Sanyo ECJ-HC55S Rice Cooker Reviews

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I picked the Sanyo ECJ-HC55S based on the positive reviews on Amazon and because it came with a second bowl and lid. If you're looking to use your rice cooker for more than just making rice, I strongly recommend this model, which costs about $10 more than the model with a single bowl. from Amazon.com I researched before I bought, but I never thought this cooker would be this great. I've cooked quinoa, white rice, wild rice, sweet rice, sushi rice, brown rice--everything comes out perfect. Quinoa has been tough for me to get right--until now. from Amazon.com Sanyo ECJ-HC55S 5-1/2-Cup Micro-Computerized Rice Cooker and Slow Cooker, White from Amazon.com Over the past 30 years, I have used Tiger, Zojirushi, Panasonic and other brand rice cookers and after a few months of using the Sanyo, I like this one better than my prior rice cookers - the price ($100 range) is also very reasonable. I have made rice (Jasmine, Basmati, Korean, Japanese (sushi), brown) and they all came out just right - evenly cooked from top to bottom, side to side. from Amazon.com My wife and I just love the rice cooker because of the quality of the cooking bowl and the design layout is very simple and straight forward. The cooking time is about 35 mins for two people and 55 mins for four people. from Amazon.com What you have to understand is that I hardly ever cooked rice before. Oh, except for the instant boil-in bags! And when I did, it came out sticky, dry, or burned. I have a large, busy family with 4 teens so I thought I'd get a big fuzzy logic rice cooker because I'd heard raves (read the excellent "The Ultimate Rice Cooker Cookbook" by Hensperger and Kaufman!) and wanted to finally incorporate whole grains into our diet every day. from Amazon.com So far, we have only used the unit as a rice cooker. Haven't yet tried the slow cooker since we just took it out of the box a week ago. from Amazon.com After using our Zojirushi rice cooker for more than a decade, it's starting to act its age, so I got this cooker when it showed up one day on "Today's Deals" for half the price. When I first got it, I thought I had made a mistake because it looked so small compared to our old 5.5 cup Zojirushi cooker. from Amazon.com I had to have a great rice cooker. Not just one of those cheap ones with the glass lids that almost no one in Asia has anymore, but a fancy, computerized one. So when I saw this rice cooker on Amazon and saw that it had a separate pot for steaming/slow cooking, I was sold. I actually had my eye on a 5.5 cup Zojirushi cooker before, but the features (compared to this Sanyo one) just did not compare or justify the price difference. from Amazon.com I read an NYTimes article about rice cookers around the same time I was starting a diet which recommended whole grains and steal cut oatmeal... so I read obsessively about all the different kinds of rice cookers, the reviews etc., and settled on this one based on combination of features and price. from Amazon.com