The best part is that they are safe for unattended cooking . If the phone rings, I feel safe just walking away from my cooking for a minute. I know that the rice cooker will not burn the food or start a fire because it automatically and instantly reduces the heat before the food burns and then holds the food at a nice warm 140 degrees until I come back and switch it back to cook. Like many great discoveries, mine was almost an accident motivated by a problem. I discovered a simple, safe way to cook that is also fast, cheap, convenient, and delicious.
Rice cookers are cheap.
You can buy them almost anywhere. Food will not catch on fire if I forget to watch the stove. The heat stays in the rice cooker. It doesn t heat the kitchen. For many recipes, I just dump the ingredients in the pot, turn it on and go do something else.