You might not think a rice cooker belongs in the same class of essential cooking tools as, say, a chef’s knife or cutting ...

Now I keep a dedicated rice cooker in my kitchen, and I can see why they’re a must-have for so many. They excel at making plump, perfectly cooked grains. They can either be incredibly simple ...

Your rice cooker is good for a lot more than just cooking rice. Beans take a long time in the slow cooker, but a rice cooker speeds up the process.

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And that brings us to the KitchenAid Grain and Rice Cooker. This KitchenAid rice cooker came to make an already easy-to-use appliance, the rice cooker, even easier. Specifically: It removes the ...

Let me use a rice cooker to explain this issue. Twenty years ago, a Chinese rice cooker cost about $20 to $30. The quality was average, and the functions were quite limited. It cooked rice pretty ...