An electric rice cooker consists of a heat source, cooking bowl, and thermostat that measures and controls the temperature of the bowl. It operates by heating rice and water in the bowl until the water boils and is absorbed, then switches to low-power warming mode to keep the rice at a safe temperature. More advanced models offer additional features like fuzzy logic temperature control, induction heating, steaming trays, and preset cooking times. The rice cooker automates the rice cooking process, reducing the cook's involvement to simply measuring ingredients and setting the cooker to free up the stove.

1. Electric rice cooker
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2. Rice cooker
A rice cooker or rice steamer is an automated kitchen appliance designed to boil or steam rice.
It consists of a heat source, a cooking bowl, and a thermostat.
The thermostat measures the temperature of the cooking bowl and controls the heat.

3. Components

4. Principle of operation
A basic rice cooker has a main body (pot), an inner cooking container which holds the rice, an electric heating element,
and a thermostat.
The bowl is filled with rice and water and heated at full power; the water reaches and stays at boiling point (100 �C, 212
�F).
When the water has all been absorbed, the temperature can rise above boiling point, which trips the thermostat.
Some cookers switch to low-power "warming" mode, keeping the rice at a safe temperature of approximately 65 �C
(150 �F); simpler models switch off; the rice has entered the resting phase.
More advanced cookers may use fuzzy logic for more detailed temperature control, induction rather than resistive
heating, a steaming tray for other foods, and even the ability to rinse the rice

5. Based on time
Depending on quantity, it takes about 20 minutes to 1 hour for most electric rice cookers to complete cooking.
Some advanced models can back-calculate the cooking start time from given finish time.
The time required for cooking rice depends on the amount of rice, the power of the heating elements, and
atmospheric pressure, thus it is not constant.
Pressure-cooker models are not influenced by atmospheric pressure.
The special features distinguish high-end models from lower-cost, simpler models

6. Purpose
Electric rice cookers automate the process by mechanically or electronically controlling heat and timing, thus
freeing up a heating element on the cooking range that had to be otherwise occupied for rice cooking.
Although the rice cooker does not necessarily speed up the cooking process, with an electric rice cooker the
cook's involvement in cooking rice is reduced to simply measuring the rice, preparing the rice properly and
using the correct amount of water.
Once the rice cooker is set to cook, the rice will be cooked with no further attention.

7. Method
The cooker works on a fluctuating magnetic field around the coil. It creates an electric current that flows through the vessel. Good induction saves time
and heats up more quickly than a gas burner. Cleaning is hassle-free
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