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Amazon has
5.5-Cup Zojirushi NW-QAC10 Induction Rice Cooker & Warmer (Black) for
$261.99.
Shipping is free.
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Features:
- High Heat and Fine Heat Adjustments
- Convenient Steam Function
- Double Nonstick Coating for Easy Clean-Up
- Multi-Menu Cooking Functions: The Zojirushi NW-QAC10 offers a wide range of cooking functions, including white, quick white, mixed, sushi/sweet, Jasmine, quick Jasmine, congee, brown, GABA brown, steel-cut oatmeal, quinoa, and steam
- Water Measure Lines and White Rice Measurements
Top Comments
There's three categories to consider--Regular, induction and induction+pressure. Basic models will run you around $150, induction will be $250 and pressure+induction will be $350+. More features aren't better if you don't perceive the differences in the quality/finish, so why add induction? This primarily has to do with consistency of the finish and the resulting texture/mouthfeel. Why add pressure? Further improvements with cooking consistency as well as texture and flavor that you can't achieve without cooking under pressure. You can easily spend $400 on an induction+pressure unit, but I don't think it's really worth it unless you're the type that's upset when you're served bad rice at restaurants.
For ROI nitpicking--If you do eat fancy rice like Tamaki Gold/Tamanishiki, a 15 pound bag will run you around $30 after tax if you target sales. So every $100 buys you 6~7 bags which is probably about a year's supply for an Asian couple. The question is then how much marginal quality you want to squeeze out of that rice. One would probably choose a nominal value-add figure to the rice being consumed to reflect the nuanced improvement in texture and flavor, let's say it makes the $30 bag worth $35 because it's tastier. But if you do the math to try to justify a $250 rice cooker, it turns out to be nearly a decade-long ROI period. Not a great buy for bean counters unless you really love your rice.
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There's three categories to consider--Regular, induction and induction+pressure. Basic models will run you around $150, induction will be $250 and pressure+induction will be $350+. More features aren't better if you don't perceive the differences in the quality/finish, so why add induction? This primarily has to do with consistency of the finish and the resulting texture/mouthfeel. Why add pressure? Further improvements with cooking consistency as well as texture and flavor that you can't achieve without cooking under pressure. You can easily spend $400 on an induction+pressure unit, but I don't think it's really worth it unless you're the type that's upset when you're served bad rice at restaurants.
For ROI nitpicking--If you do eat fancy rice like Tamaki Gold/Tamanishiki, a 15 pound bag will run you around $30 after tax if you target sales. So every $100 buys you 6~7 bags which is probably about a year's supply for an Asian couple. The question is then how much marginal quality you want to squeeze out of that rice. One would probably choose a nominal value-add figure to the rice being consumed to reflect the nuanced improvement in texture and flavor, let's say it makes the $30 bag worth $35 because it's tastier. But if you do the math to try to justify a $250 rice cooker, it turns out to be nearly a decade-long ROI period. Not a great buy for bean counters unless you really love your rice.
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