well, upgrade. I still use the pot on the stove for browned rice, but if you mostly eat just plain rice like we do, you will not regret the purchase.
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i just wanted to add my two cents to help offset some of the negative reviews. i bought this particular cooker due to the positive reviews both here and on some other websites. i wanted a cooker due to being tired of cooking potatoes with most meals and getting tired of them. i received the unit very quickly and immediately tried it out. i wanted to try brown rice first, so i washed it briefly and put it in the machine to cook. shortly, a mass of bubbles filled below the lid and started ’sputtering’ through the steam hole. not happy about the mess it was making, i endured it and ended up eating some fairly good rice with my first meal. i thought “yeah, they were right, it’s messy, what a bummer”. so, round two and three, i cooked some more, this time trying varieties of white rice and both resulting in a repeat of the first messy attempt, along with some ‘browning’ of the rices on the bottom of the pan. again i thought “this is no fun, friends or guests are going to think this is a piece of junk”. by this time, i had been reading quite a bit on the ‘net about rice, and concluded that a more thorough rinsing of the grains were in order, so my fourth round started off with such, along with an accurate measurement of rice and water, and….a pat of butter thrown in……i thought maybe it might help it from sticking or browning in the bottom. the result……perfect rice! i’m now making that my preparation regimen and i’m getting better results each time. i’m convinced that the errors others are reporting are not the machine’s fault and i’m also convinced that, like most other machines, the user needs to figure out how to use it. in a short time a person should be able to make perfect rice repeatedly. to help the bottom-sticking, i’m also now opening the lid and giving a couple of stirs a couple of times through the cooking cycle. also note, like others have said that washing the rice is a must (maybe up to and including soaking, but i haven’t tried that yet), as you are washing off a lot of the starch that helps make the mess in the first place. take note of the type of rice you buy. some rices have been stripped of their vitamins and have them ’sprayed back on’, the bags will have instructions on them telling you to NOT wash the rice. i would avoid those types. i have yet to steam veggies or whole meals in it, but i’m sure i can get good results from it just as well.
good luck and good health!
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I spent quite some time doing research on rice cookers. I ended up selecting this one based on it was a cooker/steamer. On the first try the rice was PERFECT! Rinse rice as specified. Go light on the water for sticky rice and add a little more water for fluffier rice. The next morning I used the left over rice in the steamer capacity to make the rice pudding recipe included with the cooker. There was no left over rice pudding. The already cooked rice with the milk/eggs/vanilla had a beautiful custard like quality. I did not have a problem with the brown rice water/rice ratio. The warmer function served me well as the rice was kept warm until everyone was ready to dine! I HIGHLY RECOMMEND THIS rice cooker/steamer for the cook that demands the best versatility from their appliances.