My wife won one at a raffle a while ago. I was skeptical at first but have fallen in love with the damn thing and come up with a whole bunch of ways to cheat at slow cooking that would make traditionalists cringe.

Last night I put 2 pork loins in it, dumped in a bottle of root beer and cooked them on high for 50 minutes. Then drained it, dumped a bottle of Sweet Baby Ray’s in there and had some pulled pork that was pretty damn good.

Anyone other Instant Pot cheaters out there?

I’ve had one for a while. I don’t use it a lot and wifey is skeptical about it.

However, she‘s recently got into making her own yogurt. She insisted on having a yogurt maker even though the Instant Pot has a yogurt setting. Over her objections, I decided to make the last batch with the Instant Pot. Now she admits that she liked that yogurt better and is starting to look at other recipes for the Instant Pot.

I got one on Black Friday.
So far I've made rice, yogurt, and pot roast in it. All have turned out great.
I've already donated my crock pot and rice cooker.

So what the hell is it? I googled it and can't bring anything up. Got a link?

Yeah we use ours a lot. The kids love homemade Mac and cheese and it’s super easy to make



It’s an electric, programmable pressure cooker

Never mind

Wifey uses hers a lot. Makes some good eats!

My wife uses it all the time for lots of meals and loves it. The teriyaki chicken is the best IMO.

We love meatloaf made in the Instant Pot, it's one our favorite meals prepared in it so far I'm sure there are many more.

Its an effing pressure cooker. The name suggests it's aimed at people who are too dumb to understand water gets hotter at 5 psig than atmospheric pressure and therefore cooks faster.

The mommy unit here at my domicile uses one. Seen her dump a frozen hen in there and in about an hour (I think) that chiggin is thawed, cooked and its flesh is falling off the bone.

Has a program schedule, timer, buttons, lights, makes a little tune when it’s done. Another counter hog

I bought Momma an Instant Pot for Christmas '18. She took it back to the store, got the money back and applied it to a Ninja Foody with air fry, and broiler. About $200. I put a pot roast in it once. She has never used it.

I bought a "Fa#gor" stove top 8 qt pressure cooker at Bed Bath and Beyond this fall, for $29. I use it quite often.

Last time was multi bean with ham. Bring a pot of beans to simmer, drain off the water and rinse. Add more water, a bit of pearled barley, ham & bone. Bring to pressure and time for twenty minutes.

Dried red, kidney, black, pinto, and lima beans with ham fully cooked and ready to eat in less than an hour.

My Mom, Gramma, and Aunts all had Rival pressure cookers. They could have an old wore out laying hen cooked tender for dinner with rice, or noodles, or dumplins in short order. I can not believe I waited so long to buy one.

ETA: I had to add the pound sign to the brand name to get past the [bleep] ha ha

It gets used 2-3 times a week around here. Love it but a slow cooker isn't replaced by it...

I use my big Rival for canning 7 quarts of mason jars at a time of blue lakes.

I’ll can green beans, I’ll salsafy fresh tomatoes, I grill mammal flesh

But I ain’t no pyrex muffin pan Phaggot. 😐

We have one. My wife fixes BBQ ribs, Swiss steak, some pasta dishes, and other meals in it. I like her pot roast and pinto beans in the slow cooker better.

I make frozen chicken wings in mine in 15 minutes.... it's really a very handy appliance for the kitchen.

I like getting the biggest, gnarliest, cheapest ribs I can find and put them in there for 40 minutes then finish them on the grill.

Geez --- thought this was a faster way to grow marijuahana

I’m sicker than a dog right now but wifey got inspirational and made miso soup, then a Ukrainian rice and beef dish in the Instant Pot.

Turned out awesome. And she was glad that only one pot was needed.

I bought one took it to deer camp everyone there ended up buying one. Just like the 17 HMR when it first came out and I brought it to deer camp

I use it to make carnitas and they turn out wonderful.

Also- it’s the best way to make hard boiled eggs. The shells peel of easily every time.

It will cook wild turkey thighs and drumsticks in 52 minutes falling off the bone... it would take me 3-4 hours on the stove... I use mine a fair amount.

I use one, more often two, every day. (have 3)

Oh....I thought this was about illegal drugs .

I was skeptical but the daughter in law gave us one for Christmas. Love it.

Crock pots are a crock. Instapots are a whole different thing.

Throw some deer shanks in there with an onion, can of diced tomatoes and bay leaf and pressure cook for 50 minutes. Fork the meat off the bone, add veggies and pressure cook another 20 minutes. You will not throw away those shanks anymore.

I smoke some pretty good baby backs, but on occasion, I cut them into 2 bone sections, and pressure cook with a can of crushed tomatoes and fresh basil. Serve with pasta.

If you twist that little red arrow thing on top like you were twisting off a bottle cap you won’t do it twice.

Hot! Hot! Hot!

Do it with a yardstick....and run, Run I tell ya

Great kitchen appliance.
We have a 3quart and a 6quart.
We use them all the time.
The 3quart is good for 2 people, most recipes need to be halved. It’s main use is yogurt making.
38 minutes for a rack of ribs rolled up, and 5 minutes to finish on the grill. They come out as good as 4-5 hours at 200*

Best part is no rocker to monitor. And that it has a timer. It has a slow cooker setting too, but I cant remember ever using that setting. The sear function really does sear a roast

I thought this was about that chit they sell at every interstate exit in Colorado

Pinto beans tender in 20 minutes then slow cook a few hours to blend all the flavors.
Every bit as good as an overnight soak and cooking all day.
Bake potatoes in 12-14 minutes, steamed and moist.

I like it for cooking dry beans. It eliminates the soak overnight AND it gets hotter/higher temp than a slow cooker, which is a good thing with dried beans.

Me too. I thought maybe someone had perfected hydroponic mary jane when I saw the thread title.

Use ours all the time. Everything from roasts to soups and stews. Wife has an instant pot cookbook and also gets alot of good recipes online. Great kitchen appliance to have!

Have near everything in the world equipment wise for cooking. If one truly wants speed, a full blown pressure cooker really gets it done. Then again, so does a Dutfch Oven that one buries right after breakfast out in the woods.

Works great to make chicken bone broth. Save the chicken carcasses and bones when you make chicken. Throw all the bones, skin, scrap in the pot with carrots, onions, celery. Cook 2.5 hours then strain. Excellent broth

Works great for hard boiling eggs & making bone broth.

Use ours all the time.. frozen chicken toss it some water salt etc 40 minutes later it’s done..

Well said.
With enough time (usually the result of planning ahead), cooking can be done with low heat. The basic stovetop pressure cooker was the timesaver shortcut before microwaves showed up. The pressure cooker skipped at least one or two generations (other than for canning) and became a forgotten tool. The Instapot seems New and exciting, but is just a pressure cooker reborn with buttons and programs for folks that don’t want to learn the basic stovetop model.

There’s nothing wrong with an Instapot if you’re willing to trade dollars, complexity, longevity and need for an electrical outlet for the simplicity of the stovetop model. No wrong answers........ including using time and low heat.

I have the Yedi Pot, a different version is all. Comes with a rack to make boiled eggs. I haven’t used it yet.

Hate that. Right now, mine's full of cast bullets and primers, and an Erie cast iron skillet that needs seasoning. All picked up for a song.

I made creme brulee in mine and it turned out awesome.

Got one for Christmas and flat out LOVE it. That is surprising since I had sloughed off the hype on what is merely a pressure cooker on steroids. In an hour it makes a superb venison stew that used to take me overnight or longer. I keep trying new concoctions. I found a big package of gnarly venison that had gotten lost in the freezer and missed its intended grind. It turned out tender and tasty. Carrots and or potatoes in minutes, etc. It takes longer to prep or cut up most things than it does to cook them.

My wife bought the name brand one. It seems not to seal properly some times.

But, yeah, when it does seal up properly, it is a wonder. basic 10 minute soup. I save bones & scraps now. Chicken, pork, beef. Put them in a ziplock in the freezer and when I get enough, I bust them up a bit to get at the marrow and give them a half hour or so with carrots, onion, and celery in the instant pot.

My wife has used it to can sugary items. Canned/candied plums for the best pancake syrup & topping ever. That has turned out grand. She now wants to get a big honking canning pressure cooker to can meaty items, like soups and stews.

Lets step this thread up a notch, links to favorite recipes

This is in regular rotation at our place.

Instant Pot Chicken Posole

My old hunting partner told me about his wife’s IP. So I bought my wife one. She liked it so much I bought daughters and granddaughters one for Christmas. Hasbeen