RICE COOKER

Japanese Patent JP3757953

B2

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To stably improve rice-cooking performance irrespective of the character of food to be cooked by utilizing overheated steam. SOLUTION: This rice cooker is provided with: a pot; a pot heating means for heating the pot; a pot temperature detection means for detecting the temperature of the pot; a lid for covering the upper surface opening part of the pot; a steam generation means for generating steam; a steam heating means for heating the steam to a temperature not lower than the boiling point of water; and a rice-cooking menu selection means for selecting a rice-cooking menu. The temperature of the heating steam generated by the steam generation means and the steam heating means is varied according to the rice-cooking menu, and the steam is fed into the pot. Since optimal heating with steam is realized irrespective of the character of the food to be cooked by this cooker, the rice-cooking performance is obtained by the effect of the overheated steam.