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Originally Posted by badgoodDeb
I still have an "old-fashioned" stovetop pressure cooker, because a boyfriend made such yummy broccoli using a pressure cooker. But I haven't used it in years, and worry about the safety of using it (and about my technique in doing so).
I've been trawling the web, saving recipes for food that I already like, and would be likely to cook, if I got an IP. Since I currently only do frozen pop-in-the-oven chicken, the Instant Pot *might* get me eating better, on the nights that I'm home to cook. Maybe.
(However, it's less tempting, because I *already have* a slow cooker, and a rice cooker, which can steam.) We'll see whether I can continue to resist the "it's new" urge.
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You sound like me. If you like to cook then you may use it but if you like me and Issy it's just more work than it's worth. The smell is horrible. Hubby won't touch the eggs I make in it because when you open the lid it's nauseating. I have a little egg steamer for hard boil eggs. I can do six at a time. Super easy to clean and tiny.
What I hate most is the clean up. You got lid, silver disc, rubber gasket that has to removed everytime to clean and the vent piece has to be removed everytime to clean.
On top of that you have a pot that is a pain to clean but if the food explodes out of the vent you have small grooves on the unit that is a PITA to clean.
I don't know if the Instant Pot is like that but my unit is more trouble than it's worth.
As for exploding food, tomato sauce and pasta sauce is notorious for this.
I've never have overfilled the pot to even half way and I still get volcano on certain dishes.
I see it as a gamble. The food may or may not turnout right. Your meat could dissolve or be undercooked. It's not a set it and forget it. It's a close the lid and pray it turns out edible kind of thing.
Bottom line it's too much work for people like us.
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