The simpliest way is to buy a rice cooker. There are plenty of sizes to
choose to fit your need.

If you want to try other cooking ways; here is a suggestion -

I suppose you are cooking for 1 to 2 persons. Put one cup ( 4 oz size )
of rice ( rinsed ) into a pot. Top up with about 1 cm of water above
rice level.( rice should lay flat in pot )

Heat until boil; then lower the heat half of original setting and let
simmering for about 5 minutes or when you see the water is drying out.
Do not open the pot-cover too often.

You shouldn't get too much spill over(s) when the rice is at boiling
stage.

Then turn off heat and let the pot stay without disturbing it for 10
minutes. Before serving, use a pair of chop sticks to stir the cooked
rice for a couple of rounds in clockwise direction and it's done !

This is for cooking common white rice and not for wild rice.

Of course you have to build up your experience with time.

Enjoy .

Stanley ( A Chinese from Hong Kong.)

On Dec 23, 11:25 am, "Jack Strickland" > wrote:
> I love rice. I've tried different methods (cookers, pressure steamers, plain
> old pot) and have never come up with a method that maximizes good results of
> full cooking with a minimum of mess from boil over or burned pot bottoms.
>
> Any good cookers or good methods?
>
> thanks