The resulting strawberries were perfectly dehydrated — great for topping cocktails, baked goods or cereal. If you wish, you can also use the Time button and the dial to set the time you want the sauté feature on.

Go from pressure cooking to air frying simply by removing the pressure cooking cover, so you can use one function after another all in the same pot. They have also slightly expanded the distance between the outer rim and the notches that surround the cooking pot, so it’s easier to clean. It also can be more difficult to clean if you’re cooking something drippy, simply because of all the small openings in the rack.Chicken soup: Using the slow cook setting, we prepared a chicken soup utilizing a whole chicken and chopped vegetables. We slow-cooked chicken soup while tracking the temperature of both the bird and the broth to assess consistency. Messages like 'add ingredients' and 'OK to open the lid' display clearly on the large LCD screen, and there's a three-stage progress bar to indicate how far along the preheating or cooking process you are. It also makes it difficult to pot-in-pot cook with a tall trivet that has a side dish suspended above the main dish. Steamer: Use the steam rack included with your cooker to steam fish and veggies in as little as 6 minutes.

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. The spacious inner pot allows for a wider saut pan experience and cooking up to 6 portions when pressure cooking perfect for meal prep, families and batch cooking. As the lid is hinged, you don’t need to worry about setting it down somewhere heat-resistant during use either.Whether you’re steaming vegetables, slow cooking a curry or roasting chicken, you can expect good results across the board. As for how the Ultimate Lid compares to the older model of the Duo Crisp, the main difference is that the older models came with two removable lids, one for pressure cooking and another for air frying.

A healEach of the brand's 15+ models offers several functions — that's why the appliance is also known as a multicooker. Since most Instant Pot recipes are developed for these more common, traditional models, in rare occasions the higher heat will trigger the Burn Notice. 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.

Although it has all of the same functions you’d find on similar multi-cookers, the single-lid design means it saves a lot of space and is much easier to clean. However, the ultimate lid is just a single lid that’s permanently attached to the body of the machine. I’m a fool for these awesome devices and have stopped using my air fryer ‘cos it’s so difficult to clean well. Remote steam release making it safer and easier to use with Whisper Quiet steam release which vents from the back of the Pot.The Instant Pot Duo Crisp with Ultimate Lid is the latest development from the creator of the multi-cooker. Among its functions are air fryer, grill, mini oven, roaster, pressure cooker, slow cooker, steamer, sauté, sous vide, dehydrator, yogurt maker, bread proofer and food warmer.