Can you cook rice in a pressure cooker? Can you cook meat in a rice cooker? These two devices can have overlap, and it's good ...

If your rice cooker comes with a steamer rack, you can steam veggies while your rice cooks. You can use it to cook a one-pot soup, frittatas, applesauce, and apparently, even yogurt.

Couples or small families will want to opt for Zojirushi’s Micom Rice Cooker & Warmer NS-LHC05, which is the brand’s most advanced 3-cup model and cooks rice nearly identically to its larger ones.

And, maybe the coolest part, the cooker includes a steaming basket so you can use it to steam veggies — or even fish — either on their own, using a scoop of water or (our fave) along with your ...