On what setting can I brown meat or saute onions it is not clear in the manual it is a defy pc 600 s pressure cooker.

Just use the rice setting!

https://www.crock-pot.com/service-and-support/product-support/product-faqs/express-crock-multi-cooker-faqs/express-crock-faq.html

Steam release value used incorrectly for non-pressure cook settings.

Remove the lid while using Brown/Saut?, or correctly position Steam Release Valve to "Release" while using Slow Cooking or Yogurt, and then unplug the unit for at least 5 seconds, re-plug it in and re-program your cook settings to begin cooking.

Brown it before putting in pressure cooker.

Ingredients Recommended Hamilton Beach® Product:
Slow Cooker - 5 or 6 Quart Size

• 3/4 cup white vinegar
• 1/4 cup ketchup
• 1/2 cup frozen chopped onion
• 1 teaspoon chopped garlic
• 2 cans (14 oz. each) beef broth
• 1 teaspoon sugar
• 12 ginger snap cookies
• 2 envelopes (0.8 oz. each) brown gravy
• 1 (4 to 5 lbs.) boneless chuck or bottom round roast

Directions

1. Combine all ingredients, except the meat, in the slow cooker. Stir well.
2. Add the meat and stir well to coat.
3. Cover and cook on preferred setting:
   • Low - 10 hours
   • High - 5 hours

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Hi Sharon! If you want the seasonings to get all thru the meat, I would cut it into about 6 pieces. Add your seasonings and cook it for 20 - 25 minutes. I have been cooking for 50 years and bought one of the electric digital pressure cookers. Liked it so much I bought another one. I made a pork roast about 2 weeks ago and I cooked mine for 25 minutes, It was so tender I could pull it apart with dinner forks. The seasonings I used were fresh diced onions ( 1 med) 2 cloves fresh garlic diced, salt and pepper to taste. Hope this helps.

I make a great tender roast in crock pot with meat potatoes carrots onions put all of this in crock pot at one time add 1 cup water and one envelope dry onion soup mix mixed with another cup of water and pour over entire ingredients placed in crock pot . turn on med setting and cook for the day .It's a meal in one !

Sounds like it's no good any more, might need a new one.

No. It will not brown the meat. Just quick brown your meat and then put in the crock to cook. You will have seriously tender meat and it will be brown.

Slow cookers do not need water in the base unit to cook the food in the ceramic insert. The ceramic insert gets hot from the base and cooks the food. Here is a good guide to cooking with a slow cooker. enjoy

http://busycooks.about.com/library/print02/ncrockpot101.htm