Zojirushi NHS-06 3-Cup Rice Cooker

by Zojirushi

Product Features

• Cooks rice and keeps it warm up to five hours
• Use also to boil vegetables
• Measuring cup and serving spatula included
• Uses 300 watts of power
• 7-1/4 inches high to lid knob; 9-1/4 inches in diameter, including handles

Product Details

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• Product Dimensions: 7.1 x 9.1 x 7.8 inches ; 3.1 pounds
• Shipping Weight: 4 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• ASIN: B00004S575
• Item model number: NHS-06
• Average Customer Review: 3.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (32 customer reviews)
• Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #3,524 in Kitchen & Dining (See Top 100 in Kitchen & Dining)

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Product Description

Amazon.com Review

Busy cooks cherish rice cookers. This one cooks up to 3 cups of dry rice (white or brown) and keeps it warm up to five hours. A glass lid permits monitoring of the cooking process. Instructions and a cooking chart explain everything. A measuring cup and serving spatula are included. The cooker operates with admirable simplicity: just push a switch to start. The switch and a light turn off when cooking is completed, and the unit automatically goes into its keep-warm mode. Stay-cool handles on the cooker's sides permit it to be moved. Only plastic scrubbers and mild detergent should be used for cleaning. --Fred Brack

Product Description

Sometimes it seems the world of appliances has no room for smaller households, the mantra seems to be "the bigger the better." However, in this case there is an exception. The Zojirushi 3 cup rice cooker makes the ideal amount of perfectly steamed, plump and tender rice for small families, or even singles (after all you can always warm up the leftovers). The non-stick removable pan is easy to clean and a glass-lid lets you keep an eye on the progress.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

359 of 363 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars You can do better for the price and features, December 18, 2000

By	Jadepearl "geezer geek" (Wandering, USA) - See all my reviews (VINE VOICE)

This review is from: Zojirushi NHS-06 3-Cup Rice Cooker (Kitchen)

This machine is designed to give baseline service in a rice cooker. It uses a design and technology over 15+ years old. For the amount of money being charged you might want to consider getting a machine that at least has a retractable cord.

On the plus side - the pan heats well and is teflon coated; does white long grain and Japanese medium and short grain very well.

Be aware that the water markings on the interior of the pan correspond to cooking Japanese rice which uses a different ratio of rice to water than other varieties such as, wehani or short grain brown.

This machine has to be played with to do shorter grain varieties of brown. It can handle long grain brown fine.

I would make the suggestion of looking at (all) the rice cookers there and find one that has the following things for the money:

1) stainless steel pan or aluminium pan lined with teflon; 2) retractable cord; 3) warming function;

An on/off switch is NOT standard on an Asian rice cooker. It is due to the fact that in Japan and Australia there is an on/off switch right in the wall plug area. The manufacturers did not take into account that Americans with their different outlet styles would be rice junkies (silly them).

Do not cook anything less than a cup or try for more than 3 cups. Too little rice cooked comes out a bit odd while too much means your pot lid will pop up due to too much steam.

Oh yeah, that's another thing - the lid can make noise due to the steam lifting it during the cooking process (bubbling pot lid kind of stuff). It is not dangerous so don't freak from the noise.

This machine is fine for the dorm or home. But do examine the cost of the machine, the amount of rice you eat and the cost of the machine to features.

This machine is good but it is not great.

38 of 38 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Does not match specs, July 10, 2003

By A Customer

This review is from: Zojirushi NHS-06 3-Cup Rice Cooker (Kitchen)

Specs say it keeps rice warm for 5 hours. True of higher priced models, not true of this one. Instruction book clearly states the it shuts off when cooking is complete.

Specs and instruction book say a cookbook comes with it. It does not.

37 of 38 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Bad lid, inferior design, August 19, 2004

By	TokyoVince "miso man" (Tokyo, Japan) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Zojirushi NHS-06 3-Cup Rice Cooker (Kitchen)

I purchased two of these (large size and smaller one) for my family in the US. I use it when I am home for a visit. I have never been able to use this cooker w/o it spraying water all over my countertop. In short, I regret the purchase.

I now live in Tokyo and realize that Zojirushi is just pushing an inferior product on the US market. You cannot even purchase a thin-lid rice cooker here, especially one w/ a blowhole in it that lets turns the cooker into a steady spray of boiling rice water every time it is used. Not good.

If you are serious about cooking rice often, and not having to clean up your kitchen after each use, I suggest that you invest a little more and get a better designed product.