Costco Members: 5.5-Cup Tiger Micom Rice Cooker or 6-Cup Cuckoo Micom Rice Cooker Expired

but if I made decent rice on the stovetop already, is there any benefit to this? Just that it makes perfect rice every time and has a timer?

I added it to cart, but it still showed the full price of $99. Do I need a coupon code, or is it dead?

$80 rice cooker lolol. Do you not own a pot, microwave, pressure cooker etc?

I regret buying the Tiger rice cooker. I bought this 2 years ago to replace my 8 year old Panasonic rice cooker due to scratched inner pot.
1. The rice cooker can only save one timer, while my older one supports 2 timers. This is a big hassle for me.
2. It can never cook the brown rice right. It is always too soggy for my taste and it takes over an hour and half to cook brown rice.
3. The results of cooking short grain white rice is also disappointing. I typically have to go with a bit smaller amount of water than suggested, otherwise the cooked rice is bit stickier.
4. The inner pot is noticeable lighter compared to Panasonic one, which I suspect to result poor cooking results.

If you are picky about rice, I would not recommend the Tiger one.

This is JBV-A10U, which doesn't have timer/porridge function, it's also not [amazon.com]made in Japan FWIW. OP's model(JBV-S10U) has all these features and is made in japan. IMO at this price($79.99) this rice cooker is hard to beat - rice cookers from zojirushi or other famous Asian competitors typically charges for $90~$200 if you want all of the functionalities(steam, porridge, rice, timer etc).
for example

Zojirushi NS-TSC10 5-1/2-Cup (Uncooked) Micom Rice Cooker and Warmer, 1.0-Liter https://a.co/d/ge5cCBY
timer, porridge, steam, rice, $180

Zojirushi NS-LGC05XB Micom Rice Cooker & Warmer, 3-Cups (uncooked), Stainless Black https://a.co/d/aUihoqu
no steam, $150

CUCKOO CR-0675F | 6-Cup (Uncooked) Micom Rice Cooker | 13 Menu Options: Quinoa, Oatmeal, Brown Rice & More, Touch-Screen, Nonstick Inner Pot | White https://a.co/d/7k13Ooc
no steam, $95

Toshiba Digital Programmable Rice Cooker, Steamer & Warmer, 3 Cups Uncooked Rice with Fuzzy Logic and One-Touch Cooking, 24 Hour Delay Timer and Auto Keep Warm Feature, White https://a.co/d/beM0pto
no steam, $85

Zojirushi NS-RPC10FJ Rice Cooker and Warmer, 5.5-Cup (Uncooked), Tulip https://a.co/d/i0r2t8u
just rice, no timer/porridge/steam, $110

Panasonic 10 Cup (Uncooked) Rice Cooker with Fuzzy Logic and One-Touch Cooking for Brown Rice, White Rice, and Porridge or Soup – 1.8 Liter – SR-DF181 (White) https://a.co/d/7aLnMHk
no timer/steam, $90

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I only trust these famous Asian brands that are known to cook delicious rice. If you really want all these functionalities and is not so picky about the deliciousness of the rice, Aroma is the way to go. If you worry about TPFE on the inner coat, choose some rice cooker with ceramic inner pot. Otherwise, go with this tiger rice cooker. It cooks rice as delicious as some cheaply-made(but is priced for $$$) IH rice cookers if you are just cooking for a few cups. If I really have to complain something about it, then it's that you cannot detach the top lid which makes it a little bit hard to clean.

The one I bought from Costco is made in China, which maybe a slightly different model number than this one. Though, the price point is similar and with similar fictions and capacity. Hopefully, this version improves. I still would not set the expectations too high.

How does this compare to zojirushi? I got one of those for my parents, but maybe don't want to spend that much for myself. This is like half the price.

Can anyone answer me this? Have never owned a rice cooker, if I'm happy with making my stovetop rice in 20 mins, any reason for me to get one? Is the main benefit set it and forget it?

$80 rice cooker lolol. Do you not own a pot, microwave, pressure cooker etc?

Damn same question. Tiger, you can take out the inner lid to wash but the cuckoo can not.