Hey everyone. I grew up with my mom using her old Crock Pot multiple times a week. As a grew up and starting cooking for my own family I started using a slow cooker A LOT.
My lady has shown interest in replacing her old 4qt slow cooker for a new modern one (hers is at least 30 years old, passed down).
I've read up about the "instant pot" and they seem to be really bad at slow cooking, since they only heat from the bottom, and not on the all sides like a traditional porcelain crock pot slow cooker.
My question is simple. Does the Crock pot brand "express multi cooker" do any better as a slow cooker than a instant pot?
by Square-College-7596
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I have both a crock pot express and an instant pot. I have not yet used the slow cook feature on the crock pot since we already had a regular crock pot and use that. However, the express does have the ceramic pot instead of the metal one; I remember reading reviews that it is a bit better at slow cooking than the competition. Also, the express is less likely to give a burn warning/error than the instant pot.
Owned a crock pot pressure cooker at one point and I can confirm, the slow cooker function heats the same way from the bottom like an instant pot.
I still keep my crockpot around.
That’s still just a pressure cooker, so I’d assume it just heats from the bottom.