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Is there a point to getting a rice cooker over a pan of boiling water?

(1) Put rice & water in rice cooker, press start.

(2) Leash dog, go outside for long walk to clear the head after day of Zoom / Google Meet.

(3) Come home 60-90 minutes later to perfect rice and a non-smoke-filled kitchen.

(4) Cook rest of meal in the same time it would take to cook the rice.

(4) Eat wonderful food that Chinese mother-in-law has kindly cooked & packed into many different containers for you.

Not if your pan of boiling water automatically shuts off when it's done cooking.