Zojirushi NS-LGC05XB 3-Cup Micom Rice Cooker & Warmer - Stainless Black | Perfect for Small Families & Meal Prep | Compact & Energy Efficient

Update: 7 years we have had this rice cooker and it is still perfect every time. We use it at least 4 days each week for rice and 2 days for oats. Also makes buckwheat.Original review:Bae has never been able to cook rice. She loves to eat it, but I always had to cook it for us. Bae's anxiety over rice cooking and frustration with her bad results was shaking her confidence. Even the cheap on-off rice cooker she used to have was a disaster for her. I bought this for her and she was skeptical. "Will it come out mushy? Either it is mushy or burnt. What about the coating inside? Will it peel off the Teflon and stick to the rice?"But that all changed after the first use. Now she is a rice cooking champ. Rice comes out perfect. For every kind of rice the setting is easy to choose and the results are consistently astounding - fluffy white rice, nutty brown rice, chewy sushi rice, even steel cut oats. She has been so happy with the results, I'll need a minivan to hold all the babies we'll be having.For real, we have had rice 90 times since we got this, with consistently spectacular results every time with every variety. The 5 or 6 times I made overnight steel cut oats they were good. Not as good as what I make standing over the stove stirring for half an hour, but for less than 2 minutes of prep the night before the results are darn good.So for any variety of rice (let's pick sushi), all we do is scoop (let's pick 2) cups (you must use the special included cup, not Imperial 8oz/250ml cups) of the chosen variety of uncooked rice (still going with sushi) into the cooker's teflon bowl. Then we give a 2 minute soak in warmish water. Use your fingers to agitate the rice. Starch will come off the rice and the water will turn milky. Rinse the rice in a strainer until the water runs clear. Dump the strained rice back in the teflon coated bowl that came with the cooker. There is a line under each variety of rice (yeah, still sushi). Put water into the bowl until the water gets to the number of scoops (in this case we still use 2) mark. Put the bowl in the cooker and close the lid. Press the button to scroll through varieties until you get to the variety of rice you are cooking (sushi... still sushi) and press the start button. Sushi rice is about an hour cooking time.Mostly we have brown rice. It takes 98 minutes cooking time for brown rice. That is enough time to whip up the rest of dinner, and still get in some making out time.Sushi and jasmine rice are quicker, and also taste amazing. Makes enough rice for dinner for 3 or 4 and lunch leftovers the next day.The styling is cool so it looks good on the counter, but the handle and light weight make for easy storage out of sight if your sleek AF Zojirushi is not the star of your kitchen. The retractable cord is nice. Cleaning is easy.Bae is back in the saddle now that her rice cooking is on par with the rest of her dinner making skills!