KEEPING RICE WARM
(cont.)
HOW TO KEEP RICE WARM AGAIN
The REGULAR KEEP WARM light turns on, and
the time elapsed display returns to “0 h”.
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If you want to know the current time during the Keep
Warm mode, press the or button and the
Display will switch.
Press the or button again to return to the
display for the Keep Warm time elapsed.
If you do not return the display to the Keep Warm
time elapsed, the next time you cook rice, the Keep
Warm time elapsed will not be displayed. If the
Keep Warm time elapsed display is blinking, you
cannot switch.
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Foul odors or the growth of bacteria may occur
depending on how well the unit is cleaned, the room
temperature based on the season or usage environment,
frequent opening and closing of the Outer Lid, the type
of rice used, or the way the rice was cleaned. If you are
concerned about odors, cleaning the Rice Cooker
according to “THE INTERIOR” on
pg. 20
and then using
REGULAR KEEP WARM should be effective. It can be
even more effective to increase the warming
temperature, as described on
pg. 25
, “IF THE
FOLLOWING OCCUR”.
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When keeping rice in the Inner Cooking Pan for later consumption, you must use the Keep
Warm mode.
Press the button.
IMPORTANT
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When you want to keep rice warm after canceling the Keep Warm mode.
When you are concerned about the odor
NOTE
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If the temperature of the rice and the Inner Cooking Pan
are low, do not keep warm again. Trying to keep contents
warm again when the rice and Inner Cooking Pan
temperatures are low will cause “0 (h)” to blink.
Turns on
Turns on
If you press the START/REHEAT button
when the KEEP WARM light is off, the
cooking process will start.
REHEATING RICE
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Be sure to loosen the rice to prevent scorching or the rice from becoming hard.
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To reheat a small amount of rice, add 1 tablespoon of water for each bowl of
rice (approx. 160 g), mix well, and gather the rice toward the center of the Inner
Cooking Pan. Doing so will minimize dryness.
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Be careful not to burn yourself when stirring and loosening rice.
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The Inner Cooking Pan may spin when loosening the rice. Holding the Inner
Cooking Pan (which is very hot immediately after reheating) with an oven-mitt
or a soft cloth will keep it from spinning while reducing damage to the outside
bottom of the pan.
Loosen and level the surface of the
rice that is being kept warm.
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Loosen and level the surface of the rice, as the rice at the bottom may be harder.
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Be careful not to burn yourself when stirring and loosening rice.
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The Inner Cooking Pan may spin when loosening the rice. Holding the Inner Cooking Pan (which is very hot
immediately after reheating) with an oven-mitt or a soft cloth will keep it from spinning while reducing damage to
the outside bottom of the pan.
Loosen the rice.
Press the button.
Press
the button.
The START/REHEAT light turns
off, and the current time display
returns.
Make sure that the KEEP WARM light is on, and
Standard times required for
reheating
Approx. 7 min. – 9 min.
You can use this function during Regular Keep
Warm mode or Extended Keep Warm mode.
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This Reheat function is for reheating the rice during Keep Warm
mode to make the rice hotter. Particularly, when the rice is kept
warm at a lower temperature by the Extended Keep Warm mode, the
Reheat function will reheat the rice to the best serving temperature.
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You can reheat the rice only when the KEEP WARM light is on.
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Do not use the Reheat function to reheat food other than white rice, as reheating other types of rice may cause scorching or
discoloring.
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Do not repeat the Reheat function as doing so may cause scorching or dryness.
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Do not use the Reheat function if the amount of rice left over is above water level 3 (for 1.0 L model) or 6 (for 1.8 L model) for
WHITE as the rice may not be warmed adequately.
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Do not use the Reheat function if the rice is cold or the temperature of the Inner Cooking Pan is too low as doing so may
cause scorching, foul odors or the rice may become hard.
The melody (beep) sounds
and Reheating is finished.
The START/REHEAT light
turns off, the KEEP WARM
light turns on, and the Rice
Cooker switches to Regular
Keep Warm mode.
Press
the button.
The START/REHEAT light turns off,
the KEEP WARM light turns on, and
the Rice Cooker switches to Regular
Keep Warm mode.
To cancel the Reheat mode and return to Keep Warm mode
START/REHEAT light
START/REHEAT button
KEEP WARM/CANCEL button
KEEP WARM light
Approx.
7 min. – 9 min.
later
The KEEP WARM light turns off, the START/REHEAT light blinks,
and the display looks like the one in the illustration.
A melody (beep) sounds, and reheating starts.
Do not reheat for the following cases
To cancel the Reheat mode and the Keep Warm mode
Turns on
Turns off
Blinks
The estimated time (in minutes) until
Reheating is completed is displayed.
The light is on
and rotating.
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