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Rice Cookers

Kikujiro

By Kikujiro
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weinoo

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Just now, rotuts said:

my 10 Cup National / Panasonic has a flat bottom

 

and a setting for this style of rice .

 

I didn't see in in my Zo 3 cup induction , w the conical bowl .

 

I think all bowl from Zo had and now continue to have conical blows.

 

thus , possibly due the the conical bowls

 

there is no setting for this .

 

just a curiosity 

 

You gotta try it and let us know!

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rotuts

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i have not used the 10 C in a while , several years

 

but the times I made persian style . it worked very well .

 

it wasn't that easy to lift out the bowl , and invert etc

 

and the bowl + steam were hot .

 

for that reason I rarely make it .

 

the bowl has a non stick , as was working well the last time I sued it for 

 

rice.

 

maybe rice w a crusty bottom is abomination in Japan.

 

Rice is treated in a unique manner in Japan.  

JoNorvelleWalker

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2 hours ago, weinoo said:

 

Ahh, I've never looked that closely at the supplied cup. But I imagine just "eyeballing" something is not in @JoNorvelleWalker's repertoire. 

 

As @palo said, I eyeballed the markings on the little cup.  As much as I revere exactitude, when it comes to rice in the Zojirushi I could measure by handsful and I'm sure get good results.

 

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JoNorvelleWalker

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2 hours ago, rotuts said:

does anybody know if any of the Zo's have

 

flat bottoms ?

 

another way to phrase the question 

 

do the Zo's make a Persian style rice , with a browned , crispy ( not burnt ) bottom ?

 

My older NP-NVC18 has a scorch setting that is said to make a crispy bottom.  The option is removed in the NW-JEC10BA.

 

For Persian rice it might be better to find a Persian rice cooker or a Persian grandmother.

 

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palo

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1 hour ago, JoNorvelleWalker said:

 

As @palo said, I eyeballed the markings on the little cup.  As much as I revere exactitude, when it comes to rice in the Zojirushi I could measure by handsful and I'm sure get good results.

 

I think the "micom" or "fuzzy logic" that Zojirushi employs actually is a piece of artificial intelligence living in your rice cooker that determines "what you did, but don't worry we'll fix it for you" so that your rice comes out well all the time - all the measuring and adjusting we do just makes it easier for the AI

 

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lindag

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9 minutes ago, palo said:

I think the "micom" or "fuzzy logic" that Zojirushi employs actually is a piece of artificial intelligence living in your rice cooker that determines "what you did, but don't worry we'll fix it for you" so that your rice comes out well all the time - all the measuring and adjusting we do just makes it easier for the AI

 

p

Well, that sure could be as I've never had a pot of rice that didn't come out perfectly in all the years, I've owned one.

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liuzhou

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9 hours ago, rotuts said:

maybe rice w a crusty bottom is abomination in Japan.

 

Certainly not. Known as 'okoke', it is relatively common. Not usually made in a rice cooker, though.

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Joe Blowe

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Fuzzy logic really is a thing...

So we finish the eighteenth and he's gonna stiff me. And I say, "Hey, Lama, hey, how about a little something, you know, for the effort, you know." And he says, "Oh, uh, there won't be any money. But when you die, on your deathbed, you will receive total consciousness."

So I got that goin' for me, which is nice.

Anna N

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20 minutes ago, Joe Blowe said:

Fuzzy logic really is a thing...

I know. It is the way I think. 😂

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rotuts

rotuts

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Im doing GABA Basmati Brown  ( TJ' rice )

 

as my first 3C induction test run

 

Ill report later   3 hrs or more , but nothing for me to do !

 

my question on the Zo's :  

 

can you ' set ' the clock / timer to show you

 

a count-down to done ?

 

granted , it would be fuzzy , and change a bit during a cycle

 

or is that not possible.     3 + hours cooks :  it be nice to see time left

 

even if its Fuzzy . 

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JoNorvelleWalker

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1 hour ago, rotuts said:

Im doing GABA Basmati Brown  ( TJ' rice )

 

as my first 3C induction test run

 

Ill report later   3 hrs or more , but nothing for me to do !

 

my question on the Zo's :  

 

can you ' set ' the clock / timer to show you

 

a count-down to done ?

 

granted , it would be fuzzy , and change a bit during a cycle

 

or is that not possible.     3 + hours cooks :  it be nice to see time left

 

even if its Fuzzy . 

 

On both my Zojirushi rice cookers count-down mode is how the timers work by default.  Strange that yours does not.  You are correct the time estimates change a bit during the cycle.

 

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rotuts

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@JoNorvelleWalker 

 

thank you for your input.

 

in my 3-C manual , 

 

it does say how important it is to set the clock.

 

which I did not .   

 

I more or less know what time it is here.

 

I might call Zo monday or so  ..

 

 

palo

palo

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52 minutes ago, rotuts said:

I might call Zo monday or so  ..

 

 

Or just set the clock 😝

 

btw, mine counts down as well...but I set the clock 😝

 

p

JoNorvelleWalker

JoNorvelleWalker

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1 hour ago, rotuts said:

Soooooo;

 

the clock

 

knows where I am ?

 

and , insists on a Massage first ?

 

As mentioned previously the non user replaceable battery of my older Zojirushi passed on long ago.  The device has lost all concept of sidereal motion.  Yet when I press the start button, the display still faithfully counts down and when done it plays a cheerful tune.

 

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gfweb

gfweb

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5 hours ago, JoNorvelleWalker said:

 

As mentioned previously the non user replaceable battery of my older Zojirushi passed on long ago.  The device has lost all concept of sidereal motion.  Yet when I press the start button, the display still faithfully counts down and when done it plays a cheerful tune.

 

 

The tune alone is worth the price.  Cheerful rice.

JoNorvelleWalker

JoNorvelleWalker

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33 minutes ago, gfweb said:

 

That's ours.

 

I always thought it looked like a Pokemon.  That really pissed off my son when he was of that age.

 

Does yours play "twinkle twinkle little star" when it starts?

 

 

 

Yes, that is the default, however other musical selections are options.

 

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gfweb

gfweb

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1 minute ago, JoNorvelleWalker said:

 

Yes, that is the default, however other musical selections are options.

 

 

Any show tunes?

JoNorvelleWalker

JoNorvelleWalker

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10 minutes ago, gfweb said:

 

Any show tunes?

 

I was mistaken.  The options are Twinkle twinkle little star, a beep, or no sound.

 

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gfweb

gfweb

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4 minutes ago, JoNorvelleWalker said:

 

I was mistaken.  The options are Twinkle twinkle little star, a beep, or no sound.

 

 

I was hoping for West Side Story or  The Producers at least

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