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10-Cup Zojirushi Umami Micom Rice Cooker (Black)

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Best Buy has 10-Cup Zojirushi Umami Micom Rice Cooker (Black, NL-GAC18) for $207.99. Shipping is free or choose curbside pickup where stock permits

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Features:
  • Automatically adjusts temperature and heating time for optimal results
  • soaks and steams rice longer for enhanced flavor
  • Menu settings: white, umami, mixed, sushi/sweet, Jasmine, porridge, congee, brown, GABA brown, quick white, quick Jasmine, steam and slow cook
  • 3 warming cycles: Automatic keep warm, extended keep warm and reheat function
  • Black thick easy-to-clean nonstick coated inner cooking pan and detachable and washable inner lid; Easy-to-read and use lcd control panel

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  • Amazon has 10-Cup Zojirushi Umami Micom Rice Cooker (Black, NL-GAC18) for $207.99. Shipping is free.

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  • About this deal:
    • Our research indicates that this offer is $72 lower (25% savings) than the next best available price from a reputable merchant with prices starting from $279.99.
  • About this product:
    • 1-Year warranty.
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Best Buy has 10-Cup Zojirushi Umami Micom Rice Cooker (Black, NL-GAC18) for $207.99. Shipping is free or choose curbside pickup where stock permits

Thanks to Deal Hunter PennyFound for finding this deal.

Note, availability for pickup may vary by location.

Features:
  • Automatically adjusts temperature and heating time for optimal results
  • soaks and steams rice longer for enhanced flavor
  • Menu settings: white, umami, mixed, sushi/sweet, Jasmine, porridge, congee, brown, GABA brown, quick white, quick Jasmine, steam and slow cook
  • 3 warming cycles: Automatic keep warm, extended keep warm and reheat function
  • Black thick easy-to-clean nonstick coated inner cooking pan and detachable and washable inner lid; Easy-to-read and use lcd control panel

No Longer Available:
  • Amazon has 10-Cup Zojirushi Umami Micom Rice Cooker (Black, NL-GAC18) for $207.99. Shipping is free.

Editor's Notes

Written by powerfuldoppler | Staff
  • About this deal:
    • Our research indicates that this offer is $72 lower (25% savings) than the next best available price from a reputable merchant with prices starting from $279.99.
  • About this product:
    • 1-Year warranty.
  • About this store:

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xtac
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Every time one of these comes up I'm so confused as to whether I should buy it. So far I have gathered it must be from japan, must be IH, must be 3-5 cups. What else? What's the gold standard model to get I'm tired of waiting for a deal on these things and want some good rice! /rant
jeffricks2051
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10 cup is tooo big for most people. I have a 5.5 cup and wish I had a 3 cup. The counter footprint is smaller. Plenty of rice for our 2-person household. Though someone at some point said the 3 cup doesn't make quite as good rice as the 5.5 cup version. I don't know if that's true but it always struck fear in me.

Unless you have a big family or are eating way too much rice/carbs, I recommend holding out for the 5.5 or maybe 3 cup version. It's easy to click and buy this, then have a giant rice cooker on your counter forever, or lug a giant rice cooker on and off the counter.\

......

That all said, does anyone know if the fancy expensive Zojirushis (or other brands) make passable sushi rice? All I need is 'decent' sushi rice. The fancy ones have a 'sushi' setting, but never heard anyone talk about the results, ever.
achifari
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Your pressure cooker almost certainly does not cook rice perfectly. It might make rice that you're happy with. It might make decent rice quickly. It might be convenient to not have a dedicated rice cooker. But it is not making perfectly cooked rice

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MeAPhool
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Quote from jeffricks2051 :
10 cup is tooo big for most [non-asian family] people. I have a 5.5 cup and wish I had a 3 cup. The counter footprint is smaller. Plenty of rice for our 2-person household. Though someone at some point said the 3 cup doesn't make quite as good rice as the 5.5 cup version. I don't know if that's true but it always struck fear in me.

Unless you have a big family or are eating way too much rice/carbs, I recommend holding out for the 5.5 or maybe 3 cup version. It's easy to click and buy this, then have a giant rice cooker on your counter forever, or lug a giant rice cooker on and off the counter.\

......

That all said, does anyone know if the fancy expensive Zojirushis (or other brands) make passable sushi rice? All I need is 'decent' sushi rice. The fancy ones have a 'sushi' setting, but never heard anyone talk about the results, ever.
I've never had a problem using the sushi rice setting. I have Zojirushi NP-NVC18. For the person who says "rice is rice", then it doesn't matter.

For others who care, the first step is using short-grain rice.

A nice link with instructions: https://www.chopstickchronicles.c...ushi-rice/
Oct 15, 2021
237 Posts
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Kraut74
Oct 15, 2021
237 Posts
Quote from Trolleysun :
I don't know this one. But I have used my zojirushi IH rice cooker for almost 8years. It has the setting for long grain and it works great on wild rice.
Some other people just don't know how to read directions. People just need to make sure the water to rice ratio is correct. I have the NWC10 and it makes perfect rice every time!!
Oct 15, 2021
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xtac
Oct 15, 2021
618 Posts
Every time one of these comes up I'm so confused as to whether I should buy it. So far I have gathered it must be from japan, must be IH, must be 3-5 cups. What else? What's the gold standard model to get I'm tired of waiting for a deal on these things and want some good rice! /rant
Oct 15, 2021
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Oct 15, 2021
CleverLocket7781
Oct 15, 2021
32 Posts
Quote from alxshanti :
I've tried multiple rice cookers but none of them seems to handle long-grain rice like Basmati.
Try the insignia. Works good for me. Max I have tried is 4 cups but regularly do 2 cups.
Oct 15, 2021
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Yat
Oct 15, 2021
299 Posts
Quote from xtac :
Every time one of these comes up I'm so confused as to whether I should buy it. So far I have gathered it must be from japan, must be IH, must be 3-5 cups. What else? What's the gold standard model to get I'm tired of waiting for a deal on these things and want some good rice! /rant
Why 3-5 cups?
Oct 15, 2021
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Nwryguy
Oct 15, 2021
645 Posts
Quote from Mr_Man :
Is this induction or just a heat plate?
Heat plate it's worth it to pay a little more for when Kohls has a sale for the induction unless you want wait an hour for rice
Oct 15, 2021
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fllaming
Oct 15, 2021
52 Posts
Quote from WildflowerGuru :
I just bought the Zojirushi NS-ZCC18 one hour ago. Should I buy this instead?
I owned zcc10 for 12 years and switched to this one on launch. Zcc's cook time is based on how much rice you put in there. This one is a little different. A same choice always cook for a same amount of time no matter how much rice you put in. Unami is nice for rice quality but takes time (72 min). Never tried other functions. And never cooked more than 2 cups even with a big family gathering.

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fllaming
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Quote from Yat :
Why 3-5 cups?
With a family of 2 adults and two kids, I cook 1 and a half cup every day. Including next day's lunch for 3. So most of time you don't need that much capacity for rice alone. If you would like to steam or slow cooking, you may want the bigger size.
Oct 15, 2021
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RcKen
Oct 15, 2021
13 Posts
My family are a big fan of these your of rice cooker and especially this brand. I use my instapot to cook my rice and almost everything else. I honest can't see why this is better. So in "my opinion" I would recommend to save the money on a pressure cooker instead.
Oct 15, 2021
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WildflowerGuru
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Quote from fllaming :
I owned zcc10 for 12 years and switched to this one on launch. Zcc's cook time is based on how much rice you put in there. This one is a little different. A same choice always cook for a same amount of time no matter how much rice you put in. Unami is nice for rice quality but takes time (72 min). Never tried other functions. And never cooked more than 2 cups even with a big family gathering.

Someone had suggested in the comments of a youtube video that the rice sits in water to soak before it actually cooks. That is what could be taking so long. Not sure if that is true, but sounds logical. I didn't really want to get the 10 cup but need to start making multiple small meals each day for three day stretches. Not a fan of big portion cooking.
Oct 15, 2021
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achifari
Oct 15, 2021
1,277 Posts
Quote from halbowitz :
Not saying what is better because I wouldn't know, but I do know my pressure cooker cooks rice perfectly and also, well, cooks a bunch of other stuff. I don't see why you'd get this if you didn't have either. That's just my uninformed opinion though.
Your pressure cooker almost certainly does not cook rice perfectly. It might make rice that you're happy with. It might make decent rice quickly. It might be convenient to not have a dedicated rice cooker. But it is not making perfectly cooked rice
Oct 15, 2021
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fllaming
Oct 15, 2021
52 Posts
Quote from WildflowerGuru :
Someone had suggested in the comments of a youtube video that the rice sits in water to soak before it actually cooks. That is what could be taking so long. Not sure if that is true, but sounds logical. I didn't really want to get the 10 cup but need to start making multiple small meals each day for three day stretches. Not a fan of big portion cooking.
That's true. Also what I did with my old zcc to cook better barley and wheat mixed rice.
Oct 15, 2021
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achifari
Oct 15, 2021
1,277 Posts
Quote from Yat :
Why 3-5 cups?
note, rice cooker measurements are 1) precooked volume of rice, and 2) not "cups" by the US definition. Each "cup" is about 0.8 US cups. But that still means that a 5cup cooker can make 4 cups uncooked=~12 cups cooked rice. It's good for 3-4 days, so it's not insane to get through that much, but you need to eat a lot of rice. To justify 10c (8 US cups dry=24c cooked), you either need to be asian, have a big family, or both.
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Arcanlaw
Oct 15, 2021
3,597 Posts
I love my zojirushi IH rice cooker but I'm on my 4th bowl in 11 years and getting close to needing #5. Their nonstick coating only lasts a couple years and that's if you baby it, which I do. Replacement bowls are almost $100 which sucks, but it really sucks when the non stick coating starts coming off and I need to decide between stretching a little longer and my health, that stuff isn't good to ingest.

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Ricochet48
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I've been eying these new ones. I checked Amazon and saw the 10cup was on sale, but not the 5cup one I want. Came on here and sure enough, first listing haha!

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