24 Best Cyber Monday Rice Cooker Deals 2023

If you’ve been in the market for a rice cooker but don’t want to pay full price, finding the best Cyber Monday rice cooker deals should be at the top of your shopping priorities this holiday season. With the Black Friday deals over and done with and Cyber Monday here in full force, today could be your last day to shop some of the biggest discounts of the year. Unsure where to start? Don’t worry—we’re here to help you figure out which model is the best option for your budget and rice cooking needs.

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Now you may be asking yourself: Do I really need a rice cooker? It is essentially a single use appliance after all. But if you eat rice at least once a week, know that owning a dedicated kitchen appliance for the job will make your life significantly better. Cooking rice on the stove requires attention: You’ve got to soak the rice, catch the water just as it comes to a boil, monitor the temperature, and, at the end of the day, cross your fingers and hope you don’t end up with soupy mush or dried out grains. If this situation sounds like a hassle, know that it’s easily avoidable—with a rice cooker, that is. A dedicated rice cooker will handle all that soaking, adjusting, and timing for you, so that you can carry on cooking, or working, or enjoying life as you please knowing that a pot of perfect rice is in your near future. If you’re still on the fence about dedicating money and storage space to a seemingly one trick pony, you should also know that these days many rice cookers can do far more than just cook rice; plenty are bona fide multi-cookers with the capabilities of a slow cooker, pressure cooker, and food steamer all in one machine.

If you’re looking for more data to inform your decision, you can check out our rice cooker recommendations and our test of the best rice cookers for detailed guidance. But this page will be the place where we keep track of all the rice cooker Cyber Monday deals that we find from retailers around the internet. While our sights are focused on some of the biggies like Amazon, Walmart, Target, and Best Buy, we will being watching out for smaller retailers and direct brand sales too.

If you’re looking for Cyber Monday sales on other small appliances like espresso machines and coffee makers, blenders, and stand mixers, be sure to check out our other sale stories on BA and our sister site, Epicurious. We’ll be updating this page throughout the day too, so keep checking back here if that model you’ve been eyeing hasn’t gone on sale yet. It’s also worth noting that models are flying off the (virtual) shelves at record speed, so if you do see something you like, we recommend acting fast before it sells out.

Zojirushi

Zojirushi rice cookers set the standard for rice cooker technology with its micom (short for microcomputer) machines. The brand is always near the top of our rice cooker testing, and many staffers in the test kitchen swear by them. They vary in functionality, but all Zojirushi rice cookers come with a removable nonstick cooking pot, a measuring cup, and a keep-warm function. Higher-end models feature induction heating, luxe-looking stainless-steel exteriors, and specialized settings for brown rice, congee, oatmeal, multigrain blends, and more. We found deals on a range of sizes, too, from 3-cup models we’d classify as mini rice cookers to 10-cup cookers big enough to feed a family (or two).

Cuckoo

Cuckoo is a Korean rice cooker brand that has made in-roads in the American market over the past few years. Similar to Zojirushi in Japan, the brand has a loyal customer base in its home country. We’ve liked a number of Cuckoo machines in our testing, especially the more affordable models, like the CR-0655F.

Tiger

Tiger is a Japanese brand that also fared well in our testing. One of their models was crowned best budget pick in the Epicurious product review, and while that model isn’t on sale some other styles from the brand are. Like the Cuckoos and Zojirushis, all of these models come with a rice measuring cup and rice paddle. The JBV-A18U also includes a cooking plate insert designed to allow you to cook rice and other meal components at the same time.

Instant Pot

The brand behind the beloved Instant Pot makes a dedicated rice cooker, which is on sale right now… but did you know you can also cook rice in an Instant Pot? OK, maybe you did. But if not: Those do-it-all pieces of cookware pressure cook, sauté, slow-cook, steam, and make yogurt, and they can also cook a mean pot of rice. If you have yet to hop on the Instant Pot bandwagon, now is the time to do it. We found a deal on the “whisper quiet” Duo Plus, as well as a model that can double as an air fryer. If you’re wary about dedicating money and storage space to something with only one real use case, an Instant Pot is the answer.

GreenPan

You probably know GreenPan for their nonstick cookware, but now they make rice cookers too. The GreenPan Elite Ceramic Nonstick Induction Rice Cooker is Epi’s top pick for a Teflon-free rice cooker, and it’s on sale at a whopping 65% off today. For a more compact option that—importantly—comes in a baby pink, turn to the GreenLife Rice Cooker. (For more about Teflon coatings, read this section of our nonstick pans guide.)

Budget brands

Maybe you don’t want to spend $80 or more on a rice cooker—we get it. We’ve found deals on some budget options too, so you can give yourself the gift of rice for as little as $20. With its 2-cup capacity inner pot, the Dash model would make a great gift for the college student or studio apartment-dweller in your life.