Bests & Worsts Reviews from Amazon

Before I wax poetically about the joy and utility of this multi-cooker, let me cover the few minor cons: - The air fry lid is permanently attached, and needs to stay in the up position while pressure/slow/steam cooking, so if overhead space is an issue that could be a deal breaker. - Air frying in this is simple and powerful, but the top lift is less inviting and harder to rotate food than the tradition pull and shake air-fry baskets. Okay that's it... everything else is AWESOME... you could make complex meals with one pot. Sear and then pressure cook, or pressure cook and brown with the air fryer... quickly air fry baked potatoes and then stuff/finish them, slow cook all day and if it's not tender enough finish it with a few minutes at high pressure. It's useful for almost any occasion. Air fryers have become my microwave replacement... anything sold frozen and mostly pre-cooked (egg rolls, pizza rolls, chicken strips, etc.) comes out crisp and wonderful in the convection style cooking of the air fryer. The steam option make the toughest broccoli tender and brings out it's natural sweetness. The pressure cooker of course works for making cheap stew beef a tender delight, but it also cook frozen fish perfectly in under 10 minutes, just put it in the inner basket with the liquid below. It can also slow cook and make yogurt. As for the machine itself, it has a premium look and feel with nice responsive button and intuitive interface. If you close the air fry lid with the wrong setting, it will tell you to change lids, or if the outer pan is missing it will warn you as well. It's really very simple to get going and start trying new things out. The pressure lid is another part that you have to store, but it's very similar to a pan lid and I keep mine with them. Also this is the smallest Foodi that I believe they make, but it's still plenty big for most 2-4 person households. Overall, I use it more than any other cooking appliance... including the microwave, oven or stove. If you need one appliance that can do anything Foodi's are great, air frying really makes this go from the once-in-awhile cooking to all the time cooking. I think the only things it doesn't really do are sous vide (but honestly all-in-ones that do aren't great since they don't circulate the water) and it doesn't provide traditional grilling (but it does broil and pan sear which are pretty decent substitutes).