I was considering to buy the following multicookers.
Breville Fast Slow Go Pressure Cooker
Philips All in One Cooker
Instant Pot
I was leaning towards the breville one as its a stainless steel for the most part and also have good pressure release system. From your experience what is the best?
Also being able to remove the lid to clean it thoroughly is very important for a pressure cooker as it can hold onto smells very easily
The lid does remove. The hinge arm stays, but the lid does come off fully for cleaning .
Thanks for the reply. Seems like the sales person in Harvey Norman had no idea what they were talking about. I love my Phillips though!
Do you think 8l Phillips is too large for a couple? Especially as it says minimum water level is 1/3 of thebpot?
I got the Philips all in one cooke 8L. When they had $100 cash back. Cost me around $140 after cash back. So far It’s been very good. I cooked few dishes and they turn out really good specially slow cooking.
Phillips does have stainless steel pot but you have to buy it separately unless you are getting it from costco where you can get 6L version with both pots for $199 or $179 when in sale.
In terms of pressure release I think Phillips is pretty good. I have no idea how Breville does it but with Philips you can release easily using the release valve or just wait for it to release naturally. The good thing is it won’t let you open the lid until the pressure is release. I guess this is standard in electronic for safety.
The cons for me so far:
Not being able to increase the temperature or time for sauté as I cook. I mean once you have started the function you cannot change the temp or cooking time. You have to cancel and set it again. Which is not a big issue it’s just pressing few buttons.
And the lid does stick as someone mentioned above which I assume common for pressure cooker.
Thanks for your input
I bought the same Phillips one for under $170. I also make yogurt in it. I make up the Easiyo packs and set the timer for 10 hours. It comes out perfect every time. I did some research into the three you have up the top. The US people love the Instant Pot. You can buy it on Amazon. I wanted something with the yogurt feature. I settled on the Phillips as a girl at work has one and told me how brilliant it was. She was right. just wait for a sale.
Very happy with Philips All in One Cooker. Well worth it.
Don't have an issue with the included pot, just whack it in dishwasher when done. Good as new.
Thanks for your input
I have the instant pot duo nova 5.7L. I haven't owned the other 2 but have seen them in action at friends' kitchens and haven't noticed anything that they do better. Initially, I chose the IP because it comes with a stainless steel pot which has been great. It obviously sticks when cooking say rice but it is so easy to use I just plan to cook something liquid straightaway to get the stuck bits off. The biggest pleasant surprise for me is how ingenious the lid design is. It slides and locks/unlocks so easily and effortlessly. All the other multi cookers I've seen, it always takes a few gos to align the track and get it to slide and lock. Functionality wise, the only thing I would improve on is having a "simmer" function that can maintain a rolling boil for X minutes. Currently, that's achieved by using the Saute function but the timer starts as soon as it turns on not when it reaches max temp.
Thanks for your input… Do you find instant pot take long time to pressurised after tyrned on?
Not noticeably, but it's not like I've raced it against other brands. I'd say the rule of thumb of cutting cooking time by 10 ( for example recipe says 1 hr stove stop = 6 min pressure cook) is about right from turning on to ready to serve. For me, the longest waiting time is depressuring cause I like to depressure it naturally which takes about 10-15min. Using the steam valve causes the water to rapidly boil and overcooks the food.
I have used both the instapot and philips and instapot is definitely faster to heat up to pressure, the philips only use about 700w vs 1100w on instapot (both 6l model) so it sauteeing on it take a little longer. Bear in mind that my philips was about 4 year older so thibg might have change.
as for design the philips was better insulate thus bulkier but the lid design is poor with inner lid holding silicone ring fall out when hot so it is a hassle at times. The instapot on the other hand has more intuitive lid locking functions but some part of the lid is still exposed metal so be careful not to scald yourself when it's hot (same can happen to the philips too when you manually relieve pressure)
Overall performance both do a good job but I think the philips is dearer, instapot goes on sale on Amazon very often.
Have the Philips Premium version for almost 5 years. Gets lots of use. Still going strong.
Love the 2 pots - the stainless one i find very good quality.
The main reason I steered clear of the breville was the fact the lid does not completely remove and would be an absolute pain in the ass for myself. I use mine near the stove (for the extraction fan) and the lid on it would have been very annoying. I also use mine frequently without the pressure cook setting so being able to ditch the lid completely is such a bonus. I have the larger (8l) Phillips and it’s great, you can also buy a stainless steel insert for it if that’s what you’re after. I ended up not bothering because it is ceramic coating which is much better than the generic non-stick that most brands offer.