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10-Cup Zojirushi Umami Micom Rice Cooker (Black)

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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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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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  • 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.
    • This offer also matches our previous frontpage deal.
  • About this product:
    • 1-Year warranty.
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Amazon has 10-Cup Zojirushi Umami Micom Rice Cooker (Black, NL-GAC18) for $207.99. Shipping is free.

Note, In stock soon.

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 TattyBear 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

Editor's Notes

Written by persian_mafia | 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.
    • This offer also matches our previous frontpage deal.
  • About this product:
    • 1-Year warranty.
  • About this store:

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DemyGod
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uncle Roger approved 👌
beanalicious1
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Yeah, they were pretty upset about the capacity line for it as a slow cooker. I bought this last time it popped up and I adore it. It's my first rice cooker, but it works a lot better for rice than my instapot does. If their biggest (and really, only) complaint was about the slow cooking, there are few things I personally care about less. For what I want a rice cooker for (cooking and holding onto rice) it's amazing. Rice cooked (on the umami setting, even) it delicious, and lasted 70 hours without issue/getting soggy or gross before I finished it off. I recommend, and took that wired review with a pinch of furikake
TimS7058
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If you cook a lot of rice and you're interested in the differences of the rice, there is an article on Epicurious (can just Google it) where they compare the rice cooked by a bunch of different cookers (including Zojirushi and Aroma), which explains the differences more specifically than I can here. I personally eat a ton of rice, but since I'm traveling for work I've been cooking with of an old rice cooker I brought along with me. I can definitely tell the difference (less fluffy, less evenly cooked, definitely "chewier") and I'm definitely looking forward to coming back home to my Zojirushi.

So basically what I'm saying is that the differences are there and real, which is corroborated by most people who have actually tried the rice made by those different cookers. However whether or not those differences are worth the price premium is totally up to you as it is with any other product.

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Oct 20, 2021
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Oct 20, 2021
davin900
Oct 20, 2021
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First professional review I could find (Wired) was not very positive on this one. The "umami" setting is a bit of a gimmick, apparently. They say most would be better served by a simpler mid-tier option.
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Oct 20, 2021
62 Posts
Joined May 2012
Oct 20, 2021
Kaikeishi
Oct 20, 2021
62 Posts
Bought this from the previous sale and I love it! This one replaces my previous Zojirushi rice cooker that I had for over 10 years and my only regret is that I didn't buy a new one sooner. As far as I can tell, this is the latest model in this line and at this price it's a no-brainer for us daily rice eaters.
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Oct 20, 2021
96 Posts
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beanalicious1
Oct 20, 2021
96 Posts
Quote from davin900 :
First professional review I could find (Wired) was not very positive on this one. The "umami" setting is a bit of a gimmick, apparently. They say most would be better served by a simpler mid-tier option.
Yeah, they were pretty upset about the capacity line for it as a slow cooker. I bought this last time it popped up and I adore it. It's my first rice cooker, but it works a lot better for rice than my instapot does. If their biggest (and really, only) complaint was about the slow cooking, there are few things I personally care about less. For what I want a rice cooker for (cooking and holding onto rice) it's amazing. Rice cooked (on the umami setting, even) it delicious, and lasted 70 hours without issue/getting soggy or gross before I finished it off. I recommend, and took that wired review with a pinch of furikake
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Oct 21, 2021
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bonbon525
Oct 21, 2021
3,507 Posts
my cheap but useful 20$ aroma rice cooker died out on me after 5 years of use. been 2 month waiting on a deal for a zoijurushi to come along as i know they are considered the best consumer brand in cooking rice. better than the tiger and cuckoo brand. perfect timing as ive been waiting for the aroma cooker to belly up 2 years ago. and there is a big difference in quality between the zoijurushi (made in china) vs the zoijurushi (made in japan). i bought this from best buy.
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Oct 21, 2021
180 Posts
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Oct 21, 2021
User9304
Oct 21, 2021
180 Posts
Yeah I'm not seeing what this does that the Neuro Fuzzy doesn't. Maybe it doesn't hold rice warm for as long but I heard someone unfortunately cultivated deadly bacteria in holding rice warm for several days that I have no desire to experience.
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Oct 21, 2021
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Oct 21, 2021
Thecarp
Oct 21, 2021
638 Posts
Quote from bonbon525 :
my cheap but useful 20$ aroma rice cooker died out on me after 5 years of use. been 2 month waiting on a deal for a zoijurushi to come along as i know they are considered the best consumer brand in cooking rice. better than the tiger and cuckoo brand. perfect timing as ive been waiting for the aroma cooker to belly up 2 years ago. and there is a big difference in quality between the zoijurushi (made in china) vs the zoijurushi (made in japan). i bought this from best buy.
This Japan or China?
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sinwin
Oct 21, 2021
40 Posts
Quote from Thecarp :
This Japan or China?
Click the link
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Oct 21, 2021
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DemyGod
Oct 21, 2021
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uncle Roger approved 👌
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Oct 21, 2021
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MIA2TLV
Oct 21, 2021
2,166 Posts
These are kind of pricey, but they're like the Rolls Royce of rice cookers!
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Oct 21, 2021
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Oct 21, 2021
brian17834
Oct 21, 2021
646 Posts
I've had the fuzzly logic 10 cup version for 21 years and it is still going strong. The only two complaints I have is for a family of four it is way too big. One that is half this size would be plenty of rice. Five cups of cooked rice is a LOT of rice, even for our family which includes one American born Asian. 😃 Also, if the need calls for it, it doesn't make a single cup of rice very well if I am home alone. Two cups seems to be the minimum for making good rice. For two + cups, it has always made great rice.
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Oct 21, 2021
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Oct 21, 2021
Poro
Oct 21, 2021
102 Posts
Quote from DemyGod :
uncle Roger approved 👌
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Oct 21, 2021
852 Posts
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Oct 21, 2021
xiaobao12
Oct 21, 2021
852 Posts
Quote from bonbon525 :
my cheap but useful 20$ aroma rice cooker died out on me after 5 years of use. been 2 month waiting on a deal for a zoijurushi to come along as i know they are considered the best consumer brand in cooking rice. better than the tiger and cuckoo brand. perfect timing as ive been waiting for the aroma cooker to belly up 2 years ago. and there is a big difference in quality between the zoijurushi (made in china) vs the zoijurushi (made in japan). i bought this from best buy.
I didn't know there are Chinese and Japanese models. How does one tell?
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Oct 21, 2021
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Oct 21, 2021
alexatie
Oct 21, 2021
2,041 Posts
Can the top cover be removed to clean?
I am worry about cleaning with these one piece units.
Oct 21, 2021
766 Posts
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Oct 21, 2021
Bush438
Oct 21, 2021
766 Posts
Quote from xiaobao12 :
I didn't know there are Chinese and Japanese models. How does one tell?
This model is Made in Japan. Stated right in the title header of item description.
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Oct 21, 2021
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Kaikeishi
Oct 21, 2021
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Quote from alexatie :
Can the top cover be removed to clean?
I am worry about cleaning with these one piece units.
You can't remove the cover itself, but inside there's a separate cover that you can remove for cleaning.

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