Zojirushi NS-DAC10 Zutto Neuro-Fuzzy 5-1/2-Cup Rice Cooker and Warmer

I think this is a perfectly fine rice cooker, perhaps a bit over-priced, but it IS one of the famous "Made in Japan" rice cookers for which Zojirushi is justly famous.

It differs in one main respect from the excellent ZUTTO NP-DA10 model sold in Japan: that one (which has served me brilliantly for 2 years now) uses the Induction Heating cooking method, which this North American version does not have. I think IH would have justified the price of this; without it, well...

Perfectly fine rice, good design and functionality. And I don't agree with the comments about ZUTTO "bombing out" in Japan or cheap or flimsy plastic. The reviews on Amazon.jp (which you can check) are universally positive. See one in person at your local shop before you decide.

I love rice, but never rice I made at home.

It never turned out well and I hated the cleanup.
The Zutto makes perfect rice every time (I make long grain, brown and short grain Sushi rice in mine and they all turn out great). It cooks a pretty mean oatmeal too !

I thought I must be crazy for buying a $200 rice cooker when you can buy other models for $15. The Zutto is made better and works better than any other non-comercial cooker I have seen or had rice from though. The rice does indeed turn out better than from other cookers, and guests often comment that it is better tasting than from their own cookers.

Rice turns out perfectly whether you wash it or not (I prefer to wash white rice as I like the flavor better with the starch removed).
The 'keep warm' feature works well too, and you can keep the rice for hours without it drying out.

I have also become addicted to McCann's Steel Cut Irish Oatmeal since buying the...Read more

rarely does a product move me to write a review but I have found myself increasingly using the net (and amazon) to review products I am not really familiar with before buying them. Rice cookers were one of those products. So I thought I'd share my experience since I had a hard time finding a review for this rice cooker to help others out. We were microwave rice and stovetop rice cookers until we started eating a lot of sushi. Then we wanted something to make the "perfect rice". This is it. The first time we used it, I let my girlfriend make the rice. It boiled over and made a huge mess and came out totally mushy. I was bummed I spent $200 on a rice cooker that was going to be messy or difficult to use. Then, I watched my girlfriend making it the second time and realized she was putting in 2 times the amount of water required. Following the directions, the 25 or 30 times we have used it since, we get absolutely PERFECT rice. White rice, sticky rice, whatever. It is sylish...Read more