InstantPot Smart-60 User manual

Programmable Smartcooker
User Manual
Model: Smart-60
(Pictures in the text are for reference only. Please refer to the actual product.)
Thank you for purchasing the mul-funconal Instant Pot. Please read the User Manual
carefully before use and keep it in a convenient place for future reference.

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IMPORTANT SAFEGUARDS ........................................................................................ 3
Precauons .......................................................................................................... 4
Special Cord Set Instrucons................................................................................ 4
Product Introducon................................................................................................. 5
Features ............................................................................................................... 5
Specicaons ....................................................................................................... 6
Product Structure................................................................................................. 6
Before the First Use .................................................................................................. 7
Installing the Condensaon Collector .................................................................. 7
Removing and Installing the An-Block Shield ..................................................... 7
Removing and Installing the Sealing Ring............................................................. 7
Safe Lid Opening................................................................................................... 8
Cooking Preparaon............................................................................................. 8
Controls and States of the Cooker .......................................................................... 10
Control Panel...................................................................................................... 10
States of the Cooker........................................................................................... 10
Operaon Keys................................................................................................... 11
Funcon Keys ..................................................................................................... 11
Wireless Operaons ............................................................................................... 13
Pairing Your Smartphone/Tablet with Instant Pot .............................................. 13
Erase Pairing Informaon................................................................................... 13
Turn O Bluetooth ............................................................................................. 14
Operang your Smartcooker Wirelessly............................................................. 14
Wring Recipe Script ......................................................................................... 14
Seng Time and Timer Presets ......................................................................... 14
Cooking with Your Instant Pot................................................................................. 15
Pressure Cooking................................................................................................ 15
Slow Cooking...................................................................................................... 16
Delayed Cooking with Timer .............................................................................. 16
Sautéing ............................................................................................................. 17
Warming............................................................................................................. 18
Making Yogurt .................................................................................................... 18
Making Jiu Niang ................................................................................................ 18
Inial Test Run.................................................................................................... 19
Care and Maintenance............................................................................................ 20
Cleaning ............................................................................................................. 20
Troubleshoong...................................................................................................... 20
Limited Warranty .................................................................................................... 23

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Your Instant Pot cooks with pressure. When using pressure cookers, basic safety precauons
should always be followed.
PLEASE READ ALL INSTRUCTIONS.
1. Do not touch hot surfaces. Use handles or knobs.
2. Close supervision is necessary when the pressure cooker is used near children.
3. Do not place the pressure cooker in a heated oven.
4. Extreme cauon must be used when moving a pressure cooker containing hot liquids.
5. Do not use pressure cooker for other than intended use.
6. This appliance cooks under pressure. Improper use may result in scalding injury. Make
certain unit is properly closed before operang. Please see “Cooking Preparaon”.
7. Do not ll the unit over 2/3 full. When cooking foods that expand during cooking such as
rice or dried vegetables, do not ll the unit over 1/2 full. Over lling may cause a risk of
clogging the vent pipe and developing excess pressure. Please see “Food Preparaon
Instrucons”.
8. Be aware that certain foods, such as applesauce, cranberries, pearl barley, oatmeal or
other cereals, split peas, noodles, macaroni, rhubarb, or spaghe can foam, froth, and
spuer, and clog the pressure release device (the steam release handle). These foods should
not be cooked in a pressure cooker.
9. Always check the pressure release devices (the steam release handle) for clogging before
use.
10. Do not open the pressure cooker unl the unit has cooled and all internal pressure has
been released. If the handles are dicult to push apart, this indicates that the cooker is sll
pressurized – do not force it open. Any pressure in the cooker can be hazardous. Please see
“Cooking Preparaon”.
11. Never deep fry or pressure fry in the unit with oil. It is dangerous and may cause a re or
serious damage.
12. To protect against electrical shock, do not immerse cord, plugs, or appliance in water or
other liquid.
13. Unplug from outlet when not in use and before cleaning. Allow to cool before pung on
or taking o parts, and before cleaning.
14. Do not operate any appliance with a damaged cord or plug or aer the appliance
malfuncons or has been damaged in any manner. Return appliance to the service center for
examinaon repair or adjustment. See Warranty secon.
15. The use of accessory aachments not recommended by the appliance manufacturer may
cause injuries.
16. This product is for household use only. Do not use outdoors.
17. Do not let cord hang over edge of table or counter, or touch hot surfaces.
18. Do not place the unit on or near a hot gas or electric burner, or in a heated oven.
19. Cauon: to reduce the risk of electric shock, cook only in the provided removable
container (cooking pot).
20. Do not use incompable removable container (cooking pot) or sealing ring (gasket) to
avoid pressure leakage.

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21. To disconnect, turn any control to "o", then remove plug from wall outlet.
22. Do not place the unit on an unstable locaon it is strictly prohibited to use it on a
newspaper, foam or other object that may easily block the vent holes at the boom.
23. Do not use it in a place which is near splash water or re. Do not use it in a place exposed
to directly to sunshine or oil splash. Put it in a place out of the reach of children.
24. Before use each me, be sure to check the an-block shield, oat valve and exhaust valve
(steam release handle) for obstrucon, wipe the surface of the inner pot and the heang
plate to conrm they are free of any foreign object; make sure the steam release handle is in
sealing posion.
25. Do not move this product or force to remove the lid when the unit is in operaon.
26. Do not place your hands or face over the exhaust valve (steam release handle) or oat
valve to avoid scald when the unit is in operaon.
27. To reduce the risk of re or electric shock, only authorized personnel should do repairs.
28. Do not cover the pressure valves.
29. This appliance is not intended for use by persons (including children) with reduced
physical, sensory or mental capabilies, or lack of experience and knowledge, unless they are
accompanied by a person responsible for their safety.
30. Do not use this product on any electrical system other than voltage: 110-120V~/60Hz.
PLEASE SAVE THESE INSTRUCTIONS.
And keep the user manual in a convenient place for future reference.
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Before each use, please make sure to inspect the following:
1. The an-block shield, oat valve and exhaust valve are not blocked by food debris.
2. The boom surface of the inner pot and the heang plate are free of any foreign objects.
3. The steam release handle is in the "Sealing" posion for all pressure cooking.
Aer cooking, wait unl the cooker cools down for a while and release the pressure using the
steam release handle. Use extreme cauon when opening the lid. Scald and serious burns can be
caused by the steam inside the unit.
If all LED lights are ashing on the control panel, unplug the power cord immediately and consult
the “Troubleshoong” secon.
Care must be taken with the sealing ring to avoid deformaon. Failure to do so may prevent the
product from working properly.
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A short power supply cord is provided to reduce the hazards resulng from entanglement and
tripping. An extension cord may be used if care is exercised in its use. If an extension cord is used,
the electrical rang of the cord must be at least 12 amps and 120 volts. The extended cord must
be arranged so that it will not drape over edge of table or counter where it can be pulled by
children or tripped over accidentally.

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This appliance has a polarized plug (one blade is wider than the other). To reduce the risk of
electric shock, this plug is intended to t into a polarized outlet in only one way. If the plug does
not t fully into the outlet, ip the plug. If it sll does not t, contact a qualied electrician. Do not
aempt to modify the plug in any way.
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Instant Pot® Smart is a new generaon of smart kitchen appliances. It is a mul-funconal
smartcooker combining the benets of a Pressure Cooker, Slow Cooker, Rice Cooker, Porridge
Maker, Steamer, Sauté pan, Yogurt Maker, Food Warmer and more. It is Bluetooth® enabled
allowing connecons from smartphones/tablets. Complex cooking steps can be easily
programmed in recipe scripts and uploaded to the cooker to produce consistent results every
me. The recipe scripts can be shared with friends over the Internet. This capability allows the
cooker’s funconality to be expanded by adding addional apps aer purchase.
Instant Pot® is a convenient and kitchen-friendly me saver. Together with mulple sensors, its
micro-processor controlled intelligent programs make your everyday cooking as easy as pressing a
buon. It brings your green thinking right into the kitchen by saving up to 70% of energy
compared with convenonal cooking. In most cases, your Instant Pot reduces the cooking me by
70%, and preserves more vitamins and minerals in the natural ingredients.
Instant Pot has been designed to avoid the common errors and safety hazards of old stove-top
pressure cookers using 10 proven safety mechanisms and patented technologies. They include lid
posion monitoring, locking the lid under pressure, electronic pressure and temperature control,
dry burn detecon with automac shuto, over-pressure protecon, and temperature and
electrical current liming fuse. Instant Pot® has earned the entrusted UL cercaon by going
through the rigorous UL lab tesng.
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 High safety standard: 10 safety mechanisms and UL safety cercaon. Please visit
www.InstantPot.com for detailed informaon.
 Bluetooth® Smart compliant (Bluetooth 4.0) to connect to smartphones/tablets, providing
easy to use interfaces to control and monitor cooking. Recipes and cooking funcons can
be expanded aer purchase by adding more apps or obtaining recipe scripts via Internet.
 Mul-funcon: Braising, pressure cooking, stewing, steaming, simmering, slow cooking,
sauté/browning, fermenng, making yogurt and keeping warm.
 14 convenient cooking programs controlled by a microprocessor: Simply press one of
the funcon keys to start cooking. The microprocessor controls the me, cooking
pressure and temperature eliminang the need to watch over the cooker in the kitchen.
 Clean and pleasant: Instant Pot produces very lile noise and leaks almost no steam.
This keeps the aromas and avor of ingredients in the food and avoids messy spills,
splashes or spaers to clean up.
 Dual pressure sengs for fast and exible cooking: Cooking with the high pressure
reduces cooking me by up to 70% and low pressure avoids overcooking delicate food.
 Up to 24-hour delayed cooking: Long 24 hour mer. Perfect for meal planning.
 Up to 120 minutes of manual cooking me selecon.
 Auto keep warm: Aer cooking, the keep-warm funcon starts automacally for 10 hours.
 Dishwasher safe stainless steel inner pot and steam rack.

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 Working pressure: High 10.2 ~ 11.6psi (70 ~ 80kPa); Low 5.8 ~7.2 psi (40 ~ 50kpa)
 Steam release pressure limit: 15.22psi (105kPa)
 Working temperature: 115°C ~ 118°C (239°F ~ 244°F) at high pressure seng; 110°C ~
112°C (229 ~ 233°F) at low pressure seng.
 “Keep warm” funcon: up to 99 hours 50 minutes, 56 ~ 75°C (133 ~ 167°F)
 “Slow Cook” funcon: 0.5 ~ 20 hours, at 88 ~ 99°C (190 ~ 210°F)
 “Sauté” funcon: “Normal” mode: 160 ~ 176°C (320 ~ 349°F); “More” mode: 175 ~ 210°C
(347 ~ 410°F); “Less” mode: 135 ~ 150°C (275 ~ 302°F)
 “Yogurt” funcon: up to 99 hours 30 minutes. “Normal” mode for making yogurt: 36 ~ 43°
C (96.8 ~ 109.4°F); “Less” mode for making Jiu Niang (fermented glunous rice): 30 ~ 34°C
(86 ~ 93.2°F); “More” for pasteurizing milk: 71~83°C (160~180°F)
 Bluetooth 4.0 (Bluetooth Low Energy): range 10~15m (30~45)
 Baery: Li-ion CR2477, 3V. Baery life: 5 years
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Model Power
Supply
Rated
Power
Vol-
ume
Caliber of inner
pot
Weight Dimension
Smart-60 120V~
60Hz
1000W 6 Qt 16x22x24 cm
6.3x8.66x9.45 in
6.61kg
(14.57lb)
33x31x32 cm
13x12.2x12.6 in
Accesso-
ries
Rice paddle, Soup spoon, Measuring cup, Steam rack, Silicone mini mis, Conden-
saon water collector, User manual and Recipe booklet.
Lid n slot on the
cooker handle
can hold the open
lid on either le
or right.
Condensaon
collector and the
power cord holder.

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Before the rst use, please take out all accessories from the package and read this manual
carefully. Please pay parcular aenon to operaonal instrucons and cauons to avoid any
injury or property damage. Please wash the inside of the lid and the inner pot with warm soapy
water, rinse and dry thoroughly. Wipe the outer housing with a clean damp cloth. Never immerse
the cooker housing in water or any other liquid. The inner pot, sealing ring and steam release
handle and all accessories are dishwasher safe. But never clean the lid and housing in a
dishwasher.
Installing the Condensaon Collector
To install the condensaon collector, slide
it into the slot on the cooker housing.
Follow the reverse order to remove it for
cleaning.
Removing and Installing the An-Block Shield
When necessary, the an-block
shield can be removed by
pushing it on the side to li it up.
To install the an-block shield,
posion it in place and press it
down. The an-block shield can
be installed on either direcon
lengthwise.
Removing and Installing the Sealing Ring
When necessary, the sealing ring can be
removed by pulling upwards from the
sealing ring rack in secons. To reinstall the
sealing ring, pressing it down into the rack
secon by secon. The sealing ring can be
installed on either side facing up.
Please note the following:
 Prior to each use, inspect to make sure the sealing ring is well seated in the sealing ring
rack and the an-block shield is mounted properly on the steam release pipe. A properly
seated sealing ring can be shied, with a bit of eort, clockwise or an-clockwise inside
the sealing ring rack.
 Aer use, remove any foreign objects from the sealing ring and an-block shield.
 Keep the sealing ring clean to avoid odor. Washing the sealing ring in warm soapy water or
dishwasher can remove odor. However, it is normal for the sealing ring to absorb the smell
of certain acidic foods. That's why it is always a good idea to have more than one sealing
ring on hand. You can purchase addional sealing rings from www.InstantPot.com.
 Never pull the sealing ring by force, as the pulling may cause deformaon and aect its
funcon in sealing the pressure.
 A sealing ring with cracks, cuts or other damages should not be used. A new sealing ring
replacement should be used. To avoid leakage, please choose authenc parts from Instant
Pot Company.

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1. Make sure the pressure cooking program has completed or press “Keep-Warm/Cancel” to
terminate the program.
2. Releasing pressure in one of the following approaches.
Quick Release:
 Slide the steam release handle to the "Venng" posion to let out steam unl the oat
valve drops down.
Cauon:
 Please keep hands and face away from the hole on the top of the steam release handle
when using Quick Release. The escaping steam is very hot and can cause scalding.
 Never pull out the steam release handle when it is leng out steam.
 Please be aware that Quick Release is not suitable for food in large liquid volume or with
high starch content (e.g. porridge, congee, scky liquids, soup, etc.). Food content may
splaer out with steam. Use Natural Release instead.
Natural Release:
 Allow the cooker to cool down naturally unl the oat valve drops down. This may take 10
to 15 minutes aer cooking is nished and the cooker is in Keep-Warm mode.
 Pung a wet towel on the lid can speed up cooling.
3. Open the lid: Hold the lid handle, turn the lid counterclockwise to the open posion, and li
the lid up to open. To avoid vacuum sucon on the lid, turn the steam release to “Venng”
posion to let in air when liing the lid.
 Cauon: Do not open the lid unl pressure inside the pot is completely released. As a
safety feature, unl the oat valve drops down, the lid is locked and cannot be opened.
 If the oat valve is stuck due to food debris or sckiness, you can push it down with a pen
or chopscks when you are certain the pressure has been released by moving the steam
release handle in the venng posion.
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1. Open the lid
Holding the lid handle with your hand, rotate approximately 30 degrees counterclock-wise
unl the mark on the lid is aligned with the “Open” mark on the cooker housing
rim.
2. Check whether all parts on the lid are assembled properly
Check the oat valve and exhaust valve for obstrucons. Make sure that the sealing ring is well
seated inside its holding rack, the an-block shield is installed properly and the oat valve can

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move up and down easily.
3. Take out the inner pot, and put in food and liquid
The total amount of food and water should NEVER exceed the
maximum level marking of the inner pot. It is recommended that
you do not ll the unit over 2/3 full. When cooking foods that
expand during cooking such as rice, beans or dried vegetables, do
not ll the unit over 1/2 full. Over lling may risk clogging the vent
pipes and developing excess pressure. This could also cause
spillage and may damage to the unit.
4. Place the inner pot inside the cooker housing
Before that, be sure to remove
foreign objects and wipe dry the
outside of the inner pot and the
heang element inside of the cooker.
Aer pung the inner pot inside the
housing, rotate the inner pot slightly
to ensure good contact between the
inner pot and the heang element.
5. Close the lid completely
Hold the lid handle and put the lid on the cooker, with the mark on the lid and the
“Open” marks on the housing rim are aligned. Rotate the lid clockwise approximately 30
degrees unl the mark on the lid is aligned with the “Close” mark on the
housing rim.
Instant Pot has a safety feature to disable the cooker and the display ashes "Lid" if the lid is
not posioned correctly. When using "Soup", "Poultry", "Meat/Stew", "Bean/Chili",
"Mulgrain", "Rice", "Steam", "Porridge" and "Yogurt", the lid should be fully closed. When
using "Sauté", the lid should be open. "Keep Warm" and “Slow Cook” works with the lid either
opened or closed.
6. Posion the steam release handle properly
Please note that it is perfectly normal and necessary for the steam
release handle to be loose. It works by weight and simply rests on
top of the exhaust pipe. It can also be removed for washing if
necessary by pulling it straight out.
In operaon of the cooker for any funcons except "Keep-Warm",
"Sauté" or "Slow Cook", align the pointed end of the steam release
handle poinng to "Sealing", indicang that the pressure cooker is
in the sealed posion.
The "Sauté" funcon must be used without the lid. The "Slow Cook" and “Keep-Warm” can
operate with or without the lid, or using an oponal glass lid available at www.InstantPot.com.

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The control panel of your Instant Pot consists of an LCD display, 2 pressure indicators, 3 mode
indicators, 4 operaon keys and 14 funcon keys. Each funcon key has a funcon indicator light.
Operaon keys do not have indicator lights.
: Smartphone indicator lights up when a mobile device is connected and ashes if the cooker
needs to display messages on the mobile device.
: Bluetooth indicator turns on if Bluetooth radio is on.
: Heang indicator turns on if the heang element is turned on.
: Pressure indicator shows the current pressure level as none, low and high.
: Program indicator lights up when there is a recipe script running.
Timer1 and Timer2 are mer presets.
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Your Instant Pot has 3 states which are shown on the LCD display and funcon indicators. When
the cooker is not operaonal, the LCD displays “OFF” or the backlight turns o. When a program
is running or the mer is set, the LCD backlight turns on.
 Standby state: the LCD display shows “OFF” or the current me. Backlight turns o.
 Pre-heang state: the LCD display shows “On” and the acvated funcon indicator lights up.

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 Program operang state: the acvated
funcon indicator lights up and the LCD
display shows me. For pressure cooking,
slow cooking and mer funcons, the
me counts down. For “Keep Warm” and
“Yogurt” funcons, the me counts up.
When a recipe script is running, the
Program Indicator becomes
animated.
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The 4 operaons keys include “+”, “-“,
“Pressure” and “Adjust” keys. The “+” and “-“
are used to change the me value.
The "Pressure" key toggles the pressure seng between “High Pressure” and “Low Pressure” for
the pressure cooking funcons which include "Soup", "Bean/Chili", "Poultry", "Meat/Stew",
"Mulgrain", "Porridge", "Steam", “Rice" and “Manual” funcons. The “Pressure” key has no
eect on non-pressure cooking funcons: “Slow Cook”, “Sauté” and “Yogurt”.
The "Adjust" key can make 3 types of adjustments:
1. Changing the pressure keeping me for pressure cooking funcons, except "Manual"
and "Rice" funcons. "Rice" is fully automac.
2. Switching the temperature of "Slow Cook" and "Sauté".
3. Selecng programs in “Yogurt”.
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Your Instant Pot does not have a “Start” key. Aer a funcon is selected, the cooker automacally
starts in 10 seconds if no key is pressed.
The most important key is “Keep Warm/Cancel”. When Instant Pot is
being programmed or any program is in eect, press this key will
cancel the program and take the cooker to standby state. When the
cooker is in standby state, pressing this key acvates the “Keep-
Warm” program. You can use “Adjust” key to select the mode of
dierent temperatures: Less (~56°C/133°F), Normal (~63°C/145°F),
and More (75°C/145°F).
The “Soup” key is for making various soups and broth. You can use the
“Adjust” key to select a shorter or longer cooking duraon, depending
on the intended cooking result. Instant Pot controls the pressure and
temperature to a level that the liquid never goes into the heavy
boiling state. For example, making chicken broth with the "Soup"
funcon, the broth is clear and the chicken remains intact aer
cooking. If you need the food content to be fully broken down, please
sr and mix the soup before serving.
The “Porridge” key is to make porridge of various grains. You can use the “Adjust” key to select a
cooking duraon. The “Normal” duraon is for rice porridge. For a mixture various grains and
beans, please choose the "More" duraon. Sr the Porridge before serving. Please note, aer
the “Porridge” program is nished, do NOT put steam release handle in venng posion;
otherwise the porridge will splaer through the steam release. Please use Natural Release.
The “Poultry” key is programmed to make poultry dishes. You may use the "Adjust" key to change
the poultry cooking me from "Normal" to "More" or "Less" depending on your preference of
the texture and the amount of poultry you put into the pot. Poultry meat is generally easier to
cook than pork, lamb and beef. Hence the poultry cooking me is adjusted within a shorter

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me range when using the "Poultry" funcon key.
The “Meat/Stew” key is for cooking meat and stew. The “Adjust” key can be used to change the
cooking me to achieve the desired texture of the meat. In general, "More" duraon is for
bone-stripping eect on meat.
The “Bean/Chili” key is specically for cooking beans and making Chili. If you want the beans well
cooked, please use the “Adjust” key to select "More" duraon.
The “Rice” key is a fully automated smart program for cooking regular rice or parboiled rice. The
cooking duraon is adjusted automacally depending on the amount of food content. To cook
2 cups of rice, it takes about 12 minute pressure keeping me; for 3~5 cups of rice, it takes
about 14 minute pressure keeping me; more cups will take longer me accordingly. Total
cooking me is not displayed, whereas the pressure keeping me will be shown when working
pressure is reached. The “Adjust” key has no eect on this program. Please note: You can cook
as lile as one cup of rice with the correct rao of water.
The "Mulgrain" key is a program to cook mixed grains of wild rice, hard brown rice, mung beans,
etc. There are three “Adjust” opons for mulgrain rice cooking. The "Normal" seng has 40
minutes of pressure cooking me. The "Less" seng has 20 minutes of pressure cooking me.
The "More" seng has 45 minutes of warm water soaking me and 60 minutes of pressure
cooking me. The "More" seng is suitable for harder grains such as dry split corn.
The “Steam” key is designed for steaming purposes. You can steam vegetables, seafood or
reheang with the enclosed steam rack. When steaming vegetables and seafood, please note
that using the “Natural Release” method for releasing the steam will likely overcook the food.
You will need to release the steam as soon as the cooking me has expired using the “Quick
Release” method.
Using 1~2 cups (160ml) of water is sucient for steaming fresh or frozen vegetables, with 1~2
minute pressure keeping me. Please use “+” or “-“ keys to change the steaming me. Please
note that unlike other pressure cooking funcons, the “Steam” funcon heats at full power
connuously. This may burn food in direct contact with the boom of the inner pot. Please
use the trivet provided to elevate the food above the water. Use a metal basket or (oven safe)
glass/ceramic container that ts into the inner pot to contain the food.
The “Manual” key allows manual seng of cooking me. The me set in this mode is pressure
cooking me which will begin to count down when working pressure is reached. The
maximum pressure cooking me is 120 minutes.
The "Sauté" key is used for open lid sautéing, browning or simmering inside the inner pot.
"Adjust" can be used to change the operang temperature in 3 modes. Please see the
“Sautéing” secon for details.
The “Slow Cook" key allows you to use your Instant Pot as a common slow cooker. The user can
change the cooking duraon by pressing the "+" or "-" key between 0.5 and 20 hours. The
"Adjust" key allows you to adjust the level of heang as in tradional slow cookers. Please see
the “Slow Cooking” secon for its usage.
The “Yogurt” key has 3 programs: make yogurt, pasteurize milk and making Jiu Niang (aka
fermented glunous rice). Please see the “Making Yogurt” and “Making Jiu Niang ” secons.
The “Timer” key is for delayed cooking. To start delayed cooking, rst select the desired cooking
funcon (all program funcons except “Sauté” and “Yogurt”), and then press the “Timer” key.
Use “+” and “-“ to set the starng me. Press "Adjust" key to change the minutes. Please allow
sucient cooking me and cooling down me before serving. The me delay can be adjusted
with “+” or “-“ keys for up to 24 hours . Please see the “Delayed Cooking with Timer” secon
for details.

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
Your Instant Pot Smart is equipped with a Bluetooth® Low Energy (Bluetooth® 4.0) chip and has
been cered as Bluetooth® Smart compliant. This allows your Instant Pot to wirelessly connect
to Bluetooth® Smart Ready smartphones and tablets which support Bluetooth® 4.x. Such devices
include iPhone 4S/5/5C/5S/6/6 Plus, iPad 3/4/Air, iPad mini/mini2, iPod touch 5 or later, and An-
droid devices with Bluetooth® 4.x chip running Android 4.3 or later, such as Samsung Galaxy S4/S5,
Nexus 5/7, etc.
To connect to Instant Pot Smart, you need to download the “Instant Pot Smart Cooker” app. For
Apple devices, the app can be downloaded from iTunes App Store. For Android devices, it can be
downloaded from Google Play Store. Other mobile OSes are not supported. There are three ways
to download the “Instant Pot Smart Cooker” app to your mobile device:
1. Scan the QR code on the right. It takes you directly to iTunes App
Store or Google Play store depending on the type of your mobile
device.
2. Type in the URL: hp://instantpot.com/smartcooker/ on the Inter-
net browser on your smartphone/tablet.
3. Launch the “App Store” app on Apple devices or Google Play app on
Android devices, and search for “Smart Cooker”.

Once you have installed the “Smart Cooker” app on your mobile device, launch it, go to “Sengs”
and tap “Add a Smartcooker”. When the message changes from
“Searching” to “Found: Instant Pot Smart”, press and hold the
“Adjust” buon on Instant Pot control panel for 3 second unl
you hear a short beep sound. This indicates a pairing request
being sent to your mobile device. A window with “Bluetooth
Pairing Request” pops up on your mobile device. Please select
“Pair”. The two can now communicate with each other securely,
and the clock on Instant Pot is set to the me on the mobile de-
vice. Pairing only needs to be done once and will be stored for
future uses.
When your mobile device is connected to the Instant Pot Smart,
the cellphone icon on the display lights up. When it’s discon-
nected, the icon turns o. The cooker can only connect to one mobile device at a me.

If you have reasons to believe that your Instant Pot Smart has been paired up with an unauthor-
ized mobile device, you can verify this on your “Smart Cooker” app aer connecng to the Instant
Pot. In the “Sengs” secon, the “Paired Device Count” shows the number of devices paired with
your Instant Pot Smart. If the number of devices is more than what you expect, you can erase all
the pairing informaon by pressing and holding the “Pressure” buon on the control panel for 10
seconds unl you hear a long beep. Note that this operaon erases the pairing informaon with
your current mobile device too. You need to pair your mobile device with your Instant Pot again.

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The Bluetooth is turned on by default out of factory. When you power up your Instant Pot Smart,
the Bluetooth icon on the LCD lights up indicaon Bluetooth is on. If you want to turn o Blue-
tooth, press and hold the “Adjust” buon for 10 seconds unl you hear a long beep sound. The
Bluetooth icon disappears to indicate Bluetooth being o. No mobile device can connect to
your Instant Pot Smart when the Bluetooth is turned o. When you need to turn on the Bluetooth,
press and hold the “Adjust” buon for 10 seconds unl you hear a beep sound. The Bluetooth
icon lights up to indicate Bluetooth being on.

When your smartphone/tablet is connected to your Instant Pot Smart,
you can do the following operaons from your mobile device.
 Issue a cooking command or send a recipe script to the cooker,
and cancel the running command and recipe script. To send
a recipe script in a recipe to the cooker, tap the sign on the
top-right corner and tap the “Start” in the next screen, see
illustraons on right. When Instant Pot Smart is running
recipe script, the smart program icon on the LCD display,
see the gure on le, lights up and is animated.
 Obtain the current status (temperature, pressure, heang level,
etc.) and historic operaon data on the cooker.
 Examine the error code on the cooker.

You can write your own DIY recipe script, save it for future use and share with your friends. To
start a new DIY recipe script, tap the “Add” buon to start a new recipe script. See screenshot on
right. And tap the “+” on the top-right corner to add cooking tasks. For
more details, please refer to the “Guide to Write Your Recipe Script”
available at www.instantpot.com/faq/instant-pot-smart/ .

If your mobile device is connected to the cooker, the clock in the cooker
is automacally set to the local me. You can also change the mer
presets from the “Sengs” page in the Smart Cooker app.
To set the clock from the control panel, press “Adjust” buon when the
cooker is in standby state. Use “+” and “-” to change the hour. Press
“Adjust” buon again to change minutes and again for AM/PM/24 Hour
format.
To change the mer presets, press “Timer” buon when the cooker is
in standby state. “Timer” key toggles between Timer1 and Timer2 pre-
sets. Use “+” and “-” to change the hour digits. Press “Adjust” buon
again to change minutes and AM/PM/24 Hour format. When nished,
press and hold the “Timer” buon to store the change.

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
The following procedure is for “Rice”, "Soup", "Poultry", "Meat/
Stew", "Bean/Chili", "Mulgrain", "Porridge", "Steam" and
“Manual” funcons.
1. Follow steps in the "Cooking Preparaon" secon of this
manual.
2. Connect power cord. The LCD display shows “OFF”
indicang that it’s in standby state.
3. Select a cooking funcon, e.g. “Soup”. Once a funcon key
is pressed, its indicator lights up.
 Within 10 seconds aer pressing a funcon key, you
can sll select any other funcon keys and adjust cooking
duraon.
4. Select cooking me.
 You may use the "Adjust" key (except the “Manual” and
“Rice” funcons) to adjust cooking duraon.
Press the "Adjust" key repeatedly to change
between “Normal”, “Less" and “More" modes
which will light up on the display.
 If necessary, change the cooking me with
“+” and “-“. Press and hold the “+” or “-“ key for
faster changes.
 The built-in cooking me is suitable for general purpose food. Please
use the cooking me table in the recipe book to determine the
appropriate cooking me based on the specic food, the quanty of food
and your texture preference.
5. Select cooking pressure.
 All funcons except “Rice” defaults
to High Pressure. For “Rice” funcon, the default is
Low Pressure. Low Pressure operates at half of the
regular working pressure (around 5.8psi or 40kpa). It
is used to avoid overcooking tender food materials
such as vegetables and for certain recipes that may
call for using low pressure seng.
6. Cooking starts automacally in 10 seconds aer the last
key press.
 Three audible beeps will sound to indicate the cooking
process has begun. The LCD display shows "On"
indicang that the pre-heang state is in progress.
Please note: Depending on the food content, the quanty and its temperature (frozen
or not), the preheat cycle can range between 10 to 40 minutes.
 As the pressure increases inside the cooker, it is perfectly normal for traces of steam to
escape from the oat valve unl the oat valve pops up.
 Once the cooker reaches working pressure, the LCD display changes from “On" to the
programmed cooking me. The cooking me counts down to indicate the remaining

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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.

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.

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.

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“Timer” key toggles between the preset Timer1 or Timer2. Use “+”
and “-“ to set the delayed hours. Press "Adjust" key to change the
minutes. Please allow sucient cooking me and cooling down
me before serving.
3. 10 seconds aer last key press, the “Timer” funcon starts, the
me on LCD display counts down, and the ashing green indicator
on the “Timer” key changes to solid green.
4. To cancel the Timer operaon, press the “Keep-Warm/Cancel” key
at any me.
5. Your Instant Pot starts cooking when the delay me is up. Aer
cooking, the cooker will then enter the Auto “Keep Warm” cycle
for 10 hours. Please Note:
 We highly discourage using the Timer funcon for perishable
foods, such as meat and sh, which may go bad when le at
room temperature for hours. Cooked rice may yield overly so
texture due to long soaking me. It may also cause a layer of
burned rice at the boom of the pot if it is le in Keep-Warm mode for too long.
 The Timer funcon is not recommended for porridge, oatmeal or other foamy and scky
foods. Because of the possibility of these foods gumming up the oat valve causing it to
never seal and leading to overowing food content, it is highly recommended that your
Instant Pot not be le unaended during the preheat cycle. Since the delay funcon
implies leaving the unit unaended, we strongly recommend not using the mer funcon
for these types of food.

1. Follow steps in the "Cooking Preparaon" secon of this manual.
Keep the lid open to avoid pressure from building up inside the
cooker. 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 “Sauté” key. For safety reasons, the maximum operaon
me of one “Sauté” cycle is 30 minutes.
4. Change the cooking temperature among “Normal”, “More” and
“Less” modes with the “Adjust” key. The "Normal" mode is suited
for regular sauté or browning. The "More" mode is for sr-frying
or blackening meat at higher temperature. The "Less" mode is
suitable for simmering, reducing juices or thickening sauce. To
avoid pressure building up, the lid cannot be closed. If you
accidentally close the lid, ashing "Lid" is displayed to warn about
wrong lid posion.
Cauon: parally closing the lid during sautéing could cause
the pressure to build up in the cooker. This can be hazardous.
5. Heang starts automacally in 10 seconds aer the last key is
pressed. The “Sauté” program can be cancelled at any me by
pressing “Keep Warm/Cancel” key.
6. When the designated temperature is reached, the LCD display
shows “Hot”.
7. When cooking nishes, the cooker beeps and goes to standby
state. If you need more me, simply press the “Sauté” key again.

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Pressing the “Keep-Warm/Cancel” key in the standby state acvates the “Keep Warm” funcon.
You can use “+” and “-“ to change the me between 10 minutes and 99 hours and 50 minutes.
When “Keep Warm” funcon starts, the me counts up by minutes. The "Keep Warm" funcon
can be used with or without the lid closed. You can also use an oponal glass lid for this funcon.
When it nishes, the cooker beeps and goes to standby state.

You can make yogurt either with the inner pot or use glass boles. The
process to make yogurt involves two steps. The rst step is to
pasteurize the milk by heang it to 180° F/83° C. This serves two
purposes: (1) killing pathogens and harmful bacteria which can grow
during the fermentaon period, and (2) denaturaon of milk proteins,
which prevents curding of milk and makes the proteins easier to
absorb.
Instant Pot provides two convenient ways to heat your milk. If you use
the inner pot to make yogurt, press “Yogurt” then “Adjust” to “More”
mode when you will see the word “boil” on the display. Instant Pot will
then boil the milk to 180° F/83° C. When it’s done, it beeps and
displays “yogt”.
If you use a container or boles to make yogurt, you can steam the
milk by: adding 1 cup of water in the inner pot, pung in the steam
rack and placing your container or boles on top of the rack. Select
the “Steam” funcon and set the me for 1 minute. Once the process
is over, use the “Natural Release” method to release the steam.
The second step aer heang the milk is to let it cool to below 115°
F/46°C, if you don’t have a thermometer, wait unl the milk is
lukewarm. Then add an adequate amount of yogurt starter or fresh
yogurt. If you use a container or boles, you can place them in the
inner pot without adding any addional water. Press the “Yogurt”
funcon key, and adjust the me using the “+” and “-“ keys based on
the instrucons of the yogurt starter. The program automacally starts
in 10 seconds. When the program completes, Instant Pot beeps,
displays “yogt” and goes to standby state.
The yogurt can be served plain together with other dishes (e.g. curry),
or mixed with honey or jam to make a fruit yogurt.

Jiu Niang, also known as fermented glunous rice, is a sweet and mildly alcoholic delicacy of Asia.
It is highly nutrious and easy to digest, commonly used to make desserts in China, Japan, Korean
and other Asian countries. Glunous rice, also known as scky rice, is used in making Jiu Niang.
Glunous rice contains high concentraon of starch which is converted to sugars during
fermentaon.
1. Soak two cups of glunous rice in cold water for at least 5 hours unl the rice grains can
easily be broken with ngers.
2. Drain the water and wrap the soaked rice with cheese cloth and put it into a steaming
basket. Place the basket on top of the steam rack (trivet) and add 2 cups of water into the
inner pot. Run the “Steam” funcon for 30 minutes. Use Natural Release method.

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3. Prepare 1 cup of cold boiled water, (normally at a water-to-dry-rice rao of 1:2), starter yeast
powder, and a glass or ceramic container with lid. Make sure that all tools are clean and free
from bacteria, oil and salt.
4. Aer the steamed rice cool down to below 35°C/95°F, mix the cold water and yeast powder
with the rice thoroughly in the container. Make sure that each rice grain is separated, rather
than stuck together. Gently press the rice mixture together and leave a hole in the middle of
the mixture.
5. Add water to the 3rd mark in the inner pot. Lower the container
into the inner pot with the steam rack. Water should submerge
about 1cm/0.5in of the boom of the container for even heat
conducon. Make sure to close the lid of the container to avoid
excess evaporaon from the rice.
6. Press the “Yogurt” funcon key and then press the “Adjust” key
twice to “Less” mode for Jiu Niang funcon. The default
fermentaon me is 24 hours. You may need to change this
following the instrucon of the yeast.
7. Jiu Niang will be ready when the program nishes. A well-made
fermented glunous rice has transparent liquid and some small
gas bubbles with an aromac smell of liquor and is very sweet. If
there are some white fungi on surface, this is normal. If it has
black fungi, the rice was contaminated during the process and it
should not be consumed. Avoid running the fermentaon for too
long, which causes the rice to turn sour.
8. When the program completes, Instant Pot beeps, displays “yogt” and goes to standby state.

In order to get a feel for your Instant Pot before jumping in with your favorite recipe, it’s a great
idea to take it for a test run. This will help you to become familiar with your Instant Pot, make sure
that your unit is working perfectly and also clean the unit of possible residues in the process. This
test run can be accomplished in about 15 minutes. It’s oponal but recommended.
1. Make sure the steam release handle and oat valve are
unobstructed and clean and that the sealing ring is properly
seated.
2. Insert the inner pot in the cooker base and add water to the “3”
mark on the inner pot.
3. Close the lid. Make sure that the steam release handle is poinng
to "Sealing" mark on the lid.
4. Press the "Steam" key, and press the “-“ buon to change the
me to 2 minutes.
5. In 10 seconds, your Instant Pot will go into the preheang cycle
(display showing “On”). Within a few minutes steam will start
coming out for a minute or two unl the Float Valve pops up and
seals the cooker. Within another minute or two the working
pressure will be reached and the countdown mer will begin.
Once the countdown is nished, your Instant Pot will beep and automacally go into the
“Keep Warm” mode.
That’s it. The test is complete. Press the “Keep-Warm/Cancel” buon and/or unplug the unit.
Once the pot cools down, you can open it and are ready to try your favorite recipe.

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Regular care or maintenance is essenal in ensuring that this product is safe for use. If any of
the following circumstances take place, please stop using the appliance immediately and contact
Instant Pot support team.
 Power cord and plug suer from expansion, deformaon, discoloraon, damages, etc.
 A poron of power cord or the plug gets hoer than usual.
 Electric pressure cooker heats abnormally, eming a burnt smell.
 When powered on, there are unusual sounds or vibraons.
If there is dust or dirt on the plug or socket, please remove dust or dirt with a dry brush.
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Cauon: please make sure the appliance has cooled down and is unplugged before cleaning.
1. Clean the product aer each use. Wipe the black inner housing rim and slot dry with cloth to
prevent rusng on the exterior pot rim.
2. Remove the lid and take out the inner pot, wash them with detergent, rinse with clear water
and then wipe dry with a so cloth. The stainless steel inner pot is also dishwasher safe.
3. Use water to clean the lid, including the sealing ring (which can be removed), exhaust valve,
an-block shield, and wipe them clean with dry so cloth. Do not take apart the steam
release pipe assembly.
4. Clean the cooker body with clean damp cloth. Do not immerse the cooker into water. Do not
use a wet cloth to clean the pot while the power cord is plugged into the power outlet.
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If you experience any problem with the appliance, please DO NOT
return the product to the retail store or online merchant. For
technical assistance and product return informaon, please:
 Create a support cket at www.InstantPot.com/support/
 Email to [e-mail]. You can request support
from your mobile device in “Sengs” -> “Request Support”.
See screenshot on the right.
 Or call 1800 828-7280 for Instant Pot customer care team
The cases in the following tables do not always indicate a faulty
cooker. Please examine the cooker carefully before contacng the
support for repair. You can also nd help videos and FAQ on
www.InstantPot.com/faq/