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Standby state: the LED display shows
“OFF”.
Pre-heang state: the LED display shows
“On” and the acvated funcon indicator
lights up.
Program operang state: the acvated
funcon indicator lights up and the LED
display shows me. For pressure cooking,
slow cooking and mer funcons, the
me counts down. For “Keep Warm” and
“Yogurt” funcons, the me counts up.
The 4 operaons keys include “+”, “-“, “Pressure” and “Adjust” keys. The “+” and “-“ are used to
change the me value.
The "Pressure" key toggles the pressure seng between “High Pressure” and “Low Pressure” for
the pressure cooking funcons which include "Soup", "Bean/Chili", "Poultry", "Meat/Stew",
"Mulgrain", "Porridge", "Steam", “Rice" and “Manual” funcons. The “Pressure” key has no
eect on non-pressure cooking funcons: “Slow Cook”, “Sauté” and “Yogurt”.
The "Adjust" key can make 3 types of adjustments:
1. Changing the pressure keeping me for pressure cooking funcons, except "Manual"
and "Rice" funcons. "Rice" is fully automac.
2. Switching the temperature of "Slow Cook" and "Sauté".
3. Selecng programs in “Yogurt”.
The most important key is “Keep Warm/Cancel”. When Instant Pot is
being programmed or any program is in eect, press this key will
cancel the program and take the cooker to standby state. When the
cooker is in standby state, pressing this key acvates the keep-warm
program.
The “Soup” key is for making various soups and broth. You can use
the “Adjust” key to select a shorter or longer cooking duraon,
depending on the intended cooking result. Instant Pot controls
the pressure and temperature to a level that the liquid never goes
into the heavy boiling state. For example, making chicken broth
with the "Soup" funcon, the broth is clear and the chicken
remains intact aer cooking. If you need the food content to be
fully broken down, please sr and mix the soup before serving.
The “Porridge” key is to make porridge of various grains. You can use
the “Adjust” key to select a cooking duraon. The “Normal” duraon is for rice porridge. For a
mixture various grains and beans, please choose the "More" duraon. Sr the Porridge before
serving. Please note, aer the “Porridge” program is nished, do NOT put steam release
handle in venng posion; otherwise the porridge will splaer through the steam release.
Please use Natural Release.
The “Poultry” key is programmed to make poultry dishes. You may use the "Adjust" key to change
the poultry cooking me from "Normal" to "More" or "Less" depending on your preference of
the texture and the amount of poultry you put into the pot. Poultry meat is generally easier to
cook than pork, lamb and beef. Hence the poultry cooking me is adjusted within a shorter