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At Japanese rice cookers we aim to provide up to date and accurate information about a wide range of rice cooking machines. Primarily the site will focus on Japanese brands such as Zojirushi, Tiger, Sanyo and Panasonic. However with the aim of trying to provide as complete a picture as possible I shall also discuss machines made elsewhere. For example the U.S. manufacturers Black & Decker and Aroma both produce low cost rice cookers that may be a suitable introduction to cooking rice for those on a budget.

My expertise in the area of rice cookers stems from the time I have spent in Japan. Before I lived in Japan, the idea of eating rice on a daily basis was not appealing. However once you try eating rice that has been prepared properly you begin to see why rice is a staple food for a huge number of people across the world. I now consider myself an ambassador for the simple rice grain and genuine Japanese rice cookers.

My focus will be on discussing Japanese rice cookers that have been designed for the Western market. In effect these machines are very similar to those sold in Japan itself. However important differences include working at the correct voltage as well as having buttons and instructions in the English language.

In Japan, the rice cooker market leader is the company Zojirushi. Many people decide to buy a Zojirushi rice cooker. They make a wide range of top quality rice cooking appliances, including the NS-ZCC10 and NP-HBC10 machines. By clicking the picture links above you are able to find the cheapest prices for these machines on Amazon.com.

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The Zojirushi NS-TGC10 combines Japanese excellence with a low price. You can compare the price of the NS-TGC10 on Amazon. It costs a lot less than some of their other machines such as the NS-HBC10 which as the Induction Heating System.

It is going a bit too far to say that this machine is a cheap rice cooker but it is realistically in many more people’s price range. It has many of the features of the more expensive NS-ZCC10 for instance. You can read a further Zojirushi NS-TGC10 review for more information.

Briefly, here are the features that make it a decent rice cooker to consider. As with all Zojirushi Micom rice cookers produced today, it has a detachable inner lid and the steam vent is also removable. This means that the three parts that come into contact with the cooking rice and rice steam are removable and easily washed. This makes it a very user friendly device to use.

Interestingly it actually has a setting that means it can be used to make cakes. This is something that many of the more expensive models do not have. There are a wide range of different rices that you can make in the NS-TGC10 such as white, brown, mixed, sweet, sushi and rice porridge. If you buy a Zojirushi NP-HBC10 you also get a setting for GABA brown rice. However if you do not need this, then going for a cheaper model like this one may make more sense.

Another difference between this model and many of the other Zojirushi machines currently on sale today is that instead of a spherical bottomed inner cooking bowl it has a flat bottom. This may be something that sways your decision because it is suggested that the rounder the bottom of the cooking bowl, the more evenly your rice is cooked.

The Zojirushi NS-TGC10 is a solid piece of Japanese technology and comes at a fraction of the price of other models they produce. If you want a top of the range rice cooker at a budget price, this is it.