RICE COOKER

Provided is a rice cooker capable of cooking rice desirably in conformity with the change in the rice quality according to the season change. The rice cooker comprises a pot (7), into which food to be cooked is poured, a cooker body (2) having an opening for housing the pot and heating means for heating the food in the pot, storage means stored with various cooking menus, a display panel for displaying the various cooking menus, operation means for performing the selection of the cooking menu and the change of the various settings, and a control device (24) for executing predetermined cooking steps. The storage means is stored with the cooking conditions, which are given the levels prepared by dividing the cooking conditions according to the four seasons and the taste of the user for the cooked rice. When the four-season cooking menu is selected by the selecting means, the control device calculates, on the basis of the four-season cooking conditions set by the operation means and according to the favorite cooking condition set by the operation means, the cooking conditions at that level, and executes the cooking step.