Instant Pot Duo 6-Quart 7-in-1 Electric Pressure Cooker, Slow Cooker, Rice Cooker, Steamer, Sauté, Yogurt Maker, Warmer & Sterilizer, Includes App With Over 800 Recipes, Stainless Steel

I thought the term 'pressure cooker' would mean that this item would be tedious and a bit frightening to use. It is just the opposite. I am not that fond of cooking, but with this Insta Pot I have been dreaming up ideas of what I can cook in it. I even cooked a whole chicken in it and it was so juicy and tender. It doesn't 'brown' the foods like an oven would, but it cooks it through and through. It cooks so fast and it is easy to both use and clean up afterwards. Just remove and wash the inner pot and wipe around the outside casing and store it away!

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.