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10-Cup Zojirushi Neuro Fuzzy Rice Cooker & Warmer (NS-ZCC18, White)

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Amazon has 10-Cup (Uncooked) Zojirushi Neuro Fuzzy Rice Cooker & Warmer (NS-ZCC18, White) on sale for $175.09. Shipping is free.

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About this Item:
  • Micro computerized Advanced Neuro Fuzzy logic technology
  • Menu settings include: white (regular/sushi, softer or harder), mixed, porridge, sweet, semi-brown, brown, rinse-free and quick cooking
  • Programmable melody or beep audio indicator
  • Extra Large Easy-to-Read color LCD display
  • Automatic keep warm, extended keep warm and reheating cycle
  • Spherical inner cooking pan and heating system ensures even heating for perfectly cooked rice
  • Programmable Delay timer (2 settings)
  • Fold down handle for easy carry and transport
  • Built-in retractable power cord
  • Accessories include: Spatula, spatula holder and 2 measuring cups (regular and rinse-free)
  • Made in Japan

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  • Rated 4.7 out of 5 stars from customer reviews.
  • At the time of this posting, our research indicates that this is $26 lower than the next best comparable online prices starting from $201.09.
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Amazon has 10-Cup (Uncooked) Zojirushi Neuro Fuzzy Rice Cooker & Warmer (NS-ZCC18, White) on sale for $175.09. Shipping is free.

Thanks to Community Member HelloAandA for sharing this deal.

About this Item:
  • Micro computerized Advanced Neuro Fuzzy logic technology
  • Menu settings include: white (regular/sushi, softer or harder), mixed, porridge, sweet, semi-brown, brown, rinse-free and quick cooking
  • Programmable melody or beep audio indicator
  • Extra Large Easy-to-Read color LCD display
  • Automatic keep warm, extended keep warm and reheating cycle
  • Spherical inner cooking pan and heating system ensures even heating for perfectly cooked rice
  • Programmable Delay timer (2 settings)
  • Fold down handle for easy carry and transport
  • Built-in retractable power cord
  • Accessories include: Spatula, spatula holder and 2 measuring cups (regular and rinse-free)
  • Made in Japan

Editor's Notes

Written by oceanlake
  • Rated 4.7 out of 5 stars from customer reviews.
  • At the time of this posting, our research indicates that this is $26 lower than the next best comparable online prices starting from $201.09.
  • Don't have Amazon Prime? Students can get a free 6-Month Amazon Prime trial with free 2-day shipping, unlimited video streaming & more.
  • If you're not a student, there's also a free 1-Month Amazon Prime trial available.

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Model: Zojirushi NS-ZCC18 Neuro Fuzzy Rice Cooker & Warmer, 10 Cup, Premium White, Made in Japan

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Timless
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FYI for anybody reading

Q8: How long can I keep rice in my Zojirushi rice cooker using the keep warm feature?
A: The keep warm feature in our rice cookers is designed to keep cooked rice warm, fresh, and ready to serve and enjoy. However, we don't advise keeping rice in the keep warm setting longer than recommended in your instruction manual as we are not able to guarantee the freshness beyond that point. For most rice cookers, 12 hours is the maximum but check your instruction manual for the accurate recommended maximum time. For longer storage take a look at our blog for tips on how to store rice.

https://www.zojirushi.com/app/faq/rice-cookers

https://www.zojirushi.com/blog/ti...r-cooking/
Preclude
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This rice cooker isn't just about the quality of rice. It's about features, and build quality.
First, it has a built in battery. It always keeps the time, even when unplugged.
One can also put rice and water into the machine, and set a timer. The rice will be done at that time.
The machine also keeps track of how long it's held rice with it's keep warm feature. Which, can be used for a long time.
Then there's the build quality. Everything is high quality, well thought out, and easy to clean.
Also, the retractable cord is outstanding. I wish all of my appliances had retractable cords.
MrReasonable
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It's a fantastic cooker albeit not an IH, but about as good as you can get in this price point. 300 is wildly expensive as a base price but honestly I've had mine now for 10 years and it works great still

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Jun 20, 2025 10:20 PM
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kenbuzzJun 20, 2025 10:20 PM
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Quote from Preclude :
This rice cooker isn't just about the quality of rice. It's about features, and build quality.
First, it has a built in battery. It always keeps the time, even when unplugged.
One can also put rice and water into the machine, and set a timer. The rice will be done at that time.
The machine also keeps track of how long it's held rice with it's keep warm feature. Which, can be used for a long time.
Then there's the build quality. Everything is high quality, well thought out, and easy to clean.
Also, the retractable cord is outstanding. I wish all of my appliances had retractable cords.
My microwave and my oven and my Grandfather clock and my phone and my wristwatch and every Alexa and Google Home device in my home displays the time. My purchase decision involving a rice cooker doesn't include whether it can also tell me the time. Lol. If that's a value to you - and guessing by you listing that as the first major benefit - that's great! But my $18 rice cooker doesn't also need to be a clock. Perhaps that's just me?

I may also be in the minority but I don't frequently schedule my rice availability. When I need rice for a dish I bust out the Aroma and have rice 20 minutes later. Also I again may be in the minority but I'm not into making rice and then leaving it sit for half a day. When I need rice I push the lever down, and when it pops up I have rice. If I also need rice 8 hours later I can redo the process, push the lever down and a few minutes later it will pop back up with cooked rice.

Build quality ... You got me there. But I can buy 9 Aroma cookers for the one on sale here, and the first one I bought 7-8 years ago is still going strong. Even if it dies tomorrow I'm on track for 60-70 years of rice making goodness, dollar-for-dollar. And if the one with a clock lasts just as long (kudos if it does!) it'll be 60-70 years old, while mine are much newer.

I store mine in a cabinet, so cord retraction isn't necessarily a plus for me. But if that's one for you and others, yay!

Look, I'm not trying to be condescending. I also have one of these fancy-schmancy rice cookers with a digital clock. But I have used it maybe 1/10th as often as the Aroma. Sometimes, simple and fast and dependable is better. And it has been my experience that functionally equivalent devices that cost a fraction of an upscale device with a clock are much more cost-effective.

Besides, with the $100+ I'm saving, I can buy a really nice clock with a really nice battery and have money left over to buy a few more rice cookers. Smilie

Peace!
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Jun 20, 2025 10:26 PM
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kenbuzzJun 20, 2025 10:26 PM
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Quote from postitnote :
I have a cheap aroma rice cooker and I didn't like how it toasts the bottom of the rice slightly. I ended up using the instant pot with the aroma inner pot and lid sitting in some water in the instant pot. This makes perfect rice for me in ~12 minutes using the rice setting, and I don't need to have another gadget on the countertop.
When I was in Colorado Springs I noticed the "toasting" behavior. I think that's due to altitude, where water boils at a lower temp (200F perhaps?), so the rice cooks at that temp...and once all the water has been absorbed the device keeps going because it's only measuring the internal temperature. It allowed the cooked rice to rise ~20 degrees above the "cooked" temperature, scorching some of it near the heating element.

In Indiana, I never noticed that behavior. Even when I put a clock right next to it, the handle pops up just after all of the water is absorbed and the heat has just begun to climb to 220 or so.
Jun 21, 2025 12:26 AM
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GreyPocket1081Jun 21, 2025 12:26 AM
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Quote from thesybarite :
The internal battery is reportedly not user-replaceable.
The clock is not required for use, my battery was dead for 5+ years before I changed it
Jun 21, 2025 01:48 AM
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HappyBirthdayBtchJun 21, 2025 01:48 AM
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Quote from wandering_soul :
induction heating
I don't know how the average person would have ever known that
Jun 21, 2025 02:00 AM
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Stryc9NineJun 21, 2025 02:00 AM
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Looks like the price was $152 last week. Also don't fall for the bs 43% off when the going price is around $170-$190. These aholes always do the fake sale nowadays.
Jun 21, 2025 02:38 AM
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fatcoolJun 21, 2025 02:38 AM
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chamber of death stay away from carbs
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Jun 21, 2025 03:54 AM
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SuperRealJun 21, 2025 03:54 AM
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This is no doubt THE BEST rice cooker. After a few years, change the pot inside and you are good for a while. Reliable, consistent, GOAT

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Jun 21, 2025 06:00 AM
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StrongSwing4223Jun 21, 2025 06:00 AM
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These are good if you want sticky East Asian style rice. If you're looking for rice like south Asians like it (not sticky, long grain) then these don't work because you can't drain the starchy water.
Jun 21, 2025 06:12 AM
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Royal2000HJun 21, 2025 06:12 AM
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Quote from kenbuzz :
Well... okay, here's one.

You could buy nearly ten $18 induction rice cookers for this price. If this makes 10x as much rice, or the rice is 10x better, get this. If all you want is reliably cooked rice that relies on physics rather than artificial intelligence to do what folks have been doing for centuries - cooking rice - then consider something simple like this:

https://youtu.be/RSTNhvDGbYI
Those aren't induction. Neither is this one. But the $18 ones aren't induction either.
Jun 21, 2025 12:46 PM
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manjulapraJun 21, 2025 12:46 PM
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Quote from crontab :
At this price range, I would recommend Buffalo rice cookers with stainless steel pots. Constant teflon usage/exposure is no good. While the Zojirushi should not exceed temps that affect the coating, it will degrade over time into the rice. I believe there Zojirushi's that have ceramic coated or other pot materials.
Good unit, but non-ideal pot materials in this day an age.
I wonder if they sell better pots separately...
Pots and pans may not be a serious way of PAFS poisoning. Companies making them, yes!
This video is all about PFAS: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SC2eSujzrUY
Pots and pans and how PFAS can end up in your body at the 37.99 mark.
Jun 21, 2025 02:18 PM
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NH-REALGRILLJun 21, 2025 02:18 PM
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Is the '10 cup' capacity the amount of dry rice or is that the total capacity including rice + water?
Jun 21, 2025 02:27 PM
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thund3rcatJun 21, 2025 02:27 PM
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Got a Zojirushi, it actually cooks brown rice properly, unlike my $10 one.
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kenbuzzJun 21, 2025 07:23 PM
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Quote from Royal2000H :
Those aren't induction. Neither is this one. But the $18 ones aren't induction either.
Not induction. Right you are. Not sure what word I was intending to use there, but induction is incorrect in this context. Thanks!
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MellowStar420Jun 21, 2025 07:36 PM
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This doesn't look fuzzy to me at all.

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meerkatJun 21, 2025 11:20 PM
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I had 5 cup version that fails after 13 years (45% use roughly, less than every other day). In 2011, the 5cup one was on sale for $146.

The sensor locates on the lid, wired (total 4 color coded wires) via the lid hinge to the heater on the bottom.

After repeated opening and closing, eventually the (super thin) cable breaks, the high tension also contributes to the failure. Re-connecting the broken cable isn't so feasible due to tight space and high tension. Eventually I throw it away.

The Tiger rice cooker, on sale around $70 sometime on Costco makes similar quality cooking (reheat is not as good). I do like Zojirushi soft lid opening, easier to clean inner lid(detachable), and somewhat smaller rounded profile on the countertop.
Last edited by meerkat June 21, 2025 at 05:27 PM.

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