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[quote=Anonymous]I'm the OP on this thread and I have an update.

After dithering for months, I bought an Instant Pot about 10 days ago (the ultra, because I wanted the snazzier interface).  I decided I was willing to plunk down the money to satisfy my curiosity, and I did not have super high expectations.  Contrary to some of the opinions expressed on this thread, my assessment so far is that it DOES make tastier food than the slow cooker.

So far I have made several recipes from twosleevers.com -- butter chicken, lamb rogan josh, basic dal, and a rice/dal/peanuts thing.  All were excellent.  I was particularly surprised with the flavor of the lamb rogan josh, because the recipe calls for dumping everything in at once -- no sauteeing onions or browning meat.  And I've cooked plenty of Indian food before so I feel like I had some basis for comparison.

I've also made a chicken noodle soup, bbq brisket (outstanding!), and spare ribs.  All good.

Meat turns out tender, and the flavor seems to penetrate the meat rather than just coat the surface, like the slow cooker.  Also, food doesn't have that greasy or "overcooked" taste/texture.  Slow cooker has been banished to the basement.

The main issue to work out is timing.  It is not entirely clear how long the pot will take to come up to pressure, or to come down again if a natural pressure release is called for.

I don't think this thing will be a time saver, per se, but it will make certain things (beans, soups, briskets, Indian food) feasible without having started the day before and without significant babysitting as they cook.  That's worthwhile to me.

Thanks to everyone who opined.[/quote]

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