Rice Cooker Ratings Make the perfect batch of rice with a rice cooker. Many models also function as a steamer or pressure cooker, and vary on performance when cooking different grains of rice.

Now, I keep a dedicated rice cooker in my kitchen and I can see why ... I’ve also used the included basket to steam greens and, as Carla Lalli Music taught me, perfect potatoes.

Their steam mechanisms work almost the same way so they can be used for plenty more than just rice. Another bonus, using a rice cooker is often quicker than cooking something on the stovetop.

The rice is often slightly burned, and sometimes it’s unclear if it’s actually cooking until I see steam shoot out of the cooker’s tiny vent. But it does the job. Plus, the price is ...

This is the product's overall performance score, based on key tests conducted by our industry experts in the CHOICE labs.

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