What is the extended warmer feature and how many days will rice stay good and not get burnt or mushy?
1796758
I have never used the extended warmer feature and I never keep my rice in the cooker after dinner - I put it in a container and put it in the fridge, heating it up in the microwave when I need it - so sorry I can't help with this answer.
1796759
In my opinon, extended warmer should not be used more than an hour or two. My experience is the rice gets too dry if you use extended warmer for more than 2 hours or so. What I try and do is just turn it off using the reset button. Then, it stays somewhat warm, but does not dry out. Then, we use the microwave to reheat. The beauty of this machine is that when it first finishes, the rice is awesome. So, I would rather keep the moisture in by turning it off, and then reheating it, then to use the extended heating for a longer period of time and have dry rice. -Paul
1796760
Keeps rice like it is freshly cooked. Works fairly well for 2-3 days. Thus, really no need to put in fridge.Note that I use it on short grain Korean/Japanese rice.
1796761
You should really ask the company, but in my opinion,it is for a couple of hours. If you leave any household machine on for days, it will burn up. See other reviews on how these machines failed.
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.
1198315
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! 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!
760942
I really don't know as we put the leftover rice in the refrigerator. I know it's good for at least 3 hours, however.
1496815
it is great for quinoa, just treat it like cooking rice. It's that simple. I haven;t tried it with brown rice but I think it should be the same.However, I think you shouldn't leave cooked rice or quinoa in the rice cooker for 24 hours to keep it warm (as claimed by the company). I found it yellow my rice or quinoa. Otherwise, it's all very good.
809547
This rice cooker does not have an off switch. The rice can be kept warm for up to 24 hours. To turn off, just simply unplug the cord.
819554
I keep mine in a cool dry place (cupboard) and have had no problems with expiring for two years and running. I noticed no appreciable degradation in taste or function even after two years in the cupboard. I eat it when the desire hits me and when it does, I might eat nothing but for days on end. I have even bought my own medium grain rice and ground it in my Kitchen Aide blender and just cooked it whenever. I tried the freezer route but it went bad on me. Somehow got ice crystals in it. Then someone told me to just keep it dry and it should stay good. It works for me so far...after a couple of years or so and still appears fine. I made a pot of it not too long ago and it tasted great. Good luck. I keep mine in a cool dry place (cupboard) and have had no problems with expiring for two years and running. I noticed no appreciable degradation in taste or function even after two years in the cupboard. I eat it when the desire hits me and when it does, I might eat nothing but for days on end. I have even bought my own medium grain rice and ground it in my Kitchen Aide blender and just cooked it whenever. I tried the freezer route but it went bad on me. Somehow got ice crystals in it. Then someone told me to just keep it dry and it should stay good. It works for me so far...after a couple... » Read More I keep mine in a cool dry place (cupboard) and have had no problems with expiring for two years and running. I noticed no appreciable degradation in taste or function even after two years in the cupboard. I eat it when the desire hits me and when it does, I might eat nothing but for days on end. I have even bought my own medium grain rice and ground it in my Kitchen Aide blender and just cooked it whenever. I tried the freezer route but it went bad on me. Somehow got ice crystals in it. Then someone told me to just keep it dry and it should stay good. It works for me so far...after a couple of years or so and still appears fine. I made a pot of it not too long ago and it tasted great. Good luck. « Show Less
1764226
Yes, I am positive, the owner's manual has instructions for brown rice and my wife has done it. It will take longer than white rice. The cord is fixed and it is the current model. We also have had the older model for 20+ years and it still works.
1585567
Rice keeps for years with no deterioration without refrigeration. My partner is Indonesian and we eat rice every day. Often buy up to 30 pounds on Amazon and store in a cupboard in our garage where it is relatively cool and dry. It should not be stored where is will absorb moisture.
2016509
I rarely use the keep warm feature as most dry out. I would suggest that you add 1/4 cup warm water if you use the keep warm feature. As the rice cooks it utilizes all the water. After it cooks is when I would add water to bottom so the keep warm feature heats and drys that instead of the rice. The real expensive rice cookers have better heat control but most are too big for my use. Hope this helps.
691839
Yes, you can set how long you want your rice to stay warm. They do not reccommend keeping rice warm for more than 12 hours.
1746851
Just like any other heating rice filled packet, maybe 10-15 minutes. It's a small packet on the inside (that's removable), about the size of a small bean bag or hand warmer device. I am guessing that if you keep it in a closed area, the heat stays a bit longer.
328429
The reason is continued loss of water when there is heat to keep the rice warm. We usually will discard the rice after 48hrs or make into fried rice.
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.
2166490
After I add water to the rice, I stir it before turning it on. That seems to help with any sticking problems. I don't get scorching unless I leave it on the warming cycle too long unattended.
1594137
I don't have the manual anymore but I recall them talking about the more water the softer (longer cook) and the lesser end is kind of al dente. I found by trying both 2:1 and 2.3:1 it makes good rice on either end of the range. I would suggest one day you make 2:1 and another day you make 2.3:1 and see what you like best, then you can vary it to your liking.
1453808
Cookign time. I don't believe there's a programmable keep warm time. When cooking rice, if you don't manually stop it when it beeps, the timer will start to increment, it's hard to tell if it is 10 min overcook is 10 min unercook if you were not there when the timer was 0.
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!