Cuisinart CRC-400P1 vs Zojirushi 5.5-Cup Neuro Fuzzy

Rinse your rice until the water is clear (see picture). If you can’t see the rice through the water in the pot, you will have a soggy mess. I use the measuring cup provided. For every cup (a full cup) of rice, I add a full cup of water using the same measuring cup (see pic)

I wash my rice by putting it into a tall plasticware container with a snap-on lid with some water and shaking it. I put in water, shake, drain off the water through a sane and repeat until the water runs clear. This is important because if the rice isn't washed thoroughly the bran powder will act as an emollient, which will mess up the chemical balance when other ingredients are added and could cause the cooker to boil over. I should note here that I've been washing and cooking rice the Japanese traditional way for years, so it's a bit of a ritual for me

This is a rice cooker and it works well. However the first one lasted less than 2 years, not what I'd call a bargain. Maybe we used it a dozen times? This is my second and last purchase of overpriced junk, only because it matched our other counter top appliances and my wife insisted. The Cuisinart brand is not at all what it was 10-15 years ago

The spatula holder is not easily removable without damage (because it has plastic hooks that allow it to slide in one direction) and I broke mine when I yanked it out for cleaning. But not worth the cost of replacement. How do the parts prices compare to those for, say, Instant Pot? And expensive cooking equipment really should have replacement parts available for parts that wear out. I would not buy from a company that did not offer that

I think that's a pretty good batch of rice so so far I like it now this time. What I'm gon na do is I'm gon na go, and I got this all cleaned out that...

The rice from this cooker is delicious and the process was very simple after discovering that long-grain rice, which is what I eat, is the exception rather than the rule for this cooker. On the Quick Start Guide, a single sheet added to the enclosed paperwork, (and not anywhere in the manual that I could find) it states that the cooker is designed for short and medium grain rice. The Quick Start Guide says that long-grain rice should be cooked using the Mixed rice setting. Fine, except that in the smaller print of the operating manual it says that the Timer function, which I'd like to use, is not available for Mixed rice

they could have added a handle or something to make it easier to dismount keep hot pads handy because obviously when it's been steaming for a few minutes it will be hot.

I especially like the stay cool handles on the bowl, which was one of the reasons I chose this model.