Saturday, October 23, 2021

Cuckoo Multi Pressure Cooker Review - Supper Cooker

This is Cuckoo Multi Pressure Cooker, CMC-ASB501F, A50 Premium Series 8 in 1 (Pressure, Slow, Rice Cooker, Browning Fry, Steamer, Warmer, Yogurt, Soup Maker)18+ Smart Options, Stainless Steel, 5QT, GOLD



I got this pressure cooker mostly because I wanted something I trusted to cook rice (this one has multiple rice settings and I wanted to replace my rice cooker), and also wanted to pressure cook beans, and I didn’t want something ugly like the instapot.

It’s hard to suss out from the written materials how it compares to the instapot as far as pressure level. I think it’s slightly less but not by much. (If you read the info on electric pressure cookers, they come up to a certain pressure but don’t stay at that highest level. So who knows the real pressure level.)
So far, I really like the machine but if you want to adapt instapot recipes for this, you gotta get a sense for how long something will take to come to pressure. Unlike the instapot, the timer on this INCLUDES the time to come to pressure. So depending on what I’m making and its temp and water level, I end up estimating 10-20 mins to come to pressure. This matters because you set your own cook time on the multi cook function. Other settings work well, like “browning fry” aka sauté. Generally the rice function is good—white rice comes out perfect, gaba rice is ok (a little sticky. I need to experiment). I use the multi cook for beans, max temp/pressure, works just fine.
Not sure what cleaning is like for instapot. This is a bit of a pain with the gasket and all. It does have a self cleaning feature, but of course I remove and clean the inner lid and gasket by hand each time I use it. And don’t even think about putting a metal spoon in this or you’ll scratch the coating—use the spatula/rice paddle they provide.
I hope this helps someone decide if they want the machine or not. :-)

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