Pressure, and the eleven programs you will not use · review
An 8.5-quart 9-in-1 multi-cooker with 1400 watts, a removable pot oven safe to 500 °F and dishwasher safe, and a ceramic PFAS-free surface.
The net of it Fourteen hundred watts, the most on this shelf, and the only machine here that publishes both a 500 °F oven-safe pot and a dishwasher-safe one. Nine functions named and nine claimed — and sixteen tools it says it replaces.
*“1400-watt power for high-temperature searing and sautéing directly in the pot. (vs. Crock-Pot Programmable 7-qt Cook & Carry Slow Cooker)”
The wattages here:
1400 W — this 1200 W — the three BELLA machines at $79.99 and $93.95, and the three Ninja HyperHeat machines at $139.99 and $169.99 800 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 this one’s own stablemate, the PossibleCooker PLUS at $129.99
Why power is not peak temperature. A thermostat sets the top temperature; power sets how fast the pot reaches it and how fast it recovers.
The moment that matters is the sear. Cold meat dropped into a hot pot takes heat out of it faster than a weak element can put it back — and a surface that falls below about 140 °C stops browning and starts steaming. A sear is a race between the element and the meat.
Fourteen hundred watts is 11.7 amperes at 120 volts — most of a 15-amp circuit, so not alongside a kettle on the same run.
And the footnote is unusually specific. Naming a rival model — a Crock-Pot Programmable 7-qt Cook & Carry — is a harder claim than “vs. traditional slow cooking”, which is what the three HyperHeat machines on this shelf use.
Though it is still comparing with a slow cooker, which cannot sear at all: a slow cooker runs at 90 to 100 °C, and browning does not begin below about 140 °C.
The speed claims on this shelf, 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 Ninja PossibleCooker PLUS, $129.99 — “up to 30% faster than conventional ovens *Tested on 6-lb chickens” this — “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.
“Slow Cook, Sear/Sauté, Bake, Braise, Proof, Sous Vide, Steam, Rice/Pasta, and Keep Warm”
Nine claimed and nine named. Only one other page on this shelf is self-consistent: the Instant Pot Rio Mini at $89.99 (“7-in-1”, seven named). The PowerXL at $95.99 publishes no “in-1” count and names nine presets exactly.
The rest of the shelf is looser. 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.
Four of the nine here are worth singling out.
Bake. No other machine on this shelf lists it — and it is what the 500 °F oven-safe pot and the “30% faster vs. a conventional oven while baking” footnote are both about. A sealed pot with heat on the bottom and the sides is a small oven. Proof. Only this and the PossibleCooker PLUS at $129.99 have it. Dough wants a warm, humid, draft-free box at about 25 to 30 °C, which is exactly what a lidded pot with a gentle element is — and why bullet one lists “bread proofer” among the sixteen tools replaced. The Cosori at $80.99 has the adjacent function, “Ferment”, which runs near 43 °C for yogurt. Rice/Pasta. Rice appears on six machines here. Pasta on one. And the claim is specific: “10 lbs of spaghetti and meatballs with no draining required” — because the pot comes out, and bullet one lists “pasta strainer” among the sixteen. Steam, which the sibling at $129.99 does not list as a function — even though its Triple Fusion Heat uses steam as one of three heat directions.
And sous vide is the one to be careful about. Six machines on this shelf claim it: this, the Cosori at $80.99, the PossibleCooker PLUS at $129.99 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.
A multi-cooker has a thermostat sensing the base of the pot and a still bath that stratifies — hotter at the bottom, cooler at the top. Though ThermalSurround’s side heating is a point in its favor that no page makes.
Use it, and check it with a thermometer the first time.
“REPLACES 16 COOKING TOOLS & APPLIANCES: …slow cooker, steam oven, food warmer, nonstick pot, sauté pan, cast iron skillet, saucier, steamer, saucepan, stock pot, Dutch oven, roasting pan, bread proofer, pasta strainer, rice cooker, and utensil.”
Sixteen named individually, which is more than any other page here. Its own sibling at $129.99 claims twelve, and the list is the same four shorter: no steam oven, no steamer, no pasta strainer, no rice cooker.
Which lines up with the function difference: this machine adds Bake, Steam and Rice/Pasta.
The counts across the shelf: sixteen here · twelve on the PossibleCooker PLUS at $129.99 and in the COMFEE’ at $68.99 title · ten on the three BELLA machines · nine on the Cosori at $80.99 title and the HyperHeat titles · seven on the Instant Pot at $89.99 · six on the PossibleCooker PLUS functions · and none at all on the Presto at $88.76 and the PowerXL at $95.99.
How to read any of it. Count the functions, not the tools. “Replaces sixteen” is a claim about a kitchen cupboard; nine functions is a claim about the machine — and this page gives you both, which is more than most.
And two of the sixteen are honest in a way worth noting. “Utensil” is counted as a tool replaced, and the machine does ship one — “Multi-Functional Utensil” in bullet nine. And “cast iron skillet” is the right comparison for a 1400-watt searing pot, because cast iron is what you would otherwise sear in.
The one it cannot really replace is in neither list: a pressure cooker.
“8.5 qt pot fits chili for up to 20 people, 10 lbs of spaghetti and meatballs with no draining required, or enough pulled pork for 30 sliders”
Its own stablemate publishes the same list with one figure changed. The PossibleCooker PLUS at $129.99: “chili for up to 20 people, 9 lbs of spaghetti and meatballs, or enough pulled pork for 30 sliders.”
Nine pounds there, ten pounds here, on the same nominal pot.
And “with no draining required” is this page’s addition — which is what the pasta strainer in bullet one is about. A pasta cooked in a pot you can lift out needs no colander, which is a genuine small saving and the reason the function is called Rice/Pasta rather than Rice.
The shelf by capacity:
4 qt — the Instant Pot Rio Mini at $89.99: “up to 4 servings” 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 PossibleCooker 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 and three quarts for grains. Eight and a half quarts here is eight and a half quarts — which is why ten pounds of pasta is a claim a pressure cooker could not make.
At 5561 grams and 415 × 367 × 281 mm it is lighter than its own cheaper sibling — the PossibleCooker PLUS is 6759 g at 457 × 321 × 269 mm — and narrower by an inch and a half. The three HyperHeat pressure cookers are the heaviest here at 7199 g on 6.5 quarts, because a pressure vessel with a locking lid, a gasket, a valve and a sensor is heavy.
“TABLE-READY POT: Removable inner pot is oven-safe up to 500°F. Easily transfer it from cooker to oven to table.” · “Inner pot, lid, and spoon are all dishwasher safe”
The oven rating is shared with one machine on this shelf: the PossibleCooker PLUS at $129.99, also “oven safe up to 500°F”, “so you can finish your meal in the oven for a crispy top”.
Why it matters. An electric multi-cooker heats from below and the sides. It cannot brown a top surface, because there is no element above the food — so a gratin, a cassoulet, a shepherd’s pie or a braise with a crust comes out pale.
An oven has top heat. Five hundred degrees Fahrenheit is 260 °C, above any domestic oven’s normal setting and into grilling range.
The dishwasher claim is where the two siblings diverge, and the cheaper one is the more honest.
PossibleCooker PLUS, $129.99 — “Utensil & glass lid are dishwasher safe. Hand-washing pot recommended to extend its life.” this — “Inner pot, lid, and spoon are all dishwasher safe”
Both pots are coated. 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 one Ninja page tells you the pot will survive the machine and the other tells you it will last longer washed by hand, and both statements are true at once. If you want the pot to last, follow the cheaper page’s advice on this one.
The rest of the shelf:
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” to reach the crevice between pot and body 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 HyperHeat machines — no dishwasher statement at all
Two cautions this page does not give. A pot 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 oven finish is uncovered. Which is what you want for a crust anyway.
“MADE 100% PFAS FREE: Inner pot features a nonstick ceramic cooking surface designed with no PFAS, PTFEs, or PFOAs.”
And its own stablemate makes the weak version. The PossibleCooker PLUS at $129.99: “SAFE & EASY TO USE: Free of PFOA, cadmium, and lead.”
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.
Two Ninja pages on this shelf, ten dollars apart, and they are not making the same claim.
The strong version appears on five items here: this, the three HyperHeat machines (“made 100% PFAS-free”), and the Presto at $88.76 (“PFAS-free ceramic nonstick finish, inside and out” — the only “inside and out”).
The three BELLA machines go furthest by footnoting it: ”*“Non-toxic” refers to ceramic coating materials made without PFAS, PTFE, PFOA, lead or cadmium” — the only footnote on this shelf.
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 sidesteps it entirely: the Instant Pot Rio Mini at $89.99, with the only stainless steel inner pot on this shelf — nothing to chip, and a pot that can be scrubbed.
What ceramic 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, which is exactly what the cheaper sibling’s hand-wash advice is protecting against.
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 · the PossibleCooker PLUS at $129.99 · this.
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 makes the Ninja range on this shelf an unusually clear choice, because three of its machines sit at the same $139.99.
this — 8.5 quarts, 1400 W, nine functions, a pot that is oven safe to 500 °F and dishwasher safe, no pressure HyperHeat PC201 and PC201WH — 6.5 quarts, 1200 W, nine functions, a removable SimpliServe pot that goes to the table (not the oven), and pressure: “COOK UP TO 2X FASTER*”, “white rice in as little as 8 minutes*”
Two quarts and four hundred watts against pressure. That is the trade at one price.
What you get for not pressurizing.
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 A glass lid you can see through, where a pressure cooker is a sealed box An oven-safe pot, which no HyperHeat has 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 cooking temperature range. The 500 °F figure is an oven rating for the pot, not a temperature the machine reaches — where the three BELLA machines publish “consistent temperature control up to 400°F” for the machine itself. On a 1400-watt searing machine, the sear temperature is the obvious companion figure.
No sous-vide tolerance, as above, and no sous-vide temperature range.
No proof temperature, on a machine that lists Proof and claims to replace a bread proofer. Dough wants about 25 to 30 °C.
No electrical listing or voltage. The Instant Pot Rio Mini at $89.99 is the only item on this shelf to publish “120 V 60 Hz, UL & ULC Listed” — a third-party safety certification.
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 recipe count. The guide is “Chef-Curated” and no number is given — where the three HyperHeat machines publish a “Quick Start Guide with 5+ Chef-Developed Recipes”.
No utensil material, on a utensil counted among the sixteen tools replaced — and no utensil rest, which the cheaper PossibleCooker PLUS at $129.99 publishes: “it has its own utensil rest right in the lid handle”, which is the best-designed small thing on this shelf.
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: $140 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.
| Power | 1400 W — the most on this shelf |
|---|---|
| Oven safe | The removable pot to 500 °F, and it goes to the table |
| Dishwasher | The inner pot, the lid and the spoon |
| Functions | Nine named, matching the 9-in-1 claim |
| Capacity | 8.5 quarts — 10 lbs of spaghetti with no draining |
| Coating | 100 percent PFAS free — no PFAS, PTFEs or PFOAs |
| ThermalSurround | Heats surfaces to surround food; 30 percent faster than an oven |
| Replaces | Sixteen tools claimed, the highest count on this shelf |
| In the box | Base, pot, glass lid, utensil and a chef-curated recipe guide |
| Pressure | No — one of eight non-pressure machines here |
| Weight | 5561 g (196.2 oz) |
| Footprint | 415 × 367 × 281 mm (16.3 × 14.4 × 11.1 in) |
| Reference | MC2001 |
| Searing comparison | Against a named rival 7-quart slow cooker |
| Amazon reference | B0GT5SV7VD |
| EAN | 0622356672009 |
A sear that holds when cold meat lands in the pot, and it is the highest figure on this shelf. Two bullets carry it. "MORE POWERFUL SEARING*: 1400-watt power for high-temperature searing and sautéing directly in the pot. (*vs. Crock-Pot Programmable 7-qt Cook & Carry Slow Cooker)." And: "THERMALSURROUND TECHNOLOGY: Powerful 1400-watt heating element heats cooking surfaces to surround food for faster* cooking. (*Up to 30% faster vs. a conventional oven while baking)." The wattages on this shelf: 1400 W — this · 1200 W — the three BELLA machines at $79.99 and $93.95 and the three Ninja HyperHeat machines at $139.99 and $169.99 · 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 this one’s own stablemate, the PossibleCooker PLUS at $129.99. Why power is not peak temperature. A thermostat sets the top temperature; power sets how fast the pot gets there and how fast it recovers. The moment that matters is the sear: cold meat dropped into a hot pot takes heat out of it faster than a weak element can put it back, and a surface that falls below about 140 °C (284 °F) stops browning and starts steaming. Fourteen hundred watts is 11.7 amperes at 120 volts — most of a 15-amp circuit, so not alongside a kettle on the same run. And the comparison in the footnote is unusually specific. Naming a rival model — a Crock-Pot Programmable 7-qt Cook & Carry — is a harder claim than "vs. traditional slow cooking", which is what the three HyperHeat machines on this shelf use. It is also comparing with a slow cooker, which cannot sear at all.
Four, and two of them are the reason this machine replaces more than its sibling. Bullet two: "9 COOKING FUNCTIONS: Slow Cook, Sear/Sauté, Bake, Braise, Proof, Sous Vide, Steam, Rice/Pasta, and Keep Warm." Nine claimed and nine named, which only one other page on this shelf manages: the Instant Pot Rio Mini at $89.99 ("7-in-1", seven named). The PowerXL at $95.99 publishes no "in-1" count at all and names nine presets exactly. The four worth singling out. Bake. No other machine on this shelf lists it, and it is what the 500 °F oven-safe pot and the "30% faster vs. a conventional oven while baking" footnote are both about. A sealed pot with heat on the bottom and the sides is a small oven — which is why bullet one lists "bread proofer" and the sibling at $129.99 lists "bread maker" among the tools replaced. Proof. Only this and the PossibleCooker PLUS at $129.99 have it. Dough wants a warm, humid, draft-free box at about 25 to 30 °C (77 to 86 °F), which is exactly what a lidded pot with a gentle element is. The Cosori at $80.99 has the adjacent function, "Ferment", which runs at about 43 °C (109 °F) for yogurt. Rice/Pasta. Rice appears on six machines here; pasta on one. And the pasta claim is the specific one: "10 lbs of spaghetti and meatballs with no draining required" — because the pot comes out and bullet one lists "pasta strainer" among the sixteen. Steam, which the sibling at $129.99 does not list as a function even though its own Triple Fusion Heat uses steam as one of three heat directions. And sous vide is the one to be careful about: six machines on this shelf claim it and none publishes a temperature tolerance.
Because most coated pots on this shelf are one or the other, and its own stablemate says the opposite. Bullet six: "TABLE-READY POT: Removable inner pot is oven-safe up to 500°F. Easily transfer it from cooker to oven to table." Bullet seven: "EASY TO CLEAN: Inner pot, lid, and spoon are all dishwasher safe." The oven rating is shared with one machine on this shelf: the PossibleCooker PLUS at $129.99, also "oven safe up to 500°F", "so you can finish your meal in the oven for a crispy top". Why it matters. An electric multi-cooker heats from below and the sides. It cannot brown a top surface, because there is no element above the food — so a gratin, a cassoulet or a braise with a crust comes out pale. An oven has top heat. Five hundred degrees Fahrenheit is 260 °C (500 °F), above any domestic oven’s normal setting. The dishwasher claim is where the two siblings diverge, and the cheaper one is the more honest. The PossibleCooker PLUS at $129.99: "Utensil & glass lid are dishwasher safe. Hand-washing pot recommended to extend its life." This page says all three parts go in. Both pots are coated. 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 one Ninja page tells you the pot will survive the machine and the other tells you it will last longer if you wash it by hand, and both statements can be true at once. The rest of the shelf: the PowerXL at $95.99 — "Pot, Lid, and Paddle go straight into the dishwasher"; the Cosori at $80.99 — lid, ceramic pot and accessories; the Instant Pot at $89.99 — lid and stainless steel pot, the one pot here that genuinely does not mind; the Sweetcrispy at $49.91 — lid and sealing ring only; and seven machines with no dishwasher statement at all.
Details checked on October 5, 2026.
Searing, braising and baking for a crowd, finished in the oven
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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.
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.
