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Zojirushi Rice Cooker Comparison Chart
All Zojirushi rice cookers come with a rice measuring cup and rice spatula.
Pressure + IH + Micom
A pressurized system elevates cooking temperatures to
higher levels, which alters the structure of starch within
each grain of rice. This change makes the rice softer and
easier to digest, and even fluffier to the taste. Rice cooked
with pressure has also been found to stay soft for longer
periods of time when compared to regularly cooked rice.
IH + Micom
Our Induction Heating (IH) system rice cookers are the
cutting edge in heating technology. Rather than the
traditional heating element at the bottom of the rice cooker,
these cookers utilize induction heating principles to heat
the entire inner cooking pan, in effect making the cooking
pan itself the heating element. This enables the rice cooker
to make finer temperature adjustments. IH rice cookers are
also micom (micro computerized) rice cookers.
Spherical Pan & Heating System
Micom
Micom or micro computerized rice cookers are easily
recognizable by their digital face. Equipped with a
computer chip, the rice cooker can “think” and adjust
cooking length and temperature according to the thermal
sensor‟s calculations. Micom rice cookers not only make
perfect white rice, but also flawless brown rice, sushi rice,
and porridge. Unlike with conventional rice cookers,
soaking and steaming time before and after cooking rice is
automatically programmed.
Conventional
Conventional electric rice cookers, first invented in 1955,
are inexpensive and ideal for beginners. To cook white rice,
all you do is add rice, water, and push a button. Though
conventional rice cookers were designed to make perfect
white rice, they also excel in making brown and sushi rice
with just a few adjustments. Also, because these
conventional rice cookers are designed to simply heat, boil,
and turn themselves off, they double as convenient
steamers.
*Combined with white rice setting
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