Pressure cooker

Combining a slow cooker, pressure cooker, air fryer and more, the best multi-cookers can make a variety of delicious dinners. Shop the Good Housekeeping ...

[Slow cooker:](https://www.goodhousekeeping.com/uk/product-reviews/electricals/g25900206/best-slow-cookers-reviewed/)Cooking slowly over a longer period, this is ideal for stews and soups and is one of the most common multi-cooker features – every machine on our list has this capability. For example, if it can pressure cook, we cooked the brisket and chilli again, while for air frying, we made chips and chicken wings. For each one, we used the slow cooker function to make beef brisket, vegan chilli and chicken curry, weighing the dishes before and after cooking to assess how much moisture was lost during the process. Some multi-cookers can also be bulky and come with multiple lids, so make sure you’ve got enough room to store them. We also measured the energy consumption for every test we carried out. However, we’ve measured the energy consumption for every test we carried out and using the current electricity price of 34p/kwh, you'll find the most efficient energy appliance for each function we tried below: - Pressure cooker: Using steam to cook, this will have risottos, casseroles and more ready in a matter of minutes, as opposed to the hours it takes to slow cook. [Air fryer:](https://www.goodhousekeeping.com/uk/product-reviews/house-garden/g38551482/best-air-fryers/)Replicating frying but without the oil, this is perfect for classics like chicken and chips. Then, we adjusted our test according to each model’s features. To find the best multi-cooker, we asked the experts at the Good Housekeeping Institute to put a range of them to the test. [slow cookers](https://www.goodhousekeeping.com/uk/product-reviews/electricals/g25900206/best-slow-cookers-reviewed/) to [air fryers](https://www.goodhousekeeping.com/uk/product-reviews/house-garden/g38551482/best-air-fryers/), having a variety of kitchen appliances can help with a multitude of cooking tasks, but if space (or your budget) is tight, a multi-cooker is a savvier buy. At the Good Housekeeping Institute, we put them to the test to find these best buys: