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Keeping the Rice Warm
The Keep Warm function will automatically engage
when cooking is completed.
Turning off the Keep Warm
function
Press the [Keep Warm/Cancel]
key.
The Keep Warm lamp will turn off.
Off
Beep
Restarting the Keep Warm
function
Press the [Keep Warm/Cancel]
key.
The Keep Warm lamp will turn on.
On
Beep
Keeping a small amount of rice
warm
Gather the rice at the center of the inner pot; serve
as soon as possible.
Operations during Keep Warm
The Keep Warm light turns on during Keep Warm.
Elapsed Keep Warm time display
Hold down the [Hour] key to display the elapsed
Keep Warm time. The elapsed time will be displayed
in 1-hour increments up to 24 hours (“24h”).
If more than 12 hours has elapsed, the time on the
display will blink up to 24 hours.
Note
●
Avoid the following, as they may result in unusual
odors, dryness, discoloration, and spoiling of the
rice, or corrosion of the inner pot.
• Using the Keep Warm function with cold rice
• Adding cold rice to rice that is being kept warm
• Leaving a spatula in the inner pot while the
Keep Warm function is on
• Using the Keep Warm function with the power
plug disconnected
• Using the Keep Warm function for longer than
12 hours
• Keeping less than the minimum required
amount (0.5 cup)
of rice warm
• Using the Keep Warm function for anything
other than white rice (including rinse-free rice)
• Keeping warm a lump of rice with a hole in the
middle.
• Turning off the Keep Warm function with the
rice left in the rice cooker.
●
Be sure to remove any grains of rice that adhere
to the brim of the inner pot as well as to any
gaskets. Failure to do so can result in dryness,
discoloration, odors, and stickiness of the rice
being cooked.
●
When cooking is completed using the “Porridge”
menu, press the [Keep Warm / Cancel] key and
take out the inner pot immediately. The porridge
can become pasty if kept warm for too long.
Serve it as soon as possible.
●
Serve cooked rice as soon as possible in cold
climates and high temperature environments.
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Reheating Cooked Rice
For piping hot rice, reheat the rice that is being kept
warm before serving it.
Note
●
Rice will not be fully heated if more than half of
the inner pot is full.
●
The rice will end up dry if reheated under any of
the following conditions.
• The rice is still hot, such as immediately after
cooking.
• There is less than the minimum required
amount of rice (0.5 cup).
• The rice is reheated 3 times or more.
1
Stir and loosen the rice that was
being kept warm.
2
Add 1 to 2 tablespoons of water
evenly over the rice.
●
Adding water will prevent the rice from drying out
and result in plumper rice.
3
Make sure that the Keep Warm
lamp is on.
On
• Reheating is not available if the Keep Warm
lamp is not on. If the lamp is not on, press
the [Keep Warm/Cancel] key.(See p.20.)
4
Press the [Start] key.
Blinks
Blinks
Off
Displays the
remaining
time
On
Beep
Alarm (3 long
beeps)
• To stop reheating, press the [Keep Warm/
Cancel] key.
• Reheating is not available if the rice is too
cold (under about 55°C). In this case, a
repeated beeping alarm will sound.
5
Stir and loosen the reheated
rice well, and even it out in the
inner pot.
• Always wear a kitchen mitten, etc., to hold
the pot while stirring.
