On 3/4/2015 chickenbutt said: On 3/4/2015 Sooner said: On 3/4/2015 suzyQ3 said: On 3/4/2015 jaxs mom said: I've had a Zojirushi for years and it makes great rice. The keep warm setting is a huge benefit too.
I have a similar type rice cooker (fuzzy logic), we love it. We use it all the time, and in our opinion, it does make better rice.
We don't consider it a "gadget."
I agree! Sure you can make a pot of rice on the stove. But you can't walk away and forget about it until dinner is done, or delay dinner and have it still warm, perfect and waiting an hour later.
We have a Zo fuzzy logic and a little WP 1.5 cup one we use sometimes for a quick one-shot meal.
What you talking about, my friends? 
I've always cooked rice in a pot with a lid. The only (kind of) watching is for the water to boil so I could put the rice and a pinch of salt in. Cover it up. Turn it down. Set the timer. Come back when it rings. Bam, done - perfect every time.
But I have to say - I actually have an old (like REALLY old!) rice cooker that was given to me. This is from way before the kind of technology they have now. I used it a few times, years ago, but in this old one it always ended up with the bottom part all stuck to the pan. It came out, of course, but you lost a lot of rice in the process. I imagine the ones from current times don't do that.
No! The new ones keep it nice, fluffy and hot and not burned on the bottom for hours. We like stir fry dishes a LOT so I can come home, put the rice on, change clothes, chop veggies, put a load of clothes in the washer, chop up all the veggies for the stir fry, wait for hubby to come home, do the stir fry, and then dish up the rice. I can do all that and never give a thought to the rice.
To me that's simply a miracle! We also eat rice as a side dish, hubby likes it with chili (his momma ain't from around here and they put beans in chili).