I'll second pretty much any old rice cooker with only one button design. There's a reason every Asian home considers it integral.

More than just rice, you can do so much more than one would think in there. I cook a Spaghetti Squash by just placing it inside on warm. No oil or anything. Then I go to work, come back 10 hours later and it's perfect. Can open it with a butterknife.

I'll take it over a slow cooker any day because it can set to a boil. The warm setting is perfect for most things and I've used it to make stocks, confits, yogurt, stews, curries and eggs without worrying about burning down my kitchen when I'm away as it will set itself to warm when there's no more water to evaporate.

I still use the Zojirushi rice cooker I grew up with after my parents bequeathed it to me. We probably got it around 2000 give or take a few years. So definitely bumping on 20 years.

I’ll second this. Got one for Christmas last year and have used it twice a week all year. It makes the process feel foolproof, and is the easiest appliance to clean in my kitchen.

Never made a bad batch of rice, and have accidentally left rice on keep warm for hours and hours and everything was perfectly fine.

And, yeah, it’s solid. I highly recommend.

Personally hate them, they’re slow, can be replaced with an instant pot, and old crappy rice cookers still with decades later. Cute logo, good for keeping rice warm without drying it out. What appliances are you using that don’t feel durable?