Menus and recipes
A program list or a recipe name? Choosing JPW-H and JPW-G
A recipe title and a dedicated cooking program answer different questions. Start with the actual menu list, then check the recipe's grain amount, water scale and timing instructions.
“Sushi Cake” does not establish a Cake program
Tiger's JPW-H product page links a recipe named “Plain – Sushi Cake.” The word Plain identifies the cooking route in that title. The exact JPW-H manual lists fourteen cooking choices, with neither Sushi nor Cake as a separate program. A recipe name alone should therefore not decide a requirement for either button.
The JPW-H10U and JPW-H18U instead document Plain, Premium, Eco, Quick, limited express, Long-grain, Multigrain, Mixed, Sweet, white and brown porridge, Brown, Brown GABA and Cook·Soup. Choose them when those actual methods fit the meals you intend to make.
When the dedicated menu matters
The JPW-G10U and JPW-G18U explicitly document Sushi and Cake settings in their own manual. That is a reason to compare the G family when one of those methods is essential. It is not evidence of a measured taste advantage on every ordinary white-rice meal.
The H and G families also have different pot descriptions. H uses a far-infrared-coated thick pot; G describes a three-layer ceramic-coated pot. Their manuals still discuss fluorocarbon resin coating and hand washing. Neither description establishes an uncoated clay pot or a model-specific PFAS-free declaration.
Choose capacity after choosing the meal
| Your usual quantity | H10U or G10U | H18U or G18U |
|---|---|---|
| Ordinary white rice | 0.5–5.5 supplied dry cups | 1–10 supplied dry cups |
| Ordinary brown rice | 1–3.5 supplied dry cups | 2–6 supplied dry cups |
| Limited express white rice | 0.5–2 supplied dry cups | 1–3 supplied dry cups |
| Soft white or brown porridge | 0.5 supplied dry cup | 0.5–1.5 supplied dry cups |
| Approximate lid-open height | 15.9 inches | 18.3 inches |
Those figures come from the exact family manuals and refer to their supplied180mL dry measure. They do not describe cooked yield. A larger pot can offer a useful half-cup porridge method while still being unsuitable for half a cup of ordinary white rice or one cup of plain brown rice.
A faster menu is not necessarily a timed menu
Both families separate Quick from Exp. Limited Cups, and neither fast method permits finish timing. Long-grain has its own timer-eligible route. When the first requirement is dinner completed at a clock time, choose a method that supports the finish timer and allow its required lead time. When cooking immediately, a smaller express quantity may be the useful choice.
Similarly, a porridge-scale minimum cannot be borrowed for ordinary rice, and a rice-only maximum cannot be assigned to rice with other ingredients. Check the ingredient version of the recipe as well as the menu name.
Use the features you will repeat
Choose H10U for the smaller white-rice and brown-rice minima when its fourteen methods are enough. Choose H18U when the household repeatedly needs the larger permitted loads and has room to open it. Choose the corresponding G size when the documented Sushi or Cake program is part of the purchase requirement.
Use the finder with the grain and dry amount, then add the existing Cake or specific-program requirement if essential. For a particular recipe, read its complete instructions before treating a familiar word in its title as an appliance capability.