(checked 2026-10-10)
A big, fast pressure cooker that made Wirecutter's favorite sushi and brown rice, but Serious Eats found its rice too firm, and it is large, pricey and can mush long-grain rice.
Top complaints
- Texture divides testers
Serious Eats found its rice chewy and too firm across all tests, and Wirecutter's jasmine came out a little mushy. Amazon's summary calls texture mixed, with some owners finding it too sticky.
- Coating peeling and breakdowns
Amazon's summary flags durability, with reports of the inner coating peeling off and cookers breaking within 4 years. A Walmart 1-star reviewer says theirs arrived scratched.
- Big, heavy and complicated for some
Wirecutter says it is about the size of a small toaster oven and weighs about 17 pounds. Amazon's summary says ease of use is mixed, and a Walmart reviewer missed having a time indicator.
What owners love
- Best sushi and brown rice
Wirecutter says it made the best sushi and short-grain brown rice of all the cookers it tested, even after an hour on warm.
Source: Wirecutter - Fast
Wirecutter timed sushi rice at under 30 minutes and brown rice at about 40, about twice as fast as the Zojirushi NL-EAC. Amazon owners praise the 30-minute white rice cycle.
- Easy-clean lid gasket
Wirecutter says a removable rubber insert in the lid makes cleaning especially easy.
Source: Wirecutter
- You mostly eat jasmine or basmati
- You have little counter space
- You prefer softer rice
- Large households eating short-grain or brown rice
- Fast brown rice (about 40 minutes)
- Sticky, chewy Korean and Japanese-style rice
Scores (tap for why)
What experts say
- Wirecutter (NYT): Top pick for short-grain rice with the best sushi and brown rice and fast pressure cooking; long-grain rice was a little mushy and the cooker is large.
- Serious Eats: Not recommended: across all tests the rice was chewy and too firm.