[Sakiina_]

I bought this microwave rice cooker at TJ Maxx, that was marketed by Jamie Oliver for awhile.

Love the thing. It has ridges in the ceramic to mark the measurements. I put in the rice, fill to the line with water, microwave for 5 minutes, let stand for 10, and boom, perfect rice.

I tend to use that thing more than my rice cooker, it's easier to clean.

[r00fus]

While the ridges and 5/10m cook/stand time sounds perfect, we are often using the microwave for reheating takeout or leftovers (or bringing milk up to room temps for the kiddos). And we have rice (or quinoa) almost every day.

Any other gadget should aim to be as useful, fault-tolerant and straightforward as a rice cooker (microwave is close 2nd).