You want the 6 qt, definitely. I have a 6 qt and an 8 qt. I use both. The reason you want a 6 is that if you are trying to cook 3-4 cups of rice, you cannot do that in the 8 qt. You get a "burn" error within a few minutes because there's not enough liquid in there to get it up to proper pressure without burning your grain.
I use my 6 qt almost exclusively for rice, beans, quinoa, etc and I use my 8 qt for giant pot roasts, soups, chilis, and as an extra stove burner (the sautee function is amazing).
I cannot imagine using the 8 qt for 3 people unless you want to cook a week's worth of chili or something.
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Originally Posted by Lady Grey
We have a 6 quart though I am considering adding an 8 quart soon.
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I absolutely love having 2 and I don't regret getting a second, bigger one. I use them both at the same time more often than I thought I would. I can use the bigger one as a slow cooker and have the other one programmed to have rice finish right on time, as an example. I think you'll love having two.