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Originally Posted by sjfan
So this thing is not a good pressure cooker (like most electric pressure cookers, it can't get the pressure that a real cooker gets), and it's not a good crock pot, and it's not a good replacement for a Dutch oven. I wanted to like it, but it tries to be 5 or 6 different things, and is incredibly mediocre at all of them.
You're much better off getting a good Dutch oven or pressure cooker than this POS--you can get the Lodge Dutch oven at Target for $30-40, and it'll do a hell of a lot more and better than the Instant Pot will.
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Having used the IP regularly for over a year, along side our Dutch oven and slow cooker, I can tell you you are absolutely wrong. What it does it does remarkably well, and far more conveniently and consistently than many alternatives.
There are indeed some dishes that are still best done in the Dutch oven, but many of our recipies have been replaced by equal or better pressure cooker versions. I've never used the actual slow cooker function, but the only thing we use an actual slower cooker for now is overnight unattended oatmeal, and for keeping sauces warm at parties. All our other slow cooker dishes are replaced with pressure cooker versions.