RICE COOKER

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a rice cooker having a convenient size for a domestic use, capable of shortening the cooking time, preventing the burning of the rice in cooking and capable of cooking tasty cooked rice. SOLUTION: This rice cooker is provided with an inner vessel 35 stored in a pot 31 with its storing the rice and having holes with such dimension as preventing the passing of the rice, and an activation device 37 activating the inner vessel 35 in the pot 31. In a water absorption process, this constitution can promote the water absorption of the rice by activating the inner vessel 35, in the cooking process, prevent the burning of the cooked rice by pulling the inner vessel 35 out of the pot bottom and, in a steaming process, extracts moisture left on the surface of the cooked rice by retaining the inner vessel 35 pulled out of the bottom and heating the pot bottom to a high temperature of 100°C or more, and attain the short-time steaming. This rice cooker has the convenient size for the domestic use, can shorten the rice cooking time and cook the tasty cooked rice. COPYRIGHT: (C)2006,JPO&NCIPI