The air fryer attachment also helps save space so you don’t need space for a whole huge air fryer in your kitchen. Now the important part — the difference in design and functionality. Instant Pots are designed to offer several functions in one appliance, usually including pressure cook, soup, sauté, slow cook, steam, rice, porridge, yogurt, poultry and more. This makes them incredibly versatile machines which can cook all sorts of recipes with varying methods. This versatility in design is one of the reasons for Instant Pot’s popularity — while it’s bulky, it arguably replaces several appliances.

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The controls are simple and should be familiar to anyone who has an Instant Pot. Start and cancel buttons are obvious, and the programs include air fry, broil, bake, roast, reheat, and dehydrate. Pressing those programs offers a default time and temperature, while plus and minus buttons allow adjustments for some of the programs. The lid also makes sounds that Instant Pot owners will find familiar. The Instant Pot Duo Crisp with Air Fryer is the best of all possible worlds. With 11-in-1 functionality, it does everything a regular Instant Pot does, but swap out the pressure cooker lid for the air fryer lid, and you’ve got a whole new set of cooking techniques available – all fast, easy and at the touch of a button. I cooked several of my favorite air fryer foods with the Duo Crisp and its Ultimate Lid. The air fryer was plenty proficient once it got heated. Speaking of which, this is one of the only air fryers I've used that needed an official preheat time. For an air frying session at 400 degrees Fahrenheit, it took about five minutes to preheat plus the actual cook time. I'm used to air fryers that don't need preheating, so it took getting used to. I made a few air fryer favorites with the Duo Crisp

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I also made one of my go-to pressure cooker recipes: pulled pork shoulder. I followed a recipe I've used several times in other Instant Pots: dredging the 3-pound pork shoulder in flour and spices, searing in the Instant Pot and pressure cooking for 45 minutes. The Duo Crisp turned out a near mirror image of the fork-tender pork shoulders I've made before in the same amount of time. The first pressure cooker lid broke, rendering it unusable The lid doesn’t twist on, but simply sits on top of the pressure cooker body. However, it has to fit properly for it to sense that it’s okay to heat up. Because of that, it’s not compatible with all models (more on that below). A handle on top flips up to make it easy to move the lid and flips down when not in use. The tray came in handy for double-layered cooking, when we cooked some breaded frozen fish filets on the top of the tray with some leftover potatoes warming below. The manual notes that the broiling tray shouldn’t be used for pressure cooking but doesn’t mention that restriction for the fryer basket. We liked using the basket for pressure steaming potato wedges for 8 minutes, then air frying them to brown and crisp them. It took about 20 minutes, but it was worth the wait. They were crisp on the outside and creamy on the inside.in-1 pressure cooker, slow cooker, steamer, sauté pan, food warmer, sous vide, air fryer, roaster, mini oven, broiler, and dehydrator GET THE BEST OF BOTH WITH THE AIR FRYER AND INSTANT POT AND AIR FRYER IN ONE – Simply swap between pressure cooking and air frying with the switch of a lid