Instant Pot Duo Crisp + Air Fryer 11-in-1 Multicooker, 5.7L - Pressure Cooker, Air Fryer, Slow Cooker, Steamer, Sous Vide Machine, Dehydrator with Grill, Food Warmer & Baking Functions : Amazon.co.uk: Home & Kitchen

I got a 5.7 litre Instant Pot a few years ago and found it just so easy to use.BEST FEATURE for me is the DELAY function. Means you can go out in the morning, have put all the bits in the Instant Pot, set to DELAY (start) and come home to a cooked meal.My favourite for this is slow cooking a whole chicken for 5 hours. You will never taste a tastier chicken!So nice, knowing whilst I was out that I have nothing much to do when I got home. I've upgraded to the Instant Pot and Air Fryer as I found the Air Fryer I had was ok, and did produce good food.However, its more kitchen space used up with two bits of equipment when one should do the job.When I got the original Instant Pot, Air Fryers weren't a "thing" / just coming out. I'm glad I had the time with the original Instant Pot so I got used to the way to use it, brilliant rice, beans, chicken... This Instant Pot with the Air Fryer is really good, really please with it.Tried the Ninja Air Fryer / Slow Cooker and found that it wasn't as good, far too fiddly and food wasn't up to the hype of reviews.FYI - Ninja doesn't have a DELAY function.Maybe I've just used to the Instant Pot. Find the instructions pretty intuitive with this Instant Pot / Air Fryer.Shame we have to buy different products before we find one that suits us!My only grip, if there is one, is cleaning - like with all these things, best practice is to soaked first as you don't want to scrub the pots, ruins the surface.For the sake of all the convenience though, its worth it! I have stopped using the oven, maybe once or twice a month now.Highly recommend this product.

Still getting to grips with my Instant Pot with Ultimate Lid version. Unlike some, I will use it as an accompaniment to compliment my existing kitchen cooking devices, rather than as a replacement for them. I'd always wanted a pressure cooker and slow cooker, and our deep fat fryer went on the blink. I didn't have the worktop space for a replacement as well as have the other two cookers, so it made sense to get a multi-cooker that gave me all 3 (and more) facilities.I have managed to get fairly good results for the IP version of the triple cooked chips I made on the DFF. It's great for steaming potatoes and veg. I've used it for slow cooking pot roast style pork and topside of beef. There are only the two of us, but I wouldn't want the air fryer basket to be any smaller. Its size lets me spread stuff out.I think this version of IP might be a bit big for just one person, but then maybe not if they do batch cooking and soup making. The inner pot used for pressure and slow cooking is big, but I need it that size for making my huge pots of soup coming in to winter.I know I haven't used it to anywhere near its full potential yet, and probably never will. Be aware that it's VERY heavy and really quite large, but not much bigger than the DFF it replaced. It needs to be stored on the worktop, as it's too heavy to lift out the cupboard all the time. It has a hinged lid that doesn't come off. I have it sitting underneath my wall cupboards and pull it out to cook with.The tiny manual that accompanys the IP has a cheek to call itself that, everything's online. However, you have to do a lot of digging to find what you need. There are however lots of excellent websites and plenty of groups on Facebook. Instant Pot has its own UK Community Facebook group. It contains some fantastic help provided by it's members, as well as a diverse searchable recipe database. There's also an IP app, which is worth looking at.It's a good solid piece of kit and useful for everyone. I hope it will save me lots of time and be a real boon in the future.

I've been using the IP Ultimate lid multicooker for a while now and I am totally impressed with it! So far everything I've cooked so far turned out amazing!There's indeed a learning curve, so I highly recommend ready thoroughly the instructions on the IP webpage. There are so many recipes you can find on-line and they've been a life-saver.I know that many people were having issues opening the multicooker, so what I've read so far is that you need to clean the pressure lid well after each use to avoid such. Never had an issue so far and I hope I never will. The air fryer function works great as well - the basket is wide enough to fit enough food for 2-3 people.I highly recommend the appliance - it saves you time, effort and electricity and everything tastes sooo good!