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popular Posted by phoinix | Staff • 2d ago
Jul 8, 2025 11:58 AM
[Prime] $376.99*: Zojirushi NP-NWC10XB 5.5-Cup Pressure Induction Heating Rice Cooker and Warmer (Stainless Black) at Amazon
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Over the course of 2 weeks, we did extensive testing because I'm a former engineer - and she's a very patient woman to tolerate my neuroses.
We made five types of grains with each: Jasmine, brown, gaba rice, sushi, and quinoa.
We compared the 3 cookers against each other and also against a stovetop method.
Each time we made a batch, we did a blind taste test to each other.
I can say with confidence that we tasted no discernible difference in flavor or texture among the 3 rice cookers for any of the 5 grains. 1/3 of the time one of us could identify the stovetop batch, but that's about it.
In terms of power consumption, I connected each cooker to a separate smart outlet with power monitoring.
In calculating the power cost in cooking the grains + keeping warm for on average 12 hours, I also observed, surprisingly, that there was no meaningful power savings between the induction and non-induction models.
Ultimately, we returned the Zojirushi because, setting aside the emotional and aesthetic attachments, our experience concluded the 3-8x cost premium was not merited.
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