Save more than $70 on a top-rated Zojirushi rice maker at Amazon today
Making rice seems easy, but anyone who has ever tried making it on their stovetop knows that there's plenty of ways for it to go wrong. Even when you follow cooking instructions to a T, rice can come out too hard or too soft and watery.
Save yourself this trouble and splurge on a great rice cooker instead. We like the Zojirushi NS-TSC10 Micom rice cooker. Regularly $233, it's currently on sale at Amazon for $160, a savings of 31% off.
Zojirushi rice cookers are easily considered the best rice cookers on the market. They are known for their easy operation and diverse rice cooking options, but most importantly, they churn out perfectly cooked rice every time. Investing in one of these not only means you'll save precious time cooking, but you'll also get a kitchen essential that will last for decades to come.
Zojirushi NS-TSC10 Micom rice cooker and warmer, 5.5 cups
This Zojirushi rice cooker is quite versatile and super easy to use. Unlike standard rice cookers that come with a "cooking" and "warm function", this model comes with an LED screen that makes it easy to cook your rice to your specifications. There are eight cooking options available, including white/sushi, quick cooking, mixed, sweet (also commonly referred to as sticky rice), brown rice, a steam setting and cake (yes, you can actually make cake in this thing).
These cooking options are excellent, especially the sushi and quick cooking rice options, which aren't always common on higher-priced rice cooker models such as this. We also like that you can set a timer on the machine to cook the rice at a later time. So if you're leaving for work in the morning, but want a fresh batch of rice waiting for you when you come home, you can set it to cook so it's ready right when you get home. Another great customizable feature is the alert signal, which can be programmed to beep or sing a melody to you every time your rice starts cooking and is finished.
If you're making a big batch that you know you or your household can't finish in one sitting, you can press the "keep warm" function to prolong its freshness. However, the brand recommends you don't use the "keep warm" function for longer than 12 hours.
The rice cooker that is on sale is the 5.5-cup model. For those unfamiliar with the rice cooking world, the stated cup size is for dry rice. The amount of dry rice you input into a rice cooker doubles. So really, the Zojirushi Micom rice cooker and warmer cooks up to 10 cups of rice.
The Zojirushi NS-TSC10 Micom rice cooker and warmer has a 4.7-star rating on Amazon. One reviewer says, "it makes the best rice. ... We've been using the same inexpensive rice cooker for 10 years and it was time for a replacement. This was on sale so we decided to splurge and we're both very happy we did. It's very simple to use. We've cooked short grain white, jasmine, and brown rice so far and all have had perfect texture. It's very easy to clean and store. The handle for transport and retractable cord are very nice design bonuses."
Another verified customer said, "Works amazingly, very easy to use and perfect rice every time. This is my favorite appliance in my kitchen and every year I'm thankful to have invested in this great machine! Highly recommend."
