Cooking
Cooking in the Vortex is quick and easy — food goes in, crispy deliciousness comes out!
Check out the cooking timetables for guidance, or visit our recipe site for fun, easy-to-
follow recipes with big crunch. You can also download the free Instant Pot app to search
recipes, save favorites, make notes and more!
When cooking meat, always use a meat thermometer to ensure the internal
temperature reaches a safe minimum temperature. Refer to the USDA's
Safe Minimum Internal Temperature Chart or Health Canada's Cooking
Temperatures Chart for more information.
Air Fry, Roast and Bake
These programs give your meals all the rich, crispy flavor of deep frying with little to
no oil, so you can say, "See ya!" to the greasy mess and extra calories! The presets are
a starting point that you can experiment with to get the results you like best.
Smart
Default time
program
12 minutes
Air Fry
18 minutes
Roast
30 minutes
Bake
Stage 1: Setting up for cooking
01 Follow steps 01 to 04 in the Initial test
run: Stage 1 to set up the air fryer.
02 Touch the smart program you want to
use: Air Fry, Roast or Bake.
03 Touch Temp, then turn the dial to
adjust the temperature.
Time range
1 minute to 1 hour
(00:12)
(00:01 to 01:00)
1 minute to 1 hour
(00:18)
(00:01 to 01:00)
1 minute to 1 hour
(00:30)
(00:01 to 01:00)
CAUTION
Default temperature
205°C / 400°F
193°C / 380°F
166°C / 330°F
04 Touch Time, then turn the dial to
adjust the time.
Smart Programs automatically
save adjustments to temperature
and time settings when you touch
Start.
05 Touch Start to begin!
The display shows On and the
cooking status shows Preheat.
Temperature range
82 to 205°C
180 to 400°F
82 to 205°C
180 to 400°F
82 to 205°C
180 to 400°F
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Questions and answers
Just want your customers to be aware not to leave the vortex mini plugged in. it caught on fire when i forgot to unplug it. Thank God someone smelt plastic. it could have been worse than messing up my stove and ruining the air fryer. no more vortex for me.