- Multi-menu cooking functions include settings for white, mixed, sushi/sweet rice, porridge, brown, GABA brown and quick cooking.
- Umami setting extends soaking and steaming time for better rice.
- Steam-reduce setting reduces steam to 50-percent of regular setting.
- Scorch setting toasts rice to a cri golden brown, ideal for special dishes.
- Easy to ready colored LCD control panel with clock and delay timer.
- Electrical Rating:120 volts / 1,370 watts.
- NOTE: Refer user manual - attched in this page.
Zojirushi NP-NVC18 Induction Heating 10-Cup (Uncooked) Pressure
Rice Cooker and Warmer
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NP-NVC18
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The NP-NVC18 10-cup Induction Heating Pressure Rice Cooker and
Warmer is the most intelligent rice cooker ever made. Advanced
fuzzy logic technology with AI (Artificial Intelligence) "learns"
and adjusts the cooking cycle to get perfect results every time.
This rice cooker will automatically select from 3 pressure
settings according to the menu selected for the best cooking
results. The platinum infused nonstick inner cooking pan changes
the water quality and allows rice to absorb water easily for
better tasting rice.
NP-NVC18 also includes superior induction heating technology,
multi menu cooking functions with y brown rice and GABA
brown rice cooking options, Zojirushi's exclusive Umami setting,
scorch setting, and steam reduce setting, an easy-to-read colored
LCD control panel with clock and timer functions, a delay timer
with two settings, an interchangeable melody and beep signal to
indicate the end of the cooking cycle, automatic keep warm as
well as extended keep warm, and a detachable and washable
stainless-steel inner lid.
For safety, the appliance provides a pressure-control valve, a
back-up safety valve, an inner lid filter, and a pressure
indicator on the control panel, which locks the lid during
pressure-cooking. Easy to clean clear coated stainless steel
exterior and washable detachable inner lid makes clean up a snap.
Accessories include a rice spatula, a spatula holder, and two
measuring cups (for regular rice and rinse-free rice). The
ETL-approved 1,370-watt rice cooker and warmer measures 11-1/8 by
16-1/2 by 10-1/8 inches.
Make every rice type imaginable with a Zojirushi Rice Cooker
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Brown Rice
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This is a menu setting designed to cook delicious brown rice. In
order to cook hard rice bran and the rice inside, preheating time
is extended for better absorption of water, and is cooked at a
lower temperature to allow the rice to cook longer without
becoming mushy.
Sushi Rice
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Because sushi rice will be processed after it's cooked, it's
easier to handle when it is a little firmer. This menu setting is
very similar to regular white rice, but uses less water (adjusted
by the water fill lines) for a firm finish.
Mixed Rice
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Mixed rice is rice cooked with additional ingredients and
seasonings. This setting extends preheating for better absorption
of seasoning. Also, the cooking temperature is slightly lower
than regular white rice, to avoid ingredients from boiling over.
Porridge
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Instead of cooking rice in larger as of water and risk
making it sloppy, use the porridge setting to cook fluffy
porridge. Cooking temperature is slightly lower than regular
white rice, to be cooked longer for soft texture.
GABA Brown Rice
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--> A newly discovered way of cooking brown rice to "activate" it
and increase natural occurring gamma-aminobutyric (GABA), an
amino in brown rice believed to have giving
properties such as lowering blood pressure, improving kidney
function and relieving stress. The brown rice is "activated" by
soaking it at 104 degrees F for 2 hours before the actual cooking
begins. All Zojirushi Induction Heating System rice cookers,
including the IH Pressure models, have the GABA brown rice
setting.
Not to be confused with Germinated Brown Rice: Germinated brown
rice is a type of brown rice that has been processed. It is a
type of rice that must be purchased. The process gives it a
softer texture and improved taste. It also contains increased
values of GABA. Germinated brown rice, sometimes also called
sprouted brown rice, may be cooked using the "Softer" menu in
most Zojirushi rice cookers.
About AI Fuzzy Logic Technology
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The AI (Artificial Intelligence) allows the rice cooker to
"learn" from past cooking experiences and adjust the cooking
"flow" to cook ideal rice. NP-NVC18 cooks rice to the same
consistency in summer or winter, when water and room temperatures
may be drastically different. Even after years of use, the rice
cooker can cook rice to the same consistency as when the unit was
new. With AI technology, the rice cooker remembers the capacity
you cook most often, and selects the ideal cooking "flow" from
the very first stage of the cooking process. Basically, the
microchip does all the thinking for you to adjust cooking times
and temperatures, sets the precise a of pre-soaking time of
the raw grains, and the time for the final "wait" period during
steaming.
Conventional rice cookers simply turn on and off in reaction to
temperature. Fuzzy Logic Technology fine tunes this adjustment to
adapt to various rice types, such as white, brown, sweet or
porridge, which all have different cooking requirements. This
model has separate thermometers that monitor the room
temperature, the temperature inside the unit, and the temperature
of the inner cooking pan to collect data to aid in the cooking
and keep warm process.
What is Induction Heating (IH)
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Induction Heating took rice cooking to another level by literally
introducing another dimension to the heating process. Where the
heating element would normally be located at the bottom of the
cooker, IH transforms the entire inner cooking pan into a heat
conductor, allowing for higher, more precise and more uniform
cooking temperatures.
How it works
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Induction Heating (IH) occurs when a magnetic material enters a
magnetic field. In our case, we recreate this by passing electric
current through coils located at the bottom of the cooker's body.
When the inner cooking pan (with a stainless steel inner layer)
is placed into the rice cooker and the unit is turned on, a
magnetic field is generated to create instant heat. Through this
technology the inner cooking pan itself becomes the heat source
utilizing both high heat and fine heating adjustments to better
control the cooking process.
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IH Pressure System
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Pressure cooking is a method of cooking in a sealed vessel that
does not permit air or liquids to escape below a preset pressure
resulting in even higher temperatures. Cooking rice with pressure
is a better way to turn beta starch into alpha starch, which
makes the rice softer and easier to digest. (The starch in grains
is beta starch. Raw rice is hard because beta-starch is rigid.
Beta-starch resists digestion by any enzyme, to protect the seed
from germinating when conditions are unfavorable. When rice is
cooked, the starch loses its rigidity, and turns into a soft
pasty alpha-starch.) This change makes the rice softer and easier
to digest, and even fluffier to the taste. Rice cooked with
pressure has also been found to stay soft for longer periods of
time when compared to regular cooked rice.
How it works
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A specially designed lid keeps the cooker airtight and sealed,
which prevents the steam from escaping. As pressure builds inside
while the rice cooks, the boiling point of the water increases
beyond the normal 212 degrees F. Once the water is allowed to
boil, it cannot be heated further; but inside a sealed
environment under pressure, higher temperatures can be reached,
which penetrates everything in the cooker from the surface of the
food to its center.
The unit automatically selects from three pressure levels
according to the menu selected. Three pressure settings are
available to steam the rice to varying degrees of firmness; lower
pressure and temperature for firmer rice, and higher pressure and
heat for softer rice.
Pressure Safety
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Zojirushi has multiple safety features for a rice cooking
experience that is as safe as possible.
* Pressure Control Valve (with Pressure Release Ball) Controls
the pressure level during cooking
* Safety Valve: Releases excessive pressure in case the pressure
control valve becomes clogged or malfunctions
* Pressure Indicator on the control panel turns on when pressure
is applied during cooking, and locks the lid
* Inner Lid Filter: Minimizes small particles from becoming stuck
inside the Pressure Control Valve, Safety Valve or Steam Vent Set
* Whistle: A whistling noise warns that the Pressure Control
Valve or Safety Valve is clogged and needs to be cleaned
Platinum Infused Nonstick Inner Cooking Pan
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The nonstick coating on the inner cooking pan is infused with
platinum particles. Through research, we discovered that platinum
alkalizes water. Alkaline water breaks down the protein on the
surface of the rice grain, and water is able to penetrate the
rice grain more easily. Enhanced gelatinization brings out the
sweetness of rice ultimately making better tasting rice. The
platinum particles are burnt onto ceramic particles, which are
mixed into the nonstick coating. The water is alkalized when
poured into the inner cooking pan and comes into contact with the
platinum particles.
Umami Setting
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What is Umami? Umami is considered the 5th flavor, along with
sweet, salty, sour and bitter. It is also described as
savoriness, and comes from the Japanese word meaning "good
flavor" or "deliciousness".
What does the Umami setting do?
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--> The Umami setting soaks the rice before cooking longer than
the regular white setting. During this extended soaking time, the
sugar contained within the rice is slowly released out into the
water. Once the rice cooker begins to cook the rice, the sugar
that was released into the water reattaches itself onto the
surface of the rice, making the cooked rice taste sweeter. The
Umami setting also extends the steaming time at the end of the
cooking cycle.
Steam-Reduce Setting
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The Steam-Reduce setting reduces steam to 50% of the Regular
Setting. The Rinse-Free setting can be used together with
Steam-Reduce, but it is a separate course from other courses, and
cannot be combined (e.g., you cannot cook choose Steam-Reduce
when cooking sweet or mixed rice). The rice texture may be
slightly harder than Regular.
Scorched Setting
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The Scorched setting lightly toasts the bottom of the rice for a
cri texture. This is also a separate setting, and cannot be
combined with other settings. It is recommended that the rice be
consumed immediately.
Automatic Keep Warm
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Extended Keep Warm keeps cooked rice warm at a lower temperature
than Regular Keep Warm to minimize drying and yellowing of rice.
It is ideal to switch to Extended Keep Warm when keeping rice
warm for a longer period of time. The rice cooker will switch to
Regular Keep Warm automatically for 24 hours after cooking
completion. The reheat function will raise the temperature of the
rice closer to immediately after cooking.
Reheat Function
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Reheating will take about 5-8 minutes. It can be used to reheat
rice kept warm under Regular or Extended Keep Warm, to bring the
temperature closer to immediately after cooking.
Keep Warm Monitor
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The lid sensor detects how many times the lid has been opened and
for how long, and calculates the a of rice left inside the
inner cooking pan. The rice cooker calculates how much heat is
needed to keep the rice at the ideal keep warm temperature.
The keep warm monitor alerts you by beeping four times, 10, 40 or
70 minutes after cooking completes if the lid has not been
opened, to encourage you to fluff the rice to release excessive
moisture. The rice cooker will also beep four times if the lid is
left open for over 5 minutes to remind you to close the lid. If
unclosed, the rice cooker will beep every 3 minutes thereafter
for up to 3 times. Both beeps will not sound if the rice cooker
is set to "Silent" mode.
LCD Control Panel
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Easy-to-read LCD control panel with clock and timer features.
Menu Settings include: white (regular,softer, harder), umam,
mixed, sushi/sweet, porridge, brown, GABA brown, steam-reduced,
scorch, rinse-free and quick cooking.
Detachable Inner Lid
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--> The inner lid is detachable and washable for easy cleaning
Features
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* Advanced fuzzy logic technology with AI (Artificial
Intelligence): AI technology "learns" and adjust the cooking
cycle to get perfect results
* Automatically selects from three pressure levels according to
the menu selected
* Platinum infused nonstick inner cooking pan changes water
quality for sweeter tasting rice
* Superior induction heating (IH) technology
* y cooking options: brown rice and GABA brown rice
settings
* Detachable and washable stainless steel inner lid
* Easy-to-read colored LCD control panel with clock (24H)
* Zojirushi's exclusive Umami setting extends soaking and
steaming for better rice
* Steam-reduce setting reduces steam to 50% of Regular setting
* Scorch setting toasts rice to a cri golden brown, ideal for
special dishes
* Inner lid filter on the inner lid to prevent small food
particles from becoming stuck in the pressure system
* Keep warm monitor
* Easy-to-clean clear coated stainless steel exterior
* Automatic keep warm, extended keep warm and reheating cycles
* Delay timer (2 settings)
* Interchangeable melody and beep signal
* Menu settings include: white (regular, softer or harder),
umami, mixed, sushi/sweet, porridge, brown, GABA brown,
steam-reduce, scorch, rinse-free and quick cooking
* GABA brown setting or Brown Rice Activation activates brown
rice for increased tional values
* Recipes: mixed rice, sweet rice with ain vegetables,
hand-rolled sushi and rice porridge with seven s
* Quick Start Guide (Long Grain White, Jasmine, Basmati only)
included
* Language: box in English and French, manual in English and
French, and Chinese (Traditional), Korean and Japanese (2
separate booklets)
* cETLus listed, tested to comply with FCC standards
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