régimen de mantenimiento

16:51 Dec 6, 2013 

I certainly wasn't convinced posting it as an answer anyway, because it's a) very similar to what has already been proposed, and b) I much prefer Lorena's solution anyway (despite the link! :))) but just wanted to bring up the possibility as it seems fairly standard… although not perhaps for the right type of "cooker".

08:29 Dec 6, 2013 

Hi Rachel. Thanks for you input. I know what you mean about "maintenance", but "keep warm mode", if you click into the links, is used for electric rice cookers. These things are big log-fuelled heating stoves with ovens and hobs, like an Aga but more modern.

22:10 Dec 5, 2013 

I honestly don't mean to nit-pick, and I like Lorena's suggestion, but I can't help thinking that "maintenance" in English tends to imply "upkeep" more than "keep". As far as the translation is concerned, on google it seems to suggest that the most common term for this is "keep warm mode". Which does seem much less sophisticated than Lorena's (good) idea, but I can't help feeling dubious about "maintenance". If you click into (at least) the first link offered, the translation of the entire website definitely hasn't been done by a native (it's quite amusing).

18:56 Dec 3, 2013 

I'll post it as an answer ;-)

18:51 Dec 3, 2013 

but the discussion area doesn't have an agree button ;@)
Nice solution.

18:22 Dec 3, 2013 

"temperature maintenance mode" makes perfect sense in the context.

18:18 Dec 3, 2013 

But I wonder if they mean "maintenance mode"
see here:
When the cooker is displaying maintenance mode, it is not idle...
www.yodersmokers.com/support/1500_Manual_V1.pdf

STEAMER, PRESSURE COOKER, OVEN, SLOW COOKER AND UNIQUE MULTICOOK MODE ... Temperature maintenance mode: Yes Temperature maintenance period: 36 hours Steam cooking: Yes
www.bork.tv/eShop/Multi-Cookers/u800