Instant Pot DUO60 6 Qt 7-in-1 Multi-Use Programmable Pressure Cooker

The Instant Pot IP-DUO60 Stainless Steel 6-Quart 7-in-1 Multi-Functional Pressure Cooker is a great addition to our kitchen. If you're cooking a Beef Stew you can sear the Beef cubes right in the Cooker and then add the Vegetables and Broth and close the Pressure cooker and after the cooking time is up enjoy a perfect Beef Stew with tender Beef. It also works great for cooking creamy Mushroom soup from scratch. There's a sauté feature as well and it cuts down on the amount of pots and pans needed on the stovetop to sauté the Mushrooms and Onions. But my most favourite feature is for cooking Rice. The Instant Pot IP-DUO60 Stainless Steel 6-Quart 7-in-1 Multi-Functional Pressure Cooker is perfect for making sticky Rice just like it's served in Chinese Restaurants. I love Jasmine Rice and it came out so perfect I was tempted to use my Chopsticks but couldn't find them at the time. And it's so much easier than cooking the Rice on the stovetop. Just put the Rice and the Water in the Cooker, close the Lid and after warming up the timer starts for the Rice and it is much faster than stovetop, less than 15 mins for my 2 cups of rice. Granted, the Instructions that came with the Instant Pot IP-DUO60 Stainless Steel 6-Quart 7-in-1 Multi-Functional Pressure Cooker were a bit confusing in the beginning until I read them a few times to make sure I'm putting the Lid on correctly and remembered how to use the pressure valve. But once you're familiar with all the Settings and Buttons and how to safely remove the Lid after the cooking cycle is done, it's so easy to operate the Cooker and I can't believe I didn't get myself one of these Cookers sooner. The only little downside, you'll have to wash the sealing ring really well and let it dry nicely before using again, otherwise it will smell like whichever food you've cooked last. This week I'll be trying out the Yogurt feature. But to me this Pressure cooker is a must in my kitchen now, alone for the fact that it cooks perfect Beef Stew, lovely creamy Mushroom soup and most of all, perfect Jasmine Rice. So overall this Instant Pot IP-DUO60 Stainless Steel 6-Quart 7-in-1 Multi-Functional Pressure Cooker is a wonderful addition to our kitchen and I would definitely recommend it.

For my money, the Instant Pot is the best pressure cooker I have come across. Correction, it's the best multi-functional cooker. It browns/sautes, & is a slow cooker, rice cooker, warmer, steamer, pressure cooker and yogurt maker. It has 14 built-in programs or if you know what you're doing, you can set cooking times manually. This is my first pressure cooker so I intend to take full advantage of the programs! The Instant Pot comes with two manuals: one is the user manual & the other consists of recipes and cooking times for a variety of foods, from duck to vegetables. The user manual does a good job of walking you through the setup to the finished product. The recipes given weren't my type, but there are plenty of pressure cooking recipes online, so don't let that bother you. I did beef stew in a snap as opposed to using the slow cooker all day, so it's a major energy saver too. The pot is stainless steel, so those who insist on a non-stick material are out of luck. Frankly, I'd rather have the stainless steel as it will hold up far better than the non-stick. My only complaint about the Instant Pot is its capacity: 6 quarts is the capacity, but that's the entire pot (a little more than 6 inches high). When pressure cooking the maximum fill line is an inch below the top, so it's not all that much. Unfortunately, Instant Pot doesn't make a larger unit. I'd love an 8-quart pressure cooker! One thing to remember & that is the cooking times for pressure cookers do not include the "pre-heating" time," which is the time it takes to bring the unit to full pressure. It depends on what you're cooking, but generally it's 10 - 15 minutes.

I love to slow cook meals and use my electric slow cooker a lot but there are times when I want slow cooker flavor and tenderness but I don't have 6-8 hours to cook a meal. This is where I felt the Instant Pot would shine but after a couple weeks of use I realize that there is so much more to it. First the picture of the chicken thighs isn't the most visually appealing food picture but I wanted to show it. A hour beforehand this chicken was frozen solid. I put it in the Instant Pot with a packet of onion soup and in an hour it went from a frozen block of chicken thighs to fully cooked. No need to defrost, no need to thaw for a day or two in the refrigerator. For that reason alone I LOVE this product. The Instant Pot community is large as you can find several websites with recipes and cooking tips. Youtube is littered with videos showing recipes and ideas. Complete meals can be cooked in the Instant Pot making it a huge time and dishes saver. Also no more worrying about everything finishing at the same time for dinner. Meat cooks up very tender and juicy. The chicken in the picture literally was falling off the bone and was very moist. I love making meat for pulled pork and shredded chicken in the Instant Pot. It comes out perfect every time. The Instant Pot is also a very capable slow cooker so you can still prepare your favorite slow cooker recipes in it. It is amazing to me how versatile one device can be. If you enjoy slow cooker cooking give the Instant Pot a try and expand your abilities even further than you could have imagined!

I've had pressure cookers before but they were the old timey ones and I honestly was a little afraid of them. This pot is so wonderful and durable and does so many things. It is also a very generous size. That being said, that would be my only criticism is storing it between uses. I am fortunate enough to have a large pantry and made some room on one of the shelves. But I am also finding more and more uses for it so it sets out on my counter a lot of the time. It is a very attractive design, locking lid with holders for it built right onto the pot, a basket which makes it easy to remove food. The instant pot also comes with handy utensils, a condensation catcher and the digital display is very nice and large and I can read it from across the room even without my glasses! The interior pot is stainless and there is nothing about it that can leech into your food which is a concern to many nowadays. As I mentioned before, I was a little afraid of my former pressure cooker but instant pot has many safety features on it that will help ease your mind in using it. It's fairly fool proof which I like. Instant pot does a number of different functions. It's a steamer, a slow cooker, a pressure cooker of course and it also sautes, or browns, and makes yogurt. And because it's a pressure cooker, it takes less time than its counterparts. I love to slow cook and with the saute feature, I can brown my food before I slow cook it if I choose to, all in the same pot. A very nice feature! It's pretty much a set it and forget it.... Load up your ingredients, choose the settings on the front of the machine and of the steam release button, wait for the signal beep that the machine is certain of what you want and that's it! After the cooking is done, the instant pot keeps your food at a good warm temperature until you are ready for it, another nice feature. The instant pot comes with a quick reference guide and also detailed instructions. I read and reread both to make sure I was comfortable with operating it. There are two levels of pressure cooking, low and high, the unit also can pasteurize milk And make yogurt. I have not used all the functions yet, just the sauteing and slow cooking but I look forward to experimenting with all of them and adapting my other recipes to this. Just the time it saves makes it a wonderful addition to our kitchen. I highly recommend!!

Used this over Labor Day weekend to make pulled pork, came out AMAZING. Only took 50 minutes to cook, compared to 8 hours in my slow cooker. Really impressed by how easy it is to use, and to clean. I assumed the steel pot would be more difficult to clean, but it was quite easy. Another great thing, as i was looking up recipes, most of the videos online use an Instant Pot pressure cooker. This made it very easy to follow along. Very happy with this, I would definitely recommend.

Today I'm going to review the Instant Pot IP-DU060 Stainless Steel 6-Quart 7 in 1 Multi Functional Pressure Cooker. The Instant Pot comes with the Main base and control panel, A lid, Cooking pot made from food grade 304 stainless steel highly polished, And accessories inside of the cooking pot, A steaming rack. A small plastic stirring spoon and ladle , A quick start guide, A user instruction manual, And a recipe book. After reading the user manual. I see the Instant Pot is a 7 in 1 multi cooker good for Pressure cooking, Slow cooking, Steamer, Rice cooker Porridge maker,Yogurt maker and warmer, Saute/Browning,. On the front of the Instant Pot is a nice large easy to see control panel. That illuminates the color red when the appliance has been plugged into an electric outlet. The control panel has programmable micro processor settings for time delayed starts and cooking times for slow cooking. Along with auto start features. There's a quick start guide. I recommend reading the user manual first. To read about how to use and program the control panel. The Instant pot has 10 safety feature and sensors combined. Reading the user manual on the safety features Will make your cooking experience safe in the kitchen. There's a first time water test to get a feel for using the Instant Pot. I did the water test and first time use I could smell a new electrical appliance scent coming from the Instant Pot That went away after the first use. It's also very quiet while its cooking. I've never used or owned a pressure cooker, Or steamer before So this is a new experience in cooking for me. I'm just starting out with the Instant Pot. I've been cooking soups, sauces and experimenting with the steamer rack. I'm looking forward to making my first pot of chili with the Instant pot, I've been reading the recipe book that comes with it. There's a of meals I want to try that sound good. The Instant Pot Seems to be durable and high quality. I look forward to using the Instant Pot a lot more in the future. It gets easier to use the more I use it. There's a lot more information on the Instant Pot site at instantpot.com for more accessories, Replacement seals, Help video's, Support,and Recipes

Received my Instant Pot IP-DUO60 Stainless Steel 6-Quart 7-in-1 Multi-Functional Pressure Cooker and right away started preparing it to use! The Instant Pot is a seven-in-one programmable cooker. You can combine the options of a pressure cooker, rice cooker, steamer, slow cooker, saute/browning, and warmer. With an easy press of a button, you can cook your favorite dishes within a fraction of the time compared to the conventional method of cooking. The lid will conveniently rest on either the left or the right pot handle and is easy to insert and remove. The inner pot is stainless steel and very durable. There is no health concerns of non-stick coating material. You can cook a complete meal in a fraction of the time it would normally take. I chose the larger pot. The bowl that goes inside the pot is large and very easy to clean. Not heavy like crock pots. It is removable, looks like a mixing bowl! My first test was to cook some frozen baby lima beans. Put the frozen beans in the pot, added water to cover, set for BEANS, then for 5 minutes (you may have to test the time for whatever you cook, although a recipe book is included to advise on cooking times of most items) then choose PRESSURE cook. The unit preheats. In my case it took maybe 5 minutes to preheat. It will notify you when it starts the cooking process and does a timer countdown. Once finished, it goes to OFF mode and keeps the food warm until you unplug on push CANCEL. Warms food up to 10hours. Then I tried some frozen black-eyed peas that turned out perfect!! One thing I was amazed at and loved, is at how very QUIET the cooker is. Most pressure cookers make a lot of noise. Not this one. I was wondering if it was even cooking! The beans turned out perfect!! Also, with this pot you are not scared of using the pressure cooking part as some pressure cookers. I don't usually leave item's like this out on the counter, but this pot is so nice looking, I have it out on my counter. I plan to use it often!!

The Instant Pot IP-DUO60 stainless steel 6-quart cooker is so much more than a pressure cooker. In fact, I think of it as a rice cooker, but I browned chicken on saute and then quickly cooked with the pressure cooker setting. I made homemade yogurt which was easy as well. There are so many things that you can do with this as it states it is a 7-in-1 multifunctional cooker: pressure cooker, rice cooker, slow cooker, yogurt maker, steamer, saute' and warmer. This cooker makes very little noise unlike my other pressure cooker, and it does not produce lots of steam the way my other rice cooker does, either. The 14 built-in programs are: slow cook, rice, multigrain, porridge, meat/stew, bean/chili, soup, saute', steam, poultry, keep-warm, yogurt, jiu niang and pasteurize. The lid to the cooker makes a little chime when you put on and turn the lid. There are two pressure settings, and three adjustable modes for selecting your preferred tenderness. You can set a delay cooking timer up to 24 hours, and you can use the manual setting to set up to 120 minutes of cook time. This product is sturdy and definitely built to last. If that is not enough to love, then having an inner pot that is a 3-ply bottom stainless steal cooking pot is. I am so happy to have stainless steel instead of a questionable non-stick interior pot to cook in. I honestly cannot say enough good things about this Instant Pot because it is so versatile. There is a website www.InstantPot.com for more information, tips, and recipes. I also found YouTube videos about the Instant Pot and step by step how-to recipes and tips as well. Just a wonderful cooker!

The first thing that I cooked in the pot was spaghetti squash because that's what I had planned to cook for dinner. I found that the times given in the recipe book were too short and will have to test by trial & error. The recipe said 3 minutes with steam & I had to increase the time to 7 minutes. For those people worried about using a pressure cooker, let me say this isn't like the old time, stovetop pressure cookers. There are 10 built in safeguards that prevent the explosions I've heard of all my life. The built up pressure for this pot is 11 psi and the other ones with the steam build up problems are at least 15 psi. The pot comes with a plastic rice paddle, plastic ladle, wire rack with handles, measuring cup, user manual, recipe book and quick reference guide. There is an initial test run for the steam function to get you used to the pot and also to rinse out the areas of the lid using steam. I preformed this test before using and it worked as stated. This pot has 14 functions, including a slow cook cycle, yogurt maker and rice cooker. I'm very happy about the saute feature. This is what you use to brown meats and being the pot is stainless steel, it browns very well. That's handy when using it as a slow cooker. I've always had to brown meats in another pot when using a crock pot or slow cooker. This does it all in one pot. Fantastic. I'm really excited to try all the dessert recipes available. Cheesecake, puddings and individual cakes. Facebook has a community just for this cooker and there are endless recipes and support. I'm planning on enjoying and learning about this pot for a long time. It's nice to be enthusiastic about cooking again.

I recently saw an electronic pressure cooker on one of the home shopping channels and I was immediately intrigued. It almost sounded too good to be true. Could one appliance do so much and do them all well? I put the Instant Pot IP-DUO60 to the test. It's a rather large and weighty appliance, but attractive enough to sit out on the counter. The function buttons and display are easy to read and the stainless steel insert is quality. Surprisingly no matter what I made in this, nothing was difficult to clean off. I've heard the horror stories about regular pressure cookers since I was a child so I admit, I was wary. I read the manual and recipe book that came with Instant Pot cover to cover and went online and watched a few videos of people using the appliance. The videos really helped and gave me some recipe ideas. I didnt find the recipes provided in the book to be helpful. Only a few of the foods were what you might call home-style foods that someone might make for their family. Some of the items I'd never even heard of before. It might be nice if they included more familiar foods such as a basic chili, chicken soup, barbecue ribs and maybe a pasta dish. I performed the trial run the manual suggested where you put in 3 cups of water and set the pot to Steam. It took almost 11 minutes to get up to pressure. That seemed like a long time for something that is supposed to make cooking faster. Then it steamed for 2 minutes and then turned down to Keep Warm automatically. At that point, I had to vent it. Oh the fun part. I literally was using the longest metal tongs I owned to do this. It worked exactly as described except that steam shot slightly backwards and a long way up. It was steaming the side of my kitchen cabinet even though it wasn't that close to it. Make sure to place this appliance somewhere away from anything that could be damaged by that steam. The outside of the pot itself doesn't get all that hot which says a lot for the insulation. The metal parts of the cover will burn you quite quickly however as I found out. Initially I was afraid that I might forget to vent the appliance and try to take the cover off with it still under pressure. It's impossible. The cover locks on and it doesnt unlock until all the steam is gone. It will even alert you on the display if you dont have the cover on right. I tried basmati rice next. I usually utilize a rice cooker for this so I was interested to see if I'd get similar results from the Instant Pot. I used the recipe in the book that came with the appliance which suggests soaking the rice first. It only took the Instant Pot 8 minutes to pressurize this time with 2 cups of rice and 3 cups of water in it. Add 4 minutes to cook and 10 minutes to cool down and let off pressure. Rice was PERFECT! Best I've ever made. Every grain was appropriately cooked, not sticky. Just light and airy with an excellent taste. And surprisingly, though the bowl is stainless steel, the rice didn't stick to it at all. I'm impressed. Next I tried frozen broccoli florets. Followed hints for time and for venting from the recipe book. It required 12 minutes to preheat and reach pressure. Set it to steam for 4 minutes then let the pot naturally release pressure. Took about 15 minutes to cool down enough to unlock cover. Broccoli was cooked far too much. It had no color and was basically mush. Very disappointed on that. This reinforced the idea that you have to experiment with this appliance for awhile to get things just right. For the heck of it, I tried to make boiled eggs. Simply steamed them for 6 minutes on the trivet with a cup of water in the bottom. Left on Warm for 5 minutes then vented all at once. Dunked them in an ice bath for a few minutes to cool them down so they could be handled easily. They were just right and peeled easily. Okay, we're back in the game! This weekend I cooked a half rack of ribs in some apple juice and apple cider vinegar on the Meat/Stew setting for 30 minutes then 5 minutes on Warm then vented. Slathered on some barbecue sauce and cooked in a 400 degree oven for 5-10 minutes to caramelize the sauce. You didnt even need a knife. They fell apart. Extremely tender and delicious. I would recommend the Instant Pot to anyone who wants to save some time in the kitchen. It basically replaces your slow cooker and rice cooker right off the bat. There is a learning curve to using it, but the more you use it, the more confident you become and find yourself willing to try new things with it. The functionality and the easy cleanup has sold me. What Ive found makes the Instant Pot different from cheaper versions is the user is able to control practically every aspect of the cooking process. You can press a programmed key but then using the “+” and “-“ signs allows you to change the program time to higher or lower. You can change the pressure to high or low. You can change the searing temperature from “Normal” to higher or a lower temp. Even the slow cooker program gives you the ability to slow cook on low, medium or high just like a regular slow cooker would. I havent found another electronic pressure cooker that offers this range of adaptability.