Regular Keep Warm And Extended Keep Warm; Reheat Function - Zojirushi NS-TSQ10 Operating Instructions Manual

REGULAR KEEP WARM AND EXTENDED KEEP WARM

Switch between Regular Keep Warm mode
and Extended Keep Warm mode by
pressing the KEEP WARM button during
Keep Warm mode.
● The EXTENDED KEEP WARM mode is not
available during the following (the Rice
Cooker will beep and automatically start the
Regular Keep Warm mode):
●MIXED, PORRIDGE, SWEET and BROWN menu settings.
●If 12 hours of Regular Keep Warm has already elapsed.
●If 4 hours of Extended Keep Warm has already elapsed.
●If the temperature of the Inner Cooking Pan is low by cancellation
of the Keep Warm mode or power failure.
● The room temperature, frequent opening and closing of the Outer Lid, a dirty rice cooker, the type of rice
used or the way the rice was cleaned may cause foul odors or the growth of germs. See pg.19 "HOW TO
CLEAN THE INTERIOR" and clean the Rice Cooker, and use the Regular Keep Warm mode as much as
possible to minimize these effects.
REGULAR KEEP WARM
When cooking completes, the Rice Cooker automatically switches to Regular Keep
Warm mode and the REGULAR KEEP WARM light turns on.
●To turn on the Regular Keep Warm mode when the Rice Cooker is turned off, press
the KEEP WARM button.
EXTENDED KEEP WARM
This function can be activated during Regular Keep Warm mode.
Use this function when keeping rice warm for a longer period of time. Drying and
yellowing of rice will be reduced by maintaining the temperature slightly lower.
1
Check to make sure the REGULAR KEEP WARM
light is on.
2
Press the button once.
●After 8 hours of Extended Keep Warm, the Rice Cooker automatically switches to Regular Keep Warm.
How to change from Extended Keep Warm to Regular Keep Warm:
Press the button once.
The setting will return to Regular Keep Warm and the REGULAR KEEP WARM light
will turn on.
NOTE:
To change the display to show the current time during Keep Warm, press the Time Setting
●
press the or button to return to the Keep Warm display. Please note that the display will not automatically
return to the Keep Warm display the next time the Rice Cooker is used, and must be done manually. This change
can only be made during the Keep Warm mode.
Be sure to use the Keep Warm mode when storing cooked rice in the Inner Cooking Pan.
●
Use the Regular Keep Warm mode for keeping warm Germinated Brown Rice or Semi-Brown Rice (30%, 50%,
●
70%) to minimize foul odors.
The Keep Warm mode is not available for the CAKE and STEAM menu settings.
●
10
KEEP WARM
button
REGULAR KEEP
WARM light
EXTENDED KEEP
WARM light
The EXTENDED KEEP WARM light will turn on.

REHEAT FUNCTION

You can use this function during Regular Keep Warm
mode or Extended Keep Warm mode.
●This Reheat function is for reheating the rice during keep
warm 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 temperature for eating.
1
Loosen and level the surface of the kept warm rice.
●Be sure to loosen the rice to prevent scorching or the rice from becoming hard.
●To reheat a small amount of rice, add 1 tablespoon of water for each bowl of
rice (approx. 160g), mix well, and gather the rice toward the center of the Inner
Cooking Pan. Doing so will minimize dryness.
●Be careful not to burn yourself when stirring and loosening rice.
●The Inner Cooking Pan may spin when loosening the rice. Holding the Inner
Cooking Pan with oven-mitts or a soft cloth will keep it from spinning while
reducing damages to the outside bottom of the pan.
2
Press the
Turns on
Be sure that the
REGULAR KEEP WARM
or EXTENDED KEEP
WARM light is on.
On
●Make sure that the REGULAR KEEP WARM / EXTENDED KEEP WARM light is on. If the START /
REHEAT button is pressed when the REGULAR KEEP WARM / EXTENDED KEEP WARM light is
Turns on
off, the rice cooking function will start.
3
Loosen the rice.
●Loosen and level the surface of the rice, as the rice at the bottom may be harder.
●Be careful not to burn yourself when stirring and loosening rice.
Turns on
●The Inner Cooking Pan may spin when loosening the rice. Holding the Inner Cooking Pan with
oven-mitts or a soft cloth will keep it from spinning while reducing damages to the outside bottom of
the pan.
To cancel the Reheat mode:
To cancel the Reheat mode
and return to Keep Warm mode:
or button. Then
Do not reheat for the following
cases:
button.
The melody (or beep)
The melody sounds The START / REHEAT
sounds and the REGULAR
when the Reheat light starts blinking.
KEEP WARM light turns on
mode sets in.
when reheating completes.
●Press the CANCEL button.
●Press the KEEP WARM button.
●Do not use the Reheat function to reheat food other than white rice, as
reheating other types of rice may cause scorching or discoloring.
●Do not repeat the Reheat function as doing so may cause scorching or dryness.
●Do not use the Reheat function if the amount of rice left over is above water
level 3 (for 1.0L size) or 6 (for 1.8L size) for WHITE RICE as the rice may not
be warmed adequately.
●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.
START / REHEAT
light
START / REHEAT
button
Standard times required
for reheating
approx. 7 min.∼ 9 min.
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