Intuitive and simple, our improved easy-release steam switch makes releasing steam easier than ever, and it automatically resets when the lid is closed.
The easy-to-read display includes a full cooking progress bar lets you know what stage of the cooking program you've reached.
15 customizable Smart Programs for pressure cooking ribs, soups, beans, rice, poultry, yogurt, desserts and more.
Food-grade stainless-steel cooking pot with a tri-ply bottom offers more even cooking and an anti-spin design that secures the pot for perfect sautéing.
Pressure cook delicious one-pot meals up to 70% faster than traditional cooking methods or slow cook your favorite traditional recipes – just like grandma used to make.
Finger-print resistant, stainless-steel sides and dishwasher-safe lid, inner pot, and accessories.
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Intuitive and simple, our improved easy-release steam switch makes releasing steam easier than ever, and it automatically resets when the lid is closed.
The easy-to-read display includes a full cooking progress bar lets you know what stage of the cooking program you've reached.
15 customizable Smart Programs for pressure cooking ribs, soups, beans, rice, poultry, yogurt, desserts and more.
Food-grade stainless-steel cooking pot with a tri-ply bottom offers more even cooking and an anti-spin design that secures the pot for perfect sautéing.
Pressure cook delicious one-pot meals up to 70% faster than traditional cooking methods or slow cook your favorite traditional recipes – just like grandma used to make.
Finger-print resistant, stainless-steel sides and dishwasher-safe lid, inner pot, and accessories.
how does the rice come out of this? is it as good as a stand alone rice cooker?
My rice turns out fine. I do brown rice. After it comes to pressure it cooks for 22 minutes then let it slow release 11. I put in a dash of oil before rice and water.
how does the rice come out of this? is it as good as a stand alone rice cooker?
I've cooked brown rice, basmati rice and jasmine rice with great results. Once the rice is done, remove the stainless pot from the cooker. If you dish some rice out and let the balance sit in the pot, the heating element, which is still hot even if it's turned off, will continue to cook the rice and burn the bottom.
how does the rice come out of this? is it as good as a stand alone rice cooker?
No. It's really hard to get the water/rice ratio correct, and even then it comes out a bit mushier.
Yes, I own both.
A Micom (computer controlled) rice cooker will always produce much better rice. Walmart often has the Cuckoo 0605F on sale for $50, which is the cheapest you'll find. https://cuckooamerica.com/collect...s/cr-0605f
As Caleo said, you can throw frozen chicken parts right into the IP.
You can make mashed potatoes really quickly, too: just cut them into chunks, add a cup of water or chicken broth, and IP them for 10-15 minutes. Pour off the water, add butter and milk and salt and spices, and mash.
It's too small. You want the larger version. Just go to any thrift store and pick a used one up for $10. Great product, or at least it was when they first came out. Can't speak to any changes in quality with the turmoil within the company
Too small for whom? Perhaps if you have a fairly large family or are feeding a crowd. I can make two full racks of ribs in it. Today I cooked a 5lb boneless leg of lamb roast in it.
My OG IP started to get the ghost touch disease, so I bought one of these to replace it.
It is just awful for searing and sauteeing. The pot doesn't get as hot and has a really hard time recovering when you add food to it.
Meanwhile, my mom's IP Pro seems do just fine. The box says it's 20% more powerful. The conspiracist in me wonders if IP didn't downgrade the duo to create a space for the more expensive Pro.
I really wish I went through the hassle of figuring out the right parts to fix my old one.
Why would you want the OG? If you really want one, my elderly neighbor has the OG somewhere, still in the box, never opened. Got it as a gift but she doesn't like electric cooking appliances. Offered to sell it to us but we already had the IP Duo Crisp.
how does the rice come out of this? is it as good as a stand alone rice cooker?
It's BETTER. Well, I don't have the Duo but I've had the original Instant Pot, the Duo Crisp (with air fryer) and my current pressure cooker by CrockPot. They all make white rice comparable to my Zojirushi. And not just any Zojirushi but it was their $259 best rice cooker (with induction heating) until the current pressure cooker model. The fact that their best model now pressure cooks the rice proves that pressure cooking makes great rice. For brown rice, nothing can approach the Zojirushi.
There's one secret to making great rice: Presoaking. All the most advanced rice cookers take about 50 mins to cook white rice. They also offer a Quick mode, which takes 25 mins but makes inferior rice. So what's the difference? The normal mode lets the rice soak for about 30 mins before cooking. And that's exactly how I pressure cook rice. I use the Delay feature for 30 mins before it goes into Rice mode. Makes perfect rice.
The only issue is that if you let the pressure cooker go into Keep Warm mode, it may burn the rice on the bottom a little. This also true of most rice cookers. The Zojirushi has an intelligent Keep Warm that never burns because the induction heating has no hot spots.
Here are other points: Get yourself a non-stick pot. That was the first thing we did after getting the original IP. Cleanup was so much easier, especially for rice. And don't bother washing white rice if it's grown in America. Surface starch is mostly a myth. You know what makes the water cloudy? Not starch. That's vitamin powder, first added early 20th century to alleviate malnutrition. Look on the package and you'd see a warning to not wash the rice to retain nutrition. And you'd see the added vitamins in the ingredients label. Unfortunately, most people don't read the packaging so don't realize they're actually washing vitamins down the drain. We've tried rice rinsed and unrinsed, and there's no difference.
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Not in my experience. Rice likes to brown and stick to the bottom, and with its flat bottom and high walls, it's not the easiest to clean with a bunch of rice stuck to the bottom. Dedicated Zojirushi rice cooker does a much better with making rice 'perfect every time'.
As for making frozen chicken in one of these, it's pretty simple: just put about an inch of water in the bottom, maybe use some bouillon to add some flavor, then throw your chicken in, with a little salt & pepper.
Weird, I've never had rice burn in any of my pressure cookers (Instant Pot original, Instant Pot Duo Crisp, and one by CrockPot). And we cook rice at least 3 times a week. It only burns if you keep it on Keep Warm, which we never do. Once the rice is done, we unplug it. In my experience, every pressure cooker matches the white rice from our $259 Induction Zojirushi. And they beat the basic and Micom/FuzzyLogic rice cookers we've had. Where the Zojirushi shines is brown rice and the intelligent Keep Warm that never burns. For more details, please read my [much] longer post.
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I want a 3 qt one- anyone know if it comes on sale ?
You might want to scan eBay for deals. We got the 8 qt Duo Crisp (with air fryer) for only $72 Open Box/New. Also, you'll have many more options if you don't need an Instant Pot.
But make sure you only want a 3 qt. Keep in mind that the pot can never be filled to the top so you're limited to less than 3 qt of food. Generally speaking, 6 qt is the smallest practical size. Many accessories, for example, are made for 6-8 qt models. That includes replacement gaskets and lids that turn your pressure cooker into an air fryer.
I've cooked brown rice, basmati rice and jasmine rice with great results. Once the rice is done, remove the stainless pot from the cooker. If you dish some rice out and let the balance sit in the pot, the heating element, which is still hot even if it's turned off, will continue to cook the rice and burn the bottom.
Yeah, if you're not doing PIP, remove and put the rice in a serving bowl. Keep Warm will give you the burn.
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I want a 3 qt one- anyone know if it comes on sale ?
No. Get a 6qt, it's more versatile and doesn't take up much more space. Better value proposition than the 3qt.
I used the 6qt to cook rice. I put a trivet in the bottom of the insert, cover the bottom with water, and put a stainless steel bowl in the bottom and put my rice inside the bowl. Perfect rice every time.
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It's too small. You want the larger version. Just go to any thrift store and pick a used one up for $10. Great product, or at least it was when they first came out. Can't speak to any changes in quality with the turmoil within the company
We have had two fail in the past three years... isn't there another company that can make these things more reliable?
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Yes, I own both.
A Micom (computer controlled) rice cooker will always produce much better rice. Walmart often has the Cuckoo 0605F on sale for $50, which is the cheapest you'll find.
https://cuckooamerica.c
As Caleo said, you can throw frozen chicken parts right into the IP.
You can make mashed potatoes really quickly, too: just cut them into chunks, add a cup of water or chicken broth, and IP them for 10-15 minutes. Pour off the water, add butter and milk and salt and spices, and mash.
It is just awful for searing and sauteeing. The pot doesn't get as hot and has a really hard time recovering when you add food to it.
Meanwhile, my mom's IP Pro seems do just fine. The box says it's 20% more powerful. The conspiracist in me wonders if IP didn't downgrade the duo to create a space for the more expensive Pro.
I really wish I went through the hassle of figuring out the right parts to fix my old one.
There's one secret to making great rice: Presoaking. All the most advanced rice cookers take about 50 mins to cook white rice. They also offer a Quick mode, which takes 25 mins but makes inferior rice. So what's the difference? The normal mode lets the rice soak for about 30 mins before cooking. And that's exactly how I pressure cook rice. I use the Delay feature for 30 mins before it goes into Rice mode. Makes perfect rice.
The only issue is that if you let the pressure cooker go into Keep Warm mode, it may burn the rice on the bottom a little. This also true of most rice cookers. The Zojirushi has an intelligent Keep Warm that never burns because the induction heating has no hot spots.
Here are other points: Get yourself a non-stick pot. That was the first thing we did after getting the original IP. Cleanup was so much easier, especially for rice. And don't bother washing white rice if it's grown in America. Surface starch is mostly a myth. You know what makes the water cloudy? Not starch. That's vitamin powder, first added early 20th century to alleviate malnutrition. Look on the package and you'd see a warning to not wash the rice to retain nutrition. And you'd see the added vitamins in the ingredients label. Unfortunately, most people don't read the packaging so don't realize they're actually washing vitamins down the drain. We've tried rice rinsed and unrinsed, and there's no difference.
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As for making frozen chicken in one of these, it's pretty simple: just put about an inch of water in the bottom, maybe use some bouillon to add some flavor, then throw your chicken in, with a little salt & pepper.
But make sure you only want a 3 qt. Keep in mind that the pot can never be filled to the top so you're limited to less than 3 qt of food. Generally speaking, 6 qt is the smallest practical size. Many accessories, for example, are made for 6-8 qt models. That includes replacement gaskets and lids that turn your pressure cooker into an air fryer.
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- 9-in-1 Versatility: Pressure cooker, slow cooker, rice cooker, yogurt maker, steamer, sauté pan, egg cooker, sterilizer, and food warmer
- Effortless Cooking: 15 customizable Smart Programs for everything from ribs to yogurt, rice, and even desserts
- Real-Time Cooking Progress: A full cooking progress bar keeps you informed every step of the way
- Improved Steam Venting: New easy-release steam switch makes venting simple and stress-free, automatically resetting when the lid is closed
- Premium Stainless Steel Inner Pot: Tri-ply bottom ensures even cooking, and anti-spin design locks the pot in place for perfect sautéing
- User-Friendly Design: The redesigned control panel makes it easier to monitor cooking status and adjust settings
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