With rapid pre-heating, timed reminders, and 28 cooking programs, it’s a quick and intuitive way to prepare meals for up to 8 people.

Performance was good, producing top-notch meals – although the steam function proved too fierce for broccoli. The duo crisp with ultimate lid is pretty similar in design and function to previous models in the duo crisp range. That being said, if you already have a multi-cooker we wouldn’t get rid of it just yet – this machine probably isn’t going to give you any more functions than you already have.It has the air frying heating element and fan at the top, with a removable panel that you lock into place when you want to pressure cook. 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. As we’ve already explained, while this model has just one main lid, the lid insert that has to be removed and replaced depending on the cooking mode makes it more of a hybrid than the designs we’ve seen from rival Ninja. None of the cooking methods are noisy; the Instant Pot Duo Crisp is loudest during pressure release, but it still only hit 73dB on our sound meter. While trying to flip them midway through cooking, much of the coating and skin also stuck to the rack.

An Air Fryer with the addition of the Instant Pot functions you know and love, all in one model, with just one lid!The Instant Pot® Duo™ Crisp with Ultimate Lid is the first single lid combination cooker that combines the dry cooking functions of Air Frying, Grilling, Roasting, Baking, Dehydrating and Proofing, with smart wet cooking functions: pressure cooking, sous vide, steam, slow cook, yoghurt maker and sauté pan. A major benefit to the inner pressure cooking cover is that the Ultimate Lid model completely blocks the air fryer heating element and fan while pressure cooking.

The instructions for pressure cooking and air frying, as well as the other functions, walk you through the basic steps of the process. In these states and provinces, you have only the implied warranties that are expressly required to be provided in accordance with applicable law. The Duo Crisp has 12 cooking functions in total: pressure cooking, slow cooking, sautéing, steaming, sous vide, air frying, baking, grilling, roasting, dehydrating, proofing and yoghurt. gives you a space saving single lid combination cooker, with all the functionality of an Air Fryer and Instant Pot. Note that after several seconds without pressing Start, your unit will revert to reading "Ready" and you'll need to repeat all of the steps.If we are unable to resolve the problem, you may be asked to send your appliance to the Service Department for quality inspection. The release takes forever at times even on quick release (there are several youtube videos where people are waiting for hours for it to release) and also little nob on pressure lid that locks it in seems prone to breakage. Whether you’re steaming vegetables, slow cooking a curry or roasting chicken, you can expect good results across the board. times less energy required than in the oven, saving energy and costs,* giving you even more reason to use it for every meal. A removable pressure cooking panel locks into place just in front of the heating element, and protects this during any form of “wet” cooking.

Frozen French Fries Test: We air-fried one pound of frozen French fries for 25 minutes at 400°F, stirring the fries halfway through the cook time, to see how the air fryer worked with uniform frozen food. At the moment, multi-cookers such as these come with two separate lids that you have to swap in and out depending on whether you’re “wet” cooking (pressure cook, slow cook, steam etc) or “dry” cooking (air fry, grill, bake etc).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’s a bit frustrating that Instant still doesn’t provide much guidance in the box, as I do think this makes some of the functions a bit daunting for multi cooker newbies, but the sheer quality of the appliance and the results it serves up are impossible to fault. Admittedly, most people won’t use most functions – we mainly use sauté, pressure cook, air fry and grill – but the choice is there when you need it. When it came to evaluating the Instant Pot Duo Crisp Ultimate Lid, we knew that we needed to put it through numerous tests to evaluate its vast functionality.