Best Multicookers in Australia

There is no useful universal winner here. Start with the cooking architecture you need, then choose the model that removes the recurring constraint with the least unnecessary complexity.

Start with the architecture

The first split is pressure cooking or not.

Seven products in this shortlist pressure cook. The Ninja Combi SFP701ANZ does not: it is a front-opening steam-and-air-fry complete-meal system.

Within pressure cookers, decide whether built-in crisping is a real requirement. Russell Hobbs RHPC3000, Ninja HyperHeat PC201, Breville Fast Slow GO and Instant Pot Duo Plus 8L are focused pressure routes. Instant Pot Duo Crisp 8L, Ninja OP350 and Ninja OL650 add air frying/crisping inside the multicooker platform.

That architecture decision matters more than function count, ratings or brand familiarity.

Fast decision map

• Russell Hobbs RHPC3000 — value-focused 6L pressure cooking when built-in crisping and stainless steel are not requirements.
• Ninja HyperHeat PC201 — 6L focused pressure cooking with a ceramic SimpliServe pot and verified physical dimensions.
• Breville Fast Slow GO — 6L stainless pressure cooking with Natural, Pulse and Auto Quick pressure-release options.
• Instant Pot Duo Plus 8L — 8L stainless pressure cooking when built-in crisping is unnecessary.
• Instant Pot Duo Crisp 8L — 8L stainless pressure + air frying when two removable lids are acceptable.
• Ninja Foodi OP350ANZ — 6L ceramic pressure + crisp through a two-lid TenderCrisp workflow.
• Ninja Foodi SmartLid OL650 — 7.5L ceramic pressure + crisp when one-lid integration or SteamCrisp matters.
• Ninja Combi SFP701ANZ — front-opening complete meals when pressure cooking is not required.

What changes the choice

The focused 6L group now has three different ownership propositions

The RHPC3000, HyperHeat and Breville all use 6L main cooking vessels and do not include built-in air frying, so capacity and crisping do not separate them.

RHPC3000 is the value-focused preset + Manual pressure route. HyperHeat's differentiator is its ceramic non-stick SimpliServe serving workflow. Breville uses a stainless-steel cooking bowl and offers more explicit pressure-release control.

Do not treat the lowest current price as a permanent product ranking: price is mutable and is used by PIQSY Match only when the shopper expresses a budget preference or hard maximum.

Base-pot capacity spans 6L, 7.5L and 8L

The seven pressure-cooker base pots are:

• Duo Plus: 8L
• Duo Crisp: 8L
• OL650: 7.5L
• RHPC3000: 6L
• HyperHeat: 6L
• Breville: 6L
• OP350: 6L

The key structural point is that 8L no longer forces you into pressure-only cooking: Duo Plus is the focused 8L route, while Duo Crisp is the 8L pressure-and-crisp route.

Nominal litres are not serving guarantees. Extra capacity should earn recommendation weight only when smaller vessels repeatedly constrain your normal meals.

Vessel material can narrow the shortlist quickly

The Duo Plus, Duo Crisp and Breville Fast Slow GO use stainless-steel main cooking vessels in their governed records.

HyperHeat, OP350 and OL650 use ceramic or ceramic-coated main vessels. RHPC3000 uses a removable non-stick pot.

That is a valid ownership preference, not evidence that one material is universally better-performing, safer or longer-lasting.

Two lids, one lid or no crisping system

• focused pressure, no integrated crisping → RHPC3000, HyperHeat, Breville, Duo Plus;
• pressure + crisp with two removable lids → Duo Crisp, OP350;
• pressure + crisp beneath one integrated lid → OL650;
• front-opening non-pressure complete meals → Combi.

If second-lid storage would create recurring friction, that is a real reason to favour OL650. If it would not, one-lid integration should not automatically outrank capacity, vessel material or budget.

RHPC3000 has an evidence boundary on physical size

Credible exact-model Australian sources disagree materially on RHPC3000 dimensions and weight. PIQSY therefore leaves those values unresolved and does not rank it as compact or lightweight.

That missing comparison is intentional evidence governance, not an assumption that it is larger or smaller than the alternatives.

Which one should you choose?

Russell Hobbs RHPC3000

Choose it when 6L is enough, pressure cooking is the job, built-in crisping is unnecessary and value matters. Its official documentation supports Manual pressure operation plus named pressure programs.

Read the RHPC3000 Verdict.

Ninja HyperHeat PC201

Choose it when 6L is enough and the ceramic SimpliServe one-pot workflow is more useful than stainless steel or integrated crisping.

Read the HyperHeat Verdict or compare it with Breville.

Breville Fast Slow GO

Choose it when 6L is enough, stainless steel matters and its pressure-release workflow is useful to you.

Read the Breville Verdict.

Instant Pot Duo Plus 8L

Choose it when 8L batch pressure capacity and stainless steel matter, but built-in air frying would be redundant.

Read the Duo Plus Verdict or compare it with HyperHeat.

Instant Pot Duo Crisp 8L

Choose it when 8L pressure capacity, stainless steel and built-in air frying all matter enough to justify two removable lids.

Read the Duo Crisp Verdict, compare it with OL650 or compare it with OP350.

Ninja Foodi OP350ANZ

Choose it when 6L pressure + crisp solves the job and a separate TenderCrisp lid is acceptable.

Read the OP350 Verdict.

Ninja Foodi SmartLid OL650

Choose it when one-lid pressure + crisp, 7.5L capacity or SteamCrisp materially improves your normal cooking.

Read the OL650 Verdict.

Ninja Combi SFP701ANZ

Choose it when pressure cooking is not required and front-opening complete meals, steam and air frying fit your routine better than a pressure pot.

Read the Ninja Combi Verdict.

When the shortlist is still too close

Use PIQSY Match when more than one architecture still fits. The staged Match universe contains these same eight products and weighs cooking style, relevant capacity constraints and budget without using ratings, popularity or affiliate economics as Product Fit.

For household-specific capacity questions, read Best Multicooker for Families. If you specifically want pressure cooking and air frying in one appliance, read Best Pressure Cooker Air Fryer Combos in Australia.

PIQSY conclusion

Choose pressure versus non-pressure first. Then decide whether crisping belongs inside the appliance, what base-pot capacity your real meals need, which vessel/lid workflow you want, and only then let budget separate otherwise suitable products.

RHPC3000 expands the shortlist usefully because it adds another credible focused 6L route rather than another variation of pressure + crisp.

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