Pressure, and the eleven programs you will not use · review
A 1200-watt multicooker with a cast aluminum ceramic non-stick pot, a touchscreen with eight presets and temperature control to 400 °F.
The net of it The same machine as the Slate at the same eighty dollars, and the same machine as the Fig at thirteen dollars ninety-six less — identical bullets, identical weight, identical footprint. Twelve hundred watts, 400 °F, and a footnote that names five substances.
BELLA sells at least three of the eighteen items on this shelf, and nothing published distinguishes them beyond color.
Slate, 35454-016A — $79.99 — 4200 g Oatmilk, 35430-016A — $79.99 — 4200 g Fig, 35488-016A — $93.95 — 4196 g
Identical six bullets, word for word, footnote included. Identical catalog dimensions: 230 × 370 × 320 mm. Four grams apart across all three.
So the Fig costs $13.96 more than this for a color.
And it is not the only case here. Ninja sells three HyperHeat pressure cookers that are also one machine:
PC201 Blue Macaron — $139.99 — 7199 g PC201WH White — $139.99 — 7199 g PC201SP Stone Purple — $169.99 — 7199 g
Identical ten bullets, word for word. Identical weight. Identical 6.5 quarts, 1200 watts and 9.5 inch cooking surface. Stone Purple costs thirty dollars more.
At least five of the eighteen items on this shelf are two machines in five colors, and the color premium runs from $13.96 to $30.
Which changes how the price ranking reads. At $79.99 this and the Slate are the second cheapest items here, behind only the Sweetcrispy at $49.91. At $93.95 the Fig sits above the Presto at $88.76 and the Instant Pot Rio Mini at $89.99 — two machines with genuinely different capabilities.
Buy whichever of Slate and Oatmilk you prefer. Nothing published suggests the Fig is a different machine.
The product name says “7qt”. Bullet two says “Generous 8.5-quart cast aluminum pot”.
No other listing on this shelf contradicts itself on capacity.
The likeliest explanation is that one figure is the pot and the other the usable cooking volume — makers quote both, and a pot filled to the brim is not a pot you can carry. The page never reconciles them, and the two numbers appear on the same screen.
Where it places the machine, taking the larger figure:
4 qt — the Instant Pot Rio Mini at $89.99: “up to 4 servings, ideal for students, singles, and small families” 6 qt — the Sweetcrispy at $49.91, the COMFEE’ at $68.99, the Cosori at $80.99 6.5 qt — the three Ninja HyperHeat machines: “up to a 4-lb chicken or 5-lb roast, feeding 8–10 people” 7.5 qt — the PowerXL at $95.99: “two whole chickens or 6LBS of pork” 8.5 qt — this, the Ninja PossibleCooker PLUS at $129.99 and the PRO Plus at $139.99 10 qt — the Presto at $88.76, the largest here
And the food claims are more useful than the quarts.
This page: “a full five-pound chicken with room to spare”, “up to Eight People”. The 8.5 qt Ninja PossibleCooker PLUS: “chili for up to 20 people”, “9 lbs of spaghetti and meatballs”, “pulled pork for 30 sliders”. The 8.5 qt Ninja PRO Plus: the same, with “10 lbs of spaghetti”.
Same nominal capacity, very different claims — and two Ninja pages on the same pot disagree by a pound of pasta.
One real point in this machine’s favor that no page here makes. It is not a pressure cooker, so the fill-line limits do not apply. A pressure cooker is never filled to the brim — typically no more than two thirds for solids and half for anything that foams, such as beans, rice, oats or pasta. So a “6-quart” pressure cooker is a four-quart cooking volume for most things and three for grains.
Eight and a half quarts of slow-cooking space really is eight and a half quarts.
“EverGood Non-Toxic Ceramic Nonstick Coating”* · ""Non-toxic” refers to ceramic coating materials made without PFAS, PTFE, PFOA, lead or cadmium”*
“Non-toxic” on cookware is a marketing phrase with no legal content, and this is the only page among fourteen that tells you what it is being used to mean.
PFAS, PTFE and PFOA are fluorinated compounds. PFAS is the whole family of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances; PTFE — sold as Teflon — is one member and the standard non-stick film; PFOA is another, historically a processing aid in making PTFE and phased out of that use.
Lead and cadmium are heavy metals, historically used in glazes and pigments.
How the shelf compares:
Presto, $88.76 — “PFAS-free ceramic nonstick finish, inside and out”, the only “inside and out” here Ninja PRO Plus, $139.99 — “MADE 100% PFAS FREE… no PFAS, PTFEs, or PFOAs” Ninja HyperHeat, $139.99 and $169.99 — “made 100% PFAS-free” Ninja PossibleCooker PLUS, $129.99 — “Free of PFOA, cadmium, and lead”, which says nothing about PFAS or PTFE: the weak version, from the same maker as the two strong ones Sweetcrispy $49.91, Cosori $80.99, PowerXL $95.99 — “ceramic”, with no chemistry COMFEE’, $68.99 — “Nonstick Pot”, neither ceramic nor chemistry Instant Pot Rio Mini, $89.99 — a “stainless steel pot”, the only stainless inner pot here
What a ceramic coating buys and gives up. Release without a fluoropolymer, and more scratch resistance than a sprayed non-stick. What it gives up is longevity — a ceramic sol-gel coating loses slipperiness with use, where stainless does not, and a stainless pot can be scrubbed and a ceramic one cannot.
And the substrate is published here, which only one other machine on this shelf manages. “Cast aluminum”, against the Instant Pot’s “stainless steel”.
Cast aluminum is the right choice for this job. Aluminum conducts about three times better than steel, so the base spreads the element’s heat rather than concentrating it over the coil — which is what causes a hot ring and a scorched sauce. And cast means thick: mass is thermal ballast, and a heavy pot does not drop in temperature when cold meat lands in it.
What it costs is weight: 4200 grams for an 8.5-quart machine, against 3139 grams for the ten-quart Presto, which is a thin kettle with a plug-in control rather than a cast pot.
“Powerful 1200-watt system delivers consistent temperature control up to 400°F for perfect searing, simmering, and slow cooking”
The temperature is the figure that matters.
Browning does not begin below about 140 °C — 285 °F. A slow cooker runs at 90 to 100 °C and cannot brown anything, which is why the standard method is to sear in a frying pan and transfer.
400 °F is 204 °C, comfortably into searing range — so the sear and the braise happen in one pot and one washing-up. Which is the whole argument for this machine, and bullet three makes it: “replacing your slow cooker, steamer, rice cooker, and Dutch oven”.
And 1200 watts is what sustains it. At 120 volts that is 10 amperes, two thirds of a domestic circuit. Power is not peak temperature — a thermostat sets that — but it is how fast the pot recovers when cold meat lands on it.
The wattages on this shelf:
1400 W — the Ninja PRO Plus at $139.99: “MORE POWERFUL SEARING*… 1400-watt power for high-temperature searing and sautéing directly in the pot” 1200 W — this and the three Ninja HyperHeat machines 800 W — the Instant Pot Rio Mini at $89.99, on the smallest pot here at 4 quarts, and the only item on this shelf to publish “120 V 60 Hz, UL & ULC Listed” None — eight machines, including the Presto at $88.76, the PowerXL at $95.99 and the Ninja PossibleCooker PLUS at $129.99
And two machines here go further than a temperature: their pots leave the machine. The Ninja PossibleCooker PLUS and PRO Plus are both “oven-safe up to 500°F”, so a braise can be finished under an oven’s top heat for a crust.
This page claims no oven rating and does not say whether the pot is removable at all — which, with no dishwasher statement either, is the gap a buyer will feel at the sink.
The six pressure cookers: the Sweetcrispy at $49.91 (6 qt) · the COMFEE’ at $68.99 (6 qt) · the Cosori at $80.99 (6 qt) · the Instant Pot Rio Mini at $89.99 (4 qt) · the three Ninja HyperHeat machines at $139.99, $139.99 and $169.99 (6.5 qt).
The eight that do not: this and its two color siblings · the Presto at $88.76 · the PowerXL at $95.99 · the Ninja PossibleCooker PLUS at $129.99.
Why it is the division that matters. Pressure is the only mechanism on this shelf that cooks faster than a pan on a hob. Raising the pressure raises the boiling point of water, so food cooks above 100 °C instead of at it — and a beef shin that takes three hours in a pot takes under one.
What you get for not having it.
You can see in. A pressure cooker is a sealed box you cannot taste from. No sealing ring. A silicone ring is the consumable on every pressure cooker here — it hardens, takes a set and absorbs smell — and no page on this shelf publishes a replacement price, part number or interval. No fill limit, as above. And a simpler machine: no lock, no vent, no valve. Which is why the eight non-pressure machines on this shelf publish no safety-feature counts and the six pressure cookers publish from 10 to 12.
What this machine gives instead is a touchscreen with eight presets — “slow cook, steam, and rice” named.
And that is the other place the numbers do not line up. The title says “10-in-1”. Bullet three says “Replace Ten Bulky Kitchen Appliances” and names four. Bullet four offers eight presets.
Which is close to universal on this shelf. COMFEE’ at $68.99 publishes three incompatible numbers on one page — a title of “12-in-1”, a bullet headed “9 IN 1” naming nine, and a bullet headed “12PRESETS” whose text says “14”. Cosori at $80.99 says “9-in-1” and lists thirteen. Sweetcrispy at $49.91 says “16-in-1” and names four appliances and twelve presets. Ninja’s PossibleCooker PLUS says “6-in-1” and “REPLACES 12 COOKING TOOLS”.
Two pages here are self-consistent. The Instant Pot at $89.99 says “7-in-1” and names exactly seven. The PowerXL at $95.99 publishes no “in-1” count and names nine presets.
Count the presets, not the marketing number. A preset is a button; an “in-1” is a claim about appliances you might otherwise own, and every maker here counts it differently.
“Simple Touchscreen Cooking Control Tap to select eight versatile presets like slow cook, steam, and rice”
It is the only control description on this machine, and it is worth two observations.
A touchscreen has no button seams, which on an appliance that boils liquid for hours is a real advantage: a membrane panel keeps steam and splashes out of the electronics where a mechanical switch does not.
And a touchscreen does not work with wet or floury fingers, which is exactly the state your hands are in while cooking. Every touch control trades sealing against operability.
Compare the shelf. The Presto at $88.76 is the opposite extreme and the only machine here with no electronics at all: a “Control Master heat control” that “maintains cooking temperatures automatically”, and — because the control unplugs — the whole kettle is “Fully immersible with heat control removed.” No display, no presets, no touchscreen.
That is the one machine on this shelf you can put in the sink, and it is a direct consequence of having a dial rather than a screen.
What is not described here is the lid. The page never says what covers the pot — where the Presto publishes a “tempered glass cover”, the Ninja PRO Plus a “Glass Cooking Lid”, and the Ninja HyperHeat machines a “Pressure Cooker Lid”.
On a machine whose claimed uses include “steam” and “slow cook”, the lid is not a detail. A glass lid lets you watch a simmer without opening it; a steam cook needs a lid that seals well enough to hold vapor.
No dishwasher statement for any part. Eight machines on this shelf publish one, and the most honest is the Ninja PossibleCooker PLUS at $129.99: “Utensil & glass lid are dishwasher safe. Hand-washing pot recommended to extend its life.” Apply that caveat here: a dishwasher cycle is hot, alkaline and abrasive, and a ceramic coating is what it wears.
No lid described, as above.
No oven rating, as above.
No statement that the pot is removable, as above — where the Ninja HyperHeat machines publish a “removable SimpliServe pot” that “goes from cooker to table” and both PossibleCookers publish a removable oven-safe pot.
No accessories itemized. The COMFEE’ at $68.99 lists “6 helpful components: Spoon, Ladel, Condensation Cup, Measuring Cup, Steam Rack, Power cord”. The Presto at $88.76 has a “Multi-use basket for deep frying, steaming, and blanching” that “hooks onto rim of multi-cooker for draining”. The Ninja PossibleCooker PLUS has a utensil that “works as a ladle and pasta fork” with “its own utensil rest right in the lid handle”. The Instant Pot includes a “stainless steel steam rack”.
No recipe guide, where four machines on this shelf include one.
No cooking surface diameter, where the Ninja HyperHeat machines publish “9.5” diameter” and the Instant Pot describes “the same cooking surface as an 8-inch pan”.
No delay timer, where two machines publish 24 hours: the Sweetcrispy at $49.91 and the COMFEE’ at $68.99.
No sous vide, which six machines on this shelf claim — the Cosori at $80.99, the Ninja PossibleCooker PLUS at $129.99, the PRO Plus at $139.99 and the three Ninja HyperHeat machines. None publishes a temperature tolerance, and sous vide means holding water within a degree for hours, which is a far harder specification than any of those pages states.
No warranty, which no item on this shelf publishes.
No country of manufacture, which no item on this shelf publishes either.
Read on the day this page was built: $80 at the American Amazon shop.
Read from Keepa on the day this page was last revised; stock and price both move without notice.
Prices quoted in this text were read on 2026-10-05. The live price is at the top of the page.
Same shelf, nearest cost — where the same money else goes.
| Identical to | The Slate at $79.99 and the Fig at $93.95 — same bullets, same weight |
|---|---|
| Color premium | The Fig version of this machine costs $13.96 more |
| Power | 1200 W |
| Temperature | Control up to 400 °F |
| Non-toxic claim | Footnoted — without PFAS, PTFE, PFOA, lead or cadmium |
| Pot | Cast aluminum with EverGood ceramic non-stick |
| Capacity | 8.5 quarts in the bullets, 7 quarts in the title |
| Serves | Up to eight people; a five-pound chicken with room to spare |
| Controls | A touchscreen with eight presets |
| Pressure | No — one of eight non-pressure machines here |
| Weight | 4200 g (148.2 oz) |
| Footprint | 230 × 370 × 320 mm (9.06 × 14.6 × 12.6 in) |
| Reference | 35430-016A |
| Dishwasher | Not published for any part |
| Amazon reference | B0G4T4NXMW |
| EAN | 0829486354304 |
None that either page publishes except the color and, in one case, the price. The three BELLA machines on this shelf: Slate, 35454-016A — $79.99 — 4200 g (2.8 to 148.2 oz) · Oatmilk, 35430-016A — $79.99 — 4200 g (2.8 to 148.2 oz) · Fig, 35488-016A — $93.95 — 4196 g (3.3 to 148 oz). Identical six bullets, word for word, including the footnote. Identical catalog dimensions: 230 × 370 × 320 mm (9.06 × 14.6 × 12.6 in). Four grams apart across all three. So the Fig costs $13.96 more than this for a color. And it is not the only case on this shelf. Ninja sells three HyperHeat pressure cookers that are also one machine: PC201 Blue Macaron — $139.99 — 7199 g (4.9 to 253.9 oz) · PC201WH White — $139.99 — 7199 g (4.9 to 253.9 oz) · PC201SP Stone Purple — $169.99 — 7199 g (6 to 253.9 oz). Identical ten bullets, word for word. Identical weight. Identical 6.5 quarts, 1200 watts and 9.5 inch cooking surface. And Stone Purple costs thirty dollars more. So at least five of the eighteen items on this shelf are two machines in five colors, and the color premium runs from $13.96 to $30. Which changes how you read the price ranking here. At $79.99 this and the Slate are the second cheapest items on the shelf, behind only the Sweetcrispy at $49.91. At $93.95 the Fig sits above the Presto at $88.76 and the Instant Pot at $89.99 — two machines with genuinely different capabilities. The practical advice: buy whichever of Slate and Oatmilk you prefer, and do not pay the Fig premium unless the color is worth fourteen dollars to you. There is nothing published to suggest it is a different machine.
Five named substances, and it is the only footnoted material claim on this shelf. Bullet one: "EverGood Non-Toxic* Ceramic Nonstick Coating for easy food release and cleanup." And the footnote, published as its own line: "*"Non-toxic" refers to ceramic coating materials made without PFAS, PTFE, PFOA, lead or cadmium." Why defining the term is worth something. "Non-toxic" on cookware is a marketing phrase with no legal content, and this is the only page among fourteen that says what it is being used to mean. The five break into two groups. PFAS, PTFE and PFOA are fluorinated compounds: PFAS is the whole family of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances, PTFE — sold as Teflon — is one member and the standard non-stick film, and PFOA is another, historically a processing aid in making PTFE and phased out of that use. Lead and cadmium are heavy metals, historically used in glazes and pigments. How the shelf compares. Presto at $88.76: "PFAS-free ceramic nonstick finish, inside and out" — the only "inside and out" here. Ninja PRO Plus at $139.99: "MADE 100% PFAS FREE... no PFAS, PTFEs, or PFOAs". Ninja HyperHeat at $139.99 and $169.99: "made 100% PFAS-free". And the weak version, from the same maker as the two strong ones: the Ninja PossibleCooker PLUS at $129.99 — "Free of PFOA, cadmium, and lead", which says nothing about PFAS or PTFE at all. Three pages say "ceramic" with no chemistry: the Sweetcrispy at $49.91, the Cosori at $80.99, the PowerXL at $95.99. One says only "Nonstick Pot": the COMFEE’ at $68.99. And one has no coating to declare: the Instant Pot Rio Mini at $89.99, with the only stainless steel inner pot here.
Heat that stays put, which is what a sear and a long simmer both need — and only two machines on this shelf name a pot material at all. Bullet two: "Generous 8.5-quart cast aluminum pot holds whole family meals, large batch soups, or a full five-pound chicken with room to spare." The other is the Instant Pot Rio Mini at $89.99, with a "stainless steel pot". Everything else names a coating and not a substrate. Why cast aluminum is the right choice for this machine. Aluminum conducts heat about three times better than steel, so the base spreads the element’s heat rather than concentrating it over the coil — which is what causes a hot ring and a scorched sauce. And cast means thick. Mass is thermal ballast: a heavy pot does not drop in temperature when cold meat lands in it, and a sear that loses its surface temperature steams instead of browning. Which matters here because of what bullet five claims: "consistent temperature control up to 400°F for perfect searing." Browning does not begin below about 140 °C (284 °F) — 285 °F — and 400 °F is 204 °C (399 °F), comfortably into searing range. The pot is what holds it. What it costs is weight. 4200 grams for an 8.5-quart machine — against 3139 grams for the ten-quart Presto at $88.76, which is a thin kettle with a plug-in control rather than a cast pot. And what the page does not say is whether the pot comes out. Two machines on this shelf publish a removable, oven-safe pot: the Ninja PossibleCooker PLUS at $129.99 and PRO Plus at $139.99, both "oven-safe up to 500°F", so a braise can be finished under an oven’s top heat. The Ninja HyperHeat machines publish a "removable SimpliServe pot" that "goes from cooker to table". This page says nothing about removing the pot at all — which, on a machine with no dishwasher statement either, is the gap a buyer will feel at the sink.
Details checked on October 5, 2026.
The same job as the Slate, if Oatmilk is the color you want
Amazon reports what buyers took in the month before this page was last checked: at least 200.
The figure is a floor, rounded by Amazon, and read through Keepa — it says what buyers picked, not what a maker claims.
Specifications: the manufacturer sheet for kitchen appliances and the matching Amazon product page. Prices and availability: Keepa. Every figure on this page names its source.
6 L · 1,000 W · 60 kPa · 3 pressure levels
A 6-liter electric pressure cooker that publishes the two figures this family is decided by: 1,000 W and up to 60 kPa, across three selectable pressure levels. Eighteen programs, a non-stick inner pot, more than ten stated safety systems, and — unusually — a printed multilingual recipe book rather than a PDF.
Best for: A first electric pressure cooker, with three pressure levels and something printed to read.
5.7 L · ceramic pot · 14 programs
A 5.7-liter nine-in-one with a ceramic non-stick inner bowl, fourteen smart programs on an LED display, and twelve stated safety features — including a shut-off and release button placed away from the steam outlet. Cosori states cooking up to 70% faster than conventional methods.
Best for: A cook who cares more about the interlocks and the cleaning than about kPa.
1,200 W · 5.7 L · 10-in-1
The Instant Pot Pro: 1,200 W in a 5.7-liter stainless body covering ten roles — pressure cooker, slow cooker, rice cooker, steamer, sauté pan, steriliser, yoghurt maker and sous-vide among them. Instant Pot states 20% faster preheating and up to 70% less cooking time, and that settings can be saved to one touch.
Best for: A cook who repeats recipes and wants the machine to remember them.
