3 cup vs 5.5 cup cooker zojirushi rice cooker: Has anyone seen the difference in physical size?
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I make purchases based on function, looks, and price. That said, I live alone so I initially purchased the 3 cup version, which looks great, has comparable price to the 5 cup version, and cooked rice well. However, I picked up a cook book for rice cookers, and many of the recipes called for 5 and 10 cup rice cookers. Rather than scale the recipes to fit the 3 cup version (I love my leftovers!) I decided to exchange the 3 cup version for the 5 cup version. About the 5 cup version. As to looks, the 5 cup version has lost its "cute" factory since it's a bit bigger than the 3 cup version. Also, since it's not wrapped in stainless steal like the 3 cup version, it has lost a bit of the modern vibe the 3 cup version has. Darn. As to cooking, I usually prepare 1 cup amounts of rice, or 0.5 cup amounts of steal oats. The taste and texture of both turn out great. I also appreciate being able to use recipes straight from the cook book. In the end, I do miss the look of the 3 cup version, but the 5 cup version doesn't look too bad, and I find it cooks rice at the same quality as the 3 cup version. That said, I'm happy I moved up to the 5 cup version.
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I never used Zojirushi rice cooker. Before I bought, I read someome's comment that she cooked the same good rice with Rosewill rice cooker. She had used Zojirushi rice cooker before. I have another rice cooker - Panasonic. I feel the rice tasted the same no matter which one I use. Both work great!
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Mine came with a little plastic cup and there are little notches on the inside of the cooker but since measurements can vary by rice, I just measure like I would in a regular pot which is 2-1 water to rice for white and a quarter cup extra water for brown (2 1/4 water to 1 cup brown)
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For white jasmine rice I use 2 of their measuring cups. This measuring cup holds about 3/4 US cup. Then using the marks on the inside of the cooker add water to the 2 cup level. Outside the container I add a full measuring cup of water for boiling, again using their cup. This works well for me. Note I live at 7500 feet, water boils at a lower temp and takes more to cook the rice. The main thing is the measuring cup that comes with the cooker is small and the lines inside the cooker are set for that measure. Brown rice takes more water in the outside boiler.
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Hello, I haven't tried the whole 5.5 cups. I mostly just make 3 cups of rice with the provided cup and it is enough for two of us just fine. Thanks!
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I have a Zojirushi NH-VBC18 10-Cup Rice Cooker. The inner pot of Sanyo ECJ-D100S 10 Cup is as big as Zojirushi's, just a bit thinner, and it doesn't have side handles.
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The smallest amount if rice I've cooked was 5 cups of Japanese Sweet Rice. The rice cooker really know how to make the best texture & flavor when using the correct type of rice & setting. It's truly amaizing!
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Hi Raffael, I know that the maximum capacity of this rice cooker is 4 cups (rice cooker cups-6 oz) of dry rice. This is what I usually cook for my family of 4 (2 adults and 2 teenage boys). I've never measured the actual amount of cooked rice, though. But I can tell that I can feed my whole family at least 2 times with this amount of rice. So, I think 5.5 cups represents the maximum capacity of cooked rice that this cooker makes. Again, we are talking about the rice cooker cups-6 oz not regular cups-8 oz.Hope, it was helpful. :)
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It's the same size as my rice cooker. I'll have to get it out and measure it for you tomorrow.
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I don't really know. It is 10 of the little cups they give you. I compared the little cup with a standard dry cup measurement and it is about 7/8 of a standard cup, dry rice. I am not sure how much it expands. I will tell you I have waited 20 years for an all stainless cooker like this and I just bought 2 more incase they quit making them. It is 100% stainless where the rice would be. The walls are double.
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This cooker is 7 cups. We do make a 10 cup size. Please search "Oyama rice cookers" to find what you are seeking. Thank you
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No, our 3 cup model does not. It cooks the rice, shuts off and you wait 15 min. more for the rice to complete cooking before you serve. Really a hold function is not generally worthwhile unless you are serving commercial quantities of rice over several hours. That's not what you're doing with a three cup rice cooker. If you make more than can be eaten at one meal with a 3-cupper just reheated rather than attempt to hold.A C.
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Hi, I have the 5qt but the recipes are for pressure cooking. As far as size whatever you cook must be done as per directions of ALL pressure cookers which is 2/3rd full. Amazon is a great place to order a pressure cooker cookbook.
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It would seem that the main differences are size, style and power. The differences are minor. Do you want a model that can hold 6 cups or 5 cups? Do you want 500 watts of power or 600 watts. There's no real difference between them. They're all great models. My recommendation - unless you know you need that 6th cup of space - just get which one you think looks better.
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I have made as little as one cup, but as I previously stated, this machine scorches rice. I have a zojirushi rice cooker and it never has scorched my rice. My favorite feature is the steam one for reheating tamales or steaming vegetables.
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The maximum is 3 cups raw which would come out to 6 cups cooked according to directions. Still love my perfect rice cooker!!
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The smallest amount I cooked was 1 rice measuring cup of rice which is about 3/4 regular cup of rice, and it turned out fine. But if I use keep-warm feature after cooked, I prefer cooking more than 2 measuring cups.