Rice cookers are not all created equal ... eat a ton of rice or who just want to spend a little bit less, this Hamilton Beach model makes good rice for the price. You'll also get features that ...

The Hamilton Beach Rice/Hot Cereal Cooker passed our medium-grain white rice test but stumbled with short-grain brown, which cooked up with a big clump. It has several of the features we liked ...

this Hamilton Beach rice cooker is a solid entry point. It has presets for white and brown rice, as well as a steaming option and steamer basket included. I actually found the steamer basket handy ...

Over the course of my 2-week testing process, I tried a few other budget-friendly rice cookers, including the Hamilton Beach Digital Programmable Rice Cooker and Steamer and the Dash Mini Rice Cooker.