If you follow the instruction of cooking rice with a pot and time it correctly, you get perfect rice.
If you don’t pay attention, though, something’s gonna go wrong. One time, I put the rice on the stove and let it cook. I thought it’s already done and went out shopping for stuff. When I came back home, my room was filled with a strong smell of rice.
Here. Let me show you by example, what happens after letting your rice cook for 3 hours:

I scared the hell out of myself. Fortunately it was on low heat, so no major accident happened. After making sure everything was fine, I held the rice cracker and couldn’t help but smile helplessly for a long while.
Check your stove before leaving your house.