The top pick for solo cooks — 1.5-cup capacity, one-button operation, and automatic Keep Warm make it the simplest and most affordable way to get into rice cooking. Doubles as an oatmeal and soup maker.
At $24, this is the easiest recommendation in the category. If you cook for one or live in a dorm, there's no reason to spend more. The community loves it for its size, simplicity, and surprisingly fast cook times.
“The Dash Mini Rice Cooker is our favorite rice cooker for one. Its maximum capacity is 1.5 cups of dry rice—perfect if you cook for yourself or just hate dealing with leftovers. Its cook time was on par with the Zojirushi 3-Cup, making it one of the fastest small cookers we tested.”
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“This ultra-compact rice cooker is popular for its adorable size and simplicity. Beyond single servings of rice, people use it for oatmeal, soups, steamed veggies and even pancakes.”
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