I bought a Zojirushi about 25 years ago and last year took it to the cabin and bought a new one for the house. Old one still works great and the new one even better.

https://www.amazon.com/Zojirus...81-b373-0e5c1a776d5d

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Originally posted by darthfuster:
Mrs DF is as Asian as can be and has the collision record to prove it. (lolol). She has a zojirushi made in Japan. It was not cheap like the Chinese Walmart specials. It’s a really nice unit. You could save money if you buy a Tiger rice cooker. They are also made in Japan. Make sure you check the power cord that it works with American 110v

Hopefully the new house has a wider berth garage.

Add me to the Zojirushi camp. In fact I think Uncle Roger may possibly have the same model as me.

I recently had to replace the tow mirror on my truck. There’s no way to make lanes wider…..lol

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Originally posted by Rey HRH:
And if it’s jasmine rice, you’ll be rinsing away the scent.

Nope. I have been eating rice all my life, 99.9% of the time it's jasmine. We always washed it before cooking. Once cooked, you can smell its great scent the moment you walk in the house. It depends on the source of the rice, not the washing.

Hey! That's how my father did it. That's how my father's father did it. If it was good enough for them, it's good enough for me.

The Tiger brand sold at Costco will get the job done.

For those who have a Costco membership, they have the Tiger 5.5 cup model currently on sales. $69 in the Arlington TX store, but the website shows $79. So I think in store is cheaper.

Also, the Kirkland brand Thai Jasmine rice is incredibly good and cheap. It is preferred even over Asian store brands like ITC and Three Ladies. Another tidbit I like to share is about "new crop" batches of Thai Jasmine rice. Those are 1st season harvests being rushed to market. This usually occurs around Jan/Feb - pretty much around Lunar New Year. These batches will be more fragrant and softer than latter batches in the season. You will see it labeled "New Crop" somewhere on the side of the bag. This is a once a year thing. We buy all our rice for the year at this time.

^^^^^^^ Thanks ^^^^^

I was in my local Costco store yesterday to see if they had a rice cooker. There were none of the shelves. I'll see about ordering one of the Tiger model.

Thanks for the tip about the Kirkland rice. I'll go back to Costco in a couple of days and get a bag.
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I had the Tiger and it works well. However, will you ever make sushi at home? I didn't... until I took a class. Now I make my own sushi. Guess what? The Tiger didn't have a Sushi option. I just picked up a Z-machine because it has a "sushi" mode... and porriage. What's that HK saying?? Pay once, pain once... or something like that.

Porridge, okayu, shi fan, chyuk - whatever you call it, a hand blender is your friend. What does a sushi setting do? I just noticed I have those a settings on my model but I’ve never used them.

I'm not sure what this "sushi setting" on a rice cooker is, but you don't need it to make sushi rice. People have been making sushi long before we had computerized rice cookers.

I know the sushi setting has a much longer cook time than regular rice. Maybe something to do with making the rice stickier for clumping into balls.

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For those who have a Costco membership, they have the Tiger 5.5 cup model currently on sales. $69 in the Arlington TX store, but the website shows $79. So I think in store is cheaper.

I was in Costco yesterday to get more Mila soup dumplings and saw that also. They had a big stack of them right inside the door

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Originally posted by TXLe:
For those who have a Costco membership, they have the Tiger 5.5 cup model currently on sales. $69 in the Arlington TX store, but the website shows $79. So I think in store is cheaper.

I was in Costco yesterday to get more Mila soup dumplings and saw that also.

Ohhhh, those are GOOD

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I'm not sure what this "sushi setting" on a rice cooker is, but you don't need it to make sushi rice. People have been making sushi long before we had computerized rice cookers.

I know the sushi setting has a much longer cook time than regular rice. Maybe something to do with making the rice stickier for clumping into balls.

I'm sure you're aware kkina but, maybe not others, the biggest factor to getting 'sushi rice' is to use short-grain rice like Nishiki and others. I think the 'sushi' setting is a shorter time-setting because its assumed the user who's intending to make sushi with the rice, is going to be adding the vinegar and other post-cooking work.

I'm not any kind of sushi chef myself, but yes I know to use short-grain rice. However, all the reports I've read mentioned longer cook times on the sushi setting.

My little Asian rice cooker swears by Tiger Brand cookers.

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Also, the Kirkland brand Thai Jasmine rice is incredibly good and cheap.

I had to laugh and cry at this. For the longest time, jasmine rice was $16 for a 50 lb bag. Calrose was way less, maybe $8. Then there was a rice shortage in a part of Asia and people were buying up rice here and shipping it to their relatives there. There was a continual shortage much like the eggs a few months ago.

Jasmine rice price kept going up and, finally, came down to current price of $20 for a 25 lb bag. All because of that stampede.

I know you want a rice cooker, but this method is spot on for perfect rice every time...

Do not buy the Costco Masoori brand rice from India. A review online called it 'the buggiest rice ever'. And I agree. Numerous nasty looking gray bugs hatched in the rice. In sealed plastic jars.

Well - I have lived on this earth for 64 years now and because of this thread I now own my first rice cooker. Fed-X just delivered it so the Jasmine rice has been washed and rinsed four times and is soaking now.

Ms. Sig and I will be trying our very first serving of Jasmine rice later today. I did mix the required liquid amount 1/2 water and 1/2 Chicken Broth. Excited to give this new rice a try.

I have also ordered a five pound bag of Botan Calrose (sticky) rice to give it a try.

^^what brand/model? Is there going to be a range report?

Yes Sir - Happy to share.

Range Report - Amazing flavor - unit cooked two cup of cleaned and soaked rice in 2 1/3 cups of half water and half chicken broth. Loaded the unit, pushed the with rice button and 26 minutes later the unit beeped and the rice was PERFECT…..

This 8 cup unit was on sale at Wal-Mart for $35.00 and we get free shipping with our membership. Link for Amazon is below because I could not properly link the Wal-Mart link with my I-Pad.

Aroma® Professional 8-Cup (Cooked) / 2Qt. Rice & Grain Multicooker, Stainless Steel, New, ARC-954SBD

https://www.amazon.com/Aroma-H...sional/dp/B077NMPKBL