{"id":2484,"date":"2019-04-26T00:03:47","date_gmt":"2019-04-26T00:03:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.dutchovenscookware.com\/?p=2484"},"modified":"2021-08-19T23:14:57","modified_gmt":"2021-08-19T23:14:57","slug":"instant-pot-vs-pressure-cooker","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.dutchovenscookware.com\/instant-pot-vs-pressure-cooker\/","title":{"rendered":"Instant Pot vs Pressure Cooker\u2026Is it worth the hype?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

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Getting used to the Instant Pot has been trial and error\u2026but now that I have a firm grasp on what it can do and can\u2019t do, it is one of my best friends in the kitchen. I love it because it allows me to cook a wide range of food, very quickly and perfectly. For a busy mom, this is important and the cost is minimal when all things are considered.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Instant pot vs pressure cooker \u2026an introduction<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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Instant Pot vs Electric Pressure Cooker<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

It is a question I get asked a lot\u2026Instant pot vs pressure cooker\u2026should I be looking to get one. My answer is always\u2026it depends\u2026ok. this may not be helpful to every body but it really depends on what you cook.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I spent the last two months has testing this contraption relentlessly so I have a lot of information to share with you, hopefully by the end of this post will be able to make an intelligent decision on whether you should buy an Instant pot, a stovetop pressure cooker\u2026. or neither.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rice\u2026no problem<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

I’ve never owned a rice cooker and I didn’t think it was worth the space on the counter but Instant pot changed my mind. Sure, I can make rice on the stovetop pressure cooker<\/a> but I have to watch it closely so that as soon as they steam starts to escape from the lid, I have to turn it down to really low heat. That is twice I need to do something\u2026once for the cooking time and once for the resting time\u2026and I need to plan pretty well so that the rice does not cool off by the time I finish cooking the rest of the meal. In the Instant pot, it takes you one button and I am done. It will take care of cooking, resting and keeping the rice warm until I’m ready for it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What can I say I am hooked, the rice setting works great for white rice, quinoa and buckwheat but for brown rice I need to use high pressure, so I use the manual pressure cooker setting. It is a few more buttons but with all of them pressed upfront and from then on, it\u2019s just as easy as white rice and comes out perfectly every time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It does breakfast too\u2026<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

I am not a morning person and unfortunately one of my children they really likes sushi rice for breakfast with a fried egg on top. Since our town has a little bit of a crazy school bus schedule, she needs to be eating breakfast at 7:30 in the morning and there is no way that I\u2019m waking up at 6:45 in the morning to make rice. With Instant pot, I don’t have to. Get everything assembled the night before and tell it to start cooking in a number of hours\u2026and then to keep it warm\u2026how awesome is that.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Yogurts and cheeses<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

I can buy excellent yogurt without going through the trouble of making it but I cannot buy excellent farmers cheese and to make farmers cheese, you need to ferment milk just like you do for making yogurt. In my house, especially in winter, that is easier said than done because we keep our house very cool. This is where the Instant pot comes in. It gives me the ability to reliably ferment milk in 8 to 10 hours.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I can’t possibly see buying this appliance just for this task but this feature happens to be there which is kind of nice.  Since I bought my Instant pot, I’ve made more cheese<\/a> than I have ever made in my entire life.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Pressure cooker vs instant pot\u2026the slow cooker<\/a> feature<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

I don’t use the slow cooker<\/a> feature so I have not tested it but it’s basically the same as pressure cooker but 10 times slower\u2026so I really don’t see the point so we’re going to move on to the main issue\u2026pressure cooking.