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In general, I feel much safer with electronic pressure cookers.
If a pressure release valve gets blocked in a non-electronic stovetop pressure cooker, there is nothing very safe it can do -- some designated spot will melt, causing a mess and potential burns.
Electronic cookers have full control over the heating power, so they can turn just turn the power off when the temperature goes out of bounds.
The main innovation in this electronic cooker one can program it to automatically execute "recipes", which are a sequence of actions. Each action is of the form "heat to temperature xxx", "heat to pressure high/low/medium", "hold temperature xxx for yyy minutes", "hold pressure high/medium/low for yyy minutes", "heat at xxx% power for yy minutes".. This can be handy at many times. In my previous electronic pressure cooker
Cuisinart CPC-600 6 Quart 1000 Watt Electric Pressure Cooker (Stainless Steel)
, I could not adjust the "keep warm" temperature, or disable it. Leaving rice for a long time at "keep warm" would cause the bottommost layer of rice to stick and become very hard. On the other hand, after cooking chicken curry, I would have to manually ensure that it stays warm enough (150F or more) to disallow the growth of bacteria. Now I can just write recipes that can ensure the right kee-warm temperature after cooking, or just totally turn off heat after cooking. Also, some recipes, like Indian Biryanis, call for high-heat cooking initially and then low heat for a long time. With this cooker, I can just write a "recipe" with the appropriate sequence of actions, send it to the cooker, and forget about the Biryani.
The Android app leaves much to be desired. It comes with a collection of recipes. It also provides a GUI for users to design their own recipes as a sequence of actions. One problem is that the inbuilt recipes cannot be deleted. This causes a lot of clutter. My biggest annoyance is with the app is that there is no way to export all the recipes and import them on a different phone. If you decide to change your phone or factory reset it, you may loose all the recipes that you wrote. A customer support person told me that it is possible to export recipes one by one and import them one by one on the new device. This is unacceptable to me. So I figured out a workaround for rooted phones:
On the old phone, copy /sdcard/SmartCooker and /data/data/com.instantpot.smartcooker/databases/cookbook.db to a safe place, e.g. Dropbox. You may need root access to read the latter file. The latter file is a database that contains tables for recipes and also for the entire cooking history!
The former directory contains many directories -- one for each recipe. These directories contain textual descriptions of recipes and other metadata such as pictures of recipes.
On the new phone, first copy the backed up /sdcard/SmartCooker to the same place. Then install the smartpot app. Then change the permission of
/data/data/com.instantpot.smartcooker/databases/cookbook.db to 777. To do this, if you have terminal program, execute "su; chmod 777 /data/data/com.instantpot.smartcooker/databases/cookbook.db". Then replace the contents of this file by the contents of cookbook.db from the old phone. I used "cat oldFile > cookbook.db". Then restore the permission of this file using "su; chmod 660 /data/data/com.instantpot.smartcooker/databases/cookbook.db". It is very important to ensure that the new version of cookbook.db has the exact same ownership and permissions as before (just after fresh install of the app on the new phone).
Then, when I opened the smartpot app on my new phone, I could see all the recipes I made on the old phone. Also, my entire cooking history was intact.
Also, by manually editing cookbook.db (using a Sqlite3 browser) to delete the records in the "recipe" table, one can get the inbuilt recipes to disappear from the app.
Wishlist:
1) The android app needs a lot of improvements. It should be possible (without the complex hacks above) to remove the inbuilt recipes and export/import ALL of the user data.
2) The actions corresponding to the physical buttons on the cooker (e.g. rice, porridge) should also be customizable. Some of them are woefully inefficient in my opinion. It should possible to use the app to assign a recipe to any of those buttons.
3) The highest possible value for xxx in the action "hold temperature xxx for yyy minutes" is only 212F, which is too low for some dishes.
4) The cooker could warn (e.g. beep) if it detects contradictory settings such as steam vent being open in the high pressure mode.
5) The bluetooth protocol that the app uses to communicate with cooker should be made public, so that other people can write much better apps, for a wider range of devices. If they just release the sources of their crappy Android app, it would become much easier to reverse engineer the protocol. I requested the customer support for the sources of the android app, but they declined.
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Smart Bluetooth 7-in-1 Multi-Use Programmable Pressure Cooker
With Advanced Microprocessor Technology.
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BluetoothProgram and monitor cooking progress in graphics from your smartphone or tablet. |
Alexa Skill & Free AppAlexa guided cooking, and free app allows you to program complex cooking steps in recipe scripts and execute on cooker. |
Custom programWrite your own recipe script to program and cook with precision. Share your favourite recipe scripts with your friends. |
Replaces 7 common kitchen appliancesIncluding a Pressure Cooker, Slow Cooker, Rice Cooker, Yogurt Maker, Steamer, Sauté and Warmer. |
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Custom Timer Pre-setsTime your cooking with accuracy with two programmable timer pre-sets. |
Ultimate Custom ProgrammingFor the home chef looking for a greater degree of customization and control for even greater precision cooking. |
Stainless Steel Cooking Pot, Steam Rack & LidHealthy, food grade 304 (18/8), no chemical coatings with inner pot markings at and 2/3 for pressure cooking safety. The cooking pot, lid and steam rack are dishwasher safe. |
Consistent ResultsThrough Microprocessor technology monitors the pressure, temperature, keeps time and adjusts heating intensity and duration. |
UL & ULC certification:
Instant Pot has been designed with 10 safety mechanisms and patented technologies.
Safety Without Compromise
Has been carefully designed to eliminate many common errors which may cause harm
- 1. Pressure Regulator ensures working pressure below the safety limit.
- nti-Blockage Vent prevents food debris from blocking the vent.
- 3. Safety lid lock prevents accidental opening of the cooker while it is pressurized.
- 4. Designed with a sensor for lid position detection, monitors whether the lid is in an unsafe position for pressure cooking.
- 5. Automatic temperature control regulates temperature based on the type of program being selected.
- 6. Temperature monitoring avoids burning food.
- 7. Pressure controller keeps pressure always in the safe range.
- 8. Electrical current and temperature fuse cuts off power if the current or internal temperature exceeds safety limits.
- 9. Pressure protection releases excess pressure into internal chamber in a dangerous situation.
- 10. Smart detection of leaky lid (e.g. steam release is in the open position).
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| Smart Built-In Programs (microprocessor technology) | 12 | 11 | 14 | 14 | 15 | 16 |
| Pot Size , Heating Element Power, Voltage and Display | 6 Quart / 1000W / 120V~60Hz / LED | 3 Quart / 700W / 120V~60Hz / LED | 6 Quart / 1000W / 120V~60Hz / LED 8 Quart / 1200W / 120V~60Hz / LED | 6 Quart / 1000W / 120V~60Hz / LCD | 6 Quart / 1000W / 120V~60Hz / LCD | 6 Quart / 1000W / 120V~60Hz / LCD |
| Pre-set Temperatures | 7 | 12 | 12 | 13 | 12 | 21 |
| Control Type | Button | Button | Button | Button | Button and through Smartphone or tablet | Dial and Button |
| Pressure Cooking Time | Up to 4 hours | Up to 6 hours | Up to 4 hours | Up to 4 hours | Up to 2 hours | Up to 6 hours |
| Safety (UL/ULC certified) | 10 Safety Features | 10 Safety Features | 10 Safety Features | 10 Safety Features | 10 Safety Features | 11 Safety Features. 11th feature - Quick Release Button |
The unit was good for some things, but multiple times following pretty standard recipes from the Instant Pot manual itself the unit gave an overheating warning and before much could be done food was scorched on the bottom.One night it gave another warning the food was overheating, and sure enough it was burning the hell out of a baked bean recipe with plenty of liquid. I had to toss the food down the garbage disposal, and a while later there was a very bad electrical smell from the kitchen. The unit was smoking, popped, there was a spark, more smoke. Very noxious fumes.I contacted customer support. They requested pictures and I sent them. Here was their response:"Thank you for the pictures, we are sorry that your base got melted did you left the base on after you took the inner pot out or left on top of a heating element, our pot has 10 safety features to prevent any over heating, by the pictures that you send the melting is from the outside in is perfectly melted evenly and clear that was sent on a heating element, you can definitely purchase a new base for $60.00 Please advice."Asking if I left the base on after I took the inner pot out?! Is it against the warranty to do this, because that's a pretty normal practice when you're cooking complicated things that need drained or swapped out.Did I "left" it on top of a heating element? Ummm, left if on a heating element, as if it's okay to put the unit on an open flame, just don't leave it there? WTF? And wouldn't their be grill marks? hahTelling me the unit has 10 safety features so surely couldn't have had an issue.... again, google instant pot recalls. Units had to be recalled previously because they were transmitting electricity throughout the entire units posing a risk of electric shock!I very clearly explained to them it was having issues cooking things properly and kept burning stuff, and then this happened which smelled like an electrical problem, as there was smoke and a capacitor that popped and noxious fumes.... and the response:"That is correct, the overheating error will appear on the screen and the pot will turn it self off, this damaged was not cause by the heat inside the base, as per your picture the whole heating element is untouched. Please advice if you want to proceed in purchasing a new base."They're trying to say the overheating error on the screen has to do with electrical fires as well as your food getting too hot.... and that because the heating elements were fine inside the pot that it's obvious the unit didn't malfunction electrically, despite the electrics obviously not being inside the pot, but under, where it burned and melted.UPDATE:I first emailed them March 20th. After incoherent and very defensive/obstinate responses from customer support, including an email that said "please see the pictures attached from honest customers" with three straight emails sending me pictures I didn't request, I asked the customer support agent to stop and to forward our correspondence to a supervisor. The response "I did not spam your email, i did send you pictures of customers that had melted their pot, and proof that this kind of damaged is not cause by the product but from the user."Funny thing is the pictures attached looked nothing like the damage to my unit, but whatever, after requesting to speak with a supervisor the customer service agent said she'd send me a new base. I again requested to speak with a supervisor, for the third time, and got a response from someone else who again address no concerns, didn't respond to anything that had occurred, and simply emailed me saying the base was being sent by fedex.Please note that I didn't ask for a replacement, nor authorize it, and they simply sent one without asking or verifying my address, so sent it to my previous address since that was listed on the invoice I provided. So now somebody is going to get a random pressure cooker base in the mail and a supervisor has still not contacted me as I requested.I've never in my life seen such bad customer service. From denying your product could ever be faulty, to then determining with a few pictures that not only was it the customer's fault but that it would be a good idea to send three straight emails to the customer with pictures of OTHER people's damage claiming it's from 'honest' customers, and of course trying to SELL the customer a new product every step of the way. Then, to top it off, when I request a supervisor review the interaction and contact me I get ignored other than them apparently thinking it appropriate to send a new base out without any verification or request so it goes to someone else!Absolutely absurd. And, like I said, the unit was neat at first, but I kept getting overheating errors messages and burnt/wasted dinners. And if you ever do have a problem with the unit good luck trying to communicate with them.
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