This weekend we published an article called, “Instant Pots aren’t your mother’s pressure cooker” and it got us thinking: Do you own an Instant Pot?
We’ve been seeing these neat kitchen appliances pop up across the Internet like crazy, and as writer Silvana Clark mentions in the article above, the Facebook community surrounding Instant Pots and Instant Pot recipes is huge!
Should we buy one? Do you already have one? Do you want one? Vote in the poll below, and of course please leave a comment telling us your experiences with your/an Instant Pot. Have a favorite recipe? Leave that too!
Tried to use it as a slow cooker, but did not work well at all. The pressure cooker part works great.
I use mine all the time. I even make my dog’s food in it.
It makes a great, healthy, dog food.
We use ours, but is a Winter item. Soups and stews are great. I use my air fryer much more often. Crock pot for back up, one in the RV for pop-up pot lucks.
Love my IP. I have an 8qt and a 6qt. I use pinterest and joined the Instant Pot community on Facebook for information and yummy recipes. I use it indoors and outdoors. I make soups, stews, cakes, yogurt, jelly, lasagna, tacos, cheesecake, corn on the cob, steam vegetables…well, you get the idea. I also have the air fryer lid and do wings, potatoes etc
In the RV I use my Air Fryer all the time. Have a small crock pot I like. Storage is a factor in what to take along in motorhome.
Yep, we have 2. The 6qt is for pot luck get to gathers, the 3qt is wife and I. Would not be without one!
We have two, use them all the time at home and the smaller one we take with us in the trailer whenever we travel. When on the road we use it almost every night, when we get to our destination we use it maybe every other day. It has a bit of a learning curve but we love it and now can’t imagine not having one.
My Mother-in-law was a pressure-cooker chef. I’m not sure she ever cooked ANYTHING any other way. And everything she produced was limp and soggy and way overdone. I’m sure these are wonderful. After all we do use a crock pot fairly often. But I’m in NO hurry to find out!
I have owned the same crock pot for decades and love it for a variety of purposes. Don’t need the pressure cooker option that the Instant Pot offers.
No, i couldn’t identify one if sitting in front of me: we should be winding down at our age and quit buying all that crap. I look around the house and see stuff we haven’t used in a long time. I wonder what will happen to it all? Anyone need a teeter? A portable ice maker ? A 19″ black and white tv? You know where I’m going with this.
Garage sale? Is that where you are going? 😉🤪🙃
I have used the insta pot a few times, but never camping. I like to return to rugged when camping and instant is not in the mix.
Based on your article last week I ordered the 3 qt and expect delivery this week. I like that it has an automatic lock in the lid. Will join the FB group to learn more. Excited!
Don’t forget YouTube! The resources for Instant Pot is huge, not just the ladies. And so many videos. Look up “six sisters instant pot” with Google search and you will see recipes, videos etc.
I follow most of my stuff on YouTube for Instant Pot.
I didn’t know anything. I have the blender, air fryer, omni oven/air fryer, gem slow cooker and my favorite the Ultra. Soon I’m thinking of getting their air fryer attachment for the Ultra…
Have a great day 🙂✝️
Now, we have one at home and use it all the time. As far as camping, nope. We grill and cook outside. Perhaps if we fulltimed it would be different, but not in our case.
We have 4 of them plus the Instant Pot Air Fryer and Blender. While they get used regularly we still cook with pots, pans, skillets and on the barbie. When we travel the IP and slow cooker are in use with some cooking on the stove. Love that we can cook with the IP outdoors.
We have a love hate relationship with this product. Sometimes it works as normal and other times, no go! Seems to have a problem with making the steam and it is relying on a little rubber seal that seems to have a mind of it’s own! UGH!
I have one I use at home all the time. The best thing I’ve found to cook in it is fresh vegetables, soups and stews. The veggies are flavorful and the soups and stews turn out just like you cooked them in the crockpot for hours, but in a lot less time. I’ve tried roasts and poultry, but I didn’t like how they turned out. I’ve also tried to cook pork roasts in barbecue sauce for pulled pork sandwiches and it turned out a little too greasy for my taste. So I’ll just stick to the veggies, soups and stews. I’ve never used it camping though, that’s what Dutch ovens are for 🙂
Use our 6 qt at home and in trailer. Bought instant pot bible cookbook. It’s a space saver for us because we can do without so many pans in trailer.
There wasn’t a correct answer for me, so I will add it down here.
I had one that I used regularly. It was passed down to my daughter-n-law when I moved up and on to the Ninja Foodi.
Love my Foodi.
I don’t own an Instant Pot but am the 10 year owner of a counter top Electric Pressure Cooker (commonly known as a multicooker) which looks and performs like an Instant Pot.
No idea how you want me to answer the question. Are you asking about the brand or the function?
No Instant Pot but do have and use a pressure Cooker.
I have a pressure cooker and a crockpot I use at home from time to time but ever in my motorhome. In that it’s the BBQ or stove.
Yes I got one. Love that the one I have is a multipurpose oven type. I like to bake in the oven but during the summer it was too hot to use it. The instant pot doesn’t take as long nor heats the whole rv as the oven did. Finding recipes online is very helpful. The size makes it easy to stow away when traveling. A great product .
We have looked at them but are trying” Not” to buy anything made in China. If we really don’t need it we are not buying.
They are made in Canada, not China. It is an excellent product, I’ve been using one for 4 years & own 3 of them.
I don’t own an Instant Pot but my daughter-in-law does and cooks many of our meals in it. I owned a pressure cooker in days of yore. I liked it and used it a lot (at that time it was highly recommended for sailboats as a way of saving fuel). I don’t think we will get one for the motor home because of the problem of storing it, and mostly because my wife doesn’t trust them.
Swapped out my crock pot for an IP Duo. Much more versatile! Use at least three times a week.
I own a 6 quart Instant Pot Duo and a 3 quart Instant Pot duo plus a Ninja Foodi and a Ninja Foodie grill. Stove/oven is very seldom turned on any more. Almost ever meal is cooked in one of these four devices.
On the instapot cooking dinner in it right now
Yes, an 8-qt IP. Love having 14 cooked-to-perfection boiled eggs ready to be dipped in cool water for EZ shell removal before I’ve finished my first cup of coffee. And, no more soaking of dried beans…..just dump them in with adequate liquid along with other ingredients and you have lunch ready in no time. I’m a pescatarian…..so veggies and seafood are a perfect match with an IP. Plus, I used to use a slow cooker to make my dog’s food….much quicker with IP……and because she’s so small, I make her food once a month and freeze.
Love my 3 qt instapot. Really nice in warm weather to limit added heat to inside RV.
We do have one and use it at our Stick and Brick. Do not carry it in the TT. To much amperage draw (8 to 10 amps) and weight is more than I care to add to my need this list. I will keep cooking on the gas stove.
Yes, we travel full time and have had an Instant Pot from the beginning in 2016. This year i added an Air Fryer Lid. I have a couple of chicken recipes for the IP, some great chicken nuggets for the AF, I cook eggs, rice, and assorted other meals / side dishes. I have a great Tuna Casserole for pot luck gatherings (what are those you ask – perhaps a thing of the past or far distant future). I am very happy to have this one and only small appliance with us.
ps – couldn’t find the poll
Yes we own an 8 qt. size. Makes the best yogurt and porridge. Really a great tool for on the go folks. Beyond burger meatloaf surrounded by Napa cabbage, potatoes, celery and carrots is a favorite.
I use my 6 quart Instant Pot heavily for all sorts for things, including sterilizing my fabric COVID-19 masks. Works like an autoclave. But I won’t bring one in my RV— I have time to grill, or bake, or cook on the stovetop again. Not so much at home.
I have a 6qt “baby” EPC that takes in the RV and a 14qt (!) I use at home. 3+ gallons of soup or stew, or 6-8 large slabs of meat to turn into Italian or BBQ pulled beef… I live my pleasure cookers!
Have an 8 qt pressure cooker XL. Great time saver and propane saver. No heat in the hot summer. Very versatile. We are full-timers and won’t be without one now.
YES, YES, YES! I own three and use them constantly. I have one 3 qt in my RV as well as two induction cook tops. I rarely use my propane.