Pressure, and the eleven programs you will not use · review
An 8.5-quart 6-in-1 multi-cooker with a removable pot oven safe to 500 °F, searing in the pot, Triple Fusion Heat and a ladle-and-pasta-fork utensil.
The net of it A removable pot that goes in the oven to 500 °F, which only one other machine on this shelf offers — and the only page here honest enough to say its own pot should be hand washed. Its PFAS claim is the weakest of the five Ninjas on this shelf.
“OVEN SAFE TO 500°F: Removable cooking pot is oven safe up to 500°F, so you can finish your meal in the oven for a crispy top.”
The other is the Ninja PRO Plus at $139.99: “TABLE-READY POT: Removable inner pot is oven-safe up to 500°F. Easily transfer it from cooker to oven to table.”
Why it matters. An electric multi-cooker heats from below and, on this machine, from the sides as well. It cannot brown a top surface, because there is no element above the food — which is why a cassoulet, a gratin, a shepherd’s pie or a braise with a breadcrumb crust comes out pale however long you cook it.
An oven has top heat.
So the sequence becomes: brown in the pot, braise in the pot, then put the pot in the oven and finish it. One pot, one washing-up, and a crust.
Five hundred degrees Fahrenheit is 260 °C, above almost any domestic oven’s normal setting and comfortably into grilling range.
What the rest of the shelf offers instead.
The three BELLA machines at $79.99 and $93.95 publish “consistent temperature control up to 400°F” — a temperature the machine reaches, not a rating for the pot outside it The three Ninja HyperHeat pressure cookers at $139.99 and $169.99 publish a “removable SimpliServe pot” that “goes from cooker to table” — table, not oven Eight machines on this shelf say nothing about removing the pot at all
Two cautions the page does not give. A pot that is oven safe to 500 °F has handles that reach 500 °F. And the glass lid is not claimed oven safe — only the pot is, so the finish is uncovered. Which is what you want for a crust anyway.
“Using the bottom heating elements, you are able to sear proteins and sauté vegetables right in the cooking pot—no need to transfer to the stovetop” · “TRIPLE FUSION HEAT… combining bottom, side, and steam heat”
Why a braise needs two temperatures. Browning does not begin below about 140 °C, and a braise holds at just below boiling — so the method is: get the pot very hot, brown the meat, drop the heat and add liquid.
A slow cooker runs at 90 to 100 °C and cannot brown anything, which is why the standard recipe tells you to sear in a frying pan and transfer.
Three machines on this shelf solve the browning half with a published temperature. The three BELLA machines: “up to 400°F”, which is 204 °C.
Two solve it with power. The Ninja PRO Plus at $139.99 — “MORE POWERFUL SEARING*… 1400-watt power” — and the PowerXL at $95.99, which is the only machine on this shelf that makes the transition automatically: “Stirmax & Braisemax Smart Presets sauté, sear, & brown first before automatically switching to simmer.”
This page describes the mechanism rather than the number: bottom heating elements. And the Triple Fusion claim adds two more directions.
Side heat warms the whole vessel wall rather than only the base, which matters on an 8.5-quart pot where the middle of a joint is a long way from the element. Steam heat carries energy into food far faster than air does, because condensing on a cold surface releases its latent heat all at once.
So a 6-pound chicken in a sealed pot with heat from three directions cooks faster than the same chicken in a dry oven. That is a real mechanism.
And the footnote is the honest part: “*Tested on 6-lb chickens.” A stated baseline and a stated test, which is more than any other speed claim on this shelf gives.
The speed claims here, with their baselines:
Instant Pot, $89.99 — “up to 70% faster compared to slow cooking methods” Ninja HyperHeat, three machines — “up to 2X FASTER *Vs traditional slow cooking” PowerXL, $95.99 — “60% FASTER”, baseline unstated this — “up to 30% faster than conventional ovens *Tested on 6-lb chickens” Ninja PRO Plus, $139.99 — “Up to 30% faster vs. a conventional oven while baking”
Comparing with an oven is a harder test than comparing with slow cooking, which is the slowest method available.
And what steam heat costs you is exactly what bullet four sells back: a steamy pot does not crisp a top. Which is why these two features belong on the same page.
“8.5-quart cooking capacity allows you to make chili for up to 20 people, 9 lbs of spaghetti and meatballs, or enough pulled pork for 30 sliders”
It is the most concrete capacity statement on this shelf, and its own stablemate disagrees with it.
The Ninja PRO Plus at $139.99, also 8.5 quarts, publishes the same list with one figure changed: “chili for up to 20 people, 10 lbs of spaghetti and meatballs with no draining required, or enough pulled pork for 30 sliders.”
Nine pounds here, ten pounds there, on the same nominal pot.
The shelf by capacity:
4 qt — the Instant Pot Rio Mini at $89.99: “up to 4 servings”, with “the same cooking surface as an 8-inch pan” 6 qt — the Sweetcrispy at $49.91 (“households of 3 to 5”), the COMFEE’ at $68.99, the Cosori at $80.99 6.5 qt — the three Ninja HyperHeat machines: “a 4-lb chicken or 5-lb roast, feeding 8–10 people”, on a “9.5” diameter” surface 7 or 8.5 qt — the three BELLA machines, which contradict themselves: “7qt” in the title and “8.5-quart” in bullet two 7.5 qt — the PowerXL at $95.99: “two whole chickens or 6LBS of pork” 8.5 qt — this and the PRO Plus 10 qt — the Presto at $88.76, the largest here
And this machine has one advantage over the six pressure cookers on this shelf that no page states.
A pressure cooker is never filled to the brim. Typically no more than two thirds for solids and half for anything that foams — beans, rice, oats, pasta, split peas — because foam carried into the vent is how a pressure cooker blocks.
So a “6-quart” pressure cooker is a four-quart cooking volume for most things. Eight and a half quarts here is eight and a half quarts.
The cost is footprint. 457 × 321 × 269 mm is the widest machine on this shelf — eighteen inches across — against the Instant Pot’s 318 × 351 × 256 mm and the Presto’s 406 × 311 × 210 mm. At 6759 grams it is the second heaviest here, behind the three Ninja HyperHeat machines at 7199 g.
The title says “6-in-1”. Bullet one says “REPLACES 12 COOKING TOOLS & APPLIANCES” and names twelve, down to “utensil”. Bullets two and eight both list six functions.
Which is the shelf’s normal state. 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. BELLA says “10-in-1”, claims ten appliances, names four, and offers eight presets. Sweetcrispy at $49.91 says “16-in-1” and names four appliances and twelve presets.
Two pages here are self-consistent: the Instant Pot at $89.99 (“7-in-1”, seven named) and the PowerXL at $95.99 (no “in-1” count, nine presets named).
This page is at least internally consistent on its functions: six, named twice. Slow Cook, Sear/Sauté, Keep Warm, Sous Vide, Braise, Proof.
And two of the six are worth stopping on.
Proof. Dough proving needs a warm, humid, draft-free box at about 25 to 30 °C — which is exactly what a sealed pot with a gentle element is, and why bullet one lists “bread maker” among the twelve tools replaced. Only one other machine on this shelf offers it: the Ninja PRO Plus at $139.99. The Cosori at $80.99 has the adjacent function, “Ferment”, which works at about 43 °C for yogurt.
Sous vide, which is the claim to be careful with. Six machines on this shelf list it: this, the Cosori at $80.99, the PRO Plus at $139.99 and the three HyperHeat machines.
Not one publishes a temperature tolerance. Sous vide is not a temperature, it is a held temperature. An egg at 63 °C and an egg at 65 °C are different foods; a steak held at 54.5 °C is medium rare and at 58 °C is medium. A dedicated circulator holds within about 0.1 °C and stirs the water.
What a multi-cooker has is a thermostat sensing the base of the pot and a still bath that stratifies — hotter at the bottom, cooler at the top, with nothing moving it. Though on this machine the side heating helps, which is a point in its favor nobody makes.
Use it, and check it with a thermometer the first time.
“EASY CLEANUP: Nonstick pot enables you to quickly wipe away messes… Utensil & glass lid are dishwasher safe. Hand-washing pot recommended to extend its life.”
It is the most honest cleaning statement among the fourteen items here, and it splits the claim properly.
Compare the shelf:
Ninja PRO Plus, $139.99 — “Inner pot, lid, and spoon are all dishwasher safe”, from the same maker PowerXL, $95.99 — “Pot, Lid, and Paddle go straight into the dishwasher” Cosori, $80.99 — “dishwasher-safe lid, ceramic coating inner pot, and accessories”, plus a “0.5-inch widened pot gap” Instant Pot Rio Mini, $89.99 — “Dishwasher-safe lid and cooking stainless steel pot”, which is the one pot here that genuinely does not mind Sweetcrispy, $49.91 — “The lid and sealing ring are dishwasher safe” — the pot is not named COMFEE’ $68.99, the three BELLA machines, the Presto $88.76 and the three Ninja HyperHeat machines — no dishwasher statement at all
Why hand washing extends a coated pot’s life. A dishwasher cycle is hot, alkaline and abrasive, and a non-stick coating is what it wears — not in one cycle, but over hundreds.
So the statement here is not a limitation, it is the truth the other coated pots on this shelf leave out. Including the PRO Plus, from the same maker, which says the opposite about a pot it describes as ceramic.
And the utensil is the other cleaning detail, and the best-designed small thing on this shelf. “Multi-functional utensil works as a ladle and pasta fork, plus it has its own utensil rest right in the lid handle.”
A rest in the lid handle solves the problem every one of these machines has and only this one addresses: where the spoon goes. A hot spoon out of a braise ends up on the countertop.
And a ladle that is also a pasta fork is the right pair for an 8.5-quart pot — which, per its stablemate, takes “10 lbs of spaghetti and meatballs with no draining required”.
Three other machines on this shelf include a utensil or accessory: the COMFEE’ at $68.99 with six itemized components including a Condensation Cup; the Presto at $88.76 with a “Multi-use basket” that “hooks onto rim of multi-cooker for draining”; the Instant Pot with a “stainless steel steam rack”.
“SAFE & EASY TO USE: Free of PFOA, cadmium, and lead.”
The other four Ninja machines on this shelf say something different.
Ninja PRO Plus, $139.99 — “MADE 100% PFAS FREE: Inner pot features a nonstick ceramic cooking surface designed with no PFAS, PTFEs, or PFOAs” Ninja HyperHeat, $139.99, $139.99 and $169.99 — “EASY CLEANUP, PFAS-FREE NONSTICK: The removable ceramic nonstick pot is made 100% PFAS-free”
Why the wording matters. PFAS is the whole family of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances. PTFE — sold as Teflon — is one member of it, and the standard non-stick film on cookware. PFOA is another, historically a processing aid in making PTFE and phased out of that use years ago.
So “free of PFOA” is a statement about one phased-out processing aid. “Free of PFAS” is a statement about the whole class, and it is the one that rules out PTFE.
Four other pages on this shelf make the strong version: the PRO Plus, the three HyperHeat machines, the Presto at $88.76 (“PFAS-free ceramic nonstick finish, inside and out”), and the three BELLA machines, which are the only ones here to footnote it — ”*“Non-toxic” refers to ceramic coating materials made without PFAS, PTFE, PFOA, lead or cadmium”.
Three 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.
And this page never calls its pot ceramic, where all four other Ninjas do. Bullet one lists “nonstick pot” among the twelve tools replaced; bullet nine says “Nonstick pot”.
So on the published evidence: a non-stick pot, free of PFOA, with the material unnamed — and a sibling at ten dollars more that is explicitly ceramic and explicitly 100 percent PFAS-free.
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: the three BELLA machines · the Presto at $88.76 · the PowerXL at $95.99 · this · the Ninja PRO Plus at $139.99.
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.
Which is the honest frame for the Ninja range on this shelf. Ten dollars more buys the PRO Plus with 1400 watts, three more functions and a dishwasher-safe pot. Ten dollars more again buys a HyperHeat, which is a pressure cooker — 6.5 quarts rather than 8.5, and faster at the one thing pressure is for.
What you get for not having pressure.
Eight and a half quarts rather than six and a half, with no fill limit An oven-safe pot, which no HyperHeat has A glass lid you can see through, where a pressure cooker is a sealed box 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 And no lock, no vent, no valve — which is why the eight non-pressure machines publish no safety-feature counts and the six pressure cookers publish from 10 to 12
No wattage. At least six of the eighteen machines on this shelf publish one: 1400 W on the Ninja PRO Plus at $139.99 — which makes the comparison explicit, “MORE POWERFUL SEARING*” — 1200 W on the three BELLA and three Ninja HyperHeat machines, and 800 W on the Instant Pot Rio Mini at $89.99, the only item here to publish “120 V 60 Hz, UL & ULC Listed”.
On a machine whose first claim is searing in the pot, and whose own stablemate publishes 1400 watts as a selling point, the omission is conspicuous.
No pot material. “Nonstick pot” is the whole of it, where all four other Ninjas here say ceramic.
No temperature range for cooking. The 500 °F figure is an oven rating for the pot, not a cooking temperature for the machine — where the three BELLA machines publish “up to 400°F” and the PowerXL at $95.99 publishes neither but makes the transition automatically.
No sous-vide tolerance, as above.
No proof temperature, on a machine that lists Proof and claims to replace a bread maker. Dough wants about 25 to 30 °C, and the page gives no figure.
No delay timer, where the Sweetcrispy at $49.91 and the COMFEE’ at $68.99 both publish 24 hours.
No lid rating. The glass lid is dishwasher safe and is not claimed oven safe, which is the right reading and is not stated.
No rice or pasta function, which the PRO Plus at $139.99 adds for ten dollars: “Rice/Pasta” among its nine, with “no draining required”.
No steam function as a named preset, despite steam heat being one of the three directions in Triple Fusion — where the PRO Plus lists Steam explicitly.
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: $130 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.
| Oven safe | The removable pot to 500 °F — one of two on this shelf |
|---|---|
| Capacity | 8.5 quarts — chili for 20, 9 lbs of spaghetti, 30 sliders |
| Functions | Six — slow cook, sear/sauté, keep warm, sous vide, braise, proof |
| Sear in the pot | Bottom heating elements, no transfer to the stovetop |
| Triple Fusion Heat | Bottom, side and steam heat, stated 30 percent faster than an oven |
| Utensil | A ladle and pasta fork, with a rest in the lid handle |
| Dishwasher | The utensil and glass lid; the pot is hand wash recommended |
| PFAS claim | Free of PFOA, cadmium and lead — not PFAS or PTFE |
| Pressure | No — one of eight non-pressure machines here |
| Weight | 6759 g (238.4 oz) |
| Footprint | 457 × 321 × 269 mm (18 × 12.6 × 10.6 in) — the widest on this shelf |
| Reference | MC1010 |
| Wattage | Not published |
| Replaces | Twelve tools claimed, under a 6-in-1 heading |
| Amazon reference | B0C3RVX2PK |
| EAN | 0622356612067 |
Finish a braise under top heat for a crust, and only two machines on this shelf can. Bullet four: "OVEN SAFE TO 500°F: Removable cooking pot is oven safe up to 500°F, so you can finish your meal in the oven for a crispy top." The other is the Ninja PRO Plus at $139.99: "TABLE-READY POT: Removable inner pot is oven-safe up to 500°F. Easily transfer it from cooker to oven to table." Why it matters. An electric multi-cooker heats from below and, on this machine, from the sides. It cannot brown a top surface, because there is no element above the food — which is why a cassoulet, a gratin, a shepherd’s pie or a braise with a breadcrumb crust ends up pale however long you cook it. An oven has top heat. So the sequence is: brown in the pot, braise in the pot, then put the pot in the oven and finish it. One pot, one washing-up, and a crust. Five hundred degrees Fahrenheit is 260 °C (500 °F), which is above almost any domestic oven’s normal setting and comfortably into grilling range. What the rest of the shelf offers instead. The three BELLA machines at $79.99 and $93.95 publish a cooking temperature of "up to 400°F" — a temperature the machine reaches, not a rating for the pot outside it. And the three Ninja HyperHeat pressure cookers at $139.99 and $169.99 publish a "removable SimpliServe pot" that "goes from cooker to table" — table, not oven. Eight machines on this shelf say nothing about removing the pot at all. One caution the page does not give: a pot that is oven safe to 500 °F has handles that get to 500 °F. And the glass lid is not claimed oven safe — only the pot is, so the finish is uncovered, which is what you want for a crust anyway.
Because it names three substances where the others name three different ones — and the difference is the whole family. Bullet ten, in full: "SAFE & EASY TO USE: Free of PFOA, cadmium, and lead." The other four Ninja machines on this shelf say something else. The PRO Plus at $139.99: "MADE 100% PFAS FREE: Inner pot features a nonstick ceramic cooking surface designed with no PFAS, PTFEs, or PFOAs." The three HyperHeat machines at $139.99, $139.99 and $169.99: "EASY CLEANUP, PFAS-FREE NONSTICK: The removable ceramic nonstick pot is made 100% PFAS-free." Why the wording matters. PFAS is the whole family of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances. PTFE — sold as Teflon — is one member of it, and the standard non-stick film on cookware. PFOA is another, historically a processing aid in making PTFE and phased out of that use years ago. So "free of PFOA" is a statement about one phased-out processing aid. "Free of PFAS" is a statement about the whole class, and it is the one that rules out PTFE. Four pages on this shelf make the strong version — the four Ninjas above, plus the Presto at $88.76 ("PFAS-free ceramic nonstick finish, inside and out") and the three BELLA machines, which are the only ones here to footnote it: "*"Non-toxic" refers to ceramic coating materials made without PFAS, PTFE, PFOA, lead or cadmium". Three 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 on this shelf. This page also never calls its pot ceramic, where all four other Ninjas do — so on the published evidence it is a non-stick pot free of PFOA, and the material is not named.
Heat from three directions, measured against an oven — and the baseline is the thing to read. Bullet six: "TRIPLE FUSION HEAT TECHNOLOGY: Cook up to 30% faster* than conventional ovens by combining bottom, side, and steam heat. More heat, more possibilities. *Tested on 6-lb chickens." What it describes. Most machines on this shelf heat from the base alone, which is why they brown well and roast poorly: the top of a joint sits in still air. Heat from the sides warms the whole vessel wall, and steam carries heat into the food far faster than air does, because condensing on a cold surface releases its latent heat all at once. So a 6-pound chicken in a sealed pot with bottom, side and steam heat cooks faster than the same chicken in a dry oven. That is a real mechanism, and the footnote is the honest part of it: a stated baseline, and a stated test. "Tested on 6-lb chickens" is more than any other speed claim on this shelf gives. The others: Instant Pot at $89.99 — "up to 70% faster compared to slow cooking methods" · Ninja HyperHeat x3 — "up to 2X FASTER *Vs traditional slow cooking" · PowerXL at $95.99 — "60% FASTER", baseline unstated · Ninja PRO Plus at $139.99 — "Up to 30% faster vs. a conventional oven while baking". Comparing with an oven is a harder test than comparing with slow cooking, which is the slowest method available. What steam heat costs you is the thing bullet four then sells back: a steamy pot does not crisp a top. Which is why the oven-safe pot exists — and why these two features belong on the same page.
Details checked on October 5, 2026.
Braises for a crowd that finish in the oven for a crust
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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.
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Best for: A cook who cares more about the interlocks and the cleaning than about kPa.
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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.
