This One (1) Year Limited Warranty applies to purchases made from authorized retailers of Instant Brands Inc. Compared with other models we’ve tried, the cooking chamber is wider and shallower, which means more surface area to cook on. If you wish to adjust the level, touch the Temp button and spin the silver dial to adjust the levels up or down. When using the pressure cooking cover, you can Pressure cook delicious one-pot meals up to 70% faster than traditional cooking methods or slow cook your favourite traditional recipes, steam or sauté meat and veggies, or sous vide for restaurant quality meals at home.

Good Housekeeping participates in various affiliate marketing programs, which means we may get paid commissions on editorially chosen products purchased through our links to retailer sites. The lid attaches to the base via a hinge, and at the back there’s a discrete tank for collecting condensation.So while this model has one main lid, the insert acts as a second lid, making it more of a hybrid than the true one-lid designs we’ve seen from the likes of Ninja. Me lt the top of pasta dishes for a cheesy finish or grill your cottage pies with ease – this is ultimate one pot convenience.

If you don’t plan to pot-in-pot cook often and don’t want to air fry large batches, this could be a really good option for your kitchen. For more details, check out our in-depth discussion on the Instant Pot Burn Notice: What to Do and How to Avoid It in the Future. It has a large footprint and is the most expensive Instant Pot on the market, but if it can stand in for your air fryer, pressure cooker, slow cooker, dehydrator, sous vide circulator and rice cooker, it could be quite a steal. If a lot of food has burned on, you’ll be able to taste the burnt taste throughout and, unfortunately, you may have to discard the meal. With Protect Plus for your small appliance, you'll get 2 years of protection against accidental damage alongside your guarantee.When it switches to the release, the matrix display will read “natural release” and then a counter counts UP from 0:00. The Instant Pot® Duo Crisp™ with Ultimate Lid combines the best of smart pressure cooking with air frying, using a single lid for all cooking! This shorter pot fits 8-inch pans easily, and if you have a very narrow push-pan with no lip, you may even be able to make a standard 9-inch cheesecake in this model.

We were pleased with the outcome though, and the meat, while overcooked by five or so minutes, was tender enough to slice with a spoon. In our tests, the air fryer function of the Instant Pot Duo Crisp worked fine, but the exposed heating element on the lid felt dangerous.

Its fast, versatile, and convenient, you can simply remove the pressure cooking cover to reveal the heating element to go from pressure cooking to air frying instantly. He is the author of the cookbook Marbled, Swirled, and Layered, which was chosen as one of the best baking cookbooks of 2016 by The New York Times. However, these features are entirely embedded in this single interior piece, which is completely covered when you close the main lid. After all of the pressure is released, the unit will display a message when the float valve has dropped and you can unlock the lid. Brussels Sprouts Test: We air-fried one pound of quartered Brussels sprouts for 10 minutes at 400°F, stirring every two to three minutes, to see how the air fryer worked with fresh vegetables.