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If Rice Is Not Cooked Properly
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If Food Is Not Cooked Properly
If something seems to be wrong with cooked or warmed rice, check the following points. Check for the following if there is a problem with the cooked food.
Check point
Symptom
Symptom Cause
There is a thin film over the rice. A thin oblate film is starch that has dissolved and dried; it is not harmful.
Rice is stuck to the inner pan. Soft or sticky rice will stick more easily.
The amount of rice, ingredients, mixed grains
or water was incorrect.
The rice was cooked while mixing with other
ingredients or millets.
The menu selection is incorrect.
After the rice cooker was used, the
Start
key was
pressed without first canceling the warming mode.
Burned rice, uncooked rice or water is adhering to
the outside of the inner pan or to the sensor.
The inner pa
n is deformed.
The plug was disconnected from the rice cooker or
the power was cut off for an extended period.
Rice was not stirred and loosened properly.
Rice was not rinsed thoroughly. (excluding
Rinse-free rice)
Hot water (over 35°C) was used to rinse rice
or adjust water level.
The lid is not tightly closed.
Cook immediately after the first batch.
After the rice was rinsed, it was left sitting in
the strainer.
Insufficient care.
Timer was selected.
Cooked rice
Too hard
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Too soft
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Not cooked
completely
● ● ● ● ● ● ● ●
Has hard center
● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ●
Smells like rice bran
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The rice is burned
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21・32・
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21・
32
18 - 21・
26・29・
32
17
17・
42・
43
7 53 23 15
15・
16
17
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42 - 46
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Check point
Symptom
The menu selection is incorrect.
The wrong ingredients or proportions were used.
More ingredients were added than the maximum amount
allowed.
Less ingredients were added than the minimum amount
required.
You cooked recipes (fried foods, cake, bread) that are not
in the COOK BOOK.
Cooking time was too short.
Cooking time was too long.
Rice or other debris is stuck to the rubber gaskets or the
edge of the inner pan.
The lid is not tightly closed.
The plug was disconnected from the rice cooker or the
power was cut off for an extended period.
Cook
Does not boil
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Boils over
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Boils down
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The rice is burned.
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Check point
Symptom
The amount of rice, ingredients, mixed grains
or water was incorrect.
Burned rice or water drops are stuck to the outside
of the inner pan or to the center sensor.
The plug was disconnected from the rice cooker or
the power was cut off for an extended period.
Rice was not stirred and loosened properly.
Rice or other debris is stuck to the rubber
gaskets or the edge of the inner pan.
Rice was not rinsed thoroughly.
(excluding Rinse-free rice)
Preset time exceeds 12 hours.
The rice was warmed for 12 hours or more.
Rice other than polished rice is kept warm.
The rice was warmed while in the shape of a
doughnut inside the pot.
Cold rice was added.
Rice is kept warm with spatula inside.
The rice was warmed while there was less
than the minimum amount required.
Insufficient care.
After cooking, odors were not removed.
You left the rice in the rice cooker for a long
time after selecting Keep Warm: No.
You canceled Keep Warm while the rice was
still in the rice cooker.
Warm-kept rice
Smells
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Discolored
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Dry
● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ●
Mushy/Sticky
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21・32・
53
17・
42・
43
53 23
17・
42 -
44
15 27 23
42 -
46
35・38・
40・45
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