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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a rice cooker improved in heat insulation performance by reducing moisture dripping to rice during heat insulation. SOLUTION: The rice cooker includes: a pot 2 freely detachably housed inside a body 1; a lid 5 for freely openably and closably covering the body 1; a pot heating means 3 for heating the pot 2; a steam generation means 6 for supplying steam to the pot 2; and a lid opening/closing detection means 16 for detecting the opening/closing state of the lid 5. The steam generation means 6 has a water storage part 12 and a water storage part heating means 13 for heating it, and the water storage part 12 is disposed at the upper part of the body 1. By sterilizing and heating water inside the water storage part 12 by the water storage part heating means 13 after the prescribed time when the lid 5 is opened and not sterilizing or heating the water inside the water storage part 12 by the water storage part heating means 13 when the lid 5 is not opened after cooking the rice, taste decline due to moisture evaporated from the water storage part 12 forming dew in a steam route and dripping down to the rice before opening the lid 5 is reduced, and the heat insulation performance is improved. COPYRIGHT: (C)2010,JPO&INPIT
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