INSTANT POT owners!

2sunshines · 05-03-2016, 02:01 AM

Everyone who owns an instant pot: what are your reviews now? Do you still love it? Use it regularly? Or have you found that you don't use it as much as you thought you would?

I am considering but interested to hear from those who already own.

backtobasicsmum · 05-03-2016, 06:36 AM

Still use it. Still love it. Still recommend it!

. I guess I use it 3-4 times a week. It might be more frequent in the winter and decrease slightly this summer, as our eating shifts slightly for the weather.

The Tickle Momster · 05-03-2016, 06:48 AM

DahliaRW · 05-03-2016, 08:16 AM

I use mine ALL the time. I've used it 5x last week. 1) to cook marinated chicken breasts from frozen, 2) to cook rice (I cook a huge amount and freeze in portions that are enough for one meal for my family), 3) to set steel cut oats to soak the night before and have them start and cook automatically in the morning, 4) to slow cook a meatloaf, 5) to make hard boiled eggs. It's a life saver!

Maedchen · 05-03-2016, 08:31 PM

I am still investigating. I would like to know for those that have a pot,did you get rid of your crockpot?

ECingMama · 05-03-2016, 08:35 PM

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Originally Posted by Maedchen

I am still investigating. I would like to know for those that have a pot,did you get rid of your crockpot?

I LOVE my IP. Couldn't live without it. Use it daily. Sometimes 3X a day!!!

Nope. I also love my crock. I like my bone broth better from the crock.

DahliaRW · 05-03-2016, 09:54 PM

I still use my crockpot. It's bigger. But also, I can have something going in that AND in the IP at the same time!

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Soliloquy · 05-03-2016, 10:35 PM

I still use mine and still love it.

I was never a big crock pot user, I still am not. I put mine into a storage closet. I keep it for entertaining.

2sunshines · 05-04-2016, 01:55 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Soliloquy

I still use mine and still love it.

I was never a big crock pot user, I still am not. I put mine into a storage closet. I keep it for entertaining.

That's good to know because one of my considerations was that I'm not a big crock pot user. I don't love the consistency of meat in the crock pot (unless I'm going for shredded meat) so I truthfully only use it for a select few items *(bone broth, cooking dried beans, steel cut oatmeal). So I wasn't sure if the IP would produce similar results as the crock pot.

blessedwithboys · 05-04-2016, 07:15 AM

I never do bone broth in the crockpot anymore. The IP yields the same results without my house smelling like bone broth for 24 hours. Dried beans are also always IP now.

backtobasicsmum · 05-04-2016, 07:19 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Maedchen

I am still investigating. I would like to know for those that have a pot,did you get rid of your crockpot?

My crock pot died, which is why I purchased my IP. I don't need both.

Michele123 · 05-04-2016, 03:02 PM

I am very intrigued by the instant pot, but only if I can replace other appliances. I have a yogurt maker (with a timer that automatically shuts off after a specified time) a crock pot (which I would use more if I remembered to start it cooking in the morning), microwave (use all the time but would love to get rid of), toaster oven, George Forman grill, ice cream maker, electric tea pot.

So, of those appliances, which ones can the instant pot replace?

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DahliaRW · 05-04-2016, 03:04 PM

It can reply the yogurt maker and slow cooker for sure. Nice thing with the IP is that you can still cook things if you forget to start it as a crock pot in the morning. Things cook quickly under pressure! I cook from frozen all the time.

Michele123 · 05-04-2016, 03:11 PM

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Originally Posted by DahliaRW

It can reply the yogurt maker and slow cooker for sure. Nice thing with the IP is that you can still cook things if you forget to start it as a crock pot in the morning. Things cook quickly under pressure! I cook from frozen all the time.

From frozen?!?! Really?!?! One of my biggest problems is forgetting to thaw stuff. How does that work?

Michele123 · 05-07-2016, 11:12 AM

Is there only one brand of instant pot? If there are others, which is the best brand?

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05-03-2016, 02:01 AM	#1
2sunshines Moderator in Celebrations, Cloth Diapering & EC, Empty Arms, Prayer & Praise, and Swap n' Shop Join Date: Mar 2005 Posts: 27,027	INSTANT POT owners! Everyone who owns an instant pot: what are your reviews now? Do you still love it? Use it regularly? Or have you found that you don't use it as much as you thought you would? I am considering but interested to hear from those who already own. __________________ married 25 years mom to two young adults (23 and 20) and two teens (17 and 15)

05-03-2016, 06:36 AM	#2
backtobasicsmum Rose Garden Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Canada Posts: 29,784	Re: INSTANT POT owners! Still use it. Still love it. Still recommend it! . I guess I use it 3-4 times a week. It might be more frequent in the winter and decrease slightly this summer, as our eating shifts slightly for the weather. __________________ Karisa W -17 My talking boy E - 16 My doing boy J - 14 My sparkly girl L - 11 My funny boy O - 9 My snuggly boy

05-03-2016, 06:48 AM	#3
The Tickle Momster Rose Garden previously mlrowley Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: NW WA Posts: 17,954	Re: INSTANT POT owners! __________________ Michelle wife to Tom ('95) Momma to: DD (A) 21 and her DH (YM) 21 DS (T) 19 DD (C) 17 '07 DS (N) 14 Save Save

05-03-2016, 08:16 AM	#4
DahliaRW Rose Garden Join Date: Jun 2009 Posts: 3,793	Re: INSTANT POT owners! I use mine ALL the time. I've used it 5x last week. 1) to cook marinated chicken breasts from frozen, 2) to cook rice (I cook a huge amount and freeze in portions that are enough for one meal for my family), 3) to set steel cut oats to soak the night before and have them start and cook automatically in the morning, 4) to slow cook a meatloaf, 5) to make hard boiled eggs. It's a life saver! __________________ ISFJ Mom married to an INTP Dad; busy raising 2 sons (15, 12) and a daughter (10)!

05-03-2016, 08:31 PM	#5
Maedchen Rose Trellis Join Date: Feb 2012 Posts: 2,482	Re: INSTANT POT owners! I am still investigating. I would like to know for those that have a pot,did you get rid of your crockpot?

05-03-2016, 09:54 PM	#7
DahliaRW Rose Garden Join Date: Jun 2009 Posts: 3,793	Re: INSTANT POT owners! I still use my crockpot. It's bigger. But also, I can have something going in that AND in the IP at the same time! Sent from my SGH-M919 using Tapatalk __________________ ISFJ Mom married to an INTP Dad; busy raising 2 sons (15, 12) and a daughter (10)!

05-03-2016, 10:35 PM	#8
Soliloquy Rose Garden Why climb a mountain? Because it's there! Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Selkirk Mountains Posts: 52,860	Re: INSTANT POT owners! I still use mine and still love it. I was never a big crock pot user, I still am not. I put mine into a storage closet. I keep it for entertaining.

05-04-2016, 07:15 AM	#10
blessedwithboys Rose Garden Join Date: Apr 2005 Posts: 7,481	Re: INSTANT POT owners! I never do bone broth in the crockpot anymore. The IP yields the same results without my house smelling like bone broth for 24 hours. Dried beans are also always IP now. __________________ Honored wife to my amazing husband Mommy to E-boy (11) Nosey (8) Mr. T (6) and Rosie (5)

05-04-2016, 03:02 PM	#12
Michele123 Rose Trellis Join Date: Feb 2013 Location: Middle of Nowhere, MN Posts: 1,544	Re: INSTANT POT owners! I am very intrigued by the instant pot, but only if I can replace other appliances. I have a yogurt maker (with a timer that automatically shuts off after a specified time) a crock pot (which I would use more if I remembered to start it cooking in the morning), microwave (use all the time but would love to get rid of), toaster oven, George Forman grill, ice cream maker, electric tea pot. So, of those appliances, which ones can the instant pot replace? Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk __________________ External Processor ENFJ, please excuse my stream of consciousness posts. Battled infertility for 3 1/2 years before DD (PCOS) TTC #2 for 6 months (3 ovulations) Married to DH since Aug 2004 DD born Feb 2012 DS born May 2014 #3 due Aug 2016

05-04-2016, 03:04 PM	#13
DahliaRW Rose Garden Join Date: Jun 2009 Posts: 3,793	Re: INSTANT POT owners! It can reply the yogurt maker and slow cooker for sure. Nice thing with the IP is that you can still cook things if you forget to start it as a crock pot in the morning. Things cook quickly under pressure! I cook from frozen all the time. __________________ ISFJ Mom married to an INTP Dad; busy raising 2 sons (15, 12) and a daughter (10)!

05-07-2016, 11:12 AM	#15
Michele123 Rose Trellis Join Date: Feb 2013 Location: Middle of Nowhere, MN Posts: 1,544	Re: INSTANT POT owners! Is there only one brand of instant pot? If there are others, which is the best brand? Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk __________________ External Processor ENFJ, please excuse my stream of consciousness posts. Battled infertility for 3 1/2 years before DD (PCOS) TTC #2 for 6 months (3 ovulations) Married to DH since Aug 2004 DD born Feb 2012 DS born May 2014 #3 due Aug 2016

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