Instant Pot RIO Wide Plus
Score: 89/100
Crock-Pot MultiMeal
Score: 77/100Rankings
The Instant Pot RIO Wide Plus is a 7.5-quart 9-in-1 electric pressure cooker featuring a wide tri-ply stainless steel pot and WhisperQuiet steam release, delivering strong performance and versatile cooking. Its large size and weight make it bulky and may require recipe adjustments, and the limited 1-year warranty could concern long-term owners. Ideal for growing families and batch cooks needing extra capacity.
The Crock-Pot MultiMeal is a dual-pot multicooker offering 7.4 qt total capacity and five cooking functions, including bake and sear/sauté. Its size and weight, plus the need to hand-wash the ceramic pots, limit suitability for compact kitchens. Ideal for large families or meal-preppers who want to cook two dishes at once.
| Attribute | | |
|---|---|---|
7.5 quartsbest | 7.4 quarts | |
| ↓ lower better | 8.096 kg | 5.44 kgbest |
1,400 Wbest | — | |
120 Vbest | — | |
9best | 5 | |
9best | 5 | |
11best | — | |
| ↓ lower better | 34.5 cm | 23.495 cmbest |
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| Attribute | | |
|---|---|---|
Features(2) | ||
Number of Functions | 9 | 5 |
Cooking Functions | 9 | 5 |
General(1) | ||
Capacity (quarts) | 7.5 quarts | 7.4 quarts |
Build & Design(5) | ||
Weight (kg) | 8.096 kg | 5.44 kg |
Height (cm) | 34.5 cm | 23.495 cm |
Width (cm) | 42.2 cm | 31.115 cm |
Depth (cm) | 44.5 cm | 45.72 cm |
Inner Pot Material | Stainless steel 18/8 tri-ply | Ceramic nonstick |
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Professional reviewers commend the RIO Wide Plus for its 35% larger searing surface, tri-ply stainless steel pot, and WhisperQuiet steam release, noting that the 7.5-quart capacity makes it a strong upgrade over the Duo Plus for families. However, they caution that the wide-shallow design may require recipe tweaks and that occasional lid or steam-release issues could affect performance.
Everyday users praise the generous capacity, improved browning, and ease of cleanup, describing it as a reliable workhorse for batch cooking. Recurring complaints focus on the lid/steam mechanism being finicky and the need to modify standard recipes to suit the wider pot.
“Wider pot enables better browning, larger items (e.g., 3 kg chicken, ribs)”
Choose the Crock-Pot MultiMeal when you need two dishes cooked at once; choose an Instant Pot for a more compact, single-pot solution.
