The Tefal’s build quality is impressive for a mid-priced cooker. The machined steel finish is very fingerprint resistant and practical, while the big handles and detachable cable let you carry the whole thing to the table for serving. It comes with a rice paddle, measuring cup and steaming tray.

Your appliance contains valuable materials which can be recovered or recycled. Leave it at a local civic waste collection point. Where can I buy accessories, consumables or spare parts for my appliance? Convenient: Multicook 8-in-1 has an easy-to-use hinged lid (just press the button to open it), while the carrying handle and removable power cord make for easy transportation and storage. With similar styling to the Instant Pot, Tefal’s impressively affordable all-in-one cooker excels in a lot of areas. We’re particularly fond of its pressure cook and steaming functions, but it also does a whole host of other things including slow cooking, rice steaming, baking and browning. Rather unusually, this multi cooker also has its own one-touch function for warming and preparing baby food, which is very neat. All of the best multi cookers will have preset functions for slow cooking, baking and either rice or steaming. Some multi cookers, such as the Instant Pot and Tefal All-In-One, can also pressure cook. These are a good option if you cook a lot of meat joints and want to achieve slow cooker-style tenderness, but don’t have time to wait around. There is not enough water/rice in the bowl. Wash the rice thoroughly and leave it to soak for approximately 20 minutes. What should I do if my appliance is not working?Instant Pots and other multi-cookers come in an array of different capacities ranging from 3 quart / 3 liters right up to 8 quart / 7.5 liters, so knowing which size Instant Pot is best for you can be confusing. Start by considering the different cooking methods offered by the best Instant Pots and multi-cookers, and the dishes you prepare most. While some offer a handful of cooking modes including pressure cooking and slow cooking, others including the Instant Pot Duo Evo Plus have as many as 48 different ways of cooking and can do everything including proving bread and making yogurt.

The top major sensor has an open circuit or there is a short circuit. You will need to send this to a Authorised Service Centre for repair. Why does the "E1" error code appear on the LED screen? The 8-quart / 7.5-liter Ninja Foodi Max adds air frying, grilling/ broiling, and dehydrating, to the long list of cooking methods offered by the best Instant Pots. It even offers the ability to introduce steam when air frying, which when paired with the built-in thermometer, ensures you can cook the perfect steak in this multi-cooker. Controls are intuitive; you won’t need to look at the instruction manual. Press the menu button to select a programme and then the up and down arrows to adjust time if you want a delayed start. For example, you can tell it you want your rice to be ready in anything from 2 to 15 hours, in 1 hour increments. Yes, despite a few tiny niggles the Tefal is the best multi-cooker we’ve tested yet. And it’s multi-talented: it takes the place of multiple gadgets, saving you space as well as time. It’s also superb value for money, costing little more than a standalone slow cooker or rice cooker. But if you simply want a slow cooker on a budget, consider the more affordable Lakeland Brushed Chrome Family Slow Cooker. VerdictOn test, as well as excelling at steak, we were also impressed by the Ninja Foodi Max's ability to perfectly cook a variety of dishes, from beef chili to fries. The large capacity is ideal for those that have several mouths to feed, although the multi-cooker is bulky and takes up a lot of space on a countertop. Style-conscious, smart and simple to use, this eight in one multi cooker by Tefal combines automatic cooking with a time delay function and automatically keep warm for added convenience, simplicity and peace of mind. Featuring a recipe booklet to get you started, you can cook a variety of delicious meals, from your morning porridge to your evening slow-cooked chilli, all at the touch of a button - just a taste of what you can do when Tefal's multi-cooker is by your side. The ultimate in versatile cooking appliances, the 8-in-1 Multi Cooker from Tower is the ideal tool for the busy cook. Allowing you to whip up all manner of meals in no time at all, you can boil, roast, braise, fry, saute, grill and much more with a 5 litre capacity making it easy to cook delicious meals on a large scale. With an adjustable temperature control you can cook everything from stews and casseroles to slow roasted meats, steamed vegetables and even fish dishes, easily and using only one appliance. No. Admittedly it does much more than your average slow cooker, but it’s little more than a heated saucepan. We’re not convinced that you need this bulky cooker unless you live in a bedsit with no kitchen. It is versatile… but so is a saucepan. It’s slow. And you can only cook one dish at a time. Instant Pot and Ninja Foodi are two of the biggest names in the multi-cooker world and are regularly compared to see which is best. Both brands create a wide number of appliances including everything from air fryers to blenders.