Instant Zest 8-cup vs Zojirushi NS-TSC18XJ

Awesome decision on my part! It cooks my rice (jasmine and basmati) sooo perfectly. I like the pot in this rice cooker way better than the one that was in my Aroma. The Aroma would almost overcook the rice sometimes, and even if it was just nicely cooked, the rice stuck. The Instant Pot does not stick! It's a much better coating

Um correctly again, you know, you don't want your rice to be mushy and just have the right texture to it. If you guys have any questions about this ri...

My 20 year old rice cooker bit the dust and I needed a replacement. I own an instant pot, but didn't care for the way rice came out of it and when I'm cooking my meal in the instant pot, I wanted a second machine for rice. I also wanted a smaller machine since my family eats grain in small portions.

7. Very easy to clean the non-stick inner cooking pan and inner lid that should be cleaned after every use. 8. Nice to have the bonus rice spatula, spatula holder(never have to worry where the spatula is), and the measuring cup

You can make mixed greens and saute slow cook and keep warm now this one, the 8 cup instant pot zest only has the option go ahead and show you guys up...

Don't lose that scoop! --The cooking cycle takes about an hour, four times longer than standard rice cooking. This is because the cooking cycle incorporates soaking and steaming time, though, so it is worth it. --The manual says that it is designed for medium and short-grain rice, but does include substitute water measurements for long-grain. Keep in mind that if you want to cook long-grain, you can't use the marks inside the cooking vessel to measure the water

Those cheap cookers, no more than $25 spued, hissed, and foamed with rice sticking to the pot's bottom. I just wasn't going to spring for a$200 fuzzy logic rice cooker. The Instant Zest has none of the issues of the cheap rice cookers and can be purchased in the $50 to $40 range. If you have an Instant Pot it will cook rice to, but it's much to large and difficult to clean whereas the Zest can be cleaned up with a damp sponge and takes up little space on your counter

This rice cooker makes consistently good rice. For the price, you should expect perfect rice every time. And you can get perfect rice every time. I would imagine that you might have to experiment with exact water levels in some cases or make minor adjustments, but so far, I've had good results with white rice, jasmine rice and brown rice

I have had no troubles with liquid sputtering from the steam vent but I usually use this to cook 2 cups of rice or quinoa and it's been perfect every time. I wouldn't cook more than 2 cups of quinoa though since the pot is basically full when the quinoa is cooked. You might be able to get away with 2.5 cups but you'll be pushing it

First I found that there was no measure line for 1 cup of rice(my old Zojirushi had it) so I just estimated it. Then I noticed that because the pot had a flat bottom with a slightly higher center (the white model has a round bowl shape bottom), 1 cup of rice couldn't evenly cover the bottom. The result was not bad but it obviously lacked the flexibility the white model had. So if you had a small family or you would like to have the flexibility of cooking only one cup of rice, you may want to consider a model with smaller capacity