Best Multicooker-Pressure Cookers for Large Families

The Tefal brand multicooker is positioned as a solution that can meet the needs of families consisting of 4 – 6 people. All thanks to the capacious 6-liter bowl. It provides safe non-stick coating from ceramics. With it, you can use spatulas made of various materials, including metal, although a practical plastic accessory is included.

The Tefal Fast & Delicious Multicooker features a removable lid. It's easier to clean from dirt compared to fixed hinged counterparts. Also, the lid can be stored separately from the model, which is quite important for a large appliance.

The multicooker supports cooking under high pressure, meant to significantly speed up culinary processes. Most of the proposed 25 programs are implemented in the pressure cooking mode, but there are exceptions to the rules, including baking, slow cooking, and frying. And in the free mode DIY Chef, the user chooses how to cook: with an open, simply closed, or locked lid (for pressure cooking).

Among the supported functions, steaming should be highlighted, which will be useful for implementing dietary recipes and healthy dishes. To turn the working bowl into a steamer, a special basket is included. Other features worth noting include the automatic keep warm mode, a delay timer of up to 24 hours, and a control panel with buttons and a display.

The Tefal Fast & Delicious Multicooker CY505E30 — is a good kitchen appliance for a large family from a reputable manufacturer.

An exclusive feature of the Yummy brand pressure cooker is the presence of an additional air grill lid in the set. It is equipped with a fan and its own 300-Watt heater. It is precisely with this that the model supports the 3D heating function, allows you to bake bread and cakes, prepare meat dishes with a crispy crust, bake potatoes, vegetables, and various snacks without oil (or with a minimal amount).

In air grill mode, the Yummy YPC-A600G has 11 auto programs, but time and temperature can be adjusted manually. Plus, cooking tips for different ingredients are printed right on the body.

The main lid of the multicooker allows pressure cooking (as a pressure cooker). In total, there are 9 modes, including boiling, stewing, baking, yogurt, sous-vide. Plus, the set includes a fryer basket and a rack for steaming (the latter can be used for frying). In pressure cooking mode, the device power is 1200 Watts, users have access to 65 programs, 3 sub-modes — fast, standard, or slow, and also additional cooking time and temperature settings, start delay, and keep warm option.

The model’s bowl has a capacity of 6 liters and provides a proprietary non-stick coating SUNA. The controls are quite standard — buttons, a rotary switch, and a display.

The downside of the device is its bulkiness for storage, due to the second lid. Otherwise, the Yummy YPC-A600G is a good pressure cooker with numerous modes and auto programs.

A representative of the Philips Viva line is a mid-range pressure cooker with a large 6-liter bowl. The working capacity provides the proprietary ceramic coating ProCeramic+, which is characterized by increased durability and scratch resistance. Compared to other multicookers in the Philips Viva Collection HD2237/41, it boasts a more powerful heater — 1300 Watts. During pressure cooking cycles (and in traditional modes), this is designed to speed up the preheating process and cooking as a whole.

The appliance can work in pressure cooking mode, and also supports reheating already prepared dishes, baking, stewing, steaming (a special stand is prudently included in the package). An additional advantage of the model is the availability of slow cooking functions with low and high heating temperature. In these modes, various meat dishes can be simmered for 2 to 12 hours.

The pressure cooker has basic auto programs — for soup, porridge, rice, meat and poultry, baking vegetables, as well as yogurt. With the free mode, you can set various user settings and implement your recipes. Additionally, delayed start and the keep warm option are available for up to 12 hours. However, manually regulating cooking temperatures is not possible, which should be considered a disadvantage of the device.

For ease of operation and maintenance, there is a removable lid, and a 9-level protection system should ensure the durability of the device. As a bonus, the equipment includes a practical cooking stage indicator at the top of the control panel: it informs about the current stage of the process from initial heating to transitioning to keeping warm.

Philips Viva Collection HD2237/41 — a quality kitchen assistant for a large family with functions both as a pressure cooker and a slow cooker.

Representatives of the Cook4me+ product line under the Tefal brand are positioned as "smart" multicookers. The CY851130 model does not support direct synchronization with the proprietary mobile app but acquired a color display and a programmer for 150 recipes. They are divided into 3 categories — appetizers, main courses, and desserts, and allow pre-setting the portion size — for 2, 4, or 6 people. Subsequently, step-by-step instructions are displayed on the screen for the user, and the appliance's working modes are set automatically. The most popular recipes can be saved in favorites for quick access.

Tefal Cook4me+ CY851130 also provides an ingredient menu. It allows you to cook individual products (all kinds of vegetables, fruits, fish, meat, or cereals) without specifying time or cooking mode, meaning almost on "auto".

For those who love independent culinary experiments, the manual, i.e., free mode, will please. In it, you first need to determine the preferred type of heat treatment — normal heating, pressure cooking (pressure cooker style) or "classic" (multicooker), and then — set the appropriate temperature, total duration, and other parameters.

The device is equipped with a 6-liter bowl, which allows cooking for a family of up to 6 people. Thanks to the ceramic coating, the capacity combines high non-stick properties, safety, and easy care — with the possibility of dishwasher cleaning. A separate practical bonus is the presence of handles for carrying both on the bowl and on the multicooker's body.

Among the additional features, steaming should be highlighted (accessories that allow turning the model into a steamer are also included in the package), keeping warm, and delayed start.

Tefal Cook4me+ CY851130 — a great pressure cooker, capable of cooking not only quickly and in bulk, but also diversely.

An advanced multicooker from the Ninja brand — this is a device with a 6-liter ceramic bowl and a proprietary SmartLid lid. The offered capacity allows for cooking even a whole chicken and also eliminates food burning with subsequent tedious washing.

The Ninja Foodi SmartLid OL550 lid offers even more exclusive benefits. Firstly, it is supplemented with a mode selection slider (more on this below), providing convenience and safety in operating a multicooker-pressure cooker. Secondly, it is equipped with an additional heating element and a fan, meaning it offers 3D heating and has grilling and convection functions.

Moving the SmartLid slider, the user activates one of the three proposed working modes. The first is pressure cooking, which saves up to 70% time compared to traditional food heat treatment. The second mode is the combined steam mode. Here, steam is combined with hot air, enabling not only steaming vegetables on the set rack but also baking cakes and desserts, as well as grilling various frozen or fresh products and dishes — meat, fish, lasagna, etc.

The third mode of the model combines Air Frying and classic multicooker functions, including baking, stewing, and roasting, etc.

Within the sub-modes, users have access to 11 different cooking programs (functions). As a result, the model can replace a bread maker, yogurt maker, vegetable and fruit dehydrator, and, thanks to the Cook & Crisp frying basket (it, incidentally, also has a ceramic coating) included in the package — also a fryer.

Drawbacks of the Ninja Foodi SmartLid OL550 include the absence of a delay timer, and its large weight (almost 11 kg) and high cost are a disadvantage. But considering the extended functionality of the multicooker and the good reputation of the manufacturer, an extra payment for it seems quite reasonable.