<p>The present invention provides a rice cooker, wherein the drive of a rubbing part (13) is controlled in such a way that the released solid content which is released from the rice into water is equal to or less than a predetermined amount in accordance with the driving of the rubbing part (13), after which a pot (31, 404) is heated by a heater (12) in such a way as to boil the water containing the abovementioned predetermined amount or less of the released solid content.</p>
