Instant Pot - Vortex Series
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Vortex Plus 6QT ClearCook
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Last updated: Aug 14, 2025 Scoring
Liked most:
22
1
"crisps my food much better than my COSORI"
"it doesn’t take any longer when you’re cooking both sides at once."
"It reheats pizza exceptionally well, actually my mother reheat poutine in it and was pretty pleased."
18
4
"4 years na namin gamit."
"And it's held up now for about 2-3 years with almost daily use, so that's saying something."
"I have the one without glass window for 6-7 years and it ’s working perfectly."
18
1
"Instant pot I find much much easier to clean"
"Very easy cleanup."
"Best non stick coating I have tested ... The non stick on the Cosori, and Instant were in a different league, and the food came out much better out of both of them."
11
0
"One of the things that I probably cook the most are chicken thighs (bone in skin on). ... When I cook pork, I do pork loin and sometimes brine it first. ... I love doing steak bites in mine. ... One of the things I find the basket style perfect for is “baking sheet meals“. ... But I also do veggies, potatoes, desserts."
"7 iyong pre-set functions niya kaya versatile talaga."
"I’ve even baked meatballs in it"
12
4
"there ’s windows at the front so you can check in your food without having to open it."
"Insanely quiet. Several times I had to double check if it was even on. ... The instant wins every category ease of use, sound, looks, window etc"
"the window extremely helpful for keeping an eye on food that you don't have a actual air fryer recipe for ... that window allows me to look at the progress without opening it up over and over again"
Disliked most:
1
2
"Same! I’ve forbid my husband from using it. ... It seems like it’s killing us?! ... I want to send it back!! ... Regret it!"
"How long does it take for the plastic smell to go away? I just got one and can't handle the smell 😩 ... Right? It's so bad and the plastic smell gets into the food. ... I did that and it still stinks 😂 I just use it for reheating food now since I don't have a microwave lol the taste is less noticeable though"
1
2
"the food out of the Cosori is much better IMHO. ... Chicken wings, the Cosori finished 7 minutes faster with much crisper skin. ... From raw frozen chicken tenders, Cosori was the only one to get a decent crispy on the outside before the internal temp got too high. ... the Instant taking about 16-17 minutes and not being as evenly cooked. ... I really prefer the Instant AF, but the food quality of the Cosori won me over, and it is going back."
"My wings went from mid and barely decent"
"400 degrees maximum heat doesn't cut it in 2024 ... Chicken wings, the Cosori finished 7 minutes faster with much crisper skin. Being able to bump to 450 made all the difference in finishing the wings. ... From raw frozen chicken tenders, Cosori was the only one to get a decent crispy on the outside before the internal temp got too high. ... I set both 2 400, and did the optional pre heat on the Cosori. I set both to 20 minutes, but the Cosori reached my optimal level of crisp in just about 11 minutes, with the Instant taking about 16-17 minutes and not being as evenly cooked."
1
5
"LCD that fails in a year"
"There are cracks that form on the plastic near the handle. ... Small cracks forming near the handle on the outside window. ... cracks forming right under where the top part of the handle attached to the window?"
"The display lines are half gone"
7
8
"the Foodi just does more, and has more space"
"Id give up the extra quart of capacity to get the flexability of that big basket for when I am doign something that doesnt fit well in the smaller side by side baskets."
"but it doesnt convert the 2 baskets into one."
0
1
"all the window does is get dark and yellow, even wiping it down every time we cook. ... So you have to open it anyway to check."
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