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I'm thinking about buying one of these. Are they worth it? Am I falling for a meme?

>> No.14337391

>>14337383
They are for lazy people. If you’re a lazy person and would rather toss everything in a pot and ignore it for half a day, then fine. Maybe you don’t have a quality rice cooker or pressure cooker. I would advise getting those instead, but if you want an instapot, I’m sure your husband wont mind, as long as you don’t try to feed him out of it. He expects a home cooked meal after a hard days work. He didn’t take shortcuts, so you shouldn’t either.

>> No.14337396

It's a bit of a meme, but it's not a horribly overpriced one.
The best part, of course, is the pressure / slow cooker. If you don't have that, or it takes up too much space, I got the one in the image and it handles it all well.
I've found I use it a lot for curry and such. I'll saute right in the pot, drop in my lentils water etc and pressure cook. I also use it for rice but that's because no rice cooker.
If mine busts or the pot gets ruined I'll be sure to cry about it, but it's been a year now. I like it.

>> No.14337398

could just buy a presto 01370.
stove top ones are better because you can put them in the sink and run cold water over them to depressurize them quickly without any fuss.

>> No.14337401
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14337401

>>14337391
so we're getting triggered by cooking appliances now?

>> No.14337429

If you make rice often, you'll want a rice cooker too.
Instant pots probably use less energy than a stovetop pressure cooker.

Whether it's good to buy or not depends on how you think you'll use it. Using it at least weekly, probably a good idea. If the things you'll usually be cooking don't benefit from the pressure cooking part, possibly not a good idea.
Yeah, they're hyped, but that doesn't mean they don't work.

>> No.14337509

>>14337391
>toss everything in a pot and ignore it for half a day, then fine
Based retard doesn’t know what a pressure cooker is

>> No.14337648

i'm also looking for a slow cooker with a stainless steel interior. Any recs?

>> No.14337748

>>14337509
I already said I have a pressure cooker. Mine is stovetop. Are you pretending instapots are used as anything but rice cookers and slow cookers?

>> No.14338203

>>14337401
It's the same shitposting about rice cookers

>> No.14338211

>>14337391
You sound like you don't use one.

>> No.14338229

They are BASED for making bone broth.

>> No.14338299

>>14337398
>you can put them in the sink and run cold water over them to depressurize them quickly without any fuss
You're an asshole. No one do this, it will make your cooker explode.

>> No.14338347

>>14337748
They're primarily used as a pressure cooker, slow cooker is a secondary function you stupid fuck

>> No.14338371

>>14338299
>You're an asshole. No one do this, it will make your cooker explode.
u r wrong, sir. google it. i have done this for a decade with no issue. it is in the manual.

>> No.14338377

>14338299
(You)

>> No.14338391

>>14338371
Rapidly changing the temperature of pressurized metal is fucking STUPID, and you will regret doing it one day.

>> No.14338420

>>14338391
Nobody ever died doing it. At most it might affect the cooker a bit, but that's also unlikely.

>> No.14338513

>>14338391
it's engineered to handle the stress. it's right in the manual. stainless steel is a tough material.

>> No.14340107

>>14337383
>Am I falling for a meme?
No, you're a fucking manchild for using the word meme

>> No.14340128

Love my insta-pot. Fuck the non-believers. You can do magic with this thing and it's portable and easy to clean. There are accessories out there too.

>> No.14340166

>>14337383
Get it on sale for black friday or something then its worth.

>> No.14340354

>>14337391
>pressure cooker
>half a day
holy fuck this person is retarded or poor

>>14337383
It's an amazing appliance and does a lot more than you'll ever get into. You can also use it as a slow cooker for large batch recipes like bbq pulled pork.

>> No.14340367

im making grape jelly meatballs in mine for a potluck

should I add sumac?

>> No.14340458

>>14337383
just saw a fucking huge one of these at the thrift store for $35

>> No.14340695

Inferior to a stove top one in every single way, and much less versatile also. . There literally no point. Just buy a good stove top.

>> No.14340723

>>14337383
They're versatile and useful. If you don't already have a pressure cooker or slow cooker then I would say you should definitely get one.

>> No.14340770

>>14337383
its just a over priced rice cokker; i use it for nothing else! had it a year

>> No.14340794

>>14337383
Do you cook for many others, or just yourself? Y/N
Do you cook from the frozen state? Y/N
Do you want/need a pressure cooker for stocks?

>> No.14341162
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>>14340695
it takes cook time from an hour to ten minutes Jebediah

>> No.14341188

>>14337383

It makes rice, beans, and meat all at the same fucking time.

Its cool, but its a pressure cooker and a slow cooker. If you want either or both, get it.

>> No.14341201

>>14337383
It’s a pretty good for stews and making rice but if you don’t make those things pretty often it is just a waste of space for something you could make almost as well with a stove top.

>> No.14341450

>>14337383
They're pretty great as a all-in-1 slow cooker/pressure cooker/rice cooker, but as in all jacks it is a master of none. Pretty great if you dont have any of the above or just want to save space, I use mine for curries or simple meals that I can let cook while I'm in class.

>> No.14342067

>>14337383
Got one a few months ago, this specificly
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07CHYKRK7/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_search_asin_title?ie=UTF8&psc=1

I got it for rice so I could cook it and not have to babysit shit while i'm making it, easily the best money I spent for that alone as it made rice far more viable as a snack

Just did some slow cooked shredded chicken in it
2 cups water+chicken bullion
3lb chicken thawed (I was making bulk could put less in)
hour and a half later, the shit shredded so fucking easy I didn't bother getting the stand mixer out for it.
I dont know what its equivalent to, low or high but that's really my only problem with that setting.

the rest of the settings, I don't know what the fuck they do or how to best use them and the instruction manual isn't any fucking help in this regard either.

That said, I got it for rice, and was interested in slow cooking, anything else it can do is a bonus. I highly suggest getting one with a recipe guide so you have a baseline of what settings do, but if you are ok with nothing, the one I got is great.

>> No.14342076

It's a smart pressure cooker. That's all. If you're going to buy a pressure cooker, buy one of these so you can get drunk and still make food.

>> No.14342080

>>14342067

I find pressure cooker rice dry and frail, I went back to cooking it in a pot.

Sealed pot, rinsed rice, 1 to 1.3 rice to water, boil water, 15 minutes covered simmer, turn off the element 15 minute covered wait, pull the top and fluff. Best rice in your life.

>> No.14342136

>>14342080
its not a pressure cooker, I was considering a pressure cooker version, but they seem to be low quality so I said fuck it and went with this one.

>> No.14342144

>>14342136
wtf are you talking about?

>> No.14342178

>>14342144
apparently if you get a pressure cooker, you are getting a more expensive one because the cheaper ones are shit, so instead of getting a pressure cooker version, I just got one that vents. honestly couldn't be happier with it.

>> No.14342373

>>14337383
They're great. Between rice, porridge, and yogurt mine is practically in constant use.

>> No.14342383

>>14342178
They're all cunting pressure cookers for christ sake. Where do you people exist? It's one function is a PRESSURE COOKER. It's like talking to beets.

>> No.14342754

>>14342383
cant tell if your retarded or fucking with me

>> No.14342782

Because it has a decent thermostat you can use it for cultured foods like yogurt as well as cooking rice, stewed meats, and stock. Also makes a really quick biryani. It's a swiss army knife and I love it

>> No.14342796

>>14337383
Well they have only been out for a short time and they are already showing up in thrift stores, so they can't be that wonderful.

>> No.14342809

>>14342796
Instant Pots have been around for a decade. Regardless, stovetop pressure cookers have been around for even longer and are better.

>> No.14342814

>>14342809
10 years is a very short time.

>> No.14342819

>>14342809
stovetop pressure cookers can't make yogurt
a pot with a PID is really, really nice

>> No.14342859

>>14342796
that's probably just because people overbought them (as in the meme I mentioned in the OP), they were the most purchased item on Amazon that weren't an Amazon product (like the echo or kindle or whatevver) according to Jack. Then didn't know what the fuck to do with it. I think I'm gonna get one, I should've mentioned I'm vegetarian so I'll be using it to make lots of dishes based around pulses and legumes.

>> No.14342920

>>14337383
It's a pretty good meme especially if you don't want to deal with having a stove pressure cooker/rice cooker/yogurt maker/crock pot etc, it won't do everything as well as a fuzzy logic cooker or a high quality slow cooker, but it saves space and isn't prohibitively expensive.

All in all, it cooks decent rice and beans and is good for making shredded meat and stuff.

>> No.14342921

>>14342859
in the last day or 2 my neighbor behind me has one out on his back porch in 2 pieces. something must have gone wrong with it to toss it out there.

>> No.14343227

>>14337383
It's the only way to turn dehydrated pinto beans into edible beans in under 30 minutes
It's no meme

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>>14340354
Same as a slow cooker, and I can get one that holds seven quarts that will run for twenty years for 25 usd in my neck of the woods

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>>14343282
yeah no shit that was the point dumbass, except your woodlands slow cooker can't do anything a pressure cooker can do except slow cook

>> No.14343924

>>14342754
You're a fucking moron, it's a, like this guy said, a proportional, integral and derivative controlled pressure cooker. It "dials in" the right setting UNDER PRESSURE to cook your fucking food. Jesus Christ I can't believe I'm arguing with a kid. I use these on column stills.