PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a rice cooker which can cook tasty rice with a simple structure and at low cost by providing the inner pan with mechanical vibration by low-frequency current.SOLUTION: The rice cooker is provided with the inner pan 15 in which a material to be cooked is placed a rice cooker body 1 in which the inner pan 15 is stored in a detachable manner a heating means 7 of the inner pan 15 a vibrating means that is installed on the rice cooker body 1 and provides vibration to the inner pan 15 a controlling section 19 for controlling the heating means 7 and the vibrating means and a cover body 8 which opens and closes an opening of the rice cooker body 1. The vibrating means is composed of a vibrating device 30 which is activated by low-frequency current and vibrates mechanically.COPYRIGHT: (C)2009,JPO&INPIT【課題】内釜に低周波電流による機械的振動を与えることにより、構造が簡単かつ低コストでおいしいご飯を炊くことのできる炊飯器を提供する。【解決手段】調理物が入れられる内釜15と、この内釜15が着脱自在に収容される炊飯器本体1と、内釜15の加熱手段7と、炊飯器本体1に取付けられて内釜15に振動を与える加振手段と、加熱手段7及び加振手段を制御する制御部19と、炊飯器本体1の開口部を開閉する蓋体8とを備え、加振手段を、低周波電流で駆動されて機械的に振動する加振装置30によって構成した。【選択図】図1