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I used a Fissler pressure cooker for more years than I want to count! Thank you for all your great recipes for pressure cooking and baking. This was the first pressure cooker Instant Pot released. It does not have a Low Pressure setting or a yogurt button. Other than that, it can do everything the Instant Pot Duo can do.
Since then, it feels like Instant Pot has released a zillion new models , and all with slightly different features. The DUO Nova provides most of the basic pressure cooking functions and some more advanced options. Essentially, unless you’re looking for some specific specialty functions like air fry or dehydrate, it will likely meet your needs. If you’re a fan of the ‘set it and forget it’ style of cooking, the handy instant vortex keep warm function means your food won’t go cold if you do actually forget about it. The delay start button allows you to postpone cooking for up to 24 hours, but be sure not to leave anything perishable in the pot if you’re using this function. It comes with a steam rack, but this is only really useful for larger foods, smaller vegetables will fall straight through the rack into the water below which is frustrating.
To clean it, slide it out, empty it out, rinse and slide back in place. Slide the condensation collector onto the back of the Instant Pot. Make sure no part of the sealing ring is sticking out, or you may have sealing issues and get the Burn Message. Continue to pull the silicone sealing ring out until it is completely separated. Don’t use another Instant Pot model’s lid on the Duo Nova Instant Pot.
The Keep Warm function can be used with or without the lid closed. You can also use an optional glass lid for this function. When the Keep Warm function finishes, the cooker beeps and goes into standby mode.
Usually they get dirty when I cook pasta or foods that require quick release. Instant Pot designs each of its electric pressure cookers to be convenient, safe, and dependable. As with each Instant Pot, they are mostly the same with slight variations that might make you choose one version over the other. Let’s take a look at the new Instant Pot Duo Nova, now available in four sizes. I want to thank you for your chart of times and so forth. Our slow cooker died after only a few months and due to Covid there is not an 8 quart available to replace it.
There is some trial and error and once you find what works for you, you can adapt recipes that you already make on the stove. Sorry, correction on last message, it should read steam instant pot duo nova for 15 mins then bring to 5lb pressure……. Betty, here’s my recipe to make yogurt in jars. However, if you wish to make yogurt in the inner pot, here’s a link to the Duo Nova manual.
The VAST majority of recipes online or in books are written for 6 qt. Sure you can halve most recipes but why need to? Also you may initially THINK you aren’t going to make some of the recipes that require a 6 qt but may soon really “get into” pressure cooking and wish you had the 6 quart. The only time I recommend a 3 quart is as a second pressure cooker.
I gave the nod to the Pro Crisp because I prefer the pot, display, and redesigned pressure cooking lid of the Pro Crisp model. However, the Duo Crisp offers the same cook settings for pressure cooking and air frying at a lower price point. Many people, and some manufacturers, maintain that it’s completely fine to put non-stick cookware in the dishwasher, while others find that blasphemous.
The Duo Nova has the button layout of the Duo mixed with the auto-seal lid of the Duo Ultra and the blue LCD display from the Duo Plus. The Instant Pot Duo has the yogurt button, adjustable pressure, and the saute function. Helen is a freelance writer who specializes in kitchen appliances and has written for some of the biggest home-related titles around. There’s no recipe book or thick manual of cooking times included in the box, you’ll need to find these on the website or app as well as experimenting to achieve the perfect result. Press the steam release button until it locks into place.