Rice Cookers
ou can make rice on the stovetop (or in the oven), but there are advantages to using a rice cooker: The process is mostly hands-off, and it yields consistent results from batch to batch. We tested nine models. Our favorite, the Zojirushi 5.5-Cup Neuro Fuzzy Rice Cooker & Warmer (model NS-ZCC10), which makes 2 to 11 cups of cooked rice, always produced consistent results. The water measurement markings on its cooking bowl were easy to read, and the handles on its cooking bowl protected our hands from heat. This model’s menu was simple enough, though we had to refer to the manufacturer’s booklet when picking the setting for longgrain white rice (it cooks on the mixed-rice setting, not the white rice setting). It kept rice at a food-safe temperature for 12_hours,
