Tefal CY505E40 Review | All-In-One Electric Pressure Cooker
The Tefal CY505E40 all-in-one electric pressure cooker is an excellent kitchen companion, like any electric pressure cooker. Since I discovered electric pressure cookers, I cannot imagine a kitchen without one. It’s easy to use and saves a lot of time as you can choose from any of the 25 cooking programs. It’s good for fast cooking steaming, browning, simmering, and also helps keep your cooking warm. While creating a great kitchen experience and speeding up cooking, the all-in-one pressure cooker offers recipes for soups, stews, sauce, rice, vegetable steaming, baby foods, and porridge.
This is not the only electric pressure cooker by Tefal. The Cook4me by Tefal is another electric pressure cooker and multi-cooker. It is on my list of best electric pressure cookers in UK.
Features of the Tefal CY505E40
25 one-touch programs
There are 25 one-touch programmes about to choose from, you can make a selection from these 25 progammes for your cooking. Each setting is unique
Set and forget
You can put in ingredients and liquid in the put, the all-in-one electric pressure cooker starts cooking at the set time, soon as the cooking is done it’s shuts off.
DIY Chef Mode
The DIY chef mode allows users to set their preferred temperature and timer when preparing meals that are pre-programmed. This a very important feature because some electric pressure cookers do not allow you to increase the temperature or pressure. Some recipes do well with higher pressure settings than others. When browning or cooking without the lid on, you may want to have a higher temperature. This cooker allows you to change the temperature and pressure.
Hinged Pot Cover
It has its lid hinged to the cooker, that way it doesn’t mess up your kitchen counter or take up space. Some users like this and some don’t. Personally it doesn’t bother me. I like the idea that you don’t need to think of a place to set the lid on the kitchen counter.
Dishwasher safe Accessories
The all-in-one electric pressure cooker comes with;
- • Steam basket
- • Trivet
- • Spatula
- • Measuring cup
- • Nonstick inner pot for cooking
These accessories are easy to use and can be washed in a dishwasher after use, making cleaning up after use every easy.
Cooking Modes
These are the settings you can choose from on the Tefal all-in-one electric pressure cooker. Your recipe ought to determine the cooking programme to use. The different cooking programmes have different time and temperature. Here’s the list of different options.
- Rice
- Oatmeal
- Babyfood
- Pressure cook
- Bake
- DIY chef (it’s adjustable)
- Stew/ soup
- Slow Cook
- Simmer
- Reheat
- Brown (can be used for baking)
- Slow Cook ( up to 9hours)
- Veg
- Fish
- Meat
The good thing is users are not limited to the features listed, there’s still a lot more to try out. Using The DIY chef mode one can adjust the timer and temperature to create as many recipes as they want to.
Recipe booklet
The Tefal CY505E40 all-in-one electric pressure cooker comes with a recipe booklet that contains 30 recipes that users can use to create healthy meals for the family!
6-liter Non stick pot
The all-in-one electric pressure cooker comes with a 6 liter nonstick cooking pan. The pan is big enough to prepare meals for about 6!
What is in the box
- •Steam basket: Can be used for steaming vegetables, fish, and lots more!
- Tefal all-in-one electric pressure cooker
- Trivet
- Spatula
- Measuring cup
- User manual
- Recipe booklet
- Nonstick pan for cooking
Safety Features
It has a hinged lid, the lid is steady and locks tightly when the pot is in use. And makes it safe for cooking. Also the pressure release bottom lets pressure out of the pot, that way your hands are safe from the steam. It also has a shut off system, where it shuts off power whenever a problem is detected.
I noticed that careful attention is paid to ensure user’s safety.
One-button steam release
The steam release bottom is a bottom at the top of the pot that helps to release steam from the pot before opening the hinged lid. It’s important to release the steam, the avoid getting hurt by the steam.
Shut of system
The shut off system helps shut off power whenever there’s a problem. It’s a great feature.
Tefal CY505E40 Dimensions/ Technical Specifications
These are some of the specifications of the Tefal all-in-one electric pressure cooker.
- Brand: Tefal.
- Model:Tefal all-in-one CY505E40.
- Color: stainless steel and black.
- Capacity: 6 liters.
- Weight: 5.8kg.
- Depth: 30cm.
- Power cord length: 93cm.
- Useable capacity: 4.2 liters.
- Material: stainless steel.
Warranty
Tefal CY505E40 has one year warranty.
Pros and Cons of the Tefal CY505E40
