[ricardobeat]

Keep warm for 3-4 days? That’s insane. Rice stored in the fridge starts to go bad after three days. Not to mention you’d end up with a dry block of rice. Have you actually done this?

They recommend the “keep warm” feature is used for no longer than 4-12 hours. You’re exposing yourself to serious food poisoning going longer than that, especially if your cooker isnt very good at keeping the entire bowl at >60C.

[phil21]

The rice cookers are very good at keeping things at a safe temp. The good ones will have power failure detection.

I regularly make a (work) weeks worth of rice on Sunday night and eat through it until Thursday or Friday or so. Been doing this for well over a decade so far.

The first two days you probably can't tell the difference unless you are a rice snob. After that the taste tends to suffer a bit, but infinitely better than reheating rice from the fridge.

[peteforde]

Keep in mind that the only good way to make good fried rice is to start with yesterday's rice from the fridge.