Chefman 6-Quart 13-in-1 Multicooker (RJ40-6-V3)

What the 13 functions actually do

The guide’s function table is the reliable description of what the machine does. Nine functions carry Less/Normal/More presets — Poultry 5/15/30 min, Meat/Stew 20/35/45, Bean/Chili 25/30/40, Soup 20/30/50, Multigrain 20/40/60, Porridge 5/20/30, Pressure Cook 20/35/45, Steam 3/10/15, Cake 25/30/40 — and Slow Cook offers 4, 8 or 12 hours.

Rice is the odd one out: a fixed 12-minute Normal program with no adjustment, no delay start and no Less/More options.

Sauté runs 1-60 min from about 130 C, adjustable between 125-185 C, and does not switch to Keep Warm when it finishes. Yogurt begins with a boil — a pasteurization step — then incubates for 8 h (Normal) or 24 h (More); it also has no Keep Warm and no delay start.

Pressure release is manual: a two-position knob, Sealing or Venting. Steam, Slow Cook and Yogurt run at Venting; every other function except Sauté uses Sealing. Quick release means flipping the knob to Venting; natural release means waiting for the floating valve to drop.

The documentation contradiction

Chefman’s product page advertises “digital touchscreen controls” and a function list of pressure cook, slow cook, steam, sauté, simmer, warm, rice, soup, stew, chili, poultry and beans. The user guide’s cover also says “Touchscreen”, but its control-panel page describes individual function buttons with +/-, Temp/Timer, Adjust and Preset buttons — and its 13-function table includes Cake, Yogurt, Porridge and Multigrain, with no Simmer.

Both documents are first-party. The guide is dated and model-specific, so treat its function table as what the machine does and the web copy as marketing. A buyer expecting a flat touchscreen may get a button panel.

Guide mix-ups are easy: Chefman’s document library lists RJ40-6-D, RJ40-6-V2, RJ40-6-V3, RJ40-6-V3 (US|MX) and the 8-quart RJ40-8 side by side. The V3 number plus 6-quart capacity are the discriminators.

Cleaning, gaskets and fault codes

Care per the guide: unplug before cleaning; wash the inner pot, measuring cup, spoon and condensation cup with mild detergent; pull the gasket and wash it in warm, soapy water, inspecting it after every use for tears; keep the pressure regulator knob and the valve under the lid free of food debris; wipe the base with a damp cloth and never immerse the base, the cord or the plug.

The gasket is the guide’s first answer to both a difficult-to-close lid and lid leaks — re-seat it, clean it, or, if it is damaged, contact Chefman Customer Support. The display’s fault codes are “Lid”, “Err1” and “Err2” (temperature sensor) and “Err5” (pressure sensor); the guide routes all of them to support and documents no user-serviceable internal parts.

Warranty is 1 year from purchase when used per the guide, and registration needs the model number, date code and access code from the product label. One owner comment on the manual’s ManualsLib page (2026-06-28) reports being unable to find RJ40-6-V3 in Chefman’s warranty-registration listing — a single registration data point, not a defect signal.

No instrumented test of this model

RTINGS has reviewed Chefman air fryers but no Chefman pressure cooker; Wirecutter, Tom’s Guide, CNET and PCMag returned no exact-model coverage, and Consumer Reports’ multi-cooker ratings list other brands’ models only.

The closest instrumented signal is TechGearLab’s 2018 test of Chefman’s older 9-in-1 Programmable: 71/100, with 7.0 for user friendliness, cooking performance and ease of cleaning and 8.0 for features. Meat cooked moist and tender, though ribs fell off the bone more readily on the Instant Pot DUO60 and Breville Fast Slow Pro. The interface drew criticism for cryptic display codes while entering settings — the same code-display behaviour as this model’s Lid and Err messages — while the lid, which stores on either handle, and the easily removed gasket were praised.

TechGearLab’s verdict: a good cooker, but the Instant Pot DUO60 at the same $100 list price was the better buy. That verdict is a reasonable anchor for the V3’s competitive position, since neither machine has exact-model test data and the Duo has far more ownership history.

Is it worth it?

At the October 2026 check, Chefman’s own store listed the cooker at $89.99 on sale from a $99.99 regular price, and a Target search-result listing showed $87.99 — a roughly $90 street price.

Value thresholds at that check: strong at $80 or less, fair at $81-100, weak at $101-120, poor above $120. At $89.99 the machine sits in fair-value territory — it undercuts the Instant Pot DUO60’s $100-class pricing while offering yogurt with a boil step, plus cake, porridge and multigrain presets that are rarer at this price.

Above $100 the price advantage disappears, and established multi-cookers with independent test histories cost the same. Above $120 nothing supports the premium.

If the sale price holds and the guide’s function list matches what you cook, the fair-value case is real; above $100 it is not.

Which model this is

This page covers the Chefman 6-Quart 13-in-1 Multicooker, model RJ40-6-V3, sold by Chefman (RJ Brands, LLC). The manufacturer page carries ordering code RJ40-6-V3-AM. Don’t confuse it with the RJ40-6-D, RJ40-6-V2 or the 8-quart RJ40-8 variants — the V3 number plus 6-quart capacity are the discriminators.

Sources

Manufacturer:

• Chefman 6-Quart 13-in-1 Multicooker product page
• RJ40-6-V3 user guide, 21 pages (ManualsLib)
• Control panel description, guide page 4
• Function Guide, guide page 12
• Troubleshooting table, guide page 14
• Warranty terms, guide pages 16-19
• Chefman pressure-cooker document library

Independent reviews:

• TechGearLab review of the Chefman 9-in-1 Programmable (2018)

Owner reports:

• No exact-model owner discussion was found in the source files; the only owner signal is one 2026-06-28 comment on the manual’s ManualsLib page about warranty registration.

Retail listings checked:

• Chefman 6-Quart 13-in-1 Multicooker — Target listing (search-result text, October 2026)