Provided is a rice cooker capable of providing rice that can be eaten with good taste after completion of a heat retaining step performed following a rice cooking step. A rice cooker body 20 having an inner pot housing part 20 a for housing the inner pot so as to be taken out, a lid body 10 for covering the inner pot housing part so as to be opened and closed, a heating means 23 for heating the inner pot, a temperature sensor 24 for detecting the temperature of the inner pot, And a control means 17 for controlling the heating means on the basis of temperature information from the temperature sensor to execute a rice cooking step and a heat retaining step. The control means controls the rice cooking step when the heat retaining step is executed subsequently after the end under a condition different from a control condition...