Zojirushi NS-PC10 Electric 5-Cup Rice Cooker and Warmer

by Zojirushi

Product Features

• Cooks 1 to 5 cups rice and keeps it warm, fresh, moist for hours
• Nonstick pan readily releases rice and cleans easily
• Single control for easy operation; cool-touch exterior
• Rice spatula, removable spatula holder, measuring cup included
• 420 watts; 9-1/2 inches wide, 8-3/4 inches high, 12-1/2 inches deep

Product Details

• Product Dimensions: 10.4 x 14 x 11.1 inches ; 6.9 pounds
• Shipping Weight: 7 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• Shipping Advisory: This item must be shipped separately from other items in your order. Additional shipping charges will not apply.
• ASIN: B00005OBC3
• Item model number: NS-PC10
• Average Customer Review: 4.1 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (80 customer reviews)
• Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #69,027 in Kitchen & Dining (See Top 100 in Kitchen & Dining)

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Product Description

Amazon.com Review

Equipped with a locking lid and a steam cap/vent to preserve moisture, this 420-watt electric appliance produces 1 to 5 cups of cooked rice and then automatically keeps the rice fresh, moist, and warm for hours. About 30 minutes is required to cook 5 cups, with an additional 15 minutes of warming recommended for maximum fluffiness. The cooker operates simply. There's a single control to begin the cooking process, and lights signal when cooking ends and warming begins. Inside the white-plastic, cool-touch exterior, a nonstick pan readily releases cooked rice and then cleans up easily. Accompanying the cooker are a rice spatula, a spatula holder that hooks onto the cooker's side, and a plastic measuring cup. The cooker measures 9-1/2 inches wide, 8-3/4 inches high, and 12-1/2 inches deep, weighs 5-3/4 pounds, and can be lifted by handles recessed into the sides. --Fred Brack

Product Description

Perfect rice, every time. This restaurant-quality rice cooker features a lock-tight lid and moisture preserving steam cap to keep rice fresh and moist for hours. Easy to use with one control and an automatic warming system. Non-stick interior and side condensation tray make clean up quick and simple. Stay cool exterior. Model: NSPC10.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

190 of 191 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent - met all my expectations, December 23, 2003

By	David Bland (Teaneck, NJ USA) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Zojirushi NS-PC10 Electric 5-Cup Rice Cooker and Warmer (Kitchen)

Initial purchase around November of 2003: In my house, we mainly eat brown rice & I was concerned that the cooker handle this since rice cookers seem to be designed with white rice in mind. I also wanted to be able to start it in the morning and come back after work and find it perfectly cooked and still hot. I'm happy to report that this cooker performs perfectly at both tasks. For my brown rice, I find that I need a little extra water (ie, fill it a little over the line instead of at the line) but this is a minor quibble. Other than that, it's very easy to use, the measuring marks for water & the measuring cup for rice make it unexpectadely easy to measure the desired amount of rice. I have also used this with great success with more exotic rices incdluding wild rice, black rice and red rice from Butan (or somewhere around there, I got it at Whole Foods)

Update 10/24/04: After almost a year of use, I still love this rice cooker and recently used it to cook barley very successfully (but you have to measure the water & barley yourself, don't use the rice measurements that are pre-labeled on the cooker as the water to grain ratio is different for barley than rice).

Also, I've abused it by pouring rice into the heating compartment of the unit itself and it still works! I simply forgot to put the rice pot in the unit and poured in the rice without it. By the time I realized my error some had gotten into the innards, where it still lives some months later. Other than the fact that I can hear it, the cooker continues to work flawlessly

Update 8/22/2006. Still working flawlessly, even though there is still rice in the innards due to my carelessness.

106 of 108 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars You won't know how you ever cooked rice without it!, August 7, 2002

By	shuttledude - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Zojirushi NS-PC10 Electric 5-Cup Rice Cooker and Warmer (Kitchen)

For years I've wished that I could cook "perfect rice". This little "Zo" has made it possible for me to prepare perfect Sushi-style rice (sumptuously sticky and moist) as well as the perfect cafeteria-style rice (no two grains stick together, and the rice is firm, almost al dente). And the absolute best feature is the impossibly non-stick surface of the cooking pot. Every grain of rice falls out of the pot! Cleaning my previous rice cooker was so repulsive and difficult that I soon stopped using it. You can use a damp paper towel and clear water to clean this Zo!!

The recipe is simple -- measure rice, rinse, add water, soak, press the button, let it steam for 15 minutes after the cook cycle has finished, then stir to release the trapped excess steam. PERFECT! The Zojirushi will keep your rice warm for hours, but who can wait that long to eat it? Not me!

If you want to avoid the very tiny bit of browned rice on the bottom, the secret seems to be rinsing the rice for a ridiculous amount of time, at least 5 full minutes.

I heartily recommend this item.

55 of 55 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Good rice for average rice eaters, January 11, 2002

By A Customer

This review is from: Zojirushi NS-PC10 Electric 5-Cup Rice Cooker and Warmer (Kitchen)

We eat rice often. We've had a Faberware cooker for years that finaly died. Wouldn't get another as it cooked the rice unevenly with 'burned spots'. The Zojirushi costs lots more, but is well worth it. This unit cooks all of the rice perfectly every time. We like the size, it delivers 2 to 5 cups of cooked rice, and it delivers the same high quality rice for any batch size.

I wish we could leave it pluged in, but there is no on/off switch. The overall quality seams very good, what you would expect from a [price] machine.

If you eat rice frequently, and enjoy high quality food, this is an excellent machine and is well worth the cash.