Crockpot Express Pressure Cooker | 12-in-1 Programmable Multi-Cooker | Slow Cooker | Food Steamer and Saute | 5.6 L | Energy Efficient | Stainless Steel [CSC051]

An excellent gadget. I purchased it in December 2019 and it's still going strong to this day. 4th October 2025. I use it on an almost daily basis. All the features are excellent. Especially the pressure cooker, saute and slow cooker functions. As I speak, it is slow cooking on low, a butterflied, boneless leg of lamb in thick gravy with a bouquet garni sachet to add to the flavour. It is the most versatile cooking equipment that I have ever owned. Almost daily use for 6 years bears testament to this wonderful gadget. I have never had to replace any seals pots or parts. I highly recommend it.

I purchased this because of the many different functions and I have not been disappointed. I use it practically every day and have bought a few as gifts because I can't recommend it enough. I mainly use the pressure cooker because you can have a very decent meal within 20-25 minutes. Everything is tender and tasty when pressure cooked. This also makes the best risotto in so little time and with little effort compared to the cooker top method. There is very little this amazing gadget can't cook. It is so easy to serve from and to clean. If there were a criticism, it would be that after much use the inner metal pot needs replacing and it appears that you can't buy these separately. This means that you have to buy a whole new pressure cooker which seems a shame when it works perfectly well otherwise.

I bought this for my wife and I to use as a one-pot replacement for our slow cooker and pressure cooker. This is a such an easy to use and intuitive machine, despite its limited manual and instructions, It is also a well-built and cleverly designed alternative to the market leader. We've used it for 2 saute and pressure-cooked recipes to date - Chicken Paprikash and Sweet and Sour Chicken - both with excellent results. We reckon we saved over 1.5 hours compared to equivalent stove top cooking. The difference was that the meat was more tender and the end flavours were more intense. Despite the lack of any recipes in the manual and the proliferation of American recipes online, this kind of multi functional electronic one pot cooking is definitely the way forward. We're already planning more adventurous meals in it for the coming weeks. We highly recommend it. UPDATE SEPT 2022: Love this device. Very robust and well made. It's so flexible yet intuitive and makes lovely, flavoursome meals in a fraction of the time it takes to make the same recipes on a stove top, in an oven or a slow cooker. It's a thing of beauty. An interesting twist is we have bought a smaller and lighter 3L Instant Pot Multi now to use in our caravan. Have to say, we prefer the design, operation, layout and build quality of the Crockpot Express Multi Turbo to this Instant Pot.

We used to have a slow cooker for making stews because it takes a long time to tenderize meat. But this pressure cooker does it in a fraction of the time. Something that takes 6 hours in a slow cooker can be done in 1 hour in this. It can also act as a slow cooker if you like, steam veg, cook soup, rice and some other functions. It's easy to use and clean and so far has done exactly what we bought it for. One criticism is the saute function. You'll be there until Christmas if you use it and if you're browning meat or frying onions you'd be better off doing it in a frying pan and transferring it to the pot.

I waited well over a year to write a review so I had time to use my crockpot and test it’s limits. Well, let me tell you this, first: this has become an essential in my kitchen! I use it several times a week and so far, it looks like it’s going to last forever! There are so many safety system that they don’t even mention that it’s near impossible to break it. Soon as it heats up too much, it will stop and sound the alert. So no explosion or other unsavoury thing that can come with pressure cooking. The delay button and the keep warm function are fantastic tools for working parents. Pop the ingredients in, put the delay, enter the cooking program, and it will do its magic while you’re away. And when you come home with hungry kids, a hot, freshly cooked meal is waiting for you. Lifesaver doesn’t begin to qualify it! The other Thing I love about it is that my food will NEVER burn (unless I set myself up for that, I.e: not enough water for rice). I love that I can put let’s say lentils to cook, and not have to worry about it until it’s done. No watching, no stirring, no fiddling with the heat... meanwhile I can bathe the kid, spend quality time with them, read a book, watch an episode of Friends, etc... when you buy such equipment, one of the worries is that once the novelty effect wears off, it will be just one more big gadget wasting space in your cupboards. Well, fear not! That is not going to happen! That said, I need to go and make some porridge for the family... in my crockpot. And then I’ll get the soup started for tonight... in my crockpot! And tonight I’ll get some overnight slow cooked rice porridge... IN MY CROCKPOT!! So, if you haven’t gotten the hint, I love my Crockpot and I think every family in the Kingdom should have one. Heck! Get them on NHS! (This or any other similar item of other brands. I truly believe they all work the same)

I have only used this once which was only couple of days ago as I was a bit apprehensive as so much more on this than my previous instant pot. I cooked a chicken breast joint which would have taken over an hour in the oven and it took 25 mins in this. I was a bit worried at first as it seemed to be taking a while to come to pressure and I only had 250ml of liquid and then I realised, stupid me, I had not pressed the start button. This is one difference from the instant pot where as soon as you selected your time to cook it would start up. Anyway, after realising my error it was very quick in reaching pressure and the chicken turned out reallly moist and cooked through. Much easier to clean than my previous one with regards to the actual lid as there is nothing restricting you from cleaning this. Can't wait to try other items and recipes.

Wonderful!

I'm writing this review 3 years after my purchase. It works like the first day I bought it. I'm really happy with it. Made my cooking easier and affordable.