
Originally Posted by
Gingersnap
Okay, for those not following my every breathless post, I got the Instant Pot for Christmas. And I climbed on board with a vengeance.
What this is:
It's an electric pressure cooker, rice cooker, slow cooker, and saute cooker. It also makes perfect yogurt. Perfect.
Unlike regular pressure cookers, you never need to worry about unanticipated food explosions. The safety measures on this thing are incredible. Cleaning is super easy. Changing the gaskets (if you do that kind of thing) are effortless.
You can, if you wish, make a full pot roast with veggies in 90 minutes at my altitude. It will be 60 minutes at your more sea level altitude. That includes the natural release time.
What I have made:
Pot roast, stews, various rices, risotto, ribs including spare and country, beef and pork,, brisket, innumerable soups, whole chickens, part chickens, a leg of lamb (some cutting involved), fish, quail, turkey breast, chicken thighs, wings, cake, steamed veggies, eggs, sauces/gravies, shin bones, bone broth, stock, steamed shrimp, shrimp balls, cheesecake, venison meatloaf, goose, venison loin, pork loin, rice, pilaf, polenta, tamales, perogies, steamed corn, yogurt, and whatever..... I've done more that that since I use it once or twice a week.
(Takes a breath, I've used it a lot.)
Yes, If you like to cook or feel time crunched when you cook, you want this. I have never used my rice cooker, slow cooker, etc., since I've had this item and I'm not an early-adopter on tech.
My advice: buy it.