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Rice cookers are super lenient with water quantities. Sometimes they "beep" for being done a little early, I've found that leaving the rice for like 10 minutes in the cooker after it's officially done to help a lot with consistency.

Also are you sure you aren't using parboiled rice, which needs slightly different measurements?

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Leaving the rice also to rest for a while after it was cooked will also help prevent the rice from sticking on the rice cooker. No need for high end rice cooker.

Yes, I'm using regular rice. My main issue is not even the end result (although the rice ends up pretty dry/sticky depending on the amount of water) but rather the fact that I end up with a puddle of starchy water on my kitchen top.

Put the rice cooker near your sink and aim the steam vent towards the sink.

Sounds like you might not be washing your rice, and/or cooking too much rice for your rice cooker.

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