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Technical Details
- Measures 11-1/2 by 9 by 7-1/4-inch; 1-year limited warranty.
- Measuring cup, nonstick rice spatula, and spatula holder included
- Keep-warm function; LCD display with timer; nonstick inner cooking pan
- Menu selections include white, sushi, porridge, brown, and quick cooking
- 3-Cup rice cooker with micro-computerized fuzzy logic technology
Product Description
The New Zojirushi Micom Rice Cooker and Warmer NS-LAC05 three cup rice cooker has a micro computerized Fuzzy logic technology. The exterior of this rice cooker and warmer is clean and durable clear-coated stainless steel which makes it unique in design. It has a automatic keep warm feature and a spherical inner cooking pan and heating system.Similar Products
Customer Reviews
2010-09-25
By Alan Beth (miami, USA)
I bought this rice cooker thinking it was stainless steel - it is Not stainless steel. The cooking surface is a non stick coating (probably teflon). I returned the item.
2010-09-22
By Georgia shopper
This rice cooker is exactly what we needed for a small family. The rice cooker is easy to use, cooks rice perfectly, and has a sleek style. All that is needed is some Hello Kitty stickers for decoration :)
2010-09-16
By Gene Venable (San Diego, CA)
I have an inexpensive rice cooker. It works more or less perfectly. I always make brown rice. I don't know what brand the cooker is.
I wanted this cooker, which seems legendary and promising, so I bought it. Yesterday I tried it. I didn't have time to read the instructions in depth, but I think I got the gist -- it didn't seem complex. And I also bought The Ultimate Rice Cooker Cookbook -- I have really been bitten by the rice cooker bug. I am basically a cooking illiterate, though.
I really wanted to try it out immediately, but I had a doctor's appointment. So I tried the timing feature. I think it worked fine. The appointment was for 12:30 p.m. I set the timer at about 9:30 in the morning, for the rice to be finished by 3 p.m. I rinsed the rice half-heartedly, because I don't usually do that. The Cookbook I mentioned above said I didn't have to rinse it. As I recall, you click Cook to start the process. It doesn't start cooking immediately when you are using the timer, of course -- it starts cooking when it thinks it is appropriate for the time you have set it to complete, as I understand it.
The appointment took longer than I expected. I didn't arrive home till 4 p.m., which I expected would be no big deal. Everything seemed fine. When I got home the cooker was on "keep warm" or whatever.
I had tried to follow all the instructions I found (and they didn't seem bad to me, as others indicate -- maybe they have been rewritten), but the brown rice (short grain Diamond California Select brown, my favorite mainly because it is cheap and good) was an overwet clammy, sticky bunch of rice. I am tolerant and I like rice, so I liked this ok, but it wasn't as good as the rice I have been accustomed to every day. Cleaning out the pot was not as easy as has been mentioned elsewhere, either. The rice didn't fall out of the pan -- it stuck to the sides to a certain extent. It was still pretty easy, but the other reviews made me expect something wondrous.
This was a shock to me because I expected the perfect rice that is the mantra of the reviews you see here. Next time (today, that is) I will try rinsing it more and using less water.
I hope that this review is just a grim warning that perfection can be mucked up by a clutz such as I am. I hope that I am later trying to delete this review because it is so wrong-headed. But we'll see.
2010-09-08
By Madeline A. Zdenek (Mercerville, NJ USA)
I have used electric ricers before but none as good as this one. A friend recommended this brand to me when I complained that my brown rice never came out right in the electric rice cooker that I had. My friend had this Zojirushi cooker and told me the rice comes out perfect and the bowl cleans up quickly. She was right on all counts! The rice comes out fluffy and done to perfection, whether I am using white short or long, or brown rice. The warmer feature is great because I can make my rice ahead of time and know that when we are ready to eat, the rice will still be nice and warm and fluffy. I would recommend this Zojirushi Rice cooker very highly.
2010-08-27
By Kensei (los angeles)
This is a great rice cooker. I'm Japanese and make rice probably 6 out of 7 days a week. This cooker makes perfect rice every time. I wash my rice in the morning and set the timer in the morning before I goto work and when I get home I have perfect gohan waiting for me. I only use it for cooking Japanese white rice so I can't comment on it's ability to cook other stuff.
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