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4. To cancel the Timer operaon, press the “Keep-Warm/Cancel” key at any me.
5. Your Instant Pot® starts cooking when the delay mer counts down to 0. Aer cooking, the
cooker will then enter the Auto “Keep Warm” cycle for 10 hours. Please Note:
We highly discourage using the Timer funcon for perishable foods, such as meat and sh,
which may spoil when le at room temperature for hours. Cooked rice may yield overly
so texture due to long soaking me. It may also cause a layer of burned rice at the
boom of the pot if it is le in Keep-Warm mode for too long.
The “Timer” funcon is not recommended for porridge, oatmeal or other frothy, scky
foods due to the possibility of the oat valves geng blocked and causing overow of
food content. The Instant Pot® should not be le unaended during the preheat cycle.
Since the ‘Timer’ funcon implies leaving the unit unaended, it is strongly recommended
to not use the “Timer” program for the types of food menoned above.
1. Follow steps in the "Cooking Preparaon" secon of this manual. Keep the lid open to avoid
pressure from building up inside the cooker. An oponal glass lid can also be used.
2. Connect the cooker to the power outlet. The LED display
shows “OFF” indicang that it’s in standby state.
3. Press the “Sauté” key. For safety reasons, the maximum
operaon me of one “Sauté” cycle is 30 minutes.
4. Change the cooking temperature among “Normal”, “More”
and “Less” modes with the “Adjust” key. The "Normal" mode
is suited for regular sauté or pan searing. The "More" mode is
for sr-frying or browning meat at higher temperature. The
"Less" mode is suitable for simmering, reducing juices or
thickening sauces. To avoid pressure building up, the lid
cannot be closed. If you accidentally close the lid, ashing
"Lid" is displayed to warn about the wrong lid posion.
Cauon: parally closing the lid during sautéing could cause
pressure to build up in the cooker. This can be hazardous.
5. Heang starts automacally in 10 seconds aer the last key is
pressed. The “Sauté” program can be cancelled at any me by
pressing “Keep Warm/Cancel” key.
6. When the designated temperature is reached, the LED display
shows “Hot”. “Hot” will not appear if there is water inside pot.
7. When cooking nishes, the cooker beeps and goes to standby
state. If you need more me, simply press the “Sauté” key
again.
Pressing the “Keep-Warm/Cancel” key in the standby state acvates the “Keep Warm” funcon.
You can use “+” and “-“ to change the me from 10 minutes to 99 hours and 50 minutes. When
“Keep Warm” funcon starts, the me counts up by minutes. The "Keep Warm" funcon can be
used with or without the lid closed. You can also use an oponal glass lid for this funcon. When it
nishes, the cooker beeps and goes to standby state.
You can make yogurt either with the inner pot or use glass boles. The process to make yogurt