mad thumbs it really is convenient once you learn how to use it just like any other kitchen tool. She didn’t use the settings correctly for a 15 beef stew. It does replace several units.
I feel that the instant pot offers another layer of safety that a traditional pressure cooker does not have. I love the fact I can put stuff in it and go about my routine till it’s done. For me it’s not about the time savings as much as the convenience of not having to babysit it.
I'm wondering if having 2 would be ideal, a pressure canner/stove top pressure cooker as well as having an instant pot? What are your thoughts on that one? I'm interested in learning the art of canning, which I believe the stove top does well but the instant pot isn't good for it, which is why I think the stove top for me would be ideal, but also having the instant pot for cooking and leaving unattended while I go about my day
The instant pot has changed my life. I have literally been able to make things I never attempted before because I'm disabled and cannot stand for hours in the kitchen over the stove. Everything I have made has been so simple, flavorful and my husband cannot get over the wonderful food waiting for him after a long day at work. I have made beef stew for him several times which turned out incredible but it's not going to happen in 15 minutes. Yes they take time to reach preassure but as someone who grew up in the 70s I remember those old pressure cookers. Whenever my mom would get ready to release the pressure she made sure all is kids were out of the kitchen. I grew up so afraid of the things. You won't get me within 100 feet of a regular one. These are safe and comparing it to a standard one isn't fair. How about testing it out for how it's intended?
Very true. People like myself grew up afraid of the things, but the biggest issue was that people would force the lid off instead of letting the steam escape out of the pressure hole until the hissing stopped. They would get impatient. I did this once-I think I was cooking rice or something. Not good! Now I just wait a minute or two for the pressure to escape when it's done and the lid screws off really easily. They've also redesigned them to make them safer. My friends swear by their Instant Pots, though. So glad you're able to make such delicious meals for your hubby. There's nothing like the smell of beef stew after a long day of work. I hope you have a great day!
Idk sounds to me like youre still afraid of the old pressure cooker models, we use normal pressure cookers everyday and you just need to wait 5 or 10 min after youre done cooking then release the rest of the steam
Me too but no one's really explained well to me how she's used it wrong lol. I'm thinking about buying an instant pot just cause it can also be a slow cooker when I want it to be. I live in Toronto and apartments here are small. My kitchen is also small so I need multi-purpose gadgets to save space.
@@Weaver_Games Also, if you decide to buy one try and hold out for Black Friday/Cyber Monday deals, if you can. You'll likely be able to pick one up @ half the price making it a much more worthwhile option. I got mine on Amazon Prime Day and I LOOOOVE it!
She didn't set the saute temp appropriately. Of course you aren't going to get a seat if you have it on low temp. Yes on wait for a sale. I got an 8qt IP for $80.
@@Weaver_Games I've read several comments that explain what she's doing wrong. I don't think she understands the Instant Pot yet, but wanted to jump on the bandwagon with a video. There are several Instant Pot Facebook groups. The official one is the Instant Pot Community. I have 2 IPs now and use them daily. Just made a huge batch of yogurt.
Agreed. I think she should of watched a few videos before attempting her stew. She also didn't talk about the fact it replaces more then just your pressure cooker.
Instant Pot cooks at 11 psi. Stovetop pressure cooker at 15, so the instant pot will take longer. But... you don’t have to let it come to pressure and turn it down, you don’t have to monitor it to ensure it’s simmering. You don’t even have to watch the time; it will switch to keep warm and slowly depressurize automatically at the end of cooking. I have both, but I only use the instant pot anymore. Convenience wins.
100% agreed. I’d rather 25 minutes of automatic pressurising, cooking and heat modulation while I clean up the kitchen or load the dishwasher than 15 minutes of constant babysitting. And this doubles as a slow cooker and rice cooker if you don’t use those frequently.
@@jshawd40 I'm using one for the first time today and the manual clearly warns: "Do not put the pressure cooker lid on when using the Saute program." So, perhaps that's what the OP was talking about. Regardless, her assessment is right... these really are slow and it's good for convenience, not speed.
At age 71 I’ve use a true pressure cooker over 50 years. I’ve also tried 2 different Instant Pots. The first one broke after a couple months of use the pressure valve disintegrated. I return the second one to the store and I decided that this was just not for me. I was surprised by this review/comparison as I figured she’d favor the new version which was not the case.
she set it to saute, it's because she has a much more powerful heater for her stove than that unit, because of that 15 minutes on her stove vs 15 for that is going to favor the stove. If she'd had a coil stove she could have made a more fair comparison.
i don't even think the sautee function is the biggest problem. I'd say the heating element in the instant pot really impairs time needed to preheat/pressurize over a normal pressure cooker
In my family, we've used real pressure cookers for decades. Stovetop pressure cookers reach a higher pressure (15 PSI) which results in much hotter water inside. Electric cookers only reach 10-12 PSI, which results in a lower temp and a longer cooking time. Also, a stovetop pressure cooker can be removed from the stove and allow to depressurize naturally in 5 to ten minutes, which is much better when cooking beans or meat, whereas an Instant Pot can take up to 40 minutes to depressurize. Also, a stovetop cooker can be taken to the sink, have cool water run over the lid, which causes it to depressurize very quickly, which is useful when cooking things like risotto. This is much faster than opening the steam vent.
@@zenastronomy with a stovetop pressure cooker, the metal is in direct contact with the air, or with the countertop, or if you put it under the faucet, with water. With an electric pressure cooker, the actual metal part containing the food is inside a well insulated outer shell, which will not emit the heat so well. It's rather like wrapping a hot stovetop pressure cooker inside several layers of blankets.
It's not a fair comparison in this case. 1: She set the saute setting too low. Honestly, the saute setting at anything other than high with beef is pretty much useless! 2: With the much lower initial heat especially considering she used the low setting, of course it is going to take longer to come up to pressure. 3: The standard cooker she used was MUCH larger than the IP she used. Pressure cooking 101 is that the more room you have in the pot for steam, the more effective the cooking will be. It does look like she is using the 8quart IP, but the standard PC she used was enormous. 4: I'm not saying the IP is perfect, just that this was not a fair comparison really.
5: A stovetop pressure cooker has one function (which it excels at), whereas the InstaPot is a multi-cooker with a variety of other functions and uses (such as slow cooking), not mentioned in this video.
Love my Instant Pot, and I do use the lower sauté settings with big cuts of beef or pork on occasion. Sometimes the high setting is just too much with butter.
6. The instant pot isn't necessarily meant for people who have access to a huge kitchen, its meant to do a lot of various things, and for people like me who don't have a lot of room in their kitchen, an instant pot can get a lot of things done in less space than other things would require.
@@jmsso3631 doesn't mean it should be demonstrated by someone who doesn't know how it works. You don't hire students as teachers to demonstrate how simple the material should be 😅
I mean, pressure cookers are pretty scary but if you know how to use them, they make everything way easier/quicker, in Mexican cuisine there’s a lot of frijoles (beans) and cooking them in a pressure cooker reaaally speeds up the process (and I think without losing on the flavor side), the same with other hard legumes and meats. My mom swears by it.
This is a disturbingly sloppy comparison, and clear that she doesn't know how to use an Instant Pot. 1. She compared the price of a standard pressure cooker with that of the most expensive Instant Pot. Not cool. Instant Pot also does more things than a regular pot. 2. She did not use the High saute setting to brown the meat. 3. She apparently turned off the Instant Pot before adding liquid and let the Instant Pot's pressure function bring the liquid to a boil. She should have done what she did with the standard pot, which was to add the liquid and and bring it to a boil before starting the pressure function. 4. The Instant Pot's standard setting for stew is 35 minutes, but she knocked it down to 15, for some unknown reason.
She's using the product like she would use a more traditional cookware of comparable function. I've used an instapot and aside from the slow cooker function (which many electric pressure cookers have) I'd probably just get a pressure cooker and slow cooker.
So many comments like this saying she did something wrong but I find it interesting that none of you bother to say how to do it right, or exactly what she did wrong. I think you're all fake accounts paid by the owners of this product to make these comments.
CAOcreations She isn't preheating before hand because she's starting them both at the same time. If she was already preheating, that means she already started.
Because this was a review of it VS a normal pot, the claim being it cooks faster and better yet you have to take more time preheating and setting it up/cleaning it.
"the claim being it cooks faster and better" Faster and better than normal non-pressurized cooking, not faster and better than a traditional stovetop pressure cooker.
This video is dumb. Clearly she didn't know what she was doing. With me having my family and working. I would gladly leave this and not have to worry about keeping an eye on the stove. And with the seasonings used, both were probably bland.
Funny true story. My husband had his parents visiting from Europe. He borrowed my mother's pressure cooker and wanted to do chili with red kidney beans. Thank goodness I was at work. This is 30 years ago. He always knew everything about Everything. He put all the ingredients from the recipe into the pot. Started it and waited, and waited, and waited. You guessed right. I got home when the MESS was just about cleaned up. The cover blew off and the chilli made it to the walls and ceiling. I just purchased an instant pot because I NEVER felt safe using a pressure cooker (my mom's) ever. We celebrated our 50th anniversary. The good news was that I got the kitchen re-painted.
I agree the instapot is legit! At first I was like this glorified ricecooker can never beat my slow and low technique(simmering 3 hours or more). I was wrong. I’ve made so many dishes that take hours to make in under 1 hour including pho, braised meat dishes, connective tissue tendons, beef stock etc. but I also make perfect rice with less water and fluffier finish and kept nacho cheese hot for hours. It’s very versatile. Plus amazon had a Black Friday sale for only $48 free ship so I got it. I forgot to mention that you can sauté your aromatics then sear your meat and finish with a braise and have perfect result every time. Worth it for sure!!!
@@keikeine9398 I use the 6-qt IP Duo to make yogurt every week. It holds five one-cup mason jars, and is as easy as can be. After they process overnight I pull the jars out, top them with a plastic lid and stick them in the fridge. Making Greek yogurt is a little more complicated as you have to strain it afterwards.
It's definitely a trade-off. The Instant Pot can get most jobs done, but it doesn't have the power of a good stove underneath it, and that means everything does take a little longer. I think it's a question of if the convenience it provides (not necessarily in terms of speed, but in terms of the dishes you have to do and the amount of babysitting it takes to make sure nothing goes wrong) is worth the extra time things may take.
Heck yea it’s easy, and you can infuse more flavor in how you Season it. Also the new electric pressure cookers are more about safety, you can actually walk away, program it in the morning, from work and your food is ready for you! Walk away from an old pressure cooker and that food will be all over your kitchen especially the ceiling!
Completely agree with her. With my standard pressure cooker + induction cooktop it builds pressure in about 30 seconds 😂 compared to 15 mins in this instant pot. I can run my stainless steel pressure cooker under water making it lose all pressure again in 30 seconds while this thing takes at least several minutes.
everyone saying she messed up 2 ways. 1) she sautéed at lowest setting, which took longer to sauté and also meant took longer for instant pot to come to boil when preheating 2) she brought the stove top pressure cooker to boil and then started counting time for it. but didn't wait for the aame for instant pot. which due to being set on low setting saute probably took longer. if true. then it wasn't a fair comparison
I think what’s also great about the instant pot is that is multi functioning. I use it a lot as a rice cooker since my real rice cooker broke. Also it introduces pressure cooking to the general public. Before I wouldn’t have even batted an eye about pressure cooking. But since I’ve been gifted the instant pot it has made making stews so quick and easy for me.
The comments are nasty to Esther Choi because she's Asian. If she were white, and much worse, the comments would still be better. I'm seeing this pattern throughout TH-cam - and it happens everywhere online, as well as IRL. Also, the comments keep referring to Choi as "her" - whereas if it were a white person, the comment would address her directly, like "I love your channel!" That's because white people are seen as people, and Asians are not. Also, when it's an Asian, people are not gushing - instead, they're unfairly harsh. And they suddenly turn more logical in their comments, instead of warm and effusive as they are towards white people. Also, there seems to be mild bullying going on in these comments - like the "glug glug" of the stupidly most-upvoted comment. Just replace her with a white/black/Hispanic person - and have that person say/do the exact same things - and watch the comments suddenly get more loving and effusive - instead of rude and condescending. This girl would be popular and respected in hipster areas like SF/LA/NYC. She's VERY American and bold/hipster in her look and vibe. She would be feared/respected among Asian Americans, and by young hipster multi-ethnic crowds in cool, trendy areas. But most people watching are simply discriminatory against Asians, even a very whitewashed and "cool" one like this girl. Given that, what is the model of the InstaPot? Should I get a 6 qt or 8 qt? And the 7-in-1 or 9-in-1?
I love my instant pot, it's very versatile. It does stews and soups well, great rice or grain cooker, and cooks veggies in a flash. Plus it's easy to clean.
Fair shout. I'm looking at a manual pressure cooker given that I've already got a Thermomix which can do most things that the instantpot can. It basically can't grill / airfry but it does everything else
@macks Smith why buy all that equipment, simply to automate the process of cooking at pressure ? Camp stove is cheap, uses less fuel, requires less maintenance and takes up less space.
With instant pot you throw it in and even if you take a nap, nothing bad happens :) Not so with the stove top method.... I think it could blow up and make a mess or hurt someone
I did the thumbs down and moved on but thought "that isn't fair" so here goes. I have the same PC you are using and the first fail is not actually learning about the Instant Pot VS a stove top PC, or even reading the manual... ALL electric PC require more time for the same recipe because they do not go the the same pressure/ temp as stove top models. If you read the manual (it's like 10 pages) you would know that you were on the wrong saute setting AND the wrong stew setting. You are also the only person I have ever heard say you should bring things to a boil and then put the lid on. I think that is probably bad advice since it adds time and adds evaporation. It will come to a boil faster with the lid on, because you are not losing heat out the top of the open pot. Also you do not start counting time from putting the lid on but from when it comes up to pressure. And you get a big fail on complaining "insta pot" wasn't "instant". Ya you can ding them on a silly name but if anybody bought this thinking you could put stuff in, hit a button and it would be done they were on way too many drugs. Electric PC's are slower than stove top ones. Not a huge amount but slower. The other difference is you set the electric PC and go off and do other things, stove top you need to babysit it. Once you have done it enough you can be a bit loose with the babysitting but you can't go out shopping. For quick stuff not a big deal but for a 45 min beef stock... Also prices. A stove top of good quality and stainless is about $70 up to $300 or so for a six quart. Instapot basic 6 qt runs under $100 when it's not on sale and I just bought a 8 qt for $65. Electric generally is more expensive but the premium is more like 30-50%. The upsides for stove top is that it's a great pot for all pot needs, and there is no electronics to fail. All electronics fail eventually and when it does the InstaPot is a doorstop. A stovetop at worst (lose a part that you can't replace) and it's still a great pot. Upsides for the electric is you can walk away, it has other modes some of which you can't really do with a stove top PC. The electronics (as long as they stay working) add some flexibility not possible with stove top, like having it start while you are at work so it's done when you get home. So is it worth it? On sale I thought so but YMMV.
The Instant Pot was made for dumbasses that either couldn't, wouldn't or shouldn't use or have never used a real pressure cooker. It is really so inefficient as compared to the real thing! It takes 15 minutes to bring the IP up to pressure and at least 15 if you allow it to depressurize naturally.
@@Hey_heaven You don't have a pressure cooker; you have an Instant Pot. There's big differences between the two. IP says it does pressure cooking, but it kind of does a sorry job. There's no comparison between the two. Obviously you've never used a real pressure cooker!
I’ve been using a pressure cooker my whole life. Why should I change? Plus, I don’t like having to rely on electricity for things. It does the same thing
She didn't need to use the instant pot to saute all the ingredients like she did with the pressure cooker, she could've thrown everything in raw, mix it up and set the stew setting. Then the time would've balanced out. I use my instant pot on a nearly daily basis, I live in an rv so space and convenience is super important and the instant pot offers that.
I think it was a good and fair review. Instant Pot says they're a pressure cooker so it's fair to compare with a regular pressure cooker. I can accept 30 min stew instead of 15 min stew if It's safer and don't have to baby sit it. It's good to know the difference.
Operator error. She had the sauté function set incorrectly. Second, she allowed the stovetop pressure cooker come to a boil before putting the lid on but placed the lid on the Instant Pot then expected it to come to a boil. Far from equal testing. And as for her comment about slow cooks producing better flavour than a pressure cooker that is incorrect. In a study comparing foods cooked in a pressure cooker vs a Dutch oven vs a slow cooker, in EVERY case the slow cooker coming in dead last by a great margin with the pressure cooker and Dutch oven about even.
I use an instant pot in the summer exclusively for indoor cooking because it uses very little electricity because it is insulated. The regular pressure cooker uses a huge amount of energy compared to the instant pot. For a household save the environment lady.
cnnw3929 it was not a higher end model it was an 8 quart or larger. Not only that she must have purchased at a high end store, place like William Sonoma.
I have both. I have been using pressure cookers for over 50 years so they’re not a mystery to me. My stovetop cooker sits in the cupboard most of the time. My Instantpot is used almost daily. It cooks at lower pressure than the stovetop one but it’s hardly noticeable. Cooks everything beautifully and is so convenient.
The reason she wasn't getting good browning on the sauté function on the instant pot was because she had it set to normal heat instead of high, which is designed for meat.
I would have used the pressure cooking setting on the instant pot not the stew setting. Then it would have been an equal contest. Also, I would have sauted on high with the instant pot.
I've used both and although I think my pressure cooker cooked faster I got a knock off instant pot and the convenience is much better. Everything takes a little longer in an Instantpot but for those that have never used a pressure cooker it is incredibly fast.
This is a pretty fair assessment. With the past host the instant pot would have been written off, but having used it many times its definitely a great solution for weeknight cooking etc. 15 minutes babysitting the stove with a pressure cooker, or 30 (even 45) minutes where I can walk away and do other tasks is worth it to me. Browning meat is often recommended in another pot like cast iron is also a great way to go here!
Cast iron is mostly for idiots (PC: ignorant people) that previously used disposable Teflon pans. -It's heat distribution sucks, it wastes thermal energy to prepare it, and it's brittle. A sub $50 Presto PC comes with a disk bottom that will store and distribute heat better than cast iron.
Agreed, Conner - a tool is only as good as the purpose that it was built for. You can use a screwdriver as a hammer, but if you have a hammer, why do that? I have a slower cooker and a pressure cooker and (admittedly) have been attracted to the hype around the Instant-Pot mainly because of the "all-in-one" features - but haven't bought one. At the end of the day, I enjoy cooking and the meals I prepare usually have me doing stuff in the kitchen while the pressure cooker is on the stove anyway. I can't imagine a scenario where I am so incredibly busy, that I couldn't take 15 minutes in a kitchen to watch over a pressure cooker. Further, since I work from home, there isn't any reason for me to come in "tired" or "exhausted" from work and not have the capability of providing myself with a good meal - the few days I do go to the office (it's about 50 miles away - re: 2.5 hours in Atlanta traffic) I usually plan on going out to dinner, or have something prepared in advance and waiting the 'fridge to heat up. In no scenario, would I run in and have nothing but raw ingredients and no time to prepare. The Instant Pot has it's place, and most likely appeals to people that also have an intimate relationship with a microwave oven. For the last upteen hundred years, cooks have proven that *anything* can be prepared, cooked and delicious with just a bit pre-planning, preparation and fore-thought. Not a bad history, huh?
For the beef stew I always use the manual setting on high pressure for the time needed. Also the sauté setting can be on high or medium, so be sure to check that too. I have always used a cast iron pan for my recipe and I this the IP definitely pulls its weight. What I like also is you don't need to babysit the thing and you know boil over or heat up the kitchen like on the stove does.
I think a lot of people here are trying to give the Instant Pot too much credit. I have one and I love it, but I do think this test was fair. Just because you *can* take the insert out and sear on the stove with it (which I frequently do), doesn't mean you should have to if there's a saute function, and if there's a built in stew function, shouldn't it work as advertised (which I say as someone who exclusively uses the manual setting)? Also, for what it's worth, the ability to pull the insert out and use it separately isn't even listed as something you can do in the most recent user manual (though I just picked the first google result, maybe there's some model that does suggest doing that). Plus, it's literally factual that electric standalone pressure cookers do not reach as high pressure as stovetop units, it's even in my instant pot manual. The reality is that the convenience tradeoff you make with an electric pressure cooker ends up meaning that you get a less versatile, less powerful tool. For me, the convenience is worth it; for others, it might not be, and I think this test does a good job of showing that.
Eater is the one giving the Instant Pot too much credit. The test should have been between normal non-pressurized cooking and an electronic pressure cooker, of which Instant Pot is one brand. For the average home chef, a traditional pressure cooker is not an option that comes to mind, and, unless they are into canning, they probably wouldn't have one available in their shelves nor would it be a consideration. Almost nobody is buying an Instant Pot on the belief that the Instant Pot is more effective than a traditional pressure cooker. They are buying it because they think it is more effective than traditional non-pressurized cooking.
The problem is she used it wrong. My air fryer does not fry as good as a dutch oven on the stove, but if someone set it to its lowest temp and then used it in a comparison video, I would be a little upset when they criticize it.
Hunter Henryk, I always find that non-pressurized cooking taste better. Sure, it takes longer, but when making something from scratch, I think the idea is for it to taste good, not be fast food.
either would work fine. the 6-qt can fix a whole chicken or a pretty good beef stew. The 8-qt just gives you a bit more room if you like to make enough to have sufficient leftovers.
So you can just throw it in the instant pot and "go do laundry, go to work, etc." Kinda like the old AOL dialup. You start a page loading, go do laundry; start another page loading, go mow the lawn; start another page loading, go paint the house,...
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I have an instant pot and I can easily say that she simply had no idea how to use it.
Is there any feature on the instant pot that would sell me over an induction burner + conventional 3d generation pressure cooker?
Personally to me it was how many functions it had in one.
mad thumbs I also bought this due to the amount of features in one machine. When my crockpot died, I bought this as it also has a slow cooker option
Tiny house, limited space, multitasker pot with miracle capabilities
mad thumbs it really is convenient once you learn how to use it just like any other kitchen tool. She didn’t use the settings correctly for a 15 beef stew. It does replace several units.
I feel that the instant pot offers another layer of safety that a traditional pressure cooker does not have. I love the fact I can put stuff in it and go about my routine till it’s done. For me it’s not about the time savings as much as the convenience of not having to babysit it.
I'm wondering if having 2 would be ideal, a pressure canner/stove top pressure cooker as well as having an instant pot? What are your thoughts on that one?
I'm interested in learning the art of canning, which I believe the stove top does well but the instant pot isn't good for it, which is why I think the stove top for me would be ideal, but also having the instant pot for cooking and leaving unattended while I go about my day
That’s what she said.
It explodes
Just more to go wrong. Use a regular pressure cooker on the stove. Much, much better.
Why would You baby sit a pressure cooker? You have to flip food inside or what. Just turn on the timer and turn the gas off. Thats it
"A little bit of oil to saute the meat" *Glug glug glug*
Exactly. A couple of tablespoons, but she pours in half a cup or more.
"Two shots of vodka"
Right?!?!
This right here!
was thinking of the same hahaha
The Instant Pot resting on the cooktop is setting my OCD alarms to overload.
ME TOO!!! LOL
Why?
@@JaneDoe-tm2ex Because it's easy to knock a button and melt the pot. It happens a LOT!
The instant pot has changed my life. I have literally been able to make things I never attempted before because I'm disabled and cannot stand for hours in the kitchen over the stove. Everything I have made has been so simple, flavorful and my husband cannot get over the wonderful food waiting for him after a long day at work. I have made beef stew for him several times which turned out incredible but it's not going to happen in 15 minutes. Yes they take time to reach preassure but as someone who grew up in the 70s I remember those old pressure cookers. Whenever my mom would get ready to release the pressure she made sure all is kids were out of the kitchen. I grew up so afraid of the things. You won't get me within 100 feet of a regular one. These are safe and comparing it to a standard one isn't fair. How about testing it out for how it's intended?
Very true. People like myself grew up afraid of the things, but the biggest issue was that people would force the lid off instead of letting the steam escape out of the pressure hole until the hissing stopped. They would get impatient. I did this once-I think I was cooking rice or something. Not good! Now I just wait a minute or two for the pressure to escape when it's done and the lid screws off really easily. They've also redesigned them to make them safer. My friends swear by their Instant Pots, though. So glad you're able to make such delicious meals for your hubby. There's nothing like the smell of beef stew after a long day of work. I hope you have a great day!
Just say your mother exaggerated... Just turn the fire off to pressurise and 10 minutes later ready.
Idk sounds to me like youre still afraid of the old pressure cooker models, we use normal pressure cookers everyday and you just need to wait 5 or 10 min after youre done cooking then release the rest of the steam
I'm happy everyone else notice the lack of technique on her part. 😂
With enough people saying she used it wrong, I’m now questioning the validity of this video.
Me too but no one's really explained well to me how she's used it wrong lol. I'm thinking about buying an instant pot just cause it can also be a slow cooker when I want it to be. I live in Toronto and apartments here are small. My kitchen is also small so I need multi-purpose gadgets to save space.
@@Weaver_Games Also, if you decide to buy one try and hold out for Black Friday/Cyber Monday deals, if you can. You'll likely be able to pick one up @ half the price making it a much more worthwhile option. I got mine on Amazon Prime Day and I LOOOOVE it!
She didn't set the saute temp appropriately. Of course you aren't going to get a seat if you have it on low temp. Yes on wait for a sale. I got an 8qt IP for $80.
@@Weaver_Games I've read several comments that explain what she's doing wrong. I don't think she understands the Instant Pot yet, but wanted to jump on the bandwagon with a video. There are several Instant Pot Facebook groups. The official one is the Instant Pot Community. I have 2 IPs now and use them daily. Just made a huge batch of yogurt.
Many keep claiming the sauté wasn't on high... but this is merely guessing. You can't see it on the video.
She’s not using the product correctly. My beef is always tender.
title should read... How not to use an Instapot.
You just seemed super biased wanting the instant pot to fail before you even started 😂
Instant pot is a lot slower and more complicated to use. The best bet is to go with simpler and cheaper regular pressure.
Agreed. I think she should of watched a few videos before attempting her stew. She also didn't talk about the fact it replaces more then just your pressure cooker.
Instant Pot cooks at 11 psi. Stovetop pressure cooker at 15, so the instant pot will take longer. But... you don’t have to let it come to pressure and turn it down, you don’t have to monitor it to ensure it’s simmering. You don’t even have to watch the time; it will switch to keep warm and slowly depressurize automatically at the end of cooking. I have both, but I only use the instant pot anymore. Convenience wins.
Great point!
100% agreed. I’d rather 25 minutes of automatic pressurising, cooking and heat modulation while I clean up the kitchen or load the dishwasher than 15 minutes of constant babysitting. And this doubles as a slow cooker and rice cooker if you don’t use those frequently.
how about the taste difference between the two?
Why do you always misuse every product you're trying to test? Every time.
Maybe because she's not a Nancy like you! Just saying
Yes. WHAT AN IDIOT
@A Google User yeesh, sad insecure incel detected
I don't know anything about these cookers just yet, what is she doing wrong?
@@jshawd40 I'm using one for the first time today and the manual clearly warns: "Do not put the pressure cooker lid on when using the Saute program." So, perhaps that's what the OP was talking about. Regardless, her assessment is right... these really are slow and it's good for convenience, not speed.
My sense is that this person really has no clue about the Instant Pot and that I just wasted five minutes of my life.
At age 71 I’ve use a true pressure cooker over 50 years. I’ve also tried 2 different Instant Pots. The first one broke after a couple months of use the pressure valve disintegrated. I return the second one to the store and I decided that this was just not for me. I was surprised by this review/comparison as I figured she’d favor the new version which was not the case.
Your fault with the saute in the instant pot is you didn't set it to high.
she set it to saute, it's because she has a much more powerful heater for her stove than that unit, because of that 15 minutes on her stove vs 15 for that is going to favor the stove.
If she'd had a coil stove she could have made a more fair comparison.
It has three saute settings, she had it set to the lowest.
i don't even think the sautee function is the biggest problem. I'd say the heating element in the instant pot really impairs time needed to preheat/pressurize over a normal pressure cooker
Lucas Schmidt yes, mine sautes like mad on high. Very fast.
David Leamy that’s what I was thinking too!
In my family, we've used real pressure cookers for decades. Stovetop pressure cookers reach a higher pressure (15 PSI) which results in much hotter water inside. Electric cookers only reach 10-12 PSI, which results in a lower temp and a longer cooking time. Also, a stovetop pressure cooker can be removed from the stove and allow to depressurize naturally in 5 to ten minutes, which is much better when cooking beans or meat, whereas an Instant Pot can take up to 40 minutes to depressurize. Also, a stovetop cooker can be taken to the sink, have cool water run over the lid, which causes it to depressurize very quickly, which is useful when cooking things like risotto. This is much faster than opening the steam vent.
Damn, i was really thinking of buying one, id go crazy if i have to wait more than 10 min for it to release steam, thx for writing all that
I really appreciate this comment! Thank you!
@@rocodiaz5221 Fissler makes by far the very best stovetop pressure cookers, and on their website, they often have good sales on them.
why does one take longer to depresurize? shouldn't they be both the same time?
@@zenastronomy with a stovetop pressure cooker, the metal is in direct contact with the air, or with the countertop, or if you put it under the faucet, with water. With an electric pressure cooker, the actual metal part containing the food is inside a well insulated outer shell, which will not emit the heat so well. It's rather like wrapping a hot stovetop pressure cooker inside several layers of blankets.
It's not a fair comparison in this case. 1: She set the saute setting too low. Honestly, the saute setting at anything other than high with beef is pretty much useless! 2: With the much lower initial heat especially considering she used the low setting, of course it is going to take longer to come up to pressure. 3: The standard cooker she used was MUCH larger than the IP she used. Pressure cooking 101 is that the more room you have in the pot for steam, the more effective the cooking will be. It does look like she is using the 8quart IP, but the standard PC she used was enormous. 4: I'm not saying the IP is perfect, just that this was not a fair comparison really.
5: A stovetop pressure cooker has one function (which it excels at), whereas the InstaPot is a multi-cooker with a variety of other functions and uses (such as slow cooking), not mentioned in this video.
Pressure cookers can saute so 2 functions really 😋
Love my Instant Pot, and I do use the lower sauté settings with big cuts of beef or pork on occasion. Sometimes the high setting is just too much with butter.
6. The instant pot isn't necessarily meant for people who have access to a huge kitchen, its meant to do a lot of various things, and for people like me who don't have a lot of room in their kitchen, an instant pot can get a lot of things done in less space than other things would require.
The problem is the electronics that might easily break and can't be repaired. You have to throw away the whole pot.
Learn how to use a product before you demo it! LOL FAIL
It is to show how easy it could be for a person that hasnt used it before
@@jmsso3631 doesn't mean it should be demonstrated by someone who doesn't know how it works. You don't hire students as teachers to demonstrate how simple the material should be 😅
You forgot 80% of your seasonings that's going to be Bland as hell
User error.
James Hobbs can you be more specific?
She didn't flour the beef. This ruins everything. But, I guess she's just showing how the pots work and how they compare.
Thomas Teika didn’t flour the beef? She didn’t flour any of the beef and it turned out different between the pots because of heat.
yes
Layer 8 Problem :P
This is my first time trying to find out how to use the instant pont. I was really confused, but am relieved now seeing the comments 😅
Check Amy and Jacky 's channel
I mean, pressure cookers are pretty scary but if you know how to use them, they make everything way easier/quicker, in Mexican cuisine there’s a lot of frijoles (beans) and cooking them in a pressure cooker reaaally speeds up the process (and I think without losing on the flavor side), the same with other hard legumes and meats. My mom swears by it.
This is a disturbingly sloppy comparison, and clear that she doesn't know how to use an Instant Pot.
1. She compared the price of a standard pressure cooker with that of the most expensive Instant Pot. Not cool. Instant Pot also does more things than a regular pot.
2. She did not use the High saute setting to brown the meat.
3. She apparently turned off the Instant Pot before adding liquid and let the Instant Pot's pressure function bring the liquid to a boil. She should have done what she did with the standard pot, which was to add the liquid and and bring it to a boil before starting the pressure function.
4. The Instant Pot's standard setting for stew is 35 minutes, but she knocked it down to 15, for some unknown reason.
she follows a manual from the manufacturers...... everytime she follows what the company intends.. so yeah
@@john.y.cooper I don't think I've ever seen her RTFM or follow a manual.
You work for insta pot don't you?! 😆
User error.....
You have no idea how to use the instant pot. You always misuse all the products you use.
Jd4020 87 no settings to f*ck up on the standard PC
She's using the product like she would use a more traditional cookware of comparable function. I've used an instapot and aside from the slow cooker function (which many electric pressure cookers have) I'd probably just get a pressure cooker and slow cooker.
😂
So many comments like this saying she did something wrong but I find it interesting that none of you bother to say how to do it right, or exactly what she did wrong. I think you're all fake accounts paid by the owners of this product to make these comments.
@@EuricoRoberto 👏👏👏👏👏...
Once again.. I feel like the lack of directions followed resulted in not an optimum result... and I'm not even a fan of the InstaPot.
if there's a preheating phase, why isn't she preheating it before hand?
Because she is stupid.
CAOcreations She isn't preheating before hand because she's starting them both at the same time. If she was already preheating, that means she already started.
Because this was a review of it VS a normal pot, the claim being it cooks faster and better yet you have to take more time preheating and setting it up/cleaning it.
"the claim being it cooks faster and better" Faster and better than normal non-pressurized cooking, not faster and better than a traditional stovetop pressure cooker.
It is clear you weren't going to choose the Instant Pot from the start, and then you misused it. FAIL
Misused it how?
This video is dumb. Clearly she didn't know what she was doing. With me having my family and working. I would gladly leave this and not have to worry about keeping an eye on the stove. And with the seasonings used, both were probably bland.
Funny true story. My husband had his parents visiting from Europe.
He borrowed my mother's pressure cooker and wanted to do chili with red kidney beans.
Thank goodness I was at work. This is 30 years ago. He always knew everything about
Everything. He put all the ingredients from the recipe into the pot. Started it and waited,
and waited, and waited. You guessed right. I got home when the MESS was just about cleaned up. The cover blew off and the chilli made it to the walls and ceiling. I just purchased an instant pot because I NEVER felt safe using a pressure cooker (my mom's) ever. We celebrated our 50th anniversary. The good news was that I got the kitchen re-painted.
why did he wait till it exploded😂?
so you are happy with the safety with instant pot one?
I agree the instapot is legit! At first I was like this glorified ricecooker can never beat my slow and low technique(simmering 3 hours or more). I was wrong. I’ve made so many dishes that take hours to make in under 1 hour including pho, braised meat dishes, connective tissue tendons, beef stock etc. but I also make perfect rice with less water and fluffier finish and kept nacho cheese hot for hours. It’s very versatile. Plus amazon had a Black Friday sale for only $48 free ship so I got it. I forgot to mention that you can sauté your aromatics then sear your meat and finish with a braise and have perfect result every time. Worth it for sure!!!
Is it true it has a yoghurt function?
@@keikeine9398 I use the 6-qt IP Duo to make yogurt every week. It holds five one-cup mason jars, and is as easy as can be. After they process overnight I pull the jars out, top them with a plastic lid and stick them in the fridge. Making Greek yogurt is a little more complicated as you have to strain it afterwards.
@@keikeine9398 some models of the instant pot
She should have used the pressure cooker function on the Instapot. This test is invalid. :P
What are you talking about? It was brought up to pressure. 🤷🏻♀️
nmhowl80 she should have let the instapot naturally let out the pressure.
It's definitely a trade-off. The Instant Pot can get most jobs done, but it doesn't have the power of a good stove underneath it, and that means everything does take a little longer. I think it's a question of if the convenience it provides (not necessarily in terms of speed, but in terms of the dishes you have to do and the amount of babysitting it takes to make sure nothing goes wrong) is worth the extra time things may take.
Pressure Cooker is just more convenient.
Heck yea it’s easy, and you can infuse more flavor in how you Season it. Also the new electric pressure cookers are more about safety, you can actually walk away, program it in the morning, from work and your food is ready for you! Walk away from an old pressure cooker and that food will be all over your kitchen especially the ceiling!
Delete this video, read the Instant Pot directions, and then try again 🤣
That's beef soup....
We have two instant pots and they are really amazing if you know how to use them hehehe
When she poured the oil all I could think of was the two shots of vodka girl
There is an option on the Instant POt that is of a pressure cooker... Try using that..!!! I do all my Indian Cooking on that
Completely agree with her. With my standard pressure cooker + induction cooktop it builds pressure in about 30 seconds 😂 compared to 15 mins in this instant pot. I can run my stainless steel pressure cooker under water making it lose all pressure again in 30 seconds while this thing takes at least several minutes.
Jesus the shills in these comments.
Slow cooking literally tastes no different than pressure cooking. Big myth!
i knew this was gonna be BS when she put all that oil in there ,, ,SMFH
you dont even know how to use the instant pot...
everyone saying she messed up 2 ways.
1) she sautéed at lowest setting, which took longer to sauté and also meant took longer for instant pot to come to boil when preheating
2) she brought the stove top pressure cooker to boil and then started counting time for it. but didn't wait for the aame for instant pot. which due to being set on low setting saute probably took longer.
if true. then it wasn't a fair comparison
I’m Asian and all my home gadgets sing to me. I love it lol
I think what’s also great about the instant pot is that is multi functioning. I use it a lot as a rice cooker since my real rice cooker broke. Also it introduces pressure cooking to the general public. Before I wouldn’t have even batted an eye about pressure cooking. But since I’ve been gifted the instant pot it has made making stews so quick and easy for me.
The comments are nasty to Esther Choi because she's Asian. If she were white, and much worse, the comments would still be better. I'm seeing this pattern throughout TH-cam - and it happens everywhere online, as well as IRL. Also, the comments keep referring to Choi as "her" - whereas if it were a white person, the comment would address her directly, like "I love your channel!" That's because white people are seen as people, and Asians are not. Also, when it's an Asian, people are not gushing - instead, they're unfairly harsh. And they suddenly turn more logical in their comments, instead of warm and effusive as they are towards white people. Also, there seems to be mild bullying going on in these comments - like the "glug glug" of the stupidly most-upvoted comment.
Just replace her with a white/black/Hispanic person - and have that person say/do the exact same things - and watch the comments suddenly get more loving and effusive - instead of rude and condescending.
This girl would be popular and respected in hipster areas like SF/LA/NYC. She's VERY American and bold/hipster in her look and vibe. She would be feared/respected among Asian Americans, and by young hipster multi-ethnic crowds in cool, trendy areas. But most people watching are simply discriminatory against Asians, even a very whitewashed and "cool" one like this girl.
Given that, what is the model of the InstaPot? Should I get a 6 qt or 8 qt? And the 7-in-1 or 9-in-1?
I’ll just keep using my enameled cast iron Dutch oven.
Sounds like a much better investment, now that you mention it.
I never seen an enameled Dutch oven
$160? I just bought my Instapot for $50. Yay Black Friday!
I love my instant pot, it's very versatile. It does stews and soups well, great rice or grain cooker, and cooks veggies in a flash. Plus it's easy to clean.
misuse of appliances to draw tons of engagement of the videos. alternative marketing strategy well played
I bought my father-in-law a instantpot. Regular pressure cooker can't make yogurt, but instantpot can!
Fair shout. I'm looking at a manual pressure cooker given that I've already got a Thermomix which can do most things that the instantpot can.
It basically can't grill / airfry but it does everything else
I know I'm just an angry human but man I hate that stupid beanie...
I would favour the pressure cooker, simply because it can be used on an open flame in a power outage.
You make a good point. But then again with a solar panel... How big would such a panel have to be to make it work...?
Nah, you still have a point.
@macks Smith why buy all that equipment, simply to automate the process of cooking at pressure ? Camp stove is cheap, uses less fuel, requires less maintenance and takes up less space.
With instant pot you throw it in and even if you take a nap, nothing bad happens :) Not so with the stove top method.... I think it could blow up and make a mess or hurt someone
Ahahahaaaaaaa..... joke of a “comparison”.
I did the thumbs down and moved on but thought "that isn't fair" so here goes. I have the same PC you are using and the first fail is not actually learning about the Instant Pot VS a stove top PC, or even reading the manual...
ALL electric PC require more time for the same recipe because they do not go the the same pressure/ temp as stove top models. If you read the manual (it's like 10 pages) you would know that you were on the wrong saute setting AND the wrong stew setting. You are also the only person I have ever heard say you should bring things to a boil and then put the lid on. I think that is probably bad advice since it adds time and adds evaporation. It will come to a boil faster with the lid on, because you are not losing heat out the top of the open pot. Also you do not start counting time from putting the lid on but from when it comes up to pressure.
And you get a big fail on complaining "insta pot" wasn't "instant". Ya you can ding them on a silly name but if anybody bought this thinking you could put stuff in, hit a button and it would be done they were on way too many drugs.
Electric PC's are slower than stove top ones. Not a huge amount but slower. The other difference is you set the electric PC and go off and do other things, stove top you need to babysit it. Once you have done it enough you can be a bit loose with the babysitting but you can't go out shopping. For quick stuff not a big deal but for a 45 min beef stock...
Also prices. A stove top of good quality and stainless is about $70 up to $300 or so for a six quart. Instapot basic 6 qt runs under $100 when it's not on sale and I just bought a 8 qt for $65. Electric generally is more expensive but the premium is more like 30-50%.
The upsides for stove top is that it's a great pot for all pot needs, and there is no electronics to fail. All electronics fail eventually and when it does the InstaPot is a doorstop. A stovetop at worst (lose a part that you can't replace) and it's still a great pot.
Upsides for the electric is you can walk away, it has other modes some of which you can't really do with a stove top PC. The electronics (as long as they stay working) add some flexibility not possible with stove top, like having it start while you are at work so it's done when you get home.
So is it worth it? On sale I thought so but YMMV.
NOBODY QUESTIONS THE INSTANT POT GODS. ALL WHO DOES SO, SHALL BE PUNISHED.
Jerry Tran lmao you said it perfectly! I love my pressure cooker.
hahahah Jerry, I think you got that right... reminds me of the old Apple Fan Boyz vs. Microsoft (and later Android).
All hail instant pot
The Instant Pot was made for dumbasses that either couldn't, wouldn't or shouldn't use or have never used a real pressure cooker. It is really so inefficient as compared to the real thing! It takes 15 minutes to bring the IP up to pressure and at least 15 if you allow it to depressurize naturally.
@@Hey_heaven You don't have a pressure cooker; you have an Instant Pot. There's big differences between the two. IP says it does pressure cooking, but it kind of does a sorry job. There's no comparison between the two. Obviously you've never used a real pressure cooker!
No, it's not worth it! It eats a lot of your electricity bill. 🤮🤮🤮
I’ve been using a pressure cooker my whole life. Why should I change? Plus, I don’t like having to rely on electricity for things. It does the same thing
Next time get someone who knows what they are talking about
3:33 how i feel watching this review
She didn't need to use the instant pot to saute all the ingredients like she did with the pressure cooker, she could've thrown everything in raw, mix it up and set the stew setting. Then the time would've balanced out. I use my instant pot on a nearly daily basis, I live in an rv so space and convenience is super important and the instant pot offers that.
I think it was a good and fair review. Instant Pot says they're a pressure cooker so it's fair to compare with a regular pressure cooker. I can accept 30 min stew instead of 15 min stew if It's safer and don't have to baby sit it. It's good to know the difference.
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The instant pot has a higher saute option. You push adjust and the temp will be higher. It really works.
Lets be honest :D the electric pressure cooker is pure junk!
Bad. Don't watch.
You Have just made the list of pressure cooking FAILS, CONGRATULATIONS !
Operator error. She had the sauté function set incorrectly. Second, she allowed the stovetop pressure cooker come to a boil before putting the lid on but placed the lid on the Instant Pot then expected it to come to a boil. Far from equal testing. And as for her comment about slow cooks producing better flavour than a pressure cooker that is incorrect. In a study comparing foods cooked in a pressure cooker vs a Dutch oven vs a slow cooker, in EVERY case the slow cooker coming in dead last by a great margin with the pressure cooker and Dutch oven about even.
How does a person like this become a reviewer??
They decide to. TH-cam is a free country you know.
I use an instant pot in the summer exclusively for indoor cooking because it uses very little electricity because it is insulated. The regular pressure cooker uses a huge amount of energy compared to the instant pot. For a household save the environment lady.
I noticed that when you were sauteing you didn't wait for the panel to read "HOT" before you added the meat.
$160? Mine was $79 🤷♀️
The one in this video is a higher-end model, so it costs more.
Why did she need a higher end model for this test?
Wish I had the answer, but I don't unfortunately.
cnnw3929 it was not a higher end model it was an 8 quart or larger. Not only that she must have purchased at a high end store, place like William Sonoma.
I got a great deal on an instapot. Saved me a lot. dealgrabberfrenzy.com
Pressure cookers are awesome.
I have both. I have been using pressure cookers for over 50 years so they’re not a mystery to me. My stovetop cooker sits in the cupboard most of the time. My Instantpot is used almost daily. It cooks at lower pressure than the stovetop one but it’s hardly noticeable. Cooks everything beautifully and is so convenient.
What brand stove top pressure cooker did you use?
The reason she wasn't getting good browning on the sauté function on the instant pot was because she had it set to normal heat instead of high, which is designed for meat.
Love my instant pot i paid about 90 bucks for my well worth, i have had it for less them a month and have used it every day ,LOVE IT ..
It's like u r just trying to find stuff wrong.
That is how this series works. It was much worse before Esther took over.
I would have used the pressure cooking setting on the instant pot not the stew setting. Then it would have been an equal contest. Also, I would have sauted on high with the instant pot.
I've used both and although I think my pressure cooker cooked faster I got a knock off instant pot and the convenience is much better. Everything takes a little longer in an Instantpot but for those that have never used a pressure cooker it is incredibly fast.
If you don't know the answer by now and need yet ANOTHER 20 year old youtuber to tell you.. you must be living under a rock!
This is a pretty fair assessment. With the past host the instant pot would have been written off, but having used it many times its definitely a great solution for weeknight cooking etc. 15 minutes babysitting the stove with a pressure cooker, or 30 (even 45) minutes where I can walk away and do other tasks is worth it to me. Browning meat is often recommended in another pot like cast iron is also a great way to go here!
my instant pot sautes much HOTTER tho
She didn't know about the higher saute option. You only have to push adjust. She should have read the instructions.
Cast iron is mostly for idiots (PC: ignorant people) that previously used disposable Teflon pans. -It's heat distribution sucks, it wastes thermal energy to prepare it, and it's brittle. A sub $50 Presto PC comes with a disk bottom that will store and distribute heat better than cast iron.
My Cast Iron cost
Agreed, Conner - a tool is only as good as the purpose that it was built for. You can use a screwdriver as a hammer, but if you have a hammer, why do that?
I have a slower cooker and a pressure cooker and (admittedly) have been attracted to the hype around the Instant-Pot mainly because of the "all-in-one" features - but haven't bought one. At the end of the day, I enjoy cooking and the meals I prepare usually have me doing stuff in the kitchen while the pressure cooker is on the stove anyway. I can't imagine a scenario where I am so incredibly busy, that I couldn't take 15 minutes in a kitchen to watch over a pressure cooker.
Further, since I work from home, there isn't any reason for me to come in "tired" or "exhausted" from work and not have the capability of providing myself with a good meal - the few days I do go to the office (it's about 50 miles away - re: 2.5 hours in Atlanta traffic) I usually plan on going out to dinner, or have something prepared in advance and waiting the 'fridge to heat up. In no scenario, would I run in and have nothing but raw ingredients and no time to prepare.
The Instant Pot has it's place, and most likely appeals to people that also have an intimate relationship with a microwave oven. For the last upteen hundred years, cooks have proven that *anything* can be prepared, cooked and delicious with just a bit pre-planning, preparation and fore-thought. Not a bad history, huh?
Meat? No thanks!
Good Lord, is there a kitchen product that Esther actually KNOWS how to use??
@ChoiBites > @ChoiLearnsToCook
Not sure this is a fair comparison. You should have read the direction. Sauté should have been done on high in 2 batches to get the best seat.
For the beef stew I always use the manual setting on high pressure for the time needed. Also the sauté setting can be on high or medium, so be sure to check that too. I have always used a cast iron pan for my recipe and I this the IP definitely pulls its weight. What I like also is you don't need to babysit the thing and you know boil over or heat up the kitchen like on the stove does.
I like gadgets that singe too :0)
This channel has waned. Before, i'd check it, and find good stuff. Now, not so much.
To be expected i suppose.
Did she know that you can turn the pressure up and down? This was disappointing review. Still love my insta. Reading is fundamental.
Looks like beef soup!
steven kennedy She didn't add a starch to thicken.
Why would you add starch to a stew?
notimeremains It's common in American recipes to at least add a bit of flour to help thicken beef stew.
Terrible review
Best return it and get a refund. My Instapot can sear my steak to a crisp! Not a fair comparison!
She didn'teven useit right. She clearly skipped the manual.
It is preety clear that you didn't fancy the instant pot lol
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I think a lot of people here are trying to give the Instant Pot too much credit. I have one and I love it, but I do think this test was fair. Just because you *can* take the insert out and sear on the stove with it (which I frequently do), doesn't mean you should have to if there's a saute function, and if there's a built in stew function, shouldn't it work as advertised (which I say as someone who exclusively uses the manual setting)? Also, for what it's worth, the ability to pull the insert out and use it separately isn't even listed as something you can do in the most recent user manual (though I just picked the first google result, maybe there's some model that does suggest doing that).
Plus, it's literally factual that electric standalone pressure cookers do not reach as high pressure as stovetop units, it's even in my instant pot manual. The reality is that the convenience tradeoff you make with an electric pressure cooker ends up meaning that you get a less versatile, less powerful tool. For me, the convenience is worth it; for others, it might not be, and I think this test does a good job of showing that.
Eater is the one giving the Instant Pot too much credit. The test should have been between normal non-pressurized cooking and an electronic pressure cooker, of which Instant Pot is one brand. For the average home chef, a traditional pressure cooker is not an option that comes to mind, and, unless they are into canning, they probably wouldn't have one available in their shelves nor would it be a consideration. Almost nobody is buying an Instant Pot on the belief that the Instant Pot is more effective than a traditional pressure cooker. They are buying it because they think it is more effective than traditional non-pressurized cooking.
The problem is she used it wrong. My air fryer does not fry as good as a dutch oven on the stove, but if someone set it to its lowest temp and then used it in a comparison video, I would be a little upset when they criticize it.
notmyrealname23 then what's the point if you make more dishes?
lol you must have not read the comments, every other one is saying about her using it incorrectly.
Hunter Henryk, I always find that non-pressurized cooking taste better. Sure, it takes longer, but when making something from scratch, I think the idea is for it to taste good, not be fast food.
For a first time buyer what size do you recommend I buy for a family of 4? The 6 or 8 QT?
either would work fine. the 6-qt can fix a whole chicken or a pretty good beef stew. The 8-qt just gives you a bit more room if you like to make enough to have sufficient leftovers.
Can we review her instead?
So you can just throw it in the instant pot and "go do laundry, go to work, etc." Kinda like the old AOL dialup. You start a page loading, go do laundry; start another page loading, go mow the lawn; start another page loading, go paint the house,...