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vendredi 24 février 2017

The 1 Cooking Tool That You Just Might Love More Than the Instant Pot

You might still be getting up to speed with the Instant Pot, but there's another cooking tool that just might become even more popular: the Fagor Lux Multi Cooker. Both tools are multicookers, meaning they can function as both a slow cooker and a pressure cooker, and each offers additional features like rice cooking and sautéing. So what's the real difference between the two, and which one is ultimately better? Take a look ahead to compare some of the main differences, and decide which one might be a better fit for you.

The Prices

Instant Pot: $100 on Amazon
Fagor Lux Multi Cooker: $130 on Amazon

The Settings

While there are similarities (both can sauté, cook rice, slow cook, steam, and pressure cook), there are a few differences in the display settings.

Instant Pot: soup/broth, meat/stew, cake, eggs, multigrain, and porridge
Fagor Lux: brown, yogurt, simmer, and risotto

The Reviews

Instant Pot: When we made chicken soup in the Instant Pot, we were amazed by the efficiency - the pot cooked chicken breasts in less than 10 minutes. With the ability to sauté garlic, cook chicken, and make soup all in one pot in 20 minutes, we were officially convinced of the Instant Pot's legitimacy. On Amazon, the Instant Pot has a rating of four and a half out of five stars, based on more than 16,000 customer reviews. One reviewer wrote, "My go-to appliance in the kitchen. Cooks beautifully in just minutes. I've cooked everything from pulled pork and beef stew to a whole spaghetti squash and broccoli cheddar soup." Others claim it has a short lifespan and that it "quit working after four months."

Fagor Lux: When Good Housekeeping editors tested the Fagor Lux, they found plenty of pros, like the fact that it came up to pressure quickly, was great at pressure-cooking and slow-cooking beef stew, and had intuitive, easy-to-read controls. With a rating of four-and-a-half stars out of five, their Fagor Lux review beat out the Instant Pot, whose review received four stars. On Amazon, however, the reviews are slightly lower than the Instant Pot's: an average rating of four stars out of fewer than 200 reviews. "It's the most practical/convenient cooking appliance you'll ever have," one reviewer wrote, while others are offering one-star reviews because of the tool's inability to last. "It worked great but only for a little over a month," one person said, while another said hers died after five uses.

Ultimately, it might take a little trial and error to decide which appliance you like best. Are you willing to try these out, or are you a slow-cooker fan for life?

vendredi 24 février 2017