Crock-PotSCCPPA800-V1 Express Crisp 8-Quart Pressure Cooker Includes Air Fryer Lid, Stainless Steel

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I’ve been using this cooker for a few weeks as heavily as I can trying as many different cooking modes as I can. I am comparing it, as much as possible, to an Instant Pot Duo 6 quart borrowed from my sister. Rather than a long essay, let me see if I can list the pros and cons in bullet points.- The 8 quart received here is enormous. It’d be useful for those who wish to prepare dishes for many or maybe a week’s worth of a dish for two people.- The non-stick makes for much easier cleanup than the Instant Pot’s stainless, but for some reason, my instinct tells me that this finish won’t last and must be used with soft instruments only.- We eat a good deal of rice. The Crock Pot’s rice making is heads and shoulders above the Instant Pot. It’s roughly 15 minutes to perfectly cooked short grain brown rice (our dominant kind). The Crock-Pot will cook all rice as well as dedicated rice cookers. The Instant Pot won’t but will turn out an acceptable product.- The documentation for the Crock-Pot is simply shameful. It’s almost non-existent where the Instant Pot’s well-done. If not for the Instant Pot’s included instructions for use, I’d have no idea how to use the Crock-Pot.- I tried 80% of the Crock Pot’s modes finding all worked as expected aside from air frying which is, in truth, simply non-existent. To air fry, you need to control the temperature and also have a true air frying cage. The Crock-Pot has a rack and cannot be temperature controlled aside from Low or High which are not documented as to what temperature these settings represent. This is a ‘Mickey Mouse’ setup.- The same goes for all modes where many have a choice of low or high again undocumented. Trying slow cook, I prepped a corn beef brisket guessing what high would yield on both the Instant Pot and the Crock-Pot. The Instant Pot worked well. The Crock-Pot at the same time yielded an almost dissolved brisket. Clearly high and low aren’t standardized settings across appliance brands.- Sautéing works the same on both but cleanup of the Crock-Pot is easier given the non-stick. I always used cooking spray on both devices.- The Crock-Pot does brown which gives it an enormous advantage over the Instant Pot even if it won’t air fry. The Crock-Pot does approach and may even be the only appliance that can do it all. It’s that good where it works at all. I think it’ll even bake but with the settings only of ‘high’ and ‘low’ the outcome will take too much trial and error plus decanting will be difficult.In sum, where the Crock-Pot works, it works at least as well as the Instant Pot Duo and often better such as with rice, but it simply fails in some areas. The claimed air frying is so lame as to be, for me, non-existent, however, the browning after cooking is a terrific improvement over the Instant Pot as well as other similar appliances. In other areas, it’s often let down by a truly shameful lack of documentation as well as an inability for the user to finely adjust its temperature settings.Everything about the Crock-Pot smells of a product rushed to market by the sales department resulting in a less than ideal appliance. A little bit of further thought may be in the next generation, may yield a 5-star product but not this time.

I asked for this for my birthday. My husband was surprised I wanted an appliance. Yes it's big but comparable to an instapot. Yes its heavy but not any heavier than other appliances for the same purpose. The beauty is in the functions. This baby does it all in one appliance. It's a crockpot, an instapot (pressure cooker), air fryer, it steams rice, sautes, browns, simmers, keeps things warm when finished. It's easy to clean. I have had this for less than 2 weeks and I have used it almost every night. I love it.

Love the pressure cooker and all it’s features. So quick and easy and I LOVE that I can brown and sear and slow cook or pressure cook all in one pot. I find the air fryer mode to be disappointing though. The food closest to the edges get over-fried, while the inside section just gets heated up and doesn’t crisp. If you stop halfway to rotate your items, the lid needs to sit and cool for 5 minutes before it will start back up, and it automatically kicks off after 10 minutes and you need to wait for it to cool down before it will start back up. The rack for frying is also not at all suited to frying French fries or anything small.

If your a beginner watch videos of pressure cookers. , mainly instapots videos because there no videos on this one of course… yes it has it manuals but You get confused. At first with the lids, wondering how does one is an air fryer and the other pressure cooker it’s stupid now but …lol Now that ive seen it all and read it all i can use this without being so confused and scared of an accident,one of the downsides is that this is so heavy , And if you live in an average size apartment like me its a big no NO 👎🏼, youd have to be putting away and moving and washing believe me its not cool. I ended up getting my pans out again,the cord its very short ,it does NOT help as it has to be near an outlet.Update: after a yr it started to make “pop” sounds when heating is starting… Im not sure if its normal:/ I doubt as it didn’t soun like this when I started using it