Great price for the Instant Pot Duo Plus 8L 9-in-1 Electric Pressure Cooker. 13 Smart Programs: Pressure Cooker, Rice Cooker, Slow Cooker, Steriliser, Sauté Pan
3 & 5.7L also on sale
17/6: Available again for $3.98 less.
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If you are fry often get a dedicated air fryer as they are more convenient
Having said that, I have the air fryer lid and it does a great job. Cupboard space was my limiting factor for going the all in one
already have a philips xxl but cleaning can be a pain.
I put the parts into the dishwasher. If it degrades them I'll use the silicone liner so I don't eat Teflon gunk.
"Duo" means it includes the lid.
The lid isn't just for air frying, it's also used for other functions like the dehydrator, where the fan will run very quietly compared to an air fryer. (of course, some air fryers have a dehydrator function with low fan, but it's not terribly common)
The Duo Plus doesn't air fry or dehydrate - that would be the Duo Crisp which has the lid I think they're referring to.
Gad dang I should have read the descriptions more closely! 😿
I have the Duo Crisp myself.
Anyone know what the future is for Instant Pot? I have a Duo Nova that I use daily and think it's a great product esp with the stainless steel bowl.
How do you mean?
Instant Brands went bankrupt or something.
In America, to restructure. AU Instant appears to be fine
They restructured and everything is shiny now.
The ALDI unit was selling for $89 3 weeks ago and has everything this has.
There is a huge difference between 6L and 8L if you want to cook a week worth of meals.
Also the aldi product is a non stick pot which is a huge downside for deterioration from regular use or those wanting to stay away from non stick.
I bought one of the remaining Aldi cookers reduced to $79 last week to add to my old Aldi cooker that I've had for the last 8 years. The old one is a non-stick pot also, and If you look after if there is no reason that it should be a huge downside. If you use the brown function and bash it around with utensil however, this could be a problem. For the price, it is fantastic. I now have 2 and can cook 2 different meals (12L total - perfect for meal prepping!)
It depends how you use it I guess
Most of my meals I'm browning some meat at a very high temperature then deglazing then pressure cooking. These high temperatures will 100% wear out non stick pretty quickly.
If you are simply putting in liquid/vegetables/meat all together and pressure cooking you probably won't have an issue as always having liquid in the pot will generally prevent damage to the non stick.
@samfisher5986: Browning on the stove works far better anyway, then put into the pressure cooker and cook.
@Homerlovesbeer: Not with the instant pot, if anything its actually better on my instant pot compared to my Stove due to the high speed it cooks before needing to pressure cook.
I can only imagine its better if you have a barbeque or similar.
@samfisher5986: Having owned both, I agree with you. Stainless steel is much better, for all the reasons you mentioned but especially for browning/searing.
You're right, it was actually $79. So 2 ALDI units are nearly as cheap and will cook 12L
ALDi vs Instantpot, I know what I would choose.
Much prefer the stainless steel bowl on the instant pot :-)
is there any shopback/cashback with this?
True, but i think ebay offers 3% cashback while amazon offers 9% for kitchen/dining products
No cashback with coupon, whereas Amazon has bonus 10% with the banks
How?
is 8 litres overkill for 2 adults/2 children? looks like a big unit/ would take up a lot of bench space
5.7L is plenty for a family of 4. Can fit whole chicken in easily.
agreed however most of the time im at the max of the 5.7 :D
I had the same conundrum, I reckon 8L for us (family of 3) simply because I'm buying it with the dream of doing big meal prep.
Only concern is will it be too big for making rice for 1x meal, but I'll cross that bridge when I get to it
If you need to make a small rice, you can do the "pot in pot" method. Use the 8L pot like a double boiler and put a smaller pot inside it on a trivet with the rice in it. If it doesn't make sense you can google: "pot in pot" "instant pot" rice
Is this better than Phillips HD2238/72?
Instant Pot Duo 7-in-1 also on sale
5.7L ($119.99)
https://www.amazon.com.au/Instant-Pot-Duo-Multicooker-5-7L/d…
8L ($142.99)
https://www.amazon.com.au/Instant-Pot-Duo-Multicooker-5-7L/d…
Have this and cannot live without this
The rice comes out perfect every time in around 3 minutes of pressure cooking.
Will buy the one with the airfryer lid when it hits 150.
Even with 2 people, one should go for the 8L version.
You can only cook a whole chicken of its the 8L model.
I have both sizes, and prefer the smaller one for cooking rice (it turns out fluffier every time, even with the exact same volume and settings).
I do large amounts of meal prep. Assuming I get the 8L version:
1. How many KG's of diced chicken could I cook in one go with this?
2. What's the max amount of rice I could cook?
(But don't bother with diced chicken — use whole chicken breasts, and 'shred' them later with forks or a chicken shredder off amazon. Chicken will shred beautifully.)
(But the texture will be better if you did less than 5 cups at a time. Only takes 3 minutes + 10 minutes of natural release).
Thanks! I usually cook 4kg chicken at a time, and 7 cups of rice. Looks like this will do the job.
Hi everyone,
I've been eyeing these for quite some time, however I never had one, usually just cook one meal at the time, and have microwave meals delivered in bulk for office days.
Having said that I'm keen to start doing my meal prep, just a bit lost as to where I should start.
Is there like a youtube series you could recommend to get me started? I don't want to buy something and end up not using it
Has anyone went from zero to hero recently and what was your experience like ?
when not using the pressure cooker it's just like cooking on the stove. there are instructions that show you how to use the pressure cooker for the first time. After that everything is easy.
It's currently $169
Can someone kindly confirm if 10% cashback applies on Cashrewards? TIA
This is back in stock at $153.99. Amazon also has the 5.7l Duo (no sous vide, cake or sterilize functions) for $116.99.
https://www.amazon.com.au/dp/B0B7MNC2CP
Hmm.. this or the airfryer crisp model for nearly $300
Also another good deal. Russell Hobbs 11 In 1 Digital Multicooker Black 6 L for $99 with code from previous Ozbargain post, $5 in store voucher with click and collect and RRP is 179
https://www.spotlightstores.com/kitchen/kitchen-appliances/r…