PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a rice cooker and a method for cooking rice that can cook rice with luster and viscosity.SOLUTION: In cooking rice, the driving of the rubbing part is controlled so that the amount of surface starch of the rice which is eluted from the rice into water based on the driving of the rubbing part, is below a predetermined amount, and then heating a pot at a heating part so as to boil the water containing the surface starch of the rice which has the amount below the predetermined amount.COPYRIGHT: (C)2013,JPO&INPIT【課題】ツヤと粘りのある米飯に炊き上げる炊飯器および炊飯方法を提供すること。【解決手段】炊飯において、擦り合わせ部の駆動に基づいて米から水中に溶出する米の表面デンプン質が予め定められた量以下になるように、擦り合わせ部の駆動を制御し、その後、上記予め定められた量以下の米の表面デンプン質を含んだ水が沸騰するように、加熱部で鍋を加熱する。【選択図】図8
