CUCKOO CRP-P1009SB 10-Cup (Uncooked) / 20-Cup (Cooked) Heating Pressure Rice Cooker & Warmer with Nonstick Inner Pot, 13 Menu Modes, Fuzzy Logic Tech, 3 Voice Guide, Auto Clean (Black)

I was debating between this and a Zojirushi. There aren’t many reviews comparing the two so I thought it’d write a review to share my experience. Overall, worth getting because the pressure cooking produces perfect individual grains of rice. Importantly (and many reviews don’t touch on this), jasmine rice comes out great if you use the mixed rice setting. It’s helpful to have the multi cook setting too and the manual came with helpful recipes.

This is my first time purchasing a Cuckoo rice cooker and I'm extremely impressed. There are some minor caveats/things to bear in mind when you buy this, but TL;DR: this is a solid rice cooker and I haven't made better rice with any other rice cooker.First, the design is sleak -- the back w/ rose gold goes well with most of our appliances, and adds a nice bit of accent color to the kitchen. My only complaint about the external design is how thin some of the platic feels to the touch. This doesn't 'feel' like a product in its price point; it feels much cheaper. I could imagine this breaking irreparably if dropped.The built-in voices are fun -- being greeted with a little jingle and hearing a voice notify me of each stage of the cooking process is really nice, in spite of being more of a 'fun' thing than a practical one. The voice is in multiple languages, and can be disabled entirely. Again, a bit over-the-top, but it has its function of offering me the freedom to work about the kitchen without constantly checking the rice cooker.This particular rice cooker is non-stick while avoiding the use of teflon. I do not have burnt rice stuck on the bottom of the bowl -- instead, I get consistent rice to my liking from top to bottom, and I don't need to worry about chips of teflon in my food.It has a self-sanitizing feature, that will use hot water to sanitize itself. It should be noted the self-sanitizing is not self-cleaning. In other words, you still need to detach the various plates and components to sufficiently clean the unit. One should not rely on this feature alone to keep their rice cooker clean and in good condition.Speaking of components, there are multiple components that are detachable for cleaning purposes, specifically in the lid. This is a pressure rice cooker, and the various lids and steam filters need cleaning. This is fine and dandy, but the first plate in the lid really requires some strength. It is held in by a thick rubber gromet with a tiny rubber handle, which you can pull to remove the plate. The rubber handle is small and smooth, so people with big fingers/hands will struggle getting a decent grip on it, and people with smaller fingers and hand may struggle with the amount of force required to detach it.It is areas in the design like this and the plastic enclosure where cuckoo made clear design decisions to save on production costs. Luckily, none of these things detract from the quality of the product it yields.I have NEVER cooked better straight rice out of the rice cooker than I have with this.There are several cooking modes to choose from -- most folks will use the glutinous rice setting, which has 3 settings of its own - normal, high heat, and turbo.Normal mode will cook the rice in around 40 minutesHigh heat will cook the rice in about 30Turbo will cook it in about 20The quality degrades the higher power you use -- but not by much. The worst 'quality' rice I got was using the turbo setting for glutinous rice -- it was only slightly tougher than what I'd have preferred, but if I'm in a pinch for time, the turbo mode yields rice that is good enough.Normal mode seems to have the best yield, as the rice is evenly cooked from top to bottom. There are zero 'hard' pieces of rice, nor a collection of burnt rice on the bottom of the bowl, reducing waste. Each grain is soft and is as sticky as I want.It's important to note there are timed modes, as well as ways to customize each option's cook settings, so you can tweak the presets to suit your needs.All in all, this is one of the best cooking appliances I've purchased in awhile.

Great rice cooker for many purposes. Has an odd smell at first. Customization makes it so rice is perfect for every preference. I can cook any rice in it, sticky or fluffy. Difficult to use at first and cleaning is a whole thing but I love it. Large size that can fit a ton without boiling over.

The functions are very precise and easy to cook and price was reasonable compared with upper units.Buy this one and you will enjoy the results. I recommend this item someone who needs.

I'm a third generation American of Japanese Ancestry pushing 60 years of age, and I've spent all my life eating white rice. My mother taught me how to cook rice on a wood fire, for general knowledge, and I grew up on simple one button rice cookers that would shut off after the boiling stage, while the rice finished cooking by steaming on the residual heat, basically mimicking the open fire cooking method.Growing up in the US, most white rice encountered in restaurants were disappointing, even in so called Japanese restaurants. Many people don't soak the rice before cooking, and they use the knuckle measuring technique, often resulting in hard or mushy rice.It is common knowledge that rice in Japan is better, primarily because of the quality of the rice. In Hawaii, we buy relatively inexpensive rice grown in California. So, it is important to use the best cooking methods to make the best of what we have in terms of rice.The Cuckoo rice cooker is a pressure cooker, so the rice comes out with a nice shiny appearance and the grains hold their texture, i.e. not mushy. It makes for very good and consistent rice.But it is not perfect rice in my opinion. The machine calls the white rice "glutinous" rice. I think this means sticky, which it is. It is a little too sticky for sushi rice for example. Also, the rice has a slight dark tint, almost grey. These are minor in my opinion, as I simply eat white rice like the way most Americans eat bread or pasta, and the Cuckoo machine does a fine job at cooking white rice for Asians like me.

My home doesn’t feel complete without a Korean rice cooker and I was ecstatic to get this on sale. Beautiful on the counter. Perfect rice as always. You have to use Asian varieties and be careful using too much water or you’ll get mushy rice. I’ve never used this to make basmati or jasmine rice. I’ve had good results with Goya rice to make Puerto Rican rice. Mostly just short grain Korean or Japanese rice, with mixed grain sometimes. Tried the nurunji method and am happy with the results. If you don’t like the language you can change to English from the manual it comes with.