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Do rice cookers make more than just rice?
You can use them to steam vegs or make some gruels.
Personally I don't bother, but for people who eat rice daily it's a game changer.
You're telling me I can have gruel any time I want it!?
Yes? You can have it at any time without it too though, but you could leave for example some oats and milk in the cooker while you dress yourself for the morning, and when you're ready so is your gruel. (I did this once or twice when I had a rice cooker. It was okay.)
You can make ridiculous, impractical, cartoon sized pancakes. Google "rice cooker pancake" and it will have you searching for rice cookers to buy immediately!
Okay, I'm interested. Do they have multiple modes? Like crock pots?
The idea behind them is that they stay on until the bottom of the pan reaches 100C
As this is only possible once the water has boiled away, it will always create perfectly cooked rice (if you put the right amount of water in)
So it.should work for anything you want to stop as soon as it boils dry.
I have used a cheapass no-controls except 'on' rice cooker to make a ton of meat and veggie dishes. All in one pot if you are cramped for space or tools.
Rice on bottom, then veggies, then a chicken breast on top. Season, turn on, forget, come back and eat when it pops.
The veggies end up a little overdone but using frozen veggies screws with the rice, so I just deal.