The Pro Plus is Instant Pot’s first smart home multi-cooker you can completely control from your phone. Does that make it the best Instant Pot of 2024? I turned the Pro Plus on to cook when I was curled up in bed — perfect for those cozy fall mornings where all you want is soup but you don’t want to get up. Obviously, you have to fill the pot with ingredients — I don’t think technology is quite at spontaneous manifestation yet — but from there, your phone is the key.
With 10 cooking settings ranging from slow cook to sauté, you can make a week’s worth of meals with just this one device. I tested the Instant Pot Pro Plus by making curry, yogurt, crème brûlée, rice, chickpeas, and more. Theoretically, that’s my entire week of meals — yogurt for breakfast, chickpeas for lunch, curry for dinner, and crème brûlée for dessert.
