Instant Pot Duo Crisp + Air Fryer 11-in-1 Electric Multi-Cooker, 5.7L - Air Fryer, Slow Cooker, Steamer, Sous Vide Machine, Dehydrator with Grill, Food Warmer & Baking Functions, Silver

Product Information

In steps the Instant Pot duo crisp with ultimate lid, the latest generation of multi-cookers from Instant Brands. The dry cook functions can be set to a temperature between 180 - 400oF /84C – 204oC and the wet cook functions offer Hi or Lo temperatures. This comparison reviews the kitchen appliances combined, the included smart programs, size options, and overall specs of each model. Depending on what you’re cooking, the extra hot temperature will be helpful, especially if you’re using the broiler function.

The advanced steam release is simple, with a release button on the control panel and status messages letting you know when to open and close the lid.Both pressure cookers have an auto-seal lid which is a nice feature to keep you from forgetting to do that step when you start cooking. These types of Instant Pots enable you to use one kitchen appliance for both pressure cooking and air frying.

Currently, the Pro Crisp is only available in an 8-quart model with a black stainless steel exterior. The broccoli was overcooked and mushy, which highlights the need to experiment with cook times and settings to get the most out of your multi-cooker. For example, setting the Pressure Cook function for high or low required pressing the Pressure Cook button itself.And because it’s much smaller than a whole pressure cooking lid, it’s much easier to pop into the sink to wash by hand.

By combining multiple appliances into one kitchen appliance, preprogrammed buttons help you take advantage of the different cooking functions. Just above it, an LED display shows you the cooking time, temperature, progress (pre-heating, cooking or keep warm), plus any cooking instructions such as “close the lid” or “turn food”. During pressure cooking the handles all stay cool to touch and the sides only reach 111oF/ 44oC, but the metal section of the lid reaches 205oF/ 96 oC, so it’s worth wearing oven gloves when removing it. These countertop appliances generally allow you to air fry, reheat, broil, bake, and sometimes dehydrate. The duo crisp with ultimate lid has 12 main functions: pressure cook, sauté, steam, slow cook, sous vide, yoghurt, air fry, roast, grill, bake, dehydrate and proofing.One of the larger differences between the Instant Pot Pro Crisp and Duo Crisp is the Duo Crisp is available in a 6-quart model. This was particularly useful for the air fryer function, which we found to be much more efficient than other models we’ve tested. Enter the Instant Pot Duo Crisp + Air Fryer, which boasts the ability to combine the wonders of pressure cooking and air frying all in one nifty machine. Another useful feature is that, rather than manually opening the steam vent after pressure cooking, you have the option of choosing “natural”, “pulse” or “quick release”, using the control panel. So there’s plenty of information and recipes available to inspire you to get the most out of this multi-cooker, which is useful as it doesn’t have pre-programmed settings for different dishes like some other multi-cookers.

From pressure cooking to slow cooking, air frying to dehydrating and even sous vide – now you really can make anything in an Instant Pot! 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! Another nice feature of the Pro Crisp is a gentle steam release that was also introduced in the Duo Evo Plus.

Overall the Duo Crisp and Pro Crisp are both pressure cookers that come with air frying features and the same smart programs. The Duo Crisp is very similar to the competing product, the Ninja Foodi, which also can pressure cook and air fry.