How long will the rice keep while on the "warm" setting?
1933957
This depends on you, if you continue to add water every so often - Half a day.
909207
I don't use a rice cooker. I use the micro and put 1C of rice in a micro safe bowl and cover it with water (about an inch) let it sit about 45 min. Put it undrained in the micro for 3 min increments stirring from bottom to top after each 3 min. It usually takes mine about (?) 9 min.
104786
it stays on warm setting until you turn it off manually. it is not a very hot setting, just the temp that you would want your food for immediate eating.
132340
1 cup of rice - 2 cups of water (add a little salt if you like your rice salted). It depends on your microwave - mine takes 15 min on high. After 15 min., I open the pot, stir the rice and put it back in the microwave another 5 min. At this point, I sometimes add frozen peas and cubed carrots. When it's done, close the black vent on top of your cover to keep it warm and let it finish steaming. To warm up cold rice, add a little water to the rice before putting it in the microwave (it depends on the amount of rice - for 1/2 a pot maybe a Tbsp).
491172
YES!! the auto shut off is the best thing. Put the rice in and forget about it.
424284
I find that whether making one cup of rice or more takes my rice cooker 30 minutes. Except for black rice which is harder and that takes 1 hour total. After the first 30 minutes it automatically goes to keep "warm" mode. I reset the cooker again to cook for the extra 30 minutes. Cooker gives me time to chill in between or prepare the rest of my meal while doing its thing.
2064107
It stays on warm for days on end without making the rice turn dry or brittle. It is THE perfect rice cooker, and the more we experiment with it (porridge, sushi rice, nurungji rice, etc.) the more we love and appreciate this amazing rice cooker!
2260261
I have found that if properly used it will keep food warm 4-6 hrs depending on outside temperature of where it is stored.
1487875
yesssssssssss, without sacrificing taste and texture of the cooked rice. We keep ours some times for 3-4 days.
1202038
No, it goes into 'warming mode' after it's done cooking. It has a light that indicates when it's cooking and when the rice is done and warming, but you must unplug it to turn it completely off.
1796762
The extended warmer feature keeps the rice warm for as long as you have it in there. I have left rice in the cooker for 4-5 days before. It never burns or gets mushy, but it will dry out unless you put a couple tablespoons of water in every day.
1527167
Good question, when I bought this I was under the assumption that you can cook the rice and warm your food at the same time, but that is not the case. Your food has to be warmed separately and then you can put it on the already cooked rice in warming setting. If you leave the food container in the same compartment as the rice before steaming, there will be no room for the steam to escape all the rice is cooking and probably will cause some type of malfunction
74054
There is a white rice button and a brown rice button... both timed perfectly. Just hit the button and when done, it automatically switches to Keep Warm. I love it!
520487
The measuring cup used to measure dry rice has a liquid capacity of 3/4 US cups. I suspect that it produces 1 cup of cooked rice. The instruction book recommends soaking the rice before cooking, 2 hours for brown rice. It also recommends warming the rice for 15 to 30 mins after the cooker switches off. This requires manually switching to warm. You may wish to purchase a cooker with an automatic warming switch. Then the rice will cook and stay warm without further attention from the chef.
995125
I'm not great with details but I believe it takes 30-40min for white rice and 45min to 1hr for brown rice. Also, I use equal parts rice and water so the rice doesn't turn out mushy. :)
1585570
Yes, as long as it has been dry. I always buy in large bags and just store it in covered jars. No need to refrigerate rice.
1198314
Worth it? That's up to you. Will it last....had mine 8 years, it is like new! My cuckoo does a great job of keeping warm. Worth a look! This rice cooker does the rice pudding breakfast thing. And that is fabulous. I use two rice cookers. Takes a bit of space but I do rice so often so many ways that I need both. My Zojirushi is a work horse and it is good today as it was some many years ago. To answer your rice warm question....rice is nice for just so long! I like mine right out of the cooker when it is just done. Gosh, you can warm rice in a microwave with a semi sealed container!