PURPOSE: To make a rice cooker more convenient, and improve the usability thereof.

CONSTITUTION: On a storing part 21 in a control circuit (control means) 20, a plurality of heating patterns are stored as the heating patterns which are stationarily preset. Each control process of these heating patterns is respectively different as a heating pattern for boiled rice-reboiling, a heating pattern for boiled rice mixed with other foods and seasonings, a heating pattern for rice gruel-boiling or the like. On a heating pattern-selecting device 15, a heating pattern display is provided and each content of these heating patterns is directly displayed with letters. In the control circuit 20, the heating pattern selected, corresponding to the heating pattern display, with the heating pattern-sellecting device 15 is read out from the storing part 21 and the action of rice-cooking is performed on the basis of this heating pattern.