Vegetable Oil for the rice burner.

the heartbeat of America will always dog a rice burner! rice ball anyone?

The small back burner of your stove is the outlet for heat from your oven, so if you have something in the oven put the pot of rice on the small burner without the element on. You can also put your rice in an oven safe dish with lid on it and put the oven on very low (125 degrees F.) If you are in a hurry, put the rice in a microwavable dish with lid and heat for 2 minutes (test) and if not warm enough add another minute until you get the desired temperature. It is wise when doing this in the microwave that you put in 1/4 cup of water, mix with rice or the rice will come out too dry. The best way to take all the fear of over-cooked or under-cooked rice or keeping it warm is to buy a rice steamer and they aren't that expensive.

A science burner or what kind of burner?

An Alchol burner is a burner that uses alchol. A alchohol burner is a burner that burns alchohol.