Black Friday 2015 Rice Cooker Deals

​The Zojirushi NP-NVC10 unit is one of the top 10 appliances that has made it into my best rice cooker post, and now, it's available at a heavily discounted price! Feel free to jump straight to this comprehensive comparison chart to see how it stacks up against the competition.

​This 5.5 / 10-Cup Tiger microcomputer controlled rice cooker and warmer with "tacook" synchro-cooking function has been quite popular with its 4-in-1 functions and 10 computerized cooking menu settings. The 1.8-mm thick inner pan, inner lid, and steam cap are easily removed for washing and the unit comes with a cooking plate and cookbook.

​This Westinghouse rice cooker prepares up to 6.5 cups of raw rice, which yields 18 to 20 cups of cooked rice. The advanced fuzzy logic microchip and even heating from sides and base ensure rice comes out perfectly each time, while the condensation from lid drips into a reservoir to keep rice fluffy and tasting great. The 5 menu settings include soup and reheat, plus one-touch rice and one-touch steam mode for vegetables and dumplings.

This 700-watt Rosewill Fuzzy Logic Rice Cooker is available in 5.5-cup and 10-cup versions, and offers an easy-to-read LCD display, digital control, inner pot with non-stick coating, and various multi-function options. These include precise cooking, fast cooking, small quantity rice cooking, porridge, stewing small pot rice, reheating, soup, steaming, and soaked rice. 8 pre-programmed modes are also available: Regular, quick, cake, porridge, soup, steam, brown (clay pot rice), and reheat.

​There's a lot to admire about this gourmet Korean-style 860-watt multi-functional rice cooker. Not only does it look like a little spaceship, it also comes with 7 preset cooking programs: Rice, fast rice, porridge, rice crust, soup, stew, and steam. Capacity: 5 liters (feeds up to 8 people).

​The Midea Mb-fs5017 is a beautiful unit that prepares 2 to 10 cups of any variety of cooked rice. It's easy to use and has programmable digital controls for your convenience. The 11 function settings include white rice, congee, quick rice, brown rice (wholegrain or wild rice), baby porridge, oatmeal, soup (broth or more liquid-based cooking), steam, stew (roast or beans, or less liquid cooking), slow cook (up to 10 hours), and reheat.

​Available in both 5.5-cup and 10-cup models, this Tiger rice cooker and steamer features a non-stick inner pan, keep warm function up to 12 hours, and comes with a spatula and 6 oz. measurement cup. Note that this unit is made in China, so if you're picky about where your appliances are made, you might want to pick up this Japan-manufactured model instead.