Steel-cut oats come out like porridge ... rice cookers have a presoak built into the cook, which takes longer. "With some of these small rice cookers presoaking your rice for about 10 minutes ...

While smaller grains (polenta, oatmeal, amaranth, quinoa) are a relatively quick cook in a rice cooker, larger whole grains (lentils, steel cut oats ... in 1 tsp salt, a small piece of ginger ...