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I'm still watching and lurking. :shifty I missed the entire sale :think We have been pressure cooking a long time so I'm trying to figure out why an instant pot is a good next move. I need a medium sized pressure cooker though and so I'm pondering.

Can someone tell me the quart capacity. I use my small pressure cooker daily and find myself wanting a second. For example, when I make beef n broccoli, I have beef n broccoli in the pressure cooker and miss pressure cooking my rice :think

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It's available in different sizes. 5 qt, 6 qt or 8 qt.

The one that was in sale on prime day was 6 qt

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The 6 quart 6 in one is $69 today. https://www.amazon.com/Instant-Pot-I...words=instapot

I regretted forgetting to order on Prime day so I think I'm going to take the plunge.

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Mine is showing up as $99 still, weird. I still haven't bought one of these. I am intrigued but we loathe crock pot food and I am afraid it will be too much like that.


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Yea, that deal was yesterday only.

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It didn't show up as a deal for me yesterday. I was going to buy one for a gift.

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Jumping in late here. I got it in the sale and here's why I like it (vs. the regular crockpot which we rarely use):

1. I can saute in the instant pot before pressure cooking - it's one pot vs. 2. Ex. I can brown the onions/meat and then add my other ingredients. With a slow cooker I had to use the stove and an additional pan.

2. I can make pasta (we use lentil pasta and it works fine) with sauce in the instant pot - all one dish (no separate water boiling pot and separate sauce pot).

3. Baked potatoes are less than half the time of the oven - woot! Very quick and easy and we put things like taco meat on top.

I haven't made a lot of dishes, I feel like IP stuff probably is more suited to winter than summer fare. One dish I really liked was a curry dish and the spices came out amazing in the pressure cooker.

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I agree. The only only times I EVER use my crock pot are when I need something and my IP is already in use. The IP is ALWAYS my go to...

I prefer the IP to the crock pot because in addition to being able to sautee meat in it beforehand and not have to use a different pan on the stove, I can also sautee afterwards to thicken the gravy or sauces that I've made in the crock pot.

Another HUGE benefit *for me* with the crock pot function of the IP vs. a regular crock pot is that there is a much more substantial lid. So 1. heat is kept inside much better than the crock pot and 2. SMELL is kept inside MUCH better. In fact, when I'm slow cooking in the crock pot, I don't usually even smell the food until I open the lid up. Which I LOVE because quite frankly I'm home all day long and although dinner simmering smells DELICIOUS is makes me insanely hungry and I prefer to eliminate that day long temptation! :lol

Also, two things that I do regularly here in the crock pot that used to take 12 plus hours and now takes minutes in the IP are cooking dry beans and cooking bone broth. :rockon Those two features alone make the IP worth it for us.

And actually, I find my IP to be used a ton in the summer precisely because I won't use the oven when it's hot outside.

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Any tips for a first time user wanting to cook chicken legs tonight? I hate bbq sauce which is what it seems a lot of people do. What else would do well as the liquid?

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I put mine up on the rack with seasonings I like and put water or broth on the bottom.

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Good to know! Do you stack the legs on top of eachother on the rack? I have about 7 or 8, was hoping not to put them in the water and end up with boiled legs lol

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I only got mine yesterday, but I think to get the skin to have a crispier texture some recipes call for coating it with oil.

So far I've done rice, broth and pork chops with cabbage. :yum


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You could do an Asian style sauce easily.

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If you haven't made these yet, you neeeeeeeed to. Seriously. Fudgy brownies. Perfect. I'm making my second batch because the first one...disappeared. :shifty

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You can make vanilla extract! http://www.tidbits-cami.com/2016/08/...a-extract.html