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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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It appears one either loves or hates it.
I am curious as to what you tried cooking in it.
Note: The Instant Pot is sold as a pressure cooker not a canner. The difference is 4psi. Now I have heard some High Altitude people have had trouble with the pressure part.
As to a slow cooker, I own several different types and sizes.
A Dutch oven can't pressure cook. Though cast iron is wonderful for some things.
Corn bread comes to mind.
I think kitchen gadgets needed in a kitchen come down to how a person cooks.
I am going to use @Apk as an example. He loves the Instant Pot, me I am never in that big of a hurry and I don't do many one pot meals. On the other hand, I love my manual food choppers, I hope he found a good home for his. He didn't like it.
It just depends on how you cook. In the summer, I am more likely to do slow cooker (West Bend) and other small appliance meals than turn on the stove. In the winter, I tend to use the oven and my stove top boiler/steamer/soup pot more.
So just decide how you cook and enjoy, but please don't put down other people's choices because it doesn't fit your lifestyle.
This thread was started to see if I needed to invest in one.