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First, I'm not a chef. I'm a single person household, and I like to dine well. So my kitchen's "my castle" anyway, as small it may be and although I'm not a chef.
Compared to other Instant Pot multicookers, the Duo Crisp AF 8 has a slightly different set of cooking programmes available through its control panel:
There are only types of cooking available (sauté, pressure cook, steam, air fry etc), there are no buttons anymore for specific types of meals (e. g. "meat stew", "poultry", "egg", "cake" or "yogurt" etc as found on other Instant Pot cookers). This is perfect for the vegan kitchen. It does not explicitly show non-vegan cooking programmes on the control panel. Therefore, out of all Instant Pot multicookers available, the Duo Crisp AF is the one to go for if you run a vegan household.
Without presets for specific types of foods you need to know the programme you want to cook your meal or side with (how to cook it), for how long and at what temperature.
Instant Pot provides downloadable cooking (time) tables on their website, and there are plenty of Instant Pot specific cookbooks available, too, also for the vegan kitchen. Not to mention the Instant Pot recipe app.
You still can make (vegan) yoghurt or sterilise yoghurt glasses without the explicit buttons to "sterilize" or make "yogurt" found on other multicookers. You just need to figure out the programmes to use ;)
Easy to use. Easy to clean. It replaces pans and the oven. Since it arrived, I'm using it almost every day as a part of my kitchen environment to prepare specific foods, e. g. various types of beans, or one-pot-spaghetti and the like. The air fry and broil programmes have worked well so far with french fries, tofu nuggets and tofu fingers.
There's certainly a whole lot more to explore, and currently I'm looking forward to try all the (vegan) recipes the Instant Pot app provides.
The question is: do you need to or want to use a multicooker? If you find it would suit you, I certainly would recommend the Duo Crisp AF 8 to vegans and vegetarians and all those who want air frying included with their multicooker.
The Duo Crisp AF 8 certainly fits everyone with limited space in the kitchen or on a budget, since it delivers 11 in 1 cooking methods, including air frying.
The 8l pot isn't huge. It's big, though for me as a single household it's still suitable. I wouldn't choose a smaller one. Besides, using the air fryer you'll prefer the larger one.
This is cooking made simple and fun.
| Brand | Instant Pot |
|---|---|
| Model Number | 140-0041-01 |
| Colour | Stainless Steel-black |
| Product Dimensions | 38.4 x 40.3 x 31.7 cm; 10.3 kg |
| Capacity | 8 litres |
| Volume Capacity | 8 litres |
| Power / Wattage | 1500 watts |
| Voltage | 240 Volts |
| Material | Metal, Plastic |
| Special Features | Programmable |
| Item Weight | 10.3 kg |
