Hi friends! New Insta-pot owner here!

Been thinking about getting one for my uncle who needs a crock pot because he is leaving his wife.
Are these any good?

>>8776864
They're excellent. Pressure cooking means cooking that cheap cut of meat for 2 hours instead of 8.

Anyone ever tried a confit in one of these? Would love to hear experiences. I have made some confit pork shoulder and then drained the fat and added ingredients to make a braise/stew-y type thing with additional veg and potato... turned out pretty good but took about 5 hrs total.

Just be aware instapots cant get to 15psi, so are not true pressure cookers and cannot be used for sterilization or canning

>>8777377
Oh good to know! Nice digits (:

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>>8776823
Not your friend, buddy.

>>8777912
not your upvote, reddit! XDDDD

I really hate Instapot's underground marketing. Luckily WMF™ is affordable here in Germany.

Going to be seeing a lot of these at consignment stores in a few years; guaranteed.

It's not smart enough to be a rice cooker, and not powerful enough to be a pressure cooker. I don't see the point.

>>8776864
Yeah very good. I cook unsoaked dry beans in this thing and it takes about an hour from turning on the pot to pressure release. Saves prep time/planing and plenty of money.

Broths are a lot easier and faster, also if you let the pressure release on its own it doesn't ever get to a rolling boil so there is less agitation= a less cloudy stock.

It can also brown stuff (meat) in the pot before you close it up, so you do fewer dishes.

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>>8779074
>accuses OP of shilling
>its a germoney shilling for the IMF

LISTEN IM NOT A SHILL PLEASE GIVE ME GOOD RECIPES FOR MY INSTA-POT SO I CAN FINALLY BE HAPPY

i got me one of these for my birthday but I havent used it yet. Mines a Faberware model, im going to try some bbq ribs this weekend.

>>8780599
Oh cool! Happy birthday. I also got mine as a birthday present. My birthday was last week. The insta-pot gift made it really really special. Enjoy and let me know how it goes. (: (: (:

>>8776823
bought a full 30 lb pork shoulder and cooked both half in my mom's insta pot that she got last Christmas. The first one I roasted and that was great, then I made pulled pork and that was great too

>>8777377
pressure cooker =/= pressure canner
I like having an IP AND a pressure canner though, if you're a dedicated canner you should have the biggest fucking canner you can afford/have room for.. and the All-American I inherited is WAY too big to use on any kind of regular basis.

>>8781669
Oh cool! It seems like it's impossible to fuck up cooking meat on the insta-pot. I'm really excited to try pork shoulder. Thanks for the inspiration.