I purchased an Instant Pot before we moved trying to keep electric bill low, my husband didn't want me to use it, he thought it might use too much electricity...so I put it away. After seeing your awesome video, he agreed to watch it with me. We cooked hard old pinto beans in the new pot and they came out sooo tender, he is convinced!!! Thank you, thank you, thank you...now we will save $$$!
The instant pot is most efficient because it probably used a similar amount of energy as the crock pot in the same time period but it leverages having a sealed system to passively create a pressurized cooking environment so it only had to run for a fraction of the time.
I agree and I still use an old stainless pressure cooker. I can make food in less time like the insta pots. And yes they also keep from overheating the kitchen.
@@joycej9415 Mum always swore by her pressure cooker for cooking in on a daily basis. Not only cheaper - like yours it was the old aluminium one - but much faster as well. The vegetables for our dinners would be cooked inside of 5min every evening, huge saving in time and power.
I’ve used a pressure cooker for years, simply because it reduces cooking time significantly, but it’s good to see that it’s also the cheapest way to cook. Thanks for doing the comparison - so helpful as always.
Same here. When I got married my mother-in-law bought me a pressure cooker sixty years ago and I've cooked this way since. I even got my mother one, she was so afraid of it but once she got used to it couldn't be without it. Apart from s aving lots of energy the food comes out beautifully moist and full of flavour. I also bought years ago a small oven but big enough to roast whatever and only use my big oven when necessary which isn' t often. Thanks for all the good videos you put on here.
@@joycej9415 LOL, yeah, I have solar panels, too. So, yes, I don't even have an electric bill using my oven. But before then, I looked into a lot of prepping and solar and thermal cooking are perfect for power outages.
I avoid the oven in the summer. But in the winter I find it significantly helpful in lowering my use of the furnace. If I am baking I can have my furnace off for most the day and sometimes all night long. My furnace costs me a ton.
I was so surprised at the large number of comments about having unused instant pots, then I remembered it took me two years to start using mine eight years ago. I now use it for nearly everything, except maybe pancakes. I thought the crockpot would win, and am so happy it didn't, because I prefer food cooked in the instant pot. Thanks for a great video!
Hmm..my father has the exact same GE (For the younger crowd: General Electric) wall oven. It's the one I grew up using. Even the exact same copper-ish color. It was installed when the house was built in 1957. And yes, it's still there...and still works, and yes he still lives there. I see Hope and Larry have the same matching drop-in counter electric stove top. Yes, it still works too. (For those who don't get the "they don't make them like they used to"..that should tell you something!) Yes, they may be "energy hogs"...but 64 years later, STILL working! ~Joe
Yep. The stove top is still in the kitchen and still works just fine. A friend who is a home-builder looked the house over for us before we bought it. He said, "A long as those appliances are working, don't replace them. They are work horses and work great."
Thanks so much for doing this experiment. I have a gas oven, but have switched to the instant pot for a lot of the cooking I used to do in the oven. It’s mostly because our gas prices have increased way more than our electric. I hoped the instant pot would win and really appreciate learning how little energy it uses. Keep up your excellent frugal living ideas!
I put together a meal in my slow cooker today, on low the entire five hours, giving me 6-8 meals. I don't have an instant pot, and after seeing the price tag I don't see myself getting one any time soon. That said, my package arrived today with a half-dozen LED lightbulbs - that's what I already have in NEARLY every socket, but I plan to make it EVER socket. My biggest energy savings will come when winter moves on - I bought a solar oven, so I can cook & bake for FREE!!!
An air fryer would be another interesting appliance to add to this experiment. Thanks for this info. My husband now thinks we need an instant pot. I guess I know what I'm getting for Valentines Day - lol!
In my opinion air fryer cooks fast but does use quite a bit of electricity. But when it get up to temperature it does drop considerably only using the fan. I just cooked a chicken breast. Took half an hour. Thats less than 800 watts. My electric cost 20 cents per 1000 watts so less than a dime. I am ok with that
An airfryer uses less energy than a normal oven because it is a lot smaller and doesn't need to heat a large room. I just got one here in Germany which is similar to a Ninja Grill with airfryer and I made bread, cake and fries in it. I am sure it is more efficient than my large oven.
Other ways to save money on cooking that I use is to cut the vegetables into smaller pieces so they cook quicker and when I want that caramelised flavour I pre cook first and finish it off in my air fryer
A slow cooker is great for "set it and forget it" meals for those who are away from home all day and want to come home to a hot meal. However, if I am going to be at home all day, my solar oven costs nothing to use on a sunny day. But it does need to be adjusted every hour to stay focused on the sun. For no-cost cooking at night, I also have a 2-cup rice cooker that can run off the charge on my small Jackery power bank (it charges for free on a sunny day using a small solar panel).
@@pennynickels5216 It is the Explorer 240 model of Jackery -- their smallest one. Got it and the folding solar panel for it so I could recharge smart phones and other small electronics during local power grid outages. The little two-cup rice cooker I bought on Amazon, to be powered by the Jackery power bank, uses only 200 watts.
All of my Instant Pots (5 total) have a delay function so you can set for what time you want to start the appliance. In truth, I’ve never set the timer though. I cook almost exclusively on my wood cook stove late fall through May.
I suspected from the beginning that the instant pot would win (I'm like you, Hope....I have one, but rarely use it.). What realllly surprised me was that the crock pot used a bit more energy than the toaster oven!! I have an old toaster oven in the basement...I may need to bring it out of retirement! Side note story on the old toaster oven: We received the toaster oven 30 years ago for our wedding shower. Years later, when our third child was around 4 years old (She's 13 now...)... she wanted an Easy Bake Oven. My parents bought her one for Christmas, but I'd had one as a kid and knew that it's hard to cook anything using a light bulb. lol So...I gave our old toaster oven a make-over and I painted it, decorated it, and coined it the "Peezy Bake Oven"--our daughter's name is Paisley and we often call her "Peez" or "Peezy". She has loved cooking from a young age and she enjoyed that oven! Thought you'd enjoy that story. Thanks SO much for the experiment and the results--helpful!!
I use a gas stove top pressure cooker all the time and also on the woodburner, it apparently kills lectins and also does a great job tenderising meat, I have two crockpots which are great for reheating food not so much for cooking from scratch. Great vid thank you for sharing.
German electronics developer here..... I bought an Instant Pot (from the UK) about two years ago. They strangely enough are uncommon here. In any case I fell in love with it quickly. It is so much better than the german and french non-electronic pressure cookers we´ve used for decades. On big thing: It´s really well insulated! The inner pot is heated up of course but that doesn´t take too much energy. The outer shell stays cool though and that means that the majority of the heat actually goes into heating up the food and not the kitchen. Try cooking short rib or frozen chicken for a chicken soup and take a look at your "Kill a watt" (how American....). You´ll be surprised.
I'm only about halfway through the video so far, but my guess is the instant pot because it uses the least time ... I only cook with small electric appliances, so this video is right up my alley. Super curious which one wins!
I’m shocked! We own an Instapot but I’ve never used it. My daughter and son-in-law use it. I always use the oven or the slow cooker because I didn’t want to learn how to use the pressure cooker. Time to learn new things!
Holy cow they are easy-peasy!!! Push a button. If you use the lid & let the pressure build, you just have to let it vent before opening. I've made bone broth, pasta, rice, hard boiled eggs, black eyed peas, yogurt.... and more! It makes the best rice and hard boiled eggs. I have the air fryer lid add-on so I make fish and chips, roasted chicken legs... You can find tons of recipes on line and how-to's on TH-cam
I was a little worried about it too but it’s not like the old stovetop pressure cookers. As long as you follow directions it’s perfectly safe. You just have to follow directions about the releasing of pressure.
remember to count the cooking time from when the pressure is reached (you won't be hearing the hissing sound anymore. It should come to pressure in around 5 minutes. If more, you might have closed the lid incorrectly or not turn the knob on the lid to 'seal'). Halve the cooking time from then on, or even less if you are going to leave the steam to drop by itself before opening the lid. Never open the lid when there is pressure. Make sure you follow the manufacturer's advice and you'll be perfectly safe. The Ninja I use regulates itself once the pressure is reached, but you would have to decrease the heat to very low under a pressure cooker (if you use it on a stove) at that point. You have also to make sure there's enough liquid in the cooker so enough steam can be created to create pressure.
I wasn't surprised at all. The wall oven has the bigger volume and that's the reason for the higher amount. The toaster oven is smaller and needs less energy. And that's the only reason. The crockpot can't be cheaper because it's pure physics. To heat one gramm of water for one centigrade you need one calorie. And it doesn't matter at all if you do it on a wood stove, over the flame of a candle, in a crockpot or in an electric kettle. The difference is only the loss of energie during the cooking time. The pressure cooker works with pressure (haha) and this makes him heating up and cooking faster. As I said pure physics.
I think it will be the instapot that wins. it's smaller and it uses pressure to do things way quicker. however I'd also like to have compared my air fryer/convection oven against my big electric oven not sure how I'd do that but kudos to you guys for finding a way to do this and filming the comparisons. pretty interesting stuff.
Good info. I think the oven & tr oven are good comparisons and the crock vs insta is good but, I don't see them as all equal together because of the different cooking methods they replicate. I think it would be interesting to add a third to the mix. Air Fryer with over & tr oven (my option) as well as stovetop (my option) vs insta vs crock.
A microwave would likely win as the most cost efficient means. I bake potatoes and eggplant in mine. It also requires the least amount of clean-up. I recommend "Microwave Gormet" by Barbara Kafka which details the best cooking methods.
Pressure cooker was my first choice. Because of the pressure the heat element doesn't have to get nearly as hot as the others and it has the shortest cook time.
When I moved into my current house I gave away the electric range. I use a super-efficient induction cooktop, an electric kettle, a convection toaster oven, and occasionally a crockpot. My electric bills are insanely low.
Well, I would have lost that bet! I was sure that the crock pot would win!…😜 This has been very interesting--I appreciate you and Larry carrying out this experiment….😊
Ohhhhh I thoroughly enjoyed this!!! I love numbers and quantitative data. This was like a science project...my favorite!!! And it related to saving money... a win-win....in this crazy expensive time. I have two instant pots ....a 6qt and an 8 qt instant pot. I have been wanting the 3 qt. This confirms I'll be watching for a great sale. My 6 qt..which was a lovely gift from a friend...is going on 9 yrs old....without one problem. I always say if my 6 qt instant pot dies tonight....I'll have a new one by the morning 🤣 As always, thank you, Hope & Larry, for always leading us down the informed path!!!
I figured it wouldn't fit into the pressure cooker without slicing it. Since I wanted to make all four method of cooking equal, I sliced all the squash the same way to each of the four appliances. I just did small pumpkins that way tonight, though, without slicing them.
So interesting. Thank you for taking the time and eating so much squash to teach us. I don't have an insta-pot. With the brutal increase in natural gas prices here in San Diego, I will start shopping for one. I cook a lot of beans and lentil, for myself. And chicken and meats for the husband. I use a pressure cooker on my gas stove for the beans and lentils. Slow cooker for meat.
Wish you had included a microwave oven in your experiment. We do not waste "pre-heating" the oven energy, we put the food in from the start and reduce the time a bit. The best practice with any method is to cut the food into small pieces, reducing cooking time by half.
I totally agree that smaller pieces would have cooked faster. But, I chose to use four equal pieces in order to reduce the number of variables which would skew the results. Recognizably, every appliance will vary due to the make, model, and size. However, I did my best to make it as "scientific" as possible, given the circumstances.
This is very interesting indeed and thanks for testing these things. We live off-grid so I tend to use my LPG stove rather than anything electrical. However, cooking butternut squash is a bit like cooking potatoes in that boiled potatoes are totally different to roast potatoes. If I'm baking a whole squash I use skewers through the squash to conduct heat inwards and therefore cook it faster.
Hi Hope, a great video, but the cheapest is the Thermal cooker by a country mile. Apologies for repeating myself, I know I have commented before about them……my granddaughter would say ‘ be quiet grandma, you already said ! 😂😂😬
I kind of knew the instapot would win and I also have a 2 quart pressure cooker, which I never use only for green beans!! The problem is lazy, out of sight out of mind.. Guess who is getting her intapot out of the pantry?! I don't cook as much as I use to but when I do plan my meals I try to cook them all on the same day and eat all week. Thanks for the great tips and getting me off my butt!!!
We have electric oven with internal fan (can heat multiple pans stacked), air fryer, Crockpot Turbo Express and an induction stovetop. We also have PV solar… We use the most suitable for each use, the regular oven is least used, I’d say. Frequenly we fill the Crockpot with chicken etc, around 2 kg, and make dishes for weeks of dinner/lunch that we put in the freezer. IKEA has great glass storage pots, suitable for this.
I would say it's the instant pot. This comes from experience using one. I do quite a lot of cooking & when I switched to using my instant pot for the majority of my dishes my electric bills dropped dramatically. The fast cook time is my guess on why it's so much less expensive to use. What I love about my instant pot is I can even bake in it! This last year we built an outdoor oven which burns wood. This was because there was a heavily wooded area not far away that was cleared. My fellas cut all that wood into firewood and let it dry. Out with the Oak trees & in with free cooking fuel!
I was late to the Instant Pot bandwagon (not into trendy) and wish I'd jumped on it a lot sooner! Knew it saved tons of time but like y'all, was surprised to see it perform more efficiently than a slow cooker. Great educational episode!
So far, I have only listend to you for thirty seconds. You are incredibly talented. You should be a teacher. You could teach the most boring subject and make it interesting and in many cases exciting. You have the skill. Before I continue to listen, I will press the subscribe button. You've won me over and u haven't got started yet. 😁🤗🌷 UK LONDON 👏
Holy cow. I was just asking myself this question yesterday!! I have all of these units and and electric oven. I switched using smaller appliances more because I suspected this was the case. To be fair one appliance will do a nicer job than another like for instance roasting but a fabulous demo. Well done and thank you. I often wondered this about my Ninja Foodie vs my older toaster oven too. The Ninja Foodie oven is by far the better choice just because of the way it crisps the crust vs my big oven yet my big oven is great for bread. I love all of the appliances but will use them to my financial advantage from now on! 😉
Crockpot OR Instapot. I'm hoping the Instapot but who knows? You do! 💕 I had a feeling the Instapot but wasn't 100% sure. Now, thanks to you, we all know Instapot is the fastest way to cook more efficiently. Thank you! 💕
I have a propane stove so I actually use my stove a little more in the winter because after cooking I can leave the door open and it helps heat the kitchen. I do not use it to heat the house, just use the residual heat.
An electric stove is better for the environment than a gas stove. Unlike electric stoves, gas stoves produce carbon monoxide, nitrogen dioxide, and formaldehyde. These compounds are harmful to the environment and your health. According to the EPA, indoor air is about two to five times more polluted than outdoor air.
I'm not surprised that the pressure canner won. I've been using one for years and rarely use my electric stove or oven as a result. It cooks most everything I need in a fraction of time.
my mother had an electric Chambers Retained Heat wall oven - they cooked faster and more economically because they retained the heat better than any other ovens made - look them up, they are prized now
Wow! This was an awesome experiment! I use the toaster oven the most then instapot. I also use an induction burner. TIP: In the summer, I use all portable cookers outside. I have made my back pouch into outside kitchen. Plus, I have a Sun Oven. Thanks again for another great video. ❤
Hi Hope and Larry! This is my first time here but it will not be my last. One thing you left out of this review... the taste? Was there much of a difference between the butternut pumpkins depending on the cooking method? I remembered a dish I used to make around 30 years ago. It used half of a small butternut pumpkin per person with the seeds and some flesh removed. Sit it upright (as opposed to on its side) on a baking dish to cook. Try to keep the skin intact as this will be the 'bowl' for the dish. When the flesh is soft take it out of the oven; scoop out much of the flesh and mix with cooked rice, finely chopped onions, raisins, herbs of your choice and a small amount of stock. You can turn that stock into a sauce with some wine if you like or just add gravy or even cheese to it. You can add some cooked meat as well. Put the filling back into the pumpkin and continue to cook until everything browns. Voila! As my stove's oven no longer working (and I can't afford to replace it), I now use my air-fryer-oven (which is a rectangular metal oven, so not like most plastic, rounded air-fryers) for much of my cooking. I have it on the 'oven' setting most of the time but it uses the high force of the air-fryer to make this into a highly fan-forced oven. I have been a bit concerned about how much it costs to run and I can't do much baking in it as I could only cook about 6 muffins at a time, but it's effective for me for main meals as I live alone. I'm not sure that your tests were done equitably. For the instant pot, you had a smaller area to fill due to its size AND you put a CUP OF WATER in the bottom. Had you put a cup of water in the bottom of the pan for the other appliances I think that would have made some difference. That one cup of water is enough to generate a lot of steam. You would have needed to have put a lid (or aluminium foil, or another baking pan of the same size and used clips to keep the pans together- thus creating a type of dutch oven) on the dishes to get a snug fit just like you have with the instant pot. I generally microwave vegetables like this before putting them into the oven , so that also cuts down on cooking time and energy usage. This shaves a bit more time off the cooking time in the main appliance.
You could put an amp clamp on the supply line of the wall oven . You would have to keep track of the current use over time and convert to KWH . I saw another channel recommend an electric kettle for boiling water over gas . You can also look at induction ranges . The most efficient energy star rated appliances will save money , especially on refrigerators and air conditioners .
Its basically about heat transfer efficiency. For a given amount of "done" you need to raise all of the food to a set temperature. This requires transferring heat into the food from outside. A pressure cooker boils water to create steam which is then used to do two things, purge the vessel of air and then raise the pressure of the vessel. Then as the pressure goes up so does the temperature of that steam in the vessel, this is sometimes called super heated steam. Crock pots typically don't heat their liquid to boiling point so the heat transfer is slower and therefore must be done for a longer period of time, heat losses to the outside world therefore last longer and increases the energy cost to maintain temperature. In addition the vessel isn't hermetically sealed so there is a certain amount of water vapour lost. That is an additional energy loss. An oven uses air to move heat from the heating elements to the food. A given volume of air contains less energy than the same volume of water or super heated steam so again heat transfer isn't as fast. For an oven you can speed things up a bit by adding a fan which moves the hot air around faster, this is what is called a convection oven even though its the exact opposite of convection. The other way is to set the working temperature higher but that leads to the outside of the food being overdone while the inside is not cooked enough. See, simple ;-) .
I’m shocked by your findings!! I TOTALLY thought the slow cooker would win that competition!! 😮 Curious…here in Ottawa, Canada we are charged different rates of use for different times of day. Does that factor in to your decision making when choosing an appliance??
Not now. We used to be on that plan when we were charging an electric car overnight. Our utility company did away with it, so the rates are constant now.
There is a cheap rate for electricity here in France but living in an appartment we can't put washing machines or dishwashers on late at night because of disturbing our neihbours from the noise they make; Not so much the dishwasher but the washing machine does especially when it spin dries at 1500.
Great video! I voted on the instant pot!🎉 I use my instant pot most all the time now to cook because it is so quick, easy to you, easy to clean up & exciting that it's the winner of the lowest energy usage of the other appliances! It's a winner all around!🥇 Thank you & God bless you for the time & information that you shared to help us all lower our energy usage & save money! You had a lot of winter quash cooked with the challenge, did you eat some & freeze the rest?
No matter what I'm a slow cooker guy. If I don't use the slow cooker I'll use the oven. I must admit that slow cooker is always going to be my go to unit.
Thank you Larry & Hope! Excellent content as we don’t have the resources to know how much energy our appliances use. All that you shared are very practical & inspirational!😘❤️💕🥰
You left out one of the most up-and-coming favorite types of cooking vessels which is the airfryer And as though maybe not as popular the induction cooktop 0 or
Crockpot definitely is cheaper but I have to say I want your retro oven lol. I try to maximize the use of my 27 year old GE oven and stove top, when I am cooking meat in the oven I usually also add a tray of potatoes as well. It uses alot of energy I am well aware but modern ovens only last a few years, I use the crockpot at least once or twice a week in the winter and in summer hubby does the gas bbq.
It’s so weird because I was just thinking about this subject and this video popped up. Thank you so much for all of the information and your hard work!
I guess these results tell me it is time to get over my ‘fears’ and use the instapot I bought last year! I use my small crock pot and mini oven daily. Susan
I have a stainless Presto pressure cooker I have cooked with for 52 years. I think that uses little energy. I used it for 20 years on an induction cook plate but that finally quit working. So when I need to buy a new cooktop it may be induction as my pressure cooker works well with it and induction is more energy efficient. For now my smooth top electric is great. It is 2 years old and the new ones are more adjustable than older ones were plus we have solar panels so I cook with solar energy.
I get some carmellization in my instant pot by allowing it to burn to the bottom on purpose. Also some recipes recommend putting it under the broiler for a couple minutes.
Here in the UK many of us now have smart meters that measure how much power you are using (gas/electricity or both together) It makes it relatively easy to work out which methods are most economical.
I think, although it’s probably still is more you still take into consideration that your wall oven is fairly old and probably not as energy efficient and some of the newer models but I do agree that it would still take more power regardless of your oven
I have a Nija Foodi and I seldom turn my oven on to bake for the last three year. Actually I store, Baking Sheets, Sauce Pans in my oven. Also I have a NuWave Deluxe countertop burner to cook other items. I have saved tremendously on my electric bill big time.
Thanks i thought the instant pot. Sure would like to know how Nu-Wave oven does. I have the older round dome one. Use it a lot to bake hold more that my air fryer.
I'm a part-time van dweller who mostly cooks with electricity from solar. I have found that my small (3 quarts) electric pressure cooker is super energy efficient as it mostly coasts when it reaches pressure so it was no surprise that it was the winner. However, I was surprised that the crock pot used as much energy as it did. It was not very different from the oven or toaster oven.
How old is your wall oven? I think those of us with newer appliances definitely need to do our own experiment. I use my slow cooker as often as I can for convenience as well as cost savings.
It's a 1958 (original to the house). Although I've looked up the energy usage of ovens several times in the past and it seems to be in alignment with general expected usage of electric ovens. However, having said that, you're right, there are a lot of factors which will affect usage, including the: make, model, size, age, and more of each appliance.
I hope you guys test gas vs electric stoves now that they want to force us to use electric. I don’t understand the move to electric when our grid is less reliable and produces less electricity! Then add in electric cars!
I have all four and would have said the Instapot UNTIL I recently tried another air fryer and now I think it could be a close tie between the Instapot and the new air fryer. Most things cook to a crisp in the air fryer in 10 minutes or less. Since we started using the air fryer instead of the countertop oven...my electric bill dropped an immediate $20.00.
I purchased an Instant Pot before we moved trying to keep electric bill low, my husband didn't want me to use it, he thought it might use too much electricity...so I put it away. After seeing your awesome video, he agreed to watch it with me. We cooked hard old pinto beans in the new pot and they came out sooo tender, he is convinced!!! Thank you, thank you, thank you...now we will save $$$!
While growing up, we had a wall oven that looked exactly like yours, but it was turquoise.
Great idea I thank you for this 🥰
The instant pot is most efficient because it probably used a similar amount of energy as the crock pot in the same time period but it leverages having a sealed system to passively create a pressurized cooking environment so it only had to run for a fraction of the time.
My thoughts too
That’s my guess
I agree and I still use an old stainless pressure cooker. I can make food in less time like the insta pots. And yes they also keep from overheating the kitchen.
@@joycej9415 Mum always swore by her pressure cooker for cooking in on a daily basis. Not only cheaper - like yours it was the old aluminium one - but much faster as well. The vegetables for our dinners would be cooked inside of 5min every evening, huge saving in time and power.
@Karen Blackburn mine is stainless but yes still very quick. As long as I can still buy the seals I will keep using it.
I’ve used a pressure cooker for years, simply because it reduces cooking time significantly, but it’s good to see that it’s also the cheapest way to cook. Thanks for doing the comparison - so helpful as always.
Same here. When I got married my mother-in-law bought me a pressure cooker sixty years ago and I've cooked this way since. I even got my mother one, she was so afraid of it but once she got used to it couldn't be without it. Apart from s aving lots of energy the food comes out beautifully moist and full of flavour. I also bought years ago a small oven but big enough to roast whatever and only use my big oven when necessary which isn' t often. Thanks for all the good videos you put on here.
@maureen1938 Same with me. 52 years ago Mom got me a stainless Presto and I still use it. Best thing ever!!
Solar cookers or Thermal cookers are technically cheaper... but...
@Wishing B Yes that makes sense but I use an electric stove and have solar panels on my roof so I technically cook with solar 😉
@@joycej9415 LOL, yeah, I have solar panels, too. So, yes, I don't even have an electric bill using my oven. But before then, I looked into a lot of prepping and solar and thermal cooking are perfect for power outages.
I avoid the oven in the summer. But in the winter I find it significantly helpful in lowering my use of the furnace. If I am baking I can have my furnace off for most the day and sometimes all night long. My furnace costs me a ton.
I do the same thing. And in the summer we do most of our cooking outside so we don't heat up the house.
I was so surprised at the large number of comments about having unused instant pots, then I remembered it took me two years to start using mine eight years ago. I now use it for nearly everything, except maybe pancakes. I thought the crockpot would win, and am so happy it didn't, because I prefer food cooked in the instant pot.
Thanks for a great video!
Hmm..my father has the exact same GE (For the younger crowd: General Electric) wall oven. It's the one I grew up using. Even the exact same copper-ish color.
It was installed when the house was built in 1957.
And yes, it's still there...and still works, and yes he still lives there.
I see Hope and Larry have the same matching drop-in counter electric stove top. Yes, it still works too.
(For those who don't get the "they don't make them like they used to"..that should tell you something!)
Yes, they may be "energy hogs"...but 64 years later, STILL working!
~Joe
Yep. The stove top is still in the kitchen and still works just fine. A friend who is a home-builder looked the house over for us before we bought it. He said, "A long as those appliances are working, don't replace them. They are work horses and work great."
Crockpot!
Thanks so much for doing this experiment. I have a gas oven, but have switched to the instant pot for a lot of the cooking I used to do in the oven. It’s mostly because our gas prices have increased way more than our electric. I hoped the instant pot would win and really appreciate learning how little energy it uses. Keep up your excellent frugal living ideas!
I put together a meal in my slow cooker today, on low the entire five hours, giving me 6-8 meals. I don't have an instant pot, and after seeing the price tag I don't see myself getting one any time soon. That said, my package arrived today with a half-dozen LED lightbulbs - that's what I already have in NEARLY every socket, but I plan to make it EVER socket. My biggest energy savings will come when winter moves on - I bought a solar oven, so I can cook & bake for FREE!!!
I bought one on offerup for $30. Was still in the box
An air fryer would be another interesting appliance to add to this experiment. Thanks for this info. My husband now thinks we need an instant pot. I guess I know what I'm getting for Valentines Day - lol!
My cosori air fryer uses 1650 watts! Its alot of power but again, how long r u using it?
I was wondering if an air fryer or induction cooker would be better.
In my opinion air fryer cooks fast but does use quite a bit of electricity. But when it get up to temperature it does drop considerably only using the fan. I just cooked a chicken breast. Took half an hour. Thats less than 800 watts. My electric cost 20 cents per 1000 watts so less than a dime. I am ok with that
I roast the squash on the Airfryer and it’s delicious and fast.
An airfryer uses less energy than a normal oven because it is a lot smaller and doesn't need to heat a large room. I just got one here in Germany which is similar to a Ninja Grill with airfryer and I made bread, cake and fries in it. I am sure it is more efficient than my large oven.
Other ways to save money on cooking that I use is to cut the vegetables into smaller pieces so they cook quicker and when I want that caramelised flavour I pre cook first and finish it off in my air fryer
A slow cooker is great for "set it and forget it" meals for those who are away from home all day and want to come home to a hot meal. However, if I am going to be at home all day, my solar oven costs nothing to use on a sunny day. But it does need to be adjusted every hour to stay focused on the sun. For no-cost cooking at night, I also have a 2-cup rice cooker that can run off the charge on my small Jackery power bank (it charges for free on a sunny day using a small solar panel).
@@pennynickels5216 It is the Explorer 240 model of Jackery -- their smallest one. Got it and the folding solar panel for it so I could recharge smart phones and other small electronics during local power grid outages. The little two-cup rice cooker I bought on Amazon, to be powered by the Jackery power bank, uses only 200 watts.
Brown rice is best when it's cooked in a solar oven.
All of my Instant Pots (5 total) have a delay function so you can set for what time you want to start the appliance. In truth, I’ve never set the timer though. I cook almost exclusively on my wood cook stove late fall through May.
I suspected from the beginning that the instant pot would win (I'm like you, Hope....I have one, but rarely use it.). What realllly surprised me was that the crock pot used a bit more energy than the toaster oven!! I have an old toaster oven in the basement...I may need to bring it out of retirement! Side note story on the old toaster oven: We received the toaster oven 30 years ago for our wedding shower. Years later, when our third child was around 4 years old (She's 13 now...)... she wanted an Easy Bake Oven. My parents bought her one for Christmas, but I'd had one as a kid and knew that it's hard to cook anything using a light bulb. lol So...I gave our old toaster oven a make-over and I painted it, decorated it, and coined it the "Peezy Bake Oven"--our daughter's name is Paisley and we often call her "Peez" or "Peezy". She has loved cooking from a young age and she enjoyed that oven! Thought you'd enjoy that story.
Thanks SO much for the experiment and the results--helpful!!
The waiting is over! Thanks for making this video. Looks like I will have to learn how to use my dust covered instantpot
I use a gas stove top pressure cooker all the time and also on the woodburner, it apparently kills lectins and also does a great job tenderising meat, I have two crockpots which are great for reheating food not so much for cooking from scratch. Great vid thank you for sharing.
German electronics developer here..... I bought an Instant Pot (from the UK) about two years ago. They strangely enough are uncommon here. In any case I fell in love with it quickly. It is so much better than the german and french non-electronic pressure cookers we´ve used for decades. On big thing: It´s really well insulated! The inner pot is heated up of course but that doesn´t take too much energy. The outer shell stays cool though and that means that the majority of the heat actually goes into heating up the food and not the kitchen. Try cooking short rib or frozen chicken for a chicken soup and take a look at your "Kill a watt" (how American....). You´ll be surprised.
I'm only about halfway through the video so far, but my guess is the instant pot because it uses the least time ... I only cook with small electric appliances, so this video is right up my alley. Super curious which one wins!
I’m shocked! We own an Instapot but I’ve never used it. My daughter and son-in-law use it. I always use the oven or the slow cooker because I didn’t want to learn how to use the pressure cooker. Time to learn new things!
It is super simple. I love it
Holy cow they are easy-peasy!!! Push a button. If you use the lid & let the pressure build, you just have to let it vent before opening. I've made bone broth, pasta, rice, hard boiled eggs, black eyed peas, yogurt.... and more! It makes the best rice and hard boiled eggs. I have the air fryer lid add-on so I make fish and chips, roasted chicken legs... You can find tons of recipes on line and how-to's on TH-cam
I was a little worried about it too but it’s not like the old stovetop pressure cookers. As long as you follow directions it’s perfectly safe. You just have to follow directions about the releasing of pressure.
Instant is the most efficient, throw your slow cooker away.
remember to count the cooking time from when the pressure is reached (you won't be hearing the hissing sound anymore. It should come to pressure in around 5 minutes. If more, you might have closed the lid incorrectly or not turn the knob on the lid to 'seal'). Halve the cooking time from then on, or even less if you are going to leave the steam to drop by itself before opening the lid. Never open the lid when there is pressure. Make sure you follow the manufacturer's advice and you'll be perfectly safe. The Ninja I use regulates itself once the pressure is reached, but you would have to decrease the heat to very low under a pressure cooker (if you use it on a stove) at that point. You have also to make sure there's enough liquid in the cooker so enough steam can be created to create pressure.
I wasn't surprised at all. The wall oven has the bigger volume and that's the reason for the higher amount. The toaster oven is smaller and needs less energy. And that's the only reason. The crockpot can't be cheaper because it's pure physics. To heat one gramm of water for one centigrade you need one calorie. And it doesn't matter at all if you do it on a wood stove, over the flame of a candle, in a crockpot or in an electric kettle. The difference is only the loss of energie during the cooking time.
The pressure cooker works with pressure (haha) and this makes him heating up and cooking faster.
As I said pure physics.
This definitely encourages me to use my instant pot more often.
I'm not too surprised that the instant pot used the least energy but very surprised the crock pot used so much!
I think it will be the instapot that wins. it's smaller and it uses pressure to do things way quicker. however I'd also like to have compared my air fryer/convection oven against my big electric oven not sure how I'd do that but kudos to you guys for finding a way to do this and filming the comparisons. pretty interesting stuff.
Best video yet! Our rates in CT went from 0.12 to 0.24 in January so any info on energy savings is helpful!
Still very cheap here in North Pole Alaska our rates are 0.65
Good info. I think the oven & tr oven are good comparisons and the crock vs insta is good but, I don't see them as all equal together because of the different cooking methods they replicate. I think it would be interesting to add a third to the mix. Air Fryer with over & tr oven (my option) as well as stovetop (my option) vs insta vs crock.
Just dropping by to say I enjoyed this test. Would love to see more of this kind of thing.
I voted crock pot and was also surprised the Instant Pot won! I’ll be using mine more. Thanks for your wonderful videos!
A microwave would likely win as the most cost efficient means. I bake potatoes and eggplant in mine. It also requires the least amount of clean-up. I recommend "Microwave Gormet" by Barbara Kafka which details the best cooking methods.
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Pressure cooker was my first choice. Because of the pressure the heat element doesn't have to get nearly as hot as the others and it has the shortest cook time.
I had my money on the slow cooker. Guess I will be using my instant pot a lot more now. Many thanks for this great experiment 👍
When I moved into my current house I gave away the electric range. I use a super-efficient induction cooktop, an electric kettle, a convection toaster oven, and occasionally a crockpot. My electric bills are insanely low.
Well, I would have lost that bet! I was sure that the crock pot would win!…😜 This has been very interesting--I appreciate you and Larry carrying out this experiment….😊
Ohhhhh I thoroughly enjoyed this!!! I love numbers and quantitative data.
This was like a science project...my favorite!!! And it related to saving money... a win-win....in this crazy expensive time.
I have two instant pots ....a 6qt and an 8 qt instant pot. I have been wanting the 3 qt. This confirms I'll be watching for a great sale.
My 6 qt..which was a lovely gift from a friend...is going on 9 yrs old....without one problem. I always say if my 6 qt instant pot dies tonight....I'll have a new one by the morning 🤣
As always, thank you, Hope & Larry, for always leading us down the informed path!!!
When I’m doing those squash, I just cook whole squash without slicing or removing seeds. Works great
I figured it wouldn't fit into the pressure cooker without slicing it. Since I wanted to make all four method of cooking equal, I sliced all the squash the same way to each of the four appliances. I just did small pumpkins that way tonight, though, without slicing them.
This would be much easier. They are tough to cut through.
@@jeannelejeune1983 , agreed. Some are easier than others, though. The butternut cut through the neck easier than down the middle.
@@UndertheMedian thx. U did excellent
Pretty cool experiment. U 2 are awesome. Keep the energy saving, money saving, frugal videos coming. I appreciate u Hope and Larry
Always wondered about the IP. So glad it's the IP bc I love mine. Use it to cook beans, rice, etc. all the time.
The crockpot is the one I am voting on😊
I'm hoping it's the crockpot, but I think it's going to be the instapot
So interesting. Thank you for taking the time and eating so much squash to teach us.
I don't have an insta-pot. With the brutal increase in natural gas prices here in San Diego, I will start shopping for one. I cook a lot of beans and lentil, for myself. And chicken and meats for the husband. I use a pressure cooker on my gas stove for the beans and lentils. Slow cooker for meat.
Great comparison! I love the practical advice you both share and the fun experiments you do ❤
Thank you, Lilly!
My heart went out to you having to cut four squash. That’s the only part that I hate about this amazing veggie!
Wish you had included a microwave oven in your experiment. We do not waste "pre-heating" the oven energy, we put the food in from the start and reduce the time a bit. The best practice with any method is to cut the food into small pieces, reducing cooking time by half.
I totally agree that smaller pieces would have cooked faster. But, I chose to use four equal pieces in order to reduce the number of variables which would skew the results. Recognizably, every appliance will vary due to the make, model, and size. However, I did my best to make it as "scientific" as possible, given the circumstances.
This is very interesting indeed and thanks for testing these things. We live off-grid so I tend to use my LPG stove rather than anything electrical. However, cooking butternut squash is a bit like cooking potatoes in that boiled potatoes are totally different to roast potatoes. If I'm baking a whole squash I use skewers through the squash to conduct heat inwards and therefore cook it faster.
Yes! The skewers would work like the nails you can put in potatoes so they cook more quickly. That makes sense.
Hi Hope, a great video, but the cheapest is the Thermal cooker by a country mile. Apologies for repeating myself, I know I have commented before about them……my granddaughter would say ‘ be quiet grandma, you already said ! 😂😂😬
Sadly, I don't have one. Several viewers have suggested it, though.
I so wish I was near enough to let you borrow mine. It would be a pleasure.
I kind of knew the instapot would win and I also have a 2 quart pressure cooker, which I never use only for green beans!! The problem is lazy, out of sight out of mind.. Guess who is getting her intapot out of the pantry?! I don't cook as much as I use to but when I do plan my meals I try to cook them all on the same day and eat all week. Thanks for the great tips and getting me off my butt!!!
We have electric oven with internal fan (can heat multiple pans stacked), air fryer, Crockpot Turbo Express and an induction stovetop.
We also have PV solar…
We use the most suitable for each use, the regular oven is least used, I’d say.
Frequenly we fill the Crockpot with chicken etc, around 2 kg, and make dishes for weeks of dinner/lunch that we put in the freezer. IKEA has great glass storage pots, suitable for this.
Awesome video! I’d love to see how an air fryer stacks up, too.
I would say it's the instant pot. This comes from experience using one. I do quite a lot of cooking & when I switched to using my instant pot for the majority of my dishes my electric bills dropped dramatically. The fast cook time is my guess on why it's so much less expensive to use. What I love about my instant pot is I can even bake in it! This last year we built an outdoor oven which burns wood. This was because there was a heavily wooded area not far away that was cleared. My fellas cut all that wood into firewood and let it dry. Out with the Oak trees & in with free cooking fuel!
I was late to the Instant Pot bandwagon (not into trendy) and wish I'd jumped on it a lot sooner! Knew it saved tons of time but like y'all, was surprised to see it perform more efficiently than a slow cooker. Great educational episode!
So far, I have only listend to you for thirty seconds.
You are incredibly talented. You should be a teacher. You could teach the most boring subject and make it interesting and in many cases exciting. You have the skill. Before I continue to listen, I will press the subscribe button. You've won me over and u haven't got started yet. 😁🤗🌷
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I only cook with an instapot. It is amazing and very versatile. The primary win for the instapot is that cooking is performed much faster.
Holy cow. I was just asking myself this question yesterday!! I have all of these units and and electric oven. I switched using smaller appliances more because I suspected this was the case. To be fair one appliance will do a nicer job than another like for instance roasting but a fabulous demo. Well done and thank you. I often wondered this about my Ninja Foodie vs my older toaster oven too. The Ninja Foodie oven is by far the better choice just because of the way it crisps the crust vs my big oven yet my big oven is great for bread. I love all of the appliances but will use them to my financial advantage from now on! 😉
You expressed my thoughts exactly. Trying to be mindful of costs but sometimes taste will win out. No sense in risking waste if no one likes it!
Now I wonder about baking bread in my bread maker. I wonder about usage VS. my electric oven.
Crockpot OR Instapot. I'm hoping the Instapot but who knows? You do! 💕 I had a feeling the Instapot but wasn't 100% sure. Now, thanks to you, we all know Instapot is the fastest way to cook more efficiently. Thank you! 💕
This is SO helpful. I'm getting ready to outfit an RV for full time travel and it's exactly what I need. Thank you!
I have a propane stove so I actually use my stove a little more in the winter because after cooking I can leave the door open and it helps heat the kitchen. I do not use it to heat the house, just use the residual heat.
An electric stove is better for the environment than a gas stove. Unlike electric stoves, gas stoves produce carbon monoxide, nitrogen dioxide, and formaldehyde. These compounds are harmful to the environment and your health. According to the EPA, indoor air is about two to five times more polluted than outdoor air.
Yay I was right. I don't even have one but ik it takes next to nothing time wise to cook. Wasn't sure about energy wise. My friend raves about hers.
I'm not surprised that the pressure canner won. I've been using one for years and rarely use my electric stove or oven as a result. It cooks most everything I need in a fraction of time.
my mother had an electric Chambers Retained Heat wall oven - they cooked faster and more economically because they retained the heat better than any other ovens made - look them up, they are prized now
Wow! Thank you for taking the time to make this comparison and giving us this valuable information. I’ll definitely be using my Insta pot more often.
I love the crockpot!
This is a great comparison ! Hope and Larry. My guess would be the Instapot, but I'm probably wrong.
Wow! This was an awesome experiment!
I use the toaster oven the most then instapot.
I also use an induction burner.
TIP:
In the summer, I use all portable cookers outside. I have made my back pouch into outside kitchen. Plus, I have a Sun Oven.
Thanks again for another great video. ❤
That sounds great! Using the outside porch is ideal. 💕
Hi Hope and Larry! This is my first time here but it will not be my last. One thing you left out of this review... the taste? Was there much of a difference between the butternut pumpkins depending on the cooking method?
I remembered a dish I used to make around 30 years ago. It used half of a small butternut pumpkin per person with the seeds and some flesh removed. Sit it upright (as opposed to on its side) on a baking dish to cook. Try to keep the skin intact as this will be the 'bowl' for the dish. When the flesh is soft take it out of the oven; scoop out much of the flesh and mix with cooked rice, finely chopped onions, raisins, herbs of your choice and a small amount of stock. You can turn that stock into a sauce with some wine if you like or just add gravy or even cheese to it. You can add some cooked meat as well. Put the filling back into the pumpkin and continue to cook until everything browns. Voila!
As my stove's oven no longer working (and I can't afford to replace it), I now use my air-fryer-oven (which is a rectangular metal oven, so not like most plastic, rounded air-fryers) for much of my cooking. I have it on the 'oven' setting most of the time but it uses the high force of the air-fryer to make this into a highly fan-forced oven. I have been a bit concerned about how much it costs to run and I can't do much baking in it as I could only cook about 6 muffins at a time, but it's effective for me for main meals as I live alone.
I'm not sure that your tests were done equitably. For the instant pot, you had a smaller area to fill due to its size AND you put a CUP OF WATER in the bottom. Had you put a cup of water in the bottom of the pan for the other appliances I think that would have made some difference. That one cup of water is enough to generate a lot of steam. You would have needed to have put a lid (or aluminium foil, or another baking pan of the same size and used clips to keep the pans together- thus creating a type of dutch oven) on the dishes to get a snug fit just like you have with the instant pot.
I generally microwave vegetables like this before putting them into the oven , so that also cuts down on cooking time and energy usage. This shaves a bit more time off the cooking time in the main appliance.
This was great info. You explained everything thoroughly. Thank you
I actually thought it would be the instant pot, only due to the incredibly shortened cooking time
You could put an amp clamp on the supply line of the wall oven . You would have to keep track of the current use over time and convert to KWH . I saw another channel recommend an electric kettle for boiling water over gas . You can also look at induction ranges . The most efficient energy star rated appliances will save money , especially on refrigerators and air conditioners .
Thank you for all your hard work gathering this great information...very informative
Its basically about heat transfer efficiency. For a given amount of "done" you need to raise all of the food to a set temperature. This requires transferring heat into the food from outside.
A pressure cooker boils water to create steam which is then used to do two things, purge the vessel of air and then raise the pressure of the vessel. Then as the pressure goes up so does the temperature of that steam in the vessel, this is sometimes called super heated steam.
Crock pots typically don't heat their liquid to boiling point so the heat transfer is slower and therefore must be done for a longer period of time, heat losses to the outside world therefore last longer and increases the energy cost to maintain temperature. In addition the vessel isn't hermetically sealed so there is a certain amount of water vapour lost. That is an additional energy loss.
An oven uses air to move heat from the heating elements to the food. A given volume of air contains less energy than the same volume of water or super heated steam so again heat transfer isn't as fast. For an oven you can speed things up a bit by adding a fan which moves the hot air around faster, this is what is called a convection oven even though its the exact opposite of convection. The other way is to set the working temperature higher but that leads to the outside of the food being overdone while the inside is not cooked enough.
See, simple ;-) .
Do you have any idea what energy cost is of a gas oven compared to electric oven? Would be interested in that. Lorraine
I’m shocked by your findings!! I TOTALLY thought the slow cooker would win that competition!! 😮
Curious…here in Ottawa, Canada we are charged different rates of use for different times of day. Does that factor in to your decision making when choosing an appliance??
Not now. We used to be on that plan when we were charging an electric car overnight. Our utility company did away with it, so the rates are constant now.
There is a cheap rate for electricity here in France but living in an appartment we can't put washing machines or dishwashers on late at night because of disturbing our neihbours from the noise they make; Not so much the dishwasher but the washing machine does especially when it spin dries at 1500.
Great video! I voted on the instant pot!🎉 I use my instant pot most all the time now to cook because it is so quick, easy to you, easy to clean up & exciting that it's the winner of the lowest energy usage of the other appliances! It's a winner all around!🥇
Thank you & God bless you for the time & information that you shared to help us all lower our energy usage & save money!
You had a lot of winter quash cooked with the challenge, did you eat some & freeze the rest?
You know what works great to get the seeds out of the middle of squash...a canning jar lid it scraps it right offf
Really?! I would never have thought of that! Thanks!
Thank you for doing the comparison !!
No matter what I'm a slow cooker guy. If I don't use the slow cooker I'll use the oven. I must admit that slow cooker is always going to be my go to unit.
Thank you Larry & Hope! Excellent content as we don’t have the resources to know how much energy our appliances use. All that you shared are very practical & inspirational!😘❤️💕🥰
Thank you, Rebecca!
You left out one of the most up-and-coming favorite types of cooking vessels which is the airfryer
And as though maybe not as popular the induction cooktop 0 or
Crockpot definitely is cheaper but I have to say I want your retro oven lol.
I try to maximize the use of my 27 year old GE oven and stove top, when I am cooking meat in the oven I usually also add a tray of potatoes as well. It uses alot of energy I am well aware but modern ovens only last a few years, I use the crockpot at least once or twice a week in the winter and in summer hubby does the gas bbq.
It’s so weird because I was just thinking about this subject and this video popped up. Thank you so much for all of the information and your hard work!
I guess these results tell me it is time to get over my ‘fears’ and use the instapot I bought last year! I use my small crock pot and mini oven daily. Susan
I have a stainless Presto pressure cooker I have cooked with for 52 years. I think that uses little energy. I used it for 20 years on an induction cook plate but that finally quit working. So when I need to buy a new cooktop it may be induction as my pressure cooker works well with it and induction is more energy efficient. For now my smooth top electric is great. It is 2 years old and the new ones are more adjustable than older ones were plus we have solar panels so I cook with solar energy.
I get some carmellization in my instant pot by allowing it to burn to the bottom on purpose. Also some recipes recommend putting it under the broiler for a couple minutes.
Here in the UK many of us now have smart meters that measure how much power you are using (gas/electricity or both together)
It makes it relatively easy to work out which methods are most economical.
I think, although it’s probably still is more you still take into consideration that your wall oven is fairly old and probably not as energy efficient and some of the newer models but I do agree that it would still take more power regardless of your oven
I have a Nija Foodi and I seldom turn my oven on to bake for the last three year. Actually I store, Baking Sheets, Sauce Pans in my oven. Also I have a NuWave Deluxe countertop burner to cook other items. I have saved tremendously on my electric bill big time.
So interesting! Thank you for doing this, loved it!
Thank you for all the work you put into this.
Thanks i thought the instant pot. Sure would like to know how Nu-Wave oven does. I have the older round dome one. Use it a lot to bake hold more that my air fryer.
What about a convection oven? They save energy by fanning the heat around and cook items much faster also.
Good question. 🌸😁
I'm a part-time van dweller who mostly cooks with electricity from solar. I have found that my small (3 quarts) electric pressure cooker is super energy efficient as it mostly coasts when it reaches pressure so it was no surprise that it was the winner. However, I was surprised that the crock pot used as much energy as it did. It was not very different from the oven or toaster oven.
which method tastes the best?
This was so helpful Hope . Thank you so much for doing this video for us ♥
Interesting video.... Congrats on reaching 145,000 Subscribers. God Bless. Izzy from Portugal.
Thank you so much 😀 Izzy. You've been such a faithful friend since way back when we started the channel.
I cook my butternut squash on top of the stove. I wonder how that compares to the others for cost?
Best analysis ever ! Thank you
Good job & I love your charts so much as it’s very visual. Thx much. Luv both of u for your dedication & caring
How old is your wall oven? I think those of us with newer appliances definitely need to do our own experiment. I use my slow cooker as often as I can for convenience as well as cost savings.
It's a 1958 (original to the house). Although I've looked up the energy usage of ovens several times in the past and it seems to be in alignment with general expected usage of electric ovens. However, having said that, you're right, there are a lot of factors which will affect usage, including the: make, model, size, age, and more of each appliance.
They are using a smaller oven. Most ovens these days are the wider variety so would use more energy to heat up and maintain heat.
@@auzzygirl8175 I find newer ovens have poor insulation and heat easily escapes. What a waste of energy!
I hope you guys test gas vs electric stoves now that they want to force us to use electric. I don’t understand the move to electric when our grid is less reliable and produces less electricity! Then add in electric cars!
I was thinking the same thing. That oven looks older than I!
I would like to see a comparison between the Instant Pot’s slow cook feature and the Crockpot.
I love my Instant Pot. So happy it won. I have had one since they first came out. I have always wondered which would use less power and now I know..
I have all four and would have said the Instapot UNTIL I recently tried another air fryer and now I think it could be a close tie between the Instapot and the new air fryer. Most things cook to a crisp in the air fryer in 10 minutes or less. Since we started using the air fryer instead of the countertop oven...my electric bill dropped an immediate $20.00.
Great vid. I got solar electricity so its free during daytime. I plan to get an induction cooktop and just cook during the day. Free! and green too.
I was guessing the crockpot too! GREAT VIDEO!
So informative!!! Thank for your research and helping us to save!!!!