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August 02, 2018, 08:35 AM
mark_a
Instant Pot®
Have a regular pressure cooker that works great but...

We can various items and my wife does not like to use the big All American canner. I looked around and found the PowerPressure XL. Auto pressure cooker but also rated for pressure canning. Wife loves it but it can only do pints.

About 6 months after we bought the PowerPressure the Chard/Cary 9.5 quart smart pressure canner hit the market. It can accommodate quart jars for canning. Got one of those and it works great.

Never used the Instant Pot but I assume on the cooking side they work the same. The pressure canning part of the versions we bought make them more versatile for us.

BTW, Alton Brown has some cool pressure cooker recipes. One is a chili that uses tortilla chips as a thickening agent. It is very tasty
August 02, 2018, 08:46 AM
Perception
I loved mine, before I broke it. There are tons of food gadgets out there, but the Instant Pots are one of the only ones that really live up to the hype. You can prepare any meal in no time at all, the sky really is the limit. I can have a real Texas Chili done in under an hour, which is phenomenal.

The only minor gripe I have is when you cook something in the instant pot that is usually cooked long and slow, the flavors don't have time to come together by the time it's done in the instant pot.



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August 02, 2018, 08:53 AM
kx90
Chicken from frozen solid to fully cooked in 20 minutes!!
August 02, 2018, 09:01 AM
Blume9mm
damn, Title had me thinking something different.. especially since I just got back from Portland, OR.


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"Runs with Scissors"
August 02, 2018, 09:36 AM
arfmel
In my day people just had regular pot, AND THEY LIKED IT!
August 02, 2018, 09:37 AM
Edmond
Been reading more and more about these. They seem to be gaining popularity. Might have to pick one up.


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August 02, 2018, 10:26 AM
corsair
Use it at least a couple of times a month, bought it during last year's Prime Day. It's been pretty hot around here lately so, I don't use it as often but, once Fall/Winter comes around it'll get a workout.