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Product Setup
Smart Cooker™
Unbox your Smart Cooker™
Remove all packaging materials and carefully read and remove stickers from your Smart Cooker™. Ensure you have all parts and accessories before discarding packaging
the app
Download the app
The CHEF iQ® App is available to download for free in the App Store and Google Play Store
your device
Connect your device
Follow the instructions on the app and select “Set up a CHEF iQ® product.” Your Smart Cooker™ and the CHEF iQ® App will walk you through the on boarding process
cooking smarter
Start cooking smarter
Discover hundreds of weeknight-friendly recipes in the CHEF iQ® App
Smart Cooker™
Remove all packaging materials and carefully read and remove stickers from your Smart Cooker™. Ensure you have all parts and accessories before discarding packaging
the app
The CHEF iQ® App is available to download for free in the App Store and Google Play Store
your device
Follow the instructions on the app and select “Set up a CHEF iQ® product.” Your Smart Cooker™ and the CHEF iQ® App will walk you through the on boarding process
cooking smarter
Discover hundreds of weeknight-friendly recipes in the CHEF iQ® App
FAQs
Directions for cleaning your Smart Cooker can be found here
You can find the Smart Cooker user guide here
You can purchase additional parts here
Yes! On your Smart Cooker, select more > settings > scale units (kg/g – lb./oz) then rotate the knob and push to confirm your choice.
The outer casing of the Smart Cooker is made of metal with plastic on the top and bottom, and the lid is made of stainless steel with plastic so that it's easy to hold. The inner pot is aluminum with a ceramic, nonstick coating.
The ease and convenience of using nonstick, especially with pasta, grain, and rice, heavily swayed our decision to start with nonstick. We worked hard to source a ceramic supplier to avoid concerns with PTFE based coatings, and of course, it's also FDA approved and 100% PFOA free.
Find directions on how to customize presets here
The app is free to download from the App store or Google Play
Please make sure you are within close range of your pot and that no other smart phone or tablet devices are already connected to the pot via Bluetooth. To know if another device is connected to the pot via Bluetooth, check the right top corner of the Smart Cooker screen for the Bluetooth icon.
Most of the time this is due to a failed or missing connection. Simply relink your device to your Smart Cooker to initiate Guided Cooking.
Make sure your Smart Cooker and smart phone or tablet are connected. Once you’re connected you’ll see “set to (name of unit)”. Once the connection is secure, you should be able to proceed with your recipe.
Go to settings to manage notifications and select which notifications you want to receive.
Simply press the heart symbol to save a recipe as one of your favorites. If your app is not saving these selections, check for an update in the app store or restart your app.
Pressure cooking always requires at least 1 cup of liquids!
We would love to find the perfect way to cook your favorite recipes in the Smart Cooker. Please share your desired cuisine and we’ll pass this information along to our culinary team to potentially be developed for a Guided Cooking recipe.
Most of the time, yes. However, do not cut out any liquid from the recipe, as this can prevent the pot from coming to pressure. In most cases, liquids and solids can be substituted easily to meet dietary needs.
After every order is placed, we
You will need WiFi for the setup process and to use the Guided Cooking recipes. After initial setup, you can use the Smart Cooker without WiFi.
You will need either a smart phone or compatible tablet device to pair with the Smart Cooker
We release new recipes every week!
