Amazon Basics 23 in 1 Multi-Purpose Electric Steamer, Pressure Cooker, 5.5 Litre, 1000 W, Brushed Stainless Steel, now with downloadable Free Recipe Book (UK plug)

This seems well made, feels robust, and works extremely well, the buttons work well and the display is clear, the manual let's this down a little as it could be written better and more clearly, but once you figure it out it is simple to use and easy to clean afterward, it does a lot with easy settings for slow cook, pressure cook, curries , soup, congee, rice cooking, etcWith pressure cooking once the steam starts to vent within a. Minute or so the, lid locks, the steam stop venting and the countdown start to cooking completion,I Like this cooker alot.👍

As so many before me have said, the instructions for using this are worthless. The online cook book isn't much good either. Until you start cooking you have no idea how long it's going to take. Seriously, Amazon need to do something about this because this is actually a cracking addition to the kitchen and I love it!I have obtained recipes online from various sources and have used them to make chilli, cook a gammon joint, cook a one-pot brisket of beef meal, curry, potatoes, vegetables and many more. I also slow cooked a beef casserole all with excellent results. The flavours seem to be accentuated and apart from slow cooking, the time taken to cook is significantly reduced. I love this all purpose cooker. I have bought a little notebook to write down the things I've made and the settings and timings for future reference. Once you get used to it, it really is great though quite perplexing to begin with.It's easy to clean and I believe the bowl can be put in the dishwasher though I always wash it by hand. Make sure you clean the seal really well each time as it can trap the cooking smells as I discovered after making curry. I would definitely recommend this as it's so versatile, cuts down cooking times and holds the flavours so well.

UPDATE January 2022:After 15 months the product stopped working. The product had been used about 20 times. Over the last 5 occasions an E13 error appeared intermittently (issue with the float valve) which I was able to overcome the first few times until it refused to cooperate any longer.A quick chat with Amazon led to the product being replaced, which was amazing (I can’t imagine a high street retailer doing that!), but it feels incredibly wasteful for an appliance to be so apparently lacking in durability. Hoping that the replacement will last longer!===================This product gets used in my house for either slow cooking or pressure cooking. It's very versatile and easy to use once you worked out how. Overall I'd strongly recommend this device with caveats:Likes:- Capacity is large enough to accommodate a whole chicken / pork shoulder, substantial cut of meat to feed a whole family- Easy to assemble and disassemble making it easy to use and clean- Pre-programmed functions are useful for certain dishes (if they're dishes you cook)- Programming is very straightforward once you've figured it out for the first time from the instructions!- Being able to prepare a meal in one cooking vessel and being able to safely leave it to cook and return later in the day to a delicious meal is fantastic.Minor Dislike:- Instructions are confusing and took longer than it should have to figure it outMajor Dislike:- Only one slow cook function with no control over heat level, no indication as to what the preset heat level is, no control over length of time (8 hours only), making it difficult to follow recipes which usually specify both heat level and length of time. If this feature was fixed I'd rate the device 5 stars and bore everyone senseless about how great it is.

I have always hesitated in using a pressure cooker. However, this version is great with safety features to prevent me from blowing up the kitchen. You can pressure cook beans and grains in a few minutes which is a life saver if your a vegan or budget cooking. The settings for steaming rice (white or brown) mean you’ll never have to worry about crunchy rice again. There is a setting for chili, soup, curry and more. You can even sauté your food before pressure cooking it. It’s so simple to use that our teenager was able to figure out how to make queso for their nacho movie night with friends. Overall, Amazon basics has some great items that very welcome in the kitchen.

The media could not be loaded. I have lived for 10 years in china and this pressure cooker was a must in home. I remember for 10 years we have used 3 cookers but later I learned there are some spare parts at the market like gaskets. So the last one was a chinese brand and lasted more than 5 years. We cook at home , we rarely go out for eating so presssure cooker is our house main cooker. Before we were using classic ones but if you forget just 5min it will be gone. This amazon model we used first time for cooking white beans with lamb meat. It was delicious, this model is much more better than our previous one since cover lid is separate and washable, the one in china gave us trouble to clean it. We hope we will use this long time without any failure.

Could have used some better or rather more in depth instructions, but that could just be my lack of experience using any type of pressure cooker at electric or otherwise. It's still a learning curve for me but so far I'm very pleased with it and I think it's very good value for money. I have so far only used 2 settings on it, manual and sauté but the fact that it's also a slow cooker and a rice cooker is fantastic. Overall an excellent product though it would definitely (for people like me with no idea what they were doing) benefit from a dummy's guide to use and some recipes to get you started. Oh and it's huge. I don't know what I was expecting but it was definitely bigger than imagined.