How should standby low-heat mode be evaluated when buying a rotating clay-pot cooker?

Don't trust the brochure figure for standby low heat on a rotary claypot rice cooker. Run one full batch at normal flame, note how long it takes to form the crust, then switch to standby for fifteen minutes and watch whether chamber heat load holds and the turntable keeps its steady rotation. Go straight back to cooking and time how long the next pot needs to regain searing heat. Full shutdown or sitting on high flame both waste real efficiency, especially during continuous peak service. At acceptance, cook three batches with the same rice and sauce at dinner rush, and log the low-flame setting, turntable speed and recovery seconds on the checklist so any new operator repeats it exactly.