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Cooking
Steam
The Steam program works like a regular stovetop steamer, boiling liquid in the inner pot
to cook food with hot steam. When steaming, use the multi-functional rack to keep food
out of the boiling liquid.
Smart
Program
Default time Time range
Default
temperature
Steam
10 minutes
(00:10)
1 minute to 1 hour
(00:01 to 01:00)
100°C / 212°F
Not adjustable.
CAUTION
The inner pot and accessories will be hot during and after cooking. Always use
appropriate hand protection when adding to or removing food from a hot inner pot
to avoid injury and/or property damage.
NOTICE
The oat valve should not rise during Steam. The lid is removable throughout the
cooking process for easy access. If the oat valve rises, touch the Venting eld,
then toggle to Quick and touch Start.
NOTICE
If there is steam in the inner pot, you may notice some resistance when re-placing
the lid. Allow the lid to settle into the track completely before closing it.
01 Add water to the inner pot.
02 Insert the inner pot into the multicooker base.
03 Place and close the pressure cooking lid as described in Pressure control features:
Pressure cooking lid.
04 Touch Steam.
05 Turn the dial to adjust the cooking time.
06 Press Start to begin.
The display shows On and the cooking progress bar shows Pre-heating.
07 When the Pro Plus reaches the target temperature, the progress bar moves over to
Cooking and the timer counts down.
08 When the Smart Program nishes the display shows End.
Automatic Keep Warm cannot be used with Steam.
A delay start timer can be set to automatically start steaming while you're in bed, working,
running errands or busy with other dishes. To set a delay start timer, see
Control panel: Settings.