I’m a big fan of this notion. My hot water dispenser has a magnetic power dongle kinda like macbooks MagSafe, but bulkier [0]. Ideally something like that would be more standardized across appliances the way some of the other three prong power cords are.
Ah, Zojirushi, great rice cookers .
Elecom makes USB cables with "MagSafe" style connectors.
https://www.elecom.co.jp/products/MPA-CCMA10BK.html