RICE COOKER INNER POT THAT RETAINS SAVOR OF FRESHLY COOKED RICE EVEN THE DAY AFTER TOMORROW

摘要

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a rice cooker inner pot that can cook rice having a soft and full savor and sweetness and that has good thermal insulation, superior durability, and low manufacturing cost.;SOLUTION: On the stepped lower bottom of an inner pot in an inner pot body, a receptacle with a recess is placed and, on top of this receptacle, there is further placed a smaller inner pot having an upper bottom with holes arranged that are finer than polished rice. Between the upper and the lower bottom, a gap is provided for attaching and detaching the receptacle to make a two-layered bottom. A continuous course of rice cooking process including boiling and steaming can provide cooked rice with good taste and flavor, eliminating the process of making cooked rice sit after turning off the heat. The steam from the receptacle can suppress drying and hardening of thermally insulated cooked rice, with the heat of the steam providing an additional effect of keeping the rice warm. Thus, the means incorporated in the rice cooker body including control of water quantity / rice cooking and engineering for heating can be dispensed with.;COPYRIGHT: (C)2008,JPO&INPIT