Looking to buy an instant pot – unsure of the difference between these two
Looking to buy an instant pot – unsure of the difference between these two
by InvisibleGrill
10 Comments
WesternWitchy52
I tried the instapot and didn’t like it. It’s pressure cooking which is designed to be faster but it was more just the way it cooked. I think you can slow cook on the instapot but for me, the crockpot/slow cooker will always win.
rewindpaws
FWIW I prefer the older, manual kind.
longstrokept
The only thing I found that I ended up cooking was steamed vegetables.
glittersparklythings
Pressure cooker multi functional devices do not work well as slow cooking devices.
It is bc of the heating elements placements. On the pressure cooker combo the heating element is only on the both. For a slow cooker alone it is on the bottom and in the sides. Ensuring a more even cooking of your food.
If you want a slow cook then I highly recommend getting a slow cooker only without a pressure cooker function.
Zeromaxx
Maybe it is just me but I don’t use anything with the word instant in it for my slowcooking.
lmNotaWitchImUrWife
I have the one on the bottom and I love it. I don’t really use it as a crockpot, but I do use it to pressure cook and it’s very good at that.
My main use case is soups and stews, because I live at altitude and learned the hard way that water here can’t get up to the right temperature to cook dried legumes the normal way. The only way to make split pea soup up here is to use a pressure cooker – who knew!
protomex
I would get the larger one, you can fit a whole chicken in that, but I would recommend the ninja foodi, because in addition to all those functions it’s also an airfryer. I use mine a lot.
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I tried the instapot and didn’t like it. It’s pressure cooking which is designed to be faster but it was more just the way it cooked. I think you can slow cook on the instapot but for me, the crockpot/slow cooker will always win.
FWIW I prefer the older, manual kind.
The only thing I found that I ended up cooking was steamed vegetables.
Pressure cooker multi functional devices do not work well as slow cooking devices.
It is bc of the heating elements placements. On the pressure cooker combo the heating element is only on the both. For a slow cooker alone it is on the bottom and in the sides. Ensuring a more even cooking of your food.
If you want a slow cook then I highly recommend getting a slow cooker only without a pressure cooker function.
Maybe it is just me but I don’t use anything with the word instant in it for my slowcooking.
I have the one on the bottom and I love it. I don’t really use it as a crockpot, but I do use it to pressure cook and it’s very good at that.
My main use case is soups and stews, because I live at altitude and learned the hard way that water here can’t get up to the right temperature to cook dried legumes the normal way. The only way to make split pea soup up here is to use a pressure cooker – who knew!
I would get the larger one, you can fit a whole chicken in that, but I would recommend the ninja foodi, because in addition to all those functions it’s also an airfryer. I use mine a lot.
[ninja foodi](https://www.homedepot.com/p/NINJA-Foodi-8-Qt-Stainless-Steel-Pressure-Cooker-and-Air-Fryer-FD401/311561049)
Definitely look elsewhere.
I believe the top one comes with a nonstick pot and the bottom a stainless. I could be wrong though.
I would recommend, if you’re planning on slow cooking, getting a crockpot and not a pressure cooker. Pressure cookers are built for speed.