This document applies to household and similar electrical rice cookers.

This document defines the main performance characteristics that are of interest to the user and specifies methods for measuring these characteristics.

This document does not specify the requirements for performance.

This document does not apply to the pressure type rice cooker or the micro-pressure rice cooker.

This document does not apply to rice cookers with the rated volume of rice cooker larger than 8 L.

NOTE 1 The pressure type rice cooker refers to a rice cooker that cooks at a pressure more than 40 kPa.

NOTE 2 The micro-pressure rice cooker refers to a rice cooker that cooks at a pressure larger than 10 kPa but not more than 40 kPa.

NOTE 3 This document does not deal with safety requirements (covered in IEC 60335-2-15).

NOTE 4 Some of the tests which are specified in this document are not considered to be reproducible since the results can vary between laboratories. They are therefore intended for comparative testing purposes only.