Sounds like a gimmick to me.
Dear Reddit,
Some more expensive models of Instant Pot have a function called Nutraboost, which claims to "[p]ulses gently while cooking to mix ingredients, enhancing texture and flavor for perfect rice, soups, broths, and risotto." (source: Current Instant Pot Pro Max description)
But how does that work, actually? Their YouTube clip on this subject says it "creates internal movement [...] [t]he intermittent bursts of steam during the cook cycle create a boiling motion effect." How are these bursts of steam generated so as to cause "internal movement"? Is it by intermittent temperature spikes, or some other way?
Sounds like a gimmick to me.
I tried it once and it was pretty annoying if you’re anywhere near it when it does its random pulse. Hard to say if it made any difference to the cook. Think the idea is it moves stuff around in the pot.
I thought if the MLM from Brooklyn 99!
Boom boom!
The Nutriboost function does a 1-second steam release every 15 seconds. In theory, it is meant to cause bubbling in the food being cooked, which effectively stirs the contents to some degree. In practice, I haven't noticed any difference in the result.
It uses the electronic venting system to "momentarily" release steam(venting) which causes the hot liquid to flash to steam and "stirs" the food.
OMG, I think you answered why sometimes I get these intermittent steam releases when I'm cooking. It's always been a riddle, but I figure I may have inadvertently turned on the "Nutraboost" (which, by the way, I think is gimmicky).