Multicookers make cooking meals easier than it’s ever been before. These pots can handle a variety of tasks, including sautéing, pressure cooking, slow cooking, and much more. Besides being a whole oven in a portable device, they also come with a lot of great tech to make meals smarter, safer, and healthier.
Instant Pot Duo Crisp
Best multicooker overall
In addition to cooking, pressure cooking, air frying, and slow cooking, this Pot has settings for porridge, yogurt, rice, and other commonly cooked foods that take a lot of the guesswork out of preparing dishes you may not have tried before (with plenty of safety features so you don’t mess up). It’s an ideal cooker, whether it’s your very first one or you’re looking for a high-tech upgrade.
Breville Fast Slow Pro
Best multicooker for precise cooking
Breville has won recognition for its high-tech, high-quality kitchen devices, and this 6-quart multicooker is no exception. If the Instant Pot doesn’t quite feel right to you, this is an alternative that will still give you many different cooking options and useful modern safety features.
Ninja Foodi Multi-Cooker
Best multicooker design
Ninja has an excellent line of multicookers of its own, but the Foodi is particularly handy. It can pressure cook, sear, and sauté like most multicookers, but it also has an air frying lid for dry cooking functions like baking, roasting, and air frying.
One of the biggest complaints a lot of people have about multicookers is that they can’t crisp, so chicken skin comes out soggy. The Foodi lets you pressure cook a whole chicken, and then crisp the skin in the same appliance.
Mealthy MultiPot
Best multicooker for beginners
Mealthy (think like “healthy”) is an affordable 6-quart multicooker that’s specifically designed to make cooking dishes easier. Functionally it’s incredibly similar to the Instant Pot, but there are a few differences worth nothing. The Mealthy pot comes with a steamer basket so you can cook a dish while also steaming another ingredient at the same time. That makes this a great starter model for those who may not have much experience in cooking.
