Most people say they prefer the Zojirushi rice cooker brand when I ask them. This reflects the quality of these excellent cookers. Zojirushi rice cookersare the most popular in the Japanese rice cooker market, and are increasingly becoming a household name in many countries, including the United States, I’ve tried many rice cookers before, and I must say that the rice cookers by Zojirushi top them all.
These rice cookers by Zojirushi sport some nice features. Zojirushi offers budget rice cookers or those that don’t have features many people don’t need. There are also the finest rice cookers with the most advanced features. It offers the best rice cooker that fits all your rice cooking needs.
Zojirushi offers many different features throughout their rice cooker line. My favorite features are listed below:
Fuzzy Logic and Neuro Fuzzy
Fuzzy technology is common in many Zojirushi rice cookers. As a mater of fact, virtually all mid to higher-end models come with this technology. If you’re very picky about the way the rice turns out, then get a Zojirushi rice cooker that has the Fuzzy Logic technology.
Neuro Fuzzy, what is it? Well, Neuro Fuzzy is the most recent version of Fuzzy Logic. Both technologies have the same function and work very well. Rice cookers with Neuro Fuzzy can regularly update the cooking time and temperature. This technology makes sure that you cook your rice just fine. This technology also helps lessen the effects of poor measuring and other human errors.
Induction heating technology
The induction heating is available only on the top-end Zojirushi cookers. This feature is responsible for the consistent heating in rice cookers, which also means a consistent cooking. The induction heating system is a great feature since it makes sure that the cooking is uniform on the edge and center of your cooker. Any rice cooker by Zojirushi with induction heating technology will cook the best rice.
Warming technology
One of the highlights of a Zojirushi rice cooker is its warming ability. All but a chosen few come with warming features these days. I personally won’t buy one without this important feature. It can keep your rice fresh and warm for many hours.
Go for Zojirushi rice cookers that have the ability to re-warm your rice. So reheating the rice and other food in your rice cooker would be easy. Here’s a tip: use only the warming feature if you’re cooking rice more than the usual amount. Using the feature while cooking a cup or two of rice can dry it out. Dry and course rice is not my thing.
Originality
What I like most about Zojirushi is their constant innovation in rice cookers. They claim that the latest model, the Rizo, was designed with ‘the western kitchen in mind’. The leading rice cooker maker also has the great ‘i-pot’. The great thing about this innovative rice cooker is that it can text you on your mobile phone in case you haven’t cooked with it for quite some time.