Operation Manual

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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 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.
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1. Follow steps in the "Cooking Preparaon" secon of this manual. The steam release handle
should be at the "Venng" posions. An oponal glass lid can also be used.
2. Connect power cord. The LCD 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.
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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 “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.
2. Within 10 seconds aer program selecon, press the “Timer” key to select delayed cooking.