Oomis, I agree with your post. My point about him missing the halachic boat was that no, he is not keeping kosher according to halacha. Not that he is a bad person for it.
I personally think Hashem is giving him schar for that but I don’t make that judgement. I leave that up to Hashem.
I was just wondering if notpashut put MO in that category of “You are trying, but outside the bounds of halacha.”