“Tiger Kamado” Wins the “Hit Award for the first half of 2024” at the Stationery and Miscellaneous Goods Division

Tiger Corporation (President: Yoshisato Kikuchi, Headquarters: Kadoma, Osaka), a world leader in thermal control technology, announces that “タイガー魔法瓶” has won the “2024 First Half Hit Award” in the “Stationery and Miscellaneous Goods Category” organized by Nikkei Trendy. The popularity of items that combine outdoor equipment and emergency supplies is on the rise, Allowing anyone to cook rice using a newspaper without using electricity or gas “Tiger Kamado” was recognized as a new and innovative item that has increased its presence.

About Tiger Corporation

Tiger Corporation was born out of a longing for a place where people could gather together and enjoy hot water (tea) just as their mother used to make it for them, as Tiger Corporation‘s founder Takenori Kikuchi had envisioned during his childhood in the service industry. In 1923, the company was founded as “虎印魔法瓶製造卸菊池製作所”. The company began manufacturing and selling “虎印魔法瓶” for the Japanese market. Since then, we have been providing comfort and convenience in various scenes of daily life, from dining to outdoor activities, by manufacturing products using “Vacuum Insulation Technology” represented by glass vacuum flasks, vacuum insulated bottles, and tabletop pots, and “Heat Control Technology” such as rice cookers including electronic rice cookers created in 1970.

Inheriting the thoughts of our founder, our goal for the future is “we strive to spread joyous harmony throughout the world”. Even though times may change and countries may differ, our desire to bring families and friends together to spend happy and joyful times will never change. The magical technology that controls heat is now changing the future of industry and society. For the next 100 years, TIGER will continue to value its unique attitude toward manufacturing with sincerity and honesty, and will strive to create products that will be loved in our daily lives.

About “Tiger Kamado”

Tiger Kamado (KMD-A100) *Official online store limited products
In Japan, where natural disasters occur frequently, we came up with the idea of this product with the hope that people will be able to eat a hot meal anytime they want, and that they will be able to maintain even a little peace of mind and body in the severe environment of a disaster-stricken area. We developed this product with the aim of creating a product that would be truly needed in times of disaster.By using a structure that transmits heat in the same way as a real kamado, the product brings out the sweetness and bounce of the rice, so that even in the event of an emergency, you can still enjoy the taste of freshly cooked delicious rice.At the booth, visitors can actually experience cooking rice using the product.

魔法のかまどごはん

Product features

(1) Uses newspaper as a fuel source

The most distinctive advantage of the product is its ability to cook rice using just one newspaper (36 pages to cook 3 rice cups of rice) without electricity or gas.

(2) Very simple way to cook rice

Insert pages from a newspaper alternately into two openings at the bottom of the oven and set fire to them. Repeat this step to control the heat level by starting with low heat and then rapidly increasing to high heat in the middle of the cooking process. Then, if you get used to this, you can cook rice easily with the rice cooker.

(3) Easy to clean up

The pot stained with soot can be cleaned by just wiping it with a wet sponge. No detergent is needed, so that the product can be cleaned in an eco-friendly way. Not much ash left after cooking so it can be disposed of easily.

(The image shows the outside of the pot, before and after cleaning.)

(4) Compact to store

The minimum height of the product for storage is approx. 18 cm, making it compact to fit in small spaces. It is also recommended to store it near other disaster supplies.

*Do not carry or move the rice cooker during use. *Do not use the product in an area where the use or handling of fire is prohibited.
*Do not use the product in a place with poor ventilation such as indoors or in a tent or car. *Read the Safety Precautions in the instruction manual to use the product properly.

The secret of cooking delicious rice with Tiger Kamado

This product is designed to have a structure that enables heat transfer in the same way as a genuine clay oven, so as to bring out the sweetness and plumpness of rice. The structure allows high heat to be applied to the bottom of the pot and the purposely exposed upper part of the pot causes a temperature difference between the upper and lower parts in the pot, produce convection to cook delicious rice.

How to use Tiger Kamado

To cook 3 rice cups of white rice, you need to allow for a water absorption time of 30 minutes in summer or 40 minutes in winter, a rice cooking time of 20 minutes, and a steaming time of 15 minutes. You can also cook mixed rice with this rice cooker.