MD Consumer Electric SMART601 Electric Pressure Cooker User Manual Instant Pot IP DUO English

Guangdong MD Consumer Electric Manufacturing Co., Ltd Electric Pressure Cooker Instant Pot IP DUO English

User Manual.

Programmable Smartcooker User Manual Model: IP-Smart (Pictures in the text are for reference only. Please refer to the actual product.) Thank you for purchasing the mul-funconal Instant Pot. Please read the User Manual carefully before use and keep it in a convenient place for future reference.
2  IMPORTANT SAFEGUARDS ........................................................................................ 3 Precauons .......................................................................................................... 4 Special Cord Set Instrucons ................................................................................ 4 Product Introducon................................................................................................. 5 Features ............................................................................................................... 5 Specicaons ....................................................................................................... 5 Product Structure ................................................................................................. 6 Before the First Use .................................................................................................. 7 Install the Condensaon Collector ....................................................................... 7 Remove and Install the An-Block Shield ............................................................. 7 Remove and Install the Sealing Ring .................................................................... 7 Safe Lid Opening................................................................................................... 8 Cooking Preparaon ............................................................................................. 8 Controls and States of the Cooker .......................................................................... 10 Control Panel ...................................................................................................... 10 States of the Cooker ........................................................................................... 10 Operaon Keys ................................................................................................... 11 Funcon Keys ..................................................................................................... 11 Wireless Operaons ............................................................................................... 13 Pairing Your Smartphone/Tablet with Instant Pot .............................................. 13 Erase Pairing Informaon ................................................................................... 13 Turn O Bluetooth ............................................................................................. 14 Operang your Smartcooker Wirelessly ............................................................. 14 Wring Recipe Script and Sharing it with Friends .............................................. 14 Cooking with Your Instant Pot ................................................................................. 16 Pressure Cooking ................................................................................................ 16 Slow Cooking ...................................................................................................... 17 Delayed Cooking with Timer .............................................................................. 17 Sautéing ............................................................................................................. 18 Warming ............................................................................................................. 19 Making Yogurt .................................................................................................... 19 Making Jiu Niang ................................................................................................ 19 Inial Test Run .................................................................................................... 20 Care and Maintenance ............................................................................................ 21 Cleaning ............................................................................................................. 21 Troubleshoong ...................................................................................................... 21 Limited Warranty .................................................................................................... 24
3  Your Instant Pot cooks with pressure. When using pressure cookers, basic safety precauons should always be followed. PLEASE READ ALL INSTRUCTIONS. 1. Do not touch hot surfaces. Use handles or knobs. 2. Close supervision is necessary when the pressure cooker is used near children. 3. Do not place the pressure cooker in a heated oven. 4. Extreme cauon must be used when moving a pressure cooker containing hot liquids. 5. Do not use pressure cooker for other than intended use. 6. This appliance cooks under pressure. Improper use may result in scalding injury. Make certain unit is properly closed before operang. Please see “Cooking Preparaon”. 7. Do not ll the unit over 2/3 full. When cooking foods that expand during cooking such as rice or dried vegetables, do not ll the unit over 1/2 full. Over lling may cause a risk of clogging the vent pipe and developing excess pressure. Please see “Food Preparaon Instrucons”. 8. Be aware that certain foods, such as applesauce, cranberries, pearl barley, oatmeal or other cereals, split peas, noodles, macaroni, rhubarb, or spaghe can foam, froth, and spuer, and clog the pressure release device (the steam release handle). These foods should not be cooked in a pressure cooker. 9. Always check the pressure release devices (the steam release handle) for clogging before use. 10. Do not open the pressure cooker unl the unit has cooled and all internal pressure has been released. If the handles are dicult to push apart, this indicates that the cooker is sll pressurized – do not force it open. Any pressure in the cooker can be hazardous. Please see “Cooking Preparaon”. 11. Never deep fry or pressure fry in the unit with oil. It is dangerous and may cause a re or serious damage. 12. To protect against electrical shock, do not immerse cord, plugs, or appliance in water or other liquid. 13. Unplug from outlet when not in use and before cleaning. Allow to cool before pung on or taking o parts, and before cleaning. 14. Do not operate any appliance with a damaged cord or plug or aer the appliance malfuncons or has been damaged in any manner. Return appliance to the service center for examinaon repair or adjustment. See Warranty secon. 15. The use of accessory aachments not recommended by the appliance manufacturer may cause injuries. 16. This product is for household use only. Do not use outdoors. 17. Do not let cord hang over edge of table or counter, or touch hot surfaces. 18. Do not place the unit on or near a hot gas or electric burner, or in a heated oven. 19. Extreme cauon must be used when moving the unit containing hot oil or other hot liquids. 20. Cauon: to reduce the risk of electric shock, cook only in the provided removable container (cooking pot).
4 21. Do not use incompable removable container (cooking pot) or sealing ring (gasket) to avoid pressure leakage. 22. To disconnect, turn any control to "o", then remove plug from wall outlet. 23. Do not place the unit on an unstable locaon it is strictly prohibited to use it on a newspaper, foam or other object that may easily block the vent holes at the boom. 24. Do not use it in a place which is near splash water or re. Do not use it in a place exposed to directly to sunshine or oil splash. Put it in a place out of the reach of children. 25. Before use each me, be sure to check the an-block shield, oat valve and exhaust valve (steam release handle) for obstrucon, wipe the surface of the inner pot and the heang plate to conrm they are free of any foreign object; make sure the steam release handle is in sealing posion. 26. Do not move this product or force to remove the lid when the unit is in operaon. 27. Do not place your hands or face over the exhaust valve (steam release handle) or oat valve to avoid scald when the unit is in operaon. 28. To reduce the risk of re or electric shock, only authorized personnel should do repairs. 29. Do not cover the pressure valves. 30. This appliance is not intended for use by persons (including children) with reduced physical, sensory or mental capabilies, or lack of experience and knowledge, unless they are accompanied by a person responsible for their safety. 31. Do not use this product on any electrical system other than voltage: 110-120V~/60Hz. PLEASE SAVE THESE INSTRUCTIONS. And keep the user manual in a convenient place for future reference.  Before each use, please make sure to inspect the following: 1. The an-block shield, oat valve and exhaust valve are not blocked by food debris. 2. The boom surface of the inner pot and the heang plate are free of any foreign objects. 3. The steam release handle is in the "Sealing" posion for all pressure cooking. Aer cooking, wait unl the cooker cools down for a while and release the pressure using the steam release handle. Use extreme cauon when opening the lid. Scald and serious burns can be caused by the steam inside the unit. If all LED lights are ashing on the control panel, unplug the power cord immediately and consult the “Troubleshoong” secon. Care must be taken with the sealing ring to avoid deformaon. Failure to do so may prevent the product from working properly.  A short power supply cord is provided to reduce the hazards resulng from entanglement and tripping. An extension cord may be used if care is exercised in its use. If an extension cord is used, the electrical rang of the cord must be at least 12 amps and 120 volts. The extended cord must
5 be arranged so that it will not drape over edge of table or counter where it can be pulled by children or tripped over accidentally. This appliance has a polarized plug (one blade is wider than the other). To reduce the risk of electric shock, this plug is intended to t into a polarized outlet in only one way. If the plug does not t fully into the outlet, ip the plug. If it sll does not t, contact a qualied electrician. Do not aempt to modify the plug in any way.  Instant Pot® Smart is a new generaon of smart kitchen appliances. It is a mul-funconal smartcooker combining the benets of a Pressure Cooker, Slow Cooker, Rice Cooker, Porridge Maker, Steamer, Sous Vide water oven, Sauté pan, Yogurt Maker, Food Warmer and more. It is Bluetooth® enabled allowing connecons from smartphones/tablets. Complex cooking steps can be easily programmed in recipe scripts and uploaded to the cooker to produce consistent results every me. This capability allows the cooker’s funcons to be upgraded and expanded aer purchase, and the recipe scripts can be shared with friends. Instant Pot® is a convenient and kitchen-friendly me saver. Together with mulple sensors, its micro-processor controlled intelligent programs make your everyday cooking as easy as pressing a buon. It brings your green thinking right into the kitchen by saving up to 70% of energy compared with convenonal cooking. In most cases, your Instant Pot reduces the cooking me by 70%, and preserves more vitamins and minerals in the natural ingredients. Instant Pot has been designed to avoid the common errors and safety hazards of old stove-top pressure cookers using 10 proven safety mechanisms and patented technologies. They include lid posion monitoring, locking the lid under pressure, electronic pressure and temperature control, dry burn detecon with automac shuto, over-pressure protecon, and temperature and electrical current liming fuse. Instant Pot® has earned the entrusted UL cercaon by going through the rigorous UL lab tesng.   High safety standard: 10 safety mechanisms and UL safety cercaon. Please visit www.InstantPot.com for detailed informaon.  Bluetooth® Smart compliant (Bluetooth 4.0) to connect to smartphones/tablets, providing easy to use interfaces to control and monitor cooking progress in graphics. The cooker’s funcons can be upgraded and expanded aer purchase. Cooking procedures can be wrien in recipe script and shared with friends.  Mul-funcon: Braising, pressure cooking, stewing, steaming, simmering, slow cooking, sauté/browning, fermenng, making yogurt and keeping warm.  14 convenient cooking programs controlled by a microprocessor: Simply press one of the funcon keys to start cooking. The microprocessor controls the me, cooking pressure and temperature eliminang the need to watch over the cooker in the kitchen.  Clean and pleasant: Instant Pot produces very lile noise and leaks almost no steam. This keeps the aromas and avor of ingredients in the food and avoids messy spills, splashes or spaers to clean up.  Dual pressure sengs for fast and exible cooking: Cooking with the high pressure reduces cooking me by up to 70% and low pressure avoids overcooking delicate food.  Up to 24-hour delayed cooking: Long 24 hour mer. Perfect for meal planning.  Up to 120 minutes of manual cooking me selecon.  Auto keep warm: Aer cooking, the keep-warm funcon starts automacally for 10 hours.  Dishwasher safe stainless steel inner pot and steam rack.
6   Working pressure: High 10.2 ~ 11.6psi (70 ~ 80kPa); Low 5.8 ~7.2 psi (40 ~ 50kpa)  Steam release pressure limit: 15.22psi (105kPa)  Working temperature: 115°C ~ 118°C (239°F ~ 244°F) at high pressure seng; 110°C ~ 112°C (229 ~ 233°F) at low pressure seng.  “Keep warm” funcon: up to 99 hours 50 minutes, 63 ~ 78°C (145 ~ 172°F);  “Slow Cook” funcon: 0.5 ~ 20 hours, at 88 ~ 99°C (190 ~ 210°F)  “Sauté” funcon: “Normal” mode: 160 ~ 176°C (320 ~ 349°F); “More” mode: 175 ~ 210°C (347 ~ 410°F); “Less” mode: 135 ~ 150°C (275 ~ 302°F).  “Yogurt” funcon: up to 99 hours 30 minutes. “Normal” mode for making yogurt: 36 ~ 43°C (96.8 ~ 109.4°F); “Less” mode for making Jiu Niang (fermented glunous rice): 30 ~ 34°C (86 ~ 93.2°F); “More” for pasteurizing milk: ~83°C (~180°F).  Baery: Li-ion CR2477, 3V. Baery life: 5 years.  Model Power Supply Rated Power Vol-ume Caliber of inner pot Weight Dimension IP-Smart 120V~ 60Hz 1000W 6 Qt 16x22x24 cm 6.3x8.66x9.45 in 6.61kg (14.57lb) 33x31x32 cm 13x12.2x12.6 in Accesso-ries Rice paddle, Soup spoon, Measuring cup, Steam rack, Condensaon water collec-tor, User manual and Recipe booklet. Lid n slot on the cooker handle can hold the open lid on either le or right. Condensaon collector and the power cord holder.
7  Before the rst use, please take out all accessories from the package and read this manual carefully. Please pay parcular aenon to operaonal instrucons and cauons to avoid any injury or property damage. Please wash the inside of the lid and the inner pot with warm soapy water, rinse and dry thoroughly. Wipe the outer housing with a clean damp cloth. Never immerse the cooker housing in water or any other liquid. The inner pot, sealing ring and steam release handle and all accessories are dishwasher safe. But never clean the lid and housing in a dishwasher. Install the Condensaon Collector To install the condensaon collector, slide it into the slot on the cooker housing. Follow the reverse order to remove it for cleaning. Remove and Install the An-Block Shield The an-block shield can be removed by pushing it on the side to li it up. To install the an-block shield, posion it in place and press it down. The an-block shield can be installed on either direcon lengthwise. Remove and Install the Sealing Ring The sealing ring can be removed by pulling upwards from the sealing ring rack in secons. To reinstall the sealing ring, pressing it down into the rack secon by secon. The sealing ring can be installed on either side facing up. Please note the following:  Prior to each use, inspect to make sure the sealing ring is well seated in the sealing ring rack and the an-block shield is mounted properly on the steam release pipe. A properly seated sealing ring can be shied, with a bit of eort, clockwise or an-clockwise inside the sealing ring rack.  Aer use, remove any foreign objects from the sealing ring and an-block shield.  Keep the sealing ring clean to avoid odor. Washing the sealing ring in warm soapy water or dishwasher can remove odor. However, it is normal for the sealing ring to absorb the smell of certain acidic foods. That's why it is always a good idea to have more than one sealing ring on hand. You can purchase addional sealing rings from www.InstantPot.com.  Never pull the sealing ring by force, as the pulling may cause deformaon and aect its funcon in sealing the pressure.  A sealing ring with cracks, cuts or other damages should not be used. A new sealing ring replacement should be used. Please choose authenc parts from Instant Pot Company.
8  1. Make sure the pressure cooking program has completed or press “Keep-Warm/Cancel” to terminate the program. 2. Releasing pressure in one of the following approaches. Quick Release:  Slide the steam release handle to the "Venng" posion to let out steam unl the oat valve drops down. Cauon:  Please keep hands and face away from the hole on the top of the steam release handle when using Quick Release. The escaping steam is very hot and can cause scalding.  Never pull out the steam release handle when it is leng out steam.  Please be aware that Quick Release is not suitable for food in large liquid volume or with high starch content (e.g. porridge, congee, scky liquids, soup, etc.). Food content may splaer out with steam. Use Natural Release instead. Natural Release:  Allow the cooker to cool down naturally unl the oat valve drops down. This may take 10 to 15 minutes aer cooking is nished and the cooker is in Keep-Warm mode.  Pung a wet towel on the lid can speed up cooling. 3. Open the lid: Hold the lid handle, turn the lid counterclockwise to the open posion, and li the lid up to open. To avoid vacuum sucon on the lid, turn the steam release to “Venng” posion to let in air when liing the lid.  Cauon: Do not open the lid unl pressure inside the pot is completely released. As a safety feature, unl the oat valve drops down, the lid is locked and cannot be opened.  If the oat valve is stuck due to food debris or sckiness, you can push it down with a pen or chopscks when you are certain the pressure has been released by moving the steam release handle in the venng posion.  1. Open the lid Holding the lid handle with your hand, rotate approximately 30 degrees counterclockwise unl the mark on the lid is aligned with the “Open” mark on the cooker housing rim.
9 2. Check whether all parts on the lid are assembled properly Check the oat valve and exhaust valve for obstrucons. Make sure that the sealing ring is well seated inside its holding rack, the an-block shield is installed properly and the oat valve can move up and down easily. 3. Take out the inner pot, and put in food and liquid The total amount of food and water should NEVER exceed the maximum level marking of the inner pot. It is recommended that you do not ll the unit over 2/3 full. When cooking foods that expand during cooking such as rice, beans or dried vegetables, do not ll the unit over 1/2 full. Over lling may risk clogging the vent pipes and developing excess pressure. This could also cause spillage and may damage to the unit. 4. Place the inner pot inside the cooker housing Before that, be sure to remove foreign objects and wipe dry the outside of the inner pot and the heang element inside of the cooker. Aer pung the inner pot inside the housing, rotate the inner pot slightly to ensure good contact between the inner pot and the heang element. 5. Close the lid completely Hold the lid handle and put the lid on the cooker, with the mark on the lid and the “Open” marks on the housing rim are aligned. Rotate the lid clockwise approximately 30 degrees unl the mark on the lid is aligned with the “Close” mark on the housing rim. Instant Pot has a safety feature to disable the cooker and the display ashes "Lid" if the lid is not posioned correctly. When using "Soup", "Poultry", "Meat/Stew", "Bean/Chili", "Mulgrain", "Rice", "Steam", "Porridge" and "Yogurt", the lid should be fully closed. When using "Sauté", the lid should be open. "Keep Warm" and “Slow Cook” works with the lid either opened or closed. 6. Posion the steam release handle properly Please note that it is perfectly normal and necessary for the steam release handle to be
10 loose. It works by weight and simply rests on top of the exhaust pipe. It can also be removed for washing if necessary by pulling it straight out. In operaon of the cooker for any funcons except "Keep-Warm", "Sauté" or "Slow Cook", align the pointed end of the steam release handle poinng to "Sealing", indicang that the pressure cooker is in the sealed posion. The "Sauté" funcon must be used without the lid. The "Slow Cook" and “Keep-Warm” can operate with or without the lid, or using an oponal glass lid available at www.InstantPot.com.   The control panel of your Instant Pot consists of an LED display, 2 pressure indicators, 3 mode indicators, 4 operaon keys and 14 funcon keys. Each funcon key has a funcon indicator light. Operaon keys do not have indicator lights.  Your Instant Pot has 3 states which are shown on the LED display and funcon indicators.
11  Standby state: the LED display shows “OFF”.  Pre-heang state: the LED display shows “On” and the acvated funcon indicator lights up.  Program operang state: the acvated funcon indicator lights up and the LED display shows me. For pressure cooking, slow cooking and mer funcons, the me counts down. For “Keep Warm” and “Yogurt” funcons, the me counts up.  The 4 operaons keys include “+”, “-“, “Pressure” and “Adjust” keys. The “+” and “-“ are used to change the me value. The "Pressure" key toggles the pressure seng between “High Pressure” and “Low Pressure” for the pressure cooking funcons which include "Soup", "Bean/Chili", "Poultry", "Meat/Stew", "Mulgrain", "Porridge", "Steam", “Rice" and “Manual” funcons. The “Pressure” key has no eect on non-pressure cooking funcons: “Slow Cook”, “Sauté” and “Yogurt”. The "Adjust" key can make 3 types of adjustments: 1. Changing the pressure keeping me for pressure cooking funcons, except "Manual" and "Rice" funcons. "Rice" is fully automac. 2. Switching the temperature of "Slow Cook" and "Sauté". 3. Selecng programs in “Yogurt”.  The most important key is “Keep Warm/Cancel”. When Instant Pot is being programmed or any program is in eect, press this key will cancel the program and take the cooker to standby state. When the cooker is in standby state, pressing this key acvates the “Keep-Warm” program. You can use “Adjust” key to select the mode of dierent temperatures: Less (~56°C/133°F), Normal (~63°C/145°F), and More (75°C/145°F). The “Soup” key is for making various soups and broth. You can use the “Adjust” key to select a shorter or longer cooking duraon, 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" funcon, the broth is clear and the chicken remains intact aer cooking. If you need the food content to be fully broken down, please sr 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 duraon. The “Normal” duraon is for rice porridge. For a mixture various grains and beans, please choose the "More" duraon. Sr the Porridge before serving. Please note, aer the “Porridge” program is nished, do NOT put steam release handle in venng posion; otherwise the porridge will splaer 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
12 me range when using the "Poultry" funcon key. The “Meat/Stew” key is for cooking meat and stew. The “Adjust” key can be used to change the cooking me to achieve the desired texture of the meat. In general, "More" duraon is for bone-stripping eect on meat. The “Bean/Chili” key is specically for cooking beans and making Chili. If you want the beans well cooked, please use the “Adjust” key to select "More" duraon. The “Rice” key is a fully automated smart program for cooking regular rice or parboiled rice. The cooking duraon is adjusted automacally depending on the amount of food content. To cook 2 cups of rice, it takes about 12 minute pressure keeping me; for 3~5 cups of rice, it takes about 14 minute pressure keeping me; more cups will take longer me accordingly. Total cooking me is not displayed, whereas the pressure keeping me will be shown when working pressure is reached. The “Adjust” key has no eect on this program. Please note: You can cook as lile as one cup of rice with the correct rao of water. The "Mulgrain" key is a program to cook mixed grains of wild rice, hard brown rice, mung beans, etc. There are three “Adjust” opons for mulgrain rice cooking. The "Normal" seng has 40 minutes of pressure cooking me. The "Less" seng has 20 minutes of pressure cooking me. The "More" seng has 45 minutes of warm water soaking me and 60 minutes of pressure cooking me. The "More" seng is suitable for harder grains such as dry split corn. The “Steam” key is designed for steaming purposes. You can steam vegetables, seafood or reheang with the enclosed steam rack. When steaming vegetables and seafood, please note that using the “Natural Release” method for releasing the steam will likely overcook the food. You will need to release the steam as soon as the cooking me has expired using the “Quick Release” method. Using 1~2 cups (160ml) of water is sucient for steaming fresh or frozen vegetables, with 1~2 minute pressure keeping me. Please use “+” or “-“ keys to change the steaming me. Please note that unlike other pressure cooking funcons, the “Steam” funcon heats at full power connuously. This may burn food in direct contact with the boom of the inner pot. Please use the trivet provided to elevate the food above the water. Use a metal basket or (oven safe) glass/ceramic container that ts into the inner pot to contain the food. The “Manual” key allows manual seng of cooking me. The me set in this mode is pressure cooking me which will begin to count down when working pressure is reached. The maximum pressure cooking me is 120 minutes. The "Sauté" key is used for open lid sautéing, browning or simmering inside the inner pot. "Adjust" can be used to change the operang temperature in 3 modes. Please see the “Sautéing” secon for details. The “Slow Cook" key allows you to use your Instant Pot as a common slow cooker. The user can change the cooking duraon by pressing the "+" or "-" key between 0.5 and 20 hours. The "Adjust" key allows you to adjust the level of heang as in tradional slow cookers. Please see the “Slow Cooking” secon for its usage. The “Yogurt” key has 3 programs: make yogurt, pasteurize milk and making Jiu Niang (aka fermented glunous rice). Please see the “Making Yogurt” and “Making Jiu Niang ” secons. The “Timer” key is for delayed cooking. To start delayed cooking, rst select the desired cooking funcon (all program funcons except “Sauté” and “Yogurt”), and then press the “Timer” key. Use “+” and “-“ to set the delayed hours. Press "Timer" key again to change the minutes. The me you are seng is the delayed me before the program starts. Please allow sucient cooking me and cooling down me before serving. The me delay can be adjusted with “+” or “-“ keys for up to 24 hours . Please see the “Delayed Cooking with Timer” secon for details.
13  Your Instant Pot Smart is equipped with a Bluetooth® Low Energy (Bluetooth® 4.x) chip and has been cered as Bluetooth® Smart compliant. This allows your Instant Pot to wirelessly con-nect to Bluetooth® Smart Ready smartphones and tablets which support Bluetooth® 4.x. Such devices include iPhone 4S/5/5C/5S, iPad 3/4/Air, iPad mini/mini2, iPod touch 5 or later, and An-droid devices with Bluetooth® 4.x chip running Android 4.3 or later, such as Samsung Galaxy S4/S5, Nexus 5/7, etc. To connect to Instant Pot Smart, you need to download the “Smart Cooker” app. For Apple devices, the “Smart Cooker” app can be downloaded from iTunes App Store. For Android devices, it can be downloaded from Google Play Store (to be released later). Windows Mobile, Blackberry, Symbian and other mobile OSes are not supported. There are three ways to download the “Smart Cooker” app to your mobile device: 1. Scan the QR code on the right. It takes you directly to iTunes App Store or Google Play store depending on the type of your mobile device. 2. Type in the URL: hp://instantpot.com/smartcooker/ on your smartphone/tablet Internet browser. 3. Launch the “App Store” app on Apple devices or Google Play app on An-droid devices, and search for “Smart Cooker”.  Once you have installed the “Smart Cooker” app on your mobile device, launch it, go to “Sengs” and tap “Add a Smartcooker”. When the message changes from “None” to “Searching”, “Discovering”, and then to “IP-Smart”, press and hold the “Adjust” buon on Instant Pot control panel for 3 second unl you hear a short beep sound. This indicates a pairing request being sent to your mobile device. A window “Bluetooth Pairing Request” pops up on your mobile device. Please select “Pair”. The two can now communicate with each other securely, and the clock on Instant Pot is set to the me on the mobile device. Pairing only needs to be done once and will be stored for fu-ture uses. When your mobile device is connected to the Instant Pot Smart, the cellphone icon on the display lights up. When it’s disconnected, the icon turns o. The cooker can only connect to one mobile device at a me.  If you have reasons to believe that your Instant Pot Smart has been paired up with an unauthor-ized mobile device, you can verify this on your “Smart Cooker” app aer connecng to the Instant Pot. In the “Seng” secon, the “Paired Device Count” shows the number of devices paired with your Instant Pot Smart. If the number of devices is more than what you expect, you can erase all the pairing informaon from the “Smart Cooker” app. Note that this operaon erases the pairing
14  The Bluetooth is turned on by default out of factory. When you power up your Instant Pot Smart, the Bluetooth icon on the LCD lights up indicaon Bluetooth is on. If you want to turn o Bluetooth, you can press and hold “Adjust” buon for 10 seconds unl you hear a long beep sound. The Bluetooth icon disappears to indicate Bluetooth being o. No mobile device can connect to your Instant Pot Smart when the Bluetooth is turned o. When you need to turn on the Bluetooth, you can press and hold “Adjust” buon for 10 seconds unl you hear a beep sound. The Bluetooth icon lights up to indicate Bluetooth being on.  When your smartphone/table is connected to your Instant Pot Smart, you can do the following operaons from your smartphone/tablet.  Issue cooking command or send recipe script to the Smartcooker, and Cancel a cooking command or recipe script. To send a recipe script in a recipe to the cooker, tap the sign on the top-right corner and tap the “Start” in the next screen, see illus-traons on right. When Instant Pot Smart is running recipe script, the smart program icon on the LCD display, see the gure on le, lights up and is animated.  Obtain the current status (temperature, pressure, heang level, etc.) and historic operaon data on the Smartcooker  Examine the error code on the Smartcooker  You can write your own DIY reci-pe script, save it for future use and share with your friends. To do so, please following the following steps. 1. Tap the “Add” buon to start a new recipe script. See screen-shot on right. 2. Tap the “+” on the top-right corner to add cooking tasks.
15 3. The available program modules show up as a list, see screenshot on the right. Select a program module, e.g. “Hold the tempera-ture” as the rst cooking task. 4. You can then congure this task with the parameters of me, temperature, heang level, and oponally a message to be dis-played, a sound when the task starts and the LED light to turn on. Tap “Done” on the top-right corner when nished. 5. When a task is added, you can add addional tasks by tapping “+” on the top-right corner. The new task will be added to the end of the task list. Aer adding all the tasks, you can save the recipe script with a name. This saved script will be shown in the “DIY Recipes” on the app’s home screen. Note the “DIY Recipes” scrolls side ways. 6. If your recipe script is a great success and you want to share the joy with friends, you can tap the “Export”, see rightmost screenshot. This allows you email the recipe script to your friends. It aaches a le with “.cooker” extension. If your friends also has the “Smart Cooker” app on their mobile device, trying to open the “.cooker” aachment imports your recipe script into your friends’ device and they can now reproduce exactly the same reci-pe as you enjoyed.
16   The following procedure is for “Rice”, "Soup", "Poultry", "Meat/Stew", "Bean/Chili", "Mulgrain", "Porridge", "Steam" and “Manual” funcons. 1. Follow steps in the "Cooking Preparaon" secon of this manual. 2. Connect power cord. The LED display shows “OFF” indicang that it’s in standby state. 3. Select a cooking funcon, e.g. “Soup”. Once a funcon key is pressed, its indicator lights up.  Within 10 seconds aer pressing a funcon key, you can sll select any other funcon keys and adjust cooking duraon. 4. Select cooking me.  You may use the "Adjust" key (except the “Manual” and “Rice” funcons) to adjust cooking duraon. Press the "Adjust" key repeatedly to change between “Normal”, “Less" and “More" modes which will light up on the display.  If necessary, change the cooking me with “+” and “-“. Press and hold the “+” or “-“ key for faster changes.  The built-in cooking me is suitable for general purpose food. Please use the cooking me table in the recipe book to determine the appropriate cooking me based on the specic food, the quanty of food and your texture preference. 5. Select cooking pressure.  All funcons except “Rice” defaults to High Pressure. For “Rice” funcon, the default is Low Pressure. Low Pressure operates at half of the regular working pressure (around 5.8psi or 40kpa). It is used to avoid overcooking tender food materials such as vegetables and for certain recipes that may call for using low pressure seng. 6. Cooking starts automacally in 10 seconds aer the last key press.  Three audible beeps will sound to indicate the cooking process has begun. The LED display shows "On" indicang that the pre-heang state is in progress. Please note: Depending on the food content, the quanty and its temperature (frozen or not), the preheat cycle can range between 10 to 40 minutes.  As the pressure increases inside the cooker, it is perfectly normal for traces of steam to escape from the oat valve unl the oat valve pops up.  Once the cooker reaches working pressure, the LED display changes from “On" to the programmed cooking me. The cooking me counts down to indicate the remaining
17 me in minutes. During this pressurized state you should not see any steam gushing out anywhere from the lid. However, from me to me you may see a small smoke eect coming from the steam release handle and occasionally a lile spuering. This is perfectly normal.  During the cooking operaon, the cooker makes low clicking sounds. This comes from normal operaon in switching the heang element on and o.  At any me, you can cancel the cooking program in progress and return to standby mode by pressing the “Keep-Warm/Cancel” key. 7. When the pressure cooking cycle nishes, the cooker beeps and automacally goes into the "Keep Warm" cycle, called Auto “Keep Warm” Cycle. The LED display shows an “L” on the rst digit, such as "L0:02", to indicate the “Keep Warm” cycle and me duraon. The clock counts up for 10 hours. If the 10 hour Auto “Keep Warm” cycle nishes, the cooker goes into standby state.  It is not recommended to leave cooked rice in “Keep-Warm” state for too long as it may aect the texture or the taste of the food. 8. To serve the food, press “Keep-Warm/Cancel” to stop the keep-warm cycle and open the lid according to the “Safe Lid Opening” secon of this manual.  When opening the lid, the inner pot may appear to be stuck on the lid by vacuum. This is caused by contracon of air due to cooling. Please turn the steam release handle to “Venng” to let in air to release the vacuum.  1. Follow steps in the "Cooking Preparaon" secon of this manual. The steam release handle can be at either "Venng" or “Sealing” posions. An oponal glass lid can also be used. 2. Connect power cord. The LED display shows “OFF” indicang that it’s in standby state. 3. Press “Slow Cook” key. 4. Change cooking duraon between 0.5 and 20 hours by pressing the "+" or "-" key. 5. Select the desired cooking mode with the “Adjust” key. By pushing the "Adjust" key repeatedly, you can adjust the cooking mode to “Normal”, “More” and “Less” modes, which correspond to medium, high and low in a common slow cooker. 6. Cooking starts automacally in 10 seconds aer the last key is pressed. 7. When the cooking nishes, the cooker beeps and goes into the Auto "Keep Warm" cycle for 10 hours.  Your Instant Pot has a mer funcon to delay the start of cooking for up to 24 hours. Timer funcon does not apply to the “Keep Warm”, “Yogurt” and "Sauté" funcons. The following shows how to program for delayed cooking. 1. Follow steps in the previous “Pressure Cooking” and “Slow Cooking” secons to set a cooking program.
18 2. Within 10 seconds aer program selecon, press the “Timer” key to set the hours and minutes to be delayed. Use “+” and “-“ to set the delayed hours. Press "Timer" key again to change the minutes. The me is the delayed me before the program starts. Please allow sucient cooking me and cooling down me before serving. 3. 10 seconds aer last key press, the “Timer” funcon starts, the me on LED display counts down, and the ashing green indicator on the “Timer” key changes to solid green. 4. To cancel the Timer operaon, press the “Keep-Warm/Cancel” key at any me. 5. Your Instant Pot starts cooking when the delay mer counts down to 0. Aer cooking, the cooker will then enter the Auto “Keep Warm” cycle for 10 hours. Please Note:  We highly discourage using the Timer funcon for perishable foods, such as meat and sh, which may go bad 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 boom of the pot if it is le in Keep-Warm mode for too long.  The Timer funcon is not recommended for porridge, oatmeal or other foamy and scky foods. Because of the possibility of these foods gumming up the oat valve causing it to never seal and leading to overowing food content, it is highly recommended that your Instant Pot not be le unaended during the preheat cycle. Since the delay funcon implies leaving the unit unaended, we strongly recommend not using the mer funcon for these types of food.  1. Follow steps in the "Cooking Preparaon" secon of this manual. Keep the lid open to avoid pressure from building up inside the cooker. An oponal glass lid can also be used. 2. Connect power cord. The LED display shows “OFF” indicang that it’s in standby state. 3. Press “Sauté” key. For safety reasons, the maximum operaon 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 browning. The "More" mode is for sr-frying or blackening meat at higher temperature. The "Less" mode is suitable for simmering, reducing juices or thickening sauce. To avoid pressure building up, the lid cannot be closed. If you accidentally close the lid, ashing "Lid" is displayed to warn about wrong lid posion. Cauon: parally closing the lid during sautéing could cause the pressure to build up in the cooker. This can be hazardous. 5. Heang starts automacally in 10 seconds aer 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”. 7. When cooking nishes, the cooker beeps and goes to standby state. If you need more me, simply press the “Sauté” key again.
19  Pressing the “Keep-Warm/Cancel” key in the standby state acvates the “Keep Warm” funcon. You can use “+” and “-“ to change the me between 10 minutes and 99 hours and 50 minutes. When “Keep Warm” funcon starts, the me counts up by minutes. The "Keep Warm" funcon can be used with or without the lid closed. You can also use an oponal glass lid for this funcon. When it nishes, the cooker beeps and goes to standby state.  You can make yogurt either with the inner pot or use glass boles. The process to make yogurt involves two steps. The rst step is to pasteurize the milk by heang it to 180° F/83° C. This serves two purposes: (1) killing pathogens and harmful bacteria which can grow during the fermentaon period, and (2) denaturaon of milk proteins, which prevents curding of milk and makes the proteins easier to absorb. Instant Pot provides two convenient ways to heat your milk. If you use the inner pot to make yogurt, press “Yogurt” then “Adjust” to “More” mode when you will see the word “boil” on the display. Instant Pot will then boil the milk to 180° F/83° C. When it’s done, it beeps and displays “yogt”. If you use a container or boles to make yogurt, you can steam the milk by: adding 1 cup of water in the inner pot, pung in the steam rack and placing your container or boles on top of the rack. Select the “Steam” funcon and set the me for 1 minute. Once the process is over, use the “Natural Release” method to release the steam. The second step aer heang the milk is to let it cool to below 115°F/46°C, then add an adequate amount of yogurt starter or fresh yogurt. If you use a container or boles, you can place them in the inner pot without adding any addional water. Press the “Yogurt” funcon key, and adjust the me using the “+” and “-“ keys based on the instrucons of the yogurt starter. The program automacally starts in 10 seconds. When the program completes, Instant Pot beeps, displays “yogt” and goes to standby state. The yogurt can be served plain together with other dishes (e.g. curry), or mixed with honey or jam to make a fruit yogurt.  Jiu Niang, also known as fermented glunous rice, is a sweet and mildly alcoholic delicacy of Asia. It is highly nutrious and easy to digest, commonly used to make desserts in China, Japan, Korean and other Asian countries. Glunous rice, also known as scky rice, is used in making Jiu Niang. Glunous rice contains high concentraon of starch which is converted to sugars during fermentaon. 1. Soak two cups of glunous rice in cold water for at least 5 hours unl the rice grains can easily be broken with ngers. 2. Drain the water and wrap the soaked rice with cheese cloth and put it into a steaming basket. Place the basket on top of the steam rack (trivet) and add 2 cups of water into the inner pot. Run the “Steam” funcon for 30 minutes. Use Natural Release method. 3. Prepare 1 cup of cold boiled water, (normally at a water-to-dry-rice rao of 1:2), starter yeast powder, and a glass or ceramic container with lid. Make sure that all tools are clean and free from bacteria, oil and salt.
20 4. Aer the steamed rice cool down to below 35°C/95°F, mix the cold water and yeast powder with the rice thoroughly in the container. Make sure that each rice grain is separated, rather than stuck together. Gently press the rice mixture together and leave a hole in the middle of the mixture. 5. Add water to the 3rd mark in the inner pot. Lower the container into the inner pot with the steam rack. Water should submerge about 1cm/0.5in of the boom of the container for even heat conducon. Make sure to close the lid of the container to avoid excess evaporaon from the rice. 6. Press the “Yogurt” funcon key and then press the “Adjust” key twice to “Less” mode for Jiu Niang funcon. The default fermentaon me is 24 hours. You may need to change this following the instrucon of the yeast. 7. Jiu Niang will be ready when the program nishes. A well-made fermented glunous rice has transparent liquid and some small gas bubbles with an aromac smell of liquor and is very sweet. If there are some white fungi on surface, this is normal. If it has black fungi, the rice was contaminated during the process and it should not be consumed. Avoid running the fermentaon for too long, which causes the rice to turn sour. 8. When the program completes, Instant Pot beeps, displays “yogt” and goes to standby state.  In order to get a feel for your Instant Pot before jumping in with your favorite recipe, it’s a great idea to take it for a test run. This will help you to become familiar with your Instant Pot, make sure that your unit is working perfectly and also clean the unit of possible residues in the process. This test run can be accomplished in about 15 minutes. It’s oponal but recommended. 1. Make sure the steam release handle and oat valve are unobstructed and clean and that the sealing ring is properly seated. 2. Insert the inner pot in the cooker base and add water to the “3” mark on the inner pot. 3. Close the lid. Make sure that the steam release handle is poinng to "Sealing" mark on the lid. 4. Press the "Steam" buon, and press the “-“ buon to change the me to 2 minutes. 5. In 10 seconds, your Instant Pot will go into the preheang cycle (display showing “On”). Within a few minutes steam will start coming out for a minute or two unl the Float Valve pops up and seals the cooker. Within another minute or two the working pressure will be reached and the countdown mer will begin. Once the countdown is nished, your Instant Pot will beep and automacally go into the “Keep Warm” mode. That’s it. The test is complete. Press the “Keep-Warm/Cancel” buon and/or unplug the unit. Once the pot cools down, you can open it and are ready to try your favorite recipe.
21  Regular care or maintenance is essenal in ensuring that this product is safe for use. If any of the following circumstances take place, please stop using the appliance immediately and contact Instant Pot support team.  Power cord and plug suer from expansion, deformaon, discoloraon, damages, etc.  A poron of power cord or the plug gets hoer than usual.  Electric pressure cooker heats abnormally, eming a burnt smell.  When powered on, there are unusual sounds or vibraons. If there is dust or dirt on the plug or socket, please remove dust or dirt with a dry brush.  Cauon: please make sure the appliance has cooled down and is unplugged before cleaning. 1. Clean the product aer each use. Wipe the black inner housing rim and slot dry with cloth to prevent rusng on the exterior pot rim. 2. Remove the lid and take out the inner pot, wash them with detergent, rinse with clear water and then wipe dry with a so cloth. The stainless steel inner pot is also dishwasher safe. 3. Use water to clean the lid, including the sealing ring (which can be removed), exhaust valve, an-block shield, and wipe them clean with dry so cloth. Do not take apart the steam release pipe assembly. 4. Clean the cooker body with clean damp cloth. Do not immerse the cooker into water. Do not use a wet cloth to clean the pot while the power cord is plugged into the power outlet.  If you experience any problem with the appliance, please DO NOT return the product to the retail store or online merchant. For technical assistance and product return informaon, please:  Create a support cket at www.InstantPot.com/support/  Email to support@instantpot.com. You can request support from your mobile device in “Sengs” -> “Request Support”. See screenshot on the right.  Or call 1800 828-7280 for Instant Pot customer care team The cases in the following tables do not always indicate a faulty cooker. Please examine the cooker carefully before contacng the support for repair. You can also nd help videos and FAQ on www.InstantPot.com/faq/
22 Problem Possible Reason Soluon 1 Dicult to close the lid Sealing ring not installed properly Posion the sealing ring well Float valve in the popped-up posion Press the oat valve lightly downwards 2 Dicult to open the lid Pressure exists inside the cooker Use the steam release han-dle to reduce the internal pressure. Open the lid aer the pressure is completely released. Float valve stuck at the popped-up posion Press the oat valve lightly with a pen or chopsck. 3 Steam leaks from the side of the lid No sealing ring Install the sealing ring Sealing ring damaged Replace the sealing ring Food debris aached to the sealing ring Clean the sealing ring Lid not closed properly Open then Close the lid again 4 Steam leaks from oat valve for over 2 minutes Food debris on the oat valve silicone seal Clean the oat valve sili-cone seal Float valve silicone ring worn-out Replace the oat valve sili-cone ring 5 Float valve unable to rise Too lile food or water in inner pot Add water according to the recipe Float valve obstructed by the lid locking pin Close the lid completely, see “Cooking Preparaon” secon 6 Steam comes out from exhaust valve non-stop Steam release handle not in sealing posion Turn the release handle to the sealing posion Pressure control fails Contact support online 7 Display ashes “Lid” Lid is not at the correct posi-on for the selected program Close lid for pressure cook-ing or open the lid for sau-téing 8 Display shows “noPr” Working pressure is not reached during pre-heang cycle. If the lid leaks steam, please see Problems 3, 4, 5 and 6. If there is no steam leaking and you have frozen food in the cooker, please run the current program again. 9 Display shows “Ovht” Overheang is detected on the inner pot Please stop the program and check if the food at the boom of the inner pot is burnt. Troubleshoong Table
23 10 Display remains blank aer connecng the power cord Bad power connecon or no power. Inspect the power cord to ensure a good connecon, check the power outlet is acve. Cooker’s electrical fuse was blown Contact support online 11 All LEDs ash with a code appearing on screen C1 code Faulty temperature sensor (cannot be detected) Contact support online C2 code Faulty temperature sensor (short circuited) Contact support online C5 code Temperature is too high be-cause inner pot is not placed Put in the inner pot properly Temperature is too high be-cause there is no water in inner pot Put food and water in the inner pot C6 code Faulty pressure sensor Contact support online 12 Rice half cooked or too hard Too lile water Adjust dry-rice and water rao according to recipe Cover opened prematurely Aer cooking cycle com-pletes, leave the cover on for 5 more minutes 13 Rice too so Too much water Adjust dry-rice and water rao according to recipe 14 Intermient beeping aer the cooker starts for a while Indicaon of overheang. The cooker has reduced the heang temperature, and may not reach cooking pres-sure Possibly starch deposits at the boom of the inner pot, which have clogged heat dissipaon. Stop the cooker and inspect the boom of the inner pot Occasional cking or light cracking sound The normal sound of power switching and expanding pressure board in changing temperature Nothing to be worried about 15 Wet inner pot boom. Wipe inner pot boom dry before cooking Troubleshoong Table (Cont… ) Problem Possible Reason Soluon
24  Instant Pot Company (the “IPC”) warrants this appliance to be free from defects in workmanship and material, under normal residenal use, for a period of one (1) year from the date of purchase. This warranty extends only to the original purchaser and use in USA and Canada. A purchase receipt, purchase order number or other proof of date of original purchase is required before warranty service is performed. IPC’s obligaon under this warranty is limited to replacing or repairing, or assisng in the repair at IPC’s opon. All repairs for which warranty claims are made must be pre-authorized by IPC. This appliance comes equipped with many safety features. Any aempt to interfere with their operaon may result in serious injury/damages and void this warranty. No warranty service will be provided to any appliance that has been tampered with, unless directed by an IPC representave. This warranty does not cover normal wear of parts or damage resulng from negligent use or misuse of the appliance, use contrary to the operang instrucons, failure to provide reasonable and necessary maintenance, or disassembly, repair or alteraon by anyone unless directed by an Instant Pot Representave. This warranty does not cover units that are used outside of US and Canada. Further, the warranty does not cover damage resulng from Acts of God, such as re, ood, hurricanes and tornadoes. IPC is not responsible for shipping cost for warranty service. Limitaon and Exclusions To the extent permied by applicable law, the liability of IPC, if any, for any allegedly defecve appliance or part shall be limited to repair or replacement of the appliance or part and shall not exceed the purchase price of a comparable replacement appliance or part. THE PROVISIONS OF THIS WARRANTY ARE YOUR SOLE AND EXCLUSIVE REMEDY WITH RESPECT TO THE PRODUCT(S) COVERED BY THIS WARRANTY. ALL IMPLIED WARRANTIES WITH RESPECT TO THE APPLIANCES(S) INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, ARE HEREBY EXPRESSLY EXCLUDED. IPC is not responsible or liable for indirect, special or consequenal damages arising out of or in connecon with the use or performance of the appliance or damages with respect to any economic loss, loss of property, loss of revenues or prots, loss of enjoyment or use, costs of removal, installaon or other consequenal damages of whatsoever nature. Some provinces/states do not allow the exclusion or limitaon of incidental or consequenal damages. Accordingly, the above limitaon may not apply to you. You the buyer may have other rights and remedies under your state's or province’s applicable laws, which are in addion to any right or remedy which may be available under this limited warranty. Warranty Service If the appliance should become defecve within the warranty period, please contact Instant Pot Customer Service team by  Create a support cket at www.InstantPot.com/support/  Email to support@instantpot.com  Or call 1800 828-7280 for Instant Pot customer service representave To facilitate speedy service, please provide:  Your name, email address or phone number  A copy of the original purchase receipt with order number, the model and serial number  Descripon of the product defect, pictures or video if possible
FCC Cauon: The user is cauoned that changes or modicaons not expressly approved by the party responsible for compliance could void the user's authority to operate the equipment. NOTE: This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class B digital device, pursuant to Part 15 of the FCC Rules. These limits are designed to provide reasonable protecon against harmful interference in a residenal installaon. This equipment generates, uses and can radiate radio frequency energy and, if not installed and used in accordance with the instrucons, may cause harmful interference to radio communicaons. However, there is no guarantee that interference will not occur in a parcular installaon. If this equipment does cause harmful interference to radio or television recepon, which can be determined by turning the equipment o and on, the user is encouraged to try to correct the interference by one or more of the following measures:  Reorient or relocate the receiving antenna.  Increase the separaon between the equipment and receiver.  Connect the equipment into an outlet on a circuit dierent from that to which the receiver is connected.  Consult the dealer or an experienced radio/TV technician for help. FCC Radiaon Exposure Statement: This equipment complies with FCC radiaon exposure limits set forth for an uncontrolled environment. This equipment should be installed and operated with a minimum distance of 20cm between the radiator and your body. This transmier must not be co-located or operang in conjuncon with any other antenna or transmier. Standards: UL 1026, Fih Edion CAN/CSA-C22.2 No. 1335.1-93 No.1335.2.15-93 Instant Pot Company 11 – 300 Earl Grey Dr., #383 Telephone: +1 800 828-7280 Oawa, Ontario Fax: +1 (613) 800-0726 Canada K2T 1C1 Web: hp://www.InstantPot.com E-mail: support@instantpot.com © 2014 Instant Pot Company, All Rights Reserved. All contents in this document have been checked carefully. Instant Pot Company reserves the right to interpret any prinng mistake or misunderstanding of content. For any technical improvement or change in appearance or name plate, changes shall be placed in the revised manual without further noce. In case of changes in ap-pearance and color, please refer to the actual product for detailed informaon. Apple, iPhone, iPad, iPod, iTunes and App Store are trademarks owned by Apple Inc. Google, Android, Nexus and Google Play are trademarks of Google Inc. SAMSUNG and Galaxy S are trademarks of SAMSUNG Group and Samsung Electronics. The Blue-tooth® word mark and logos are registered trademarks owned by Bluetooth SIG, Inc. and any use of such marks by Ace Sensor Inc. is under license. Other trademarks and trade names are those of their respecve owners.

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