# How does my rice cooker know when to turn off?

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**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [March 23, 2003, 8:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-does-my-rice-cooker-know-when-to-turn-off/163597 "2003-03-23T20:00:26Z")\
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**Author:** ![Muffin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/muffin/32/4341_2.png) [@Muffin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Muffin)\
**Post date:** [March 23, 2003, 8:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-does-my-rice-cooker-know-when-to-turn-off/163597/1 "2003-03-23T20:00:26Z")

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How does my rice cooker know when to turn off?

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**Author:** ![UrbanChic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/9dc877/32.png) [@UrbanChic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UrbanChic)\
**Post date:** [March 23, 2003, 8:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-does-my-rice-cooker-know-when-to-turn-off/163597/2 "2003-03-23T20:33:05Z")

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[Here ya go!](http://home.howstuffworks.com/question35.htm)

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**Author:** ![Muffin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/muffin/32/4341_2.png) [@Muffin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Muffin)\
**Post date:** [March 23, 2003, 10:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-does-my-rice-cooker-know-when-to-turn-off/163597/3 "2003-03-23T22:36:02Z")

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Excellent! Thanks, JuanitaTech