Use and Care Manual
1110
PROGRESS BAR
During the warmup period, the progress bar will scroll from side to side to indicate
the unit is heating. Once cooking begins, the progress bar will start to light up. It
will increase in length as cooking progresses to correspond with the cooking time
(e.g., if 15 minutes of a 20 minute program have elapsed, 75% of the bars will be
illuminated).
PRESSURE/SLOW COOK SETTING INDICATOR
Both pressure cooking and slow cooking have a HIGH and LOW setting. Whatever
setting is being used will be illuminated in the lower half of the display window.
KEEP WARM FUNCTION
When the cooking time has expired, the unit will automatically switch to the keep
warm mode. When in the keep warm mode, KEEP WARM will illuminate and the
timer will begin to count up. The unit will remain on for 4 hours and then shut off
automatically, unless the cancel button is pressed.
The keep warm function can also be manually selected. Turn the control knob until
the KEEP WARM setting on the perimeter of the display ashes. Then press the start
button.
BROWN/SAUTÉ FUNCTIONS
Use these functions to brown or sauté foods prior to pressure cooking or slow cook-
ing. Browning is typically used for meats and poultry. Sautéing is used for vegetables
and to reduce liquid after pressure cooking to make a avorful sauce for your food.
Turn the control knob to the desired function, BROWN or SAUTÉ. Then press the
start button. COOKING will illuminate and the progress bar will continuously scroll
to indicate the function is active. Allow unit to preheat for 3 to 4 minutes before
browning or sautéing your food.
SLOW COOK FUNCTION
For slow cooking, turn the control knob to the SLOW COOK setting. Note as
you continue to turn the control knob, the unit will change between the LOW and
HIGH options. The default cook time is 4 hours on high and 8 hours on low. You
can manually adjust the slow cooking time in 30-minute increments by pressing the
control knob once and then turning the knob to the desired time.
The maximum slow cooking time at both the high and low settings is 9 hours and 30
minutes and the minimum slow cooking time is 30 minutes. When the time is set,
press the start button to activate the unit. COOKING will illuminate and the timer
will immediately begin counting down. As cooking progresses, the number of bars lit
on the progress bar will increase.
PRESSURE COOKING PRESET PROGRAMS
The digital control panel includes 12 pressure cooking presets. Turn the control knob
to select the desired program. NOTE: VEGGIES has two presets, HIGH and LOW.
Simply turn the knob to select one or the other.
Once the program is selected it will ash and the time and pressure for that program
will be displayed, unless you have selected KEEP WARM, BROWN or SAUTÉ.
Press the start button to activate the unit.
Because of the great variety of foods within a food grouping, the preset time may
need to be adjusted manually. If you desire a time different than that displayed for
the program, press the control knob and the default cook time will begin to ash.
Then turn the control knob to increase or decrease the time. Once the time you desire
is displayed, press the start button to activate the unit. NOTE: If you fail to change
the time, press the cancel button and try again. Use the cooking charts included in the
recipe section as a guide for recommended cooking times.
PRESET PROGRAMS PRESET TIME PRESET PRESSURE
RICE 10 minutes HIGH
MULTIGRAIN 25 minutes HIGH
RIBS 25 minutes HIGH
ROAST 45 minutes HIGH
POULTRY 10 minutes HIGH
FISH 2 minutes LOW
SOUP 15 minutes HIGH
STEW 12 minutes HIGH
VEGGIES (HIGH) 10 minutes HIGH
VEGGIES (LOW) 1 minute LOW
DESSERTS 10 minutes HIGH
BEANS 8 minutes HIGH
For all pressure cooking presets, the maximum cooking time is 2 hours and the mini-
mum cooking time is 1 minute.
NOTE: While pressure is building, the time will not change. The unit begins count-
ing down when the correct pressure is reached for the food selected.
ADJUSTING PRESSURE MANUALLY
You can manually set the pressure instead of using the preset programs, if you prefer.
Simply press and hold the control knob for a few seconds. All of the preset cooking
programs will disappear in the display window and the unit will reset to 00:00 and