Kitchen Overlord (Kaido),
Do you have a brief summary of all IP models & features?
Haha sure:
1. It's a pressure cooker
2. But unlike stovetop ones, it's way safer (locking lid, temp/pressure detection, etc...won't blow up)
3. It's the same concept as a slow cooker (crockpot), just far, far faster
4. It is multi-functional (on the 7-in-1, you can do yogurt, pressure cooking, sauting, etc.)
5. It lets you make meat, rice, veggies, desserts, etc. easily & quickly
6. It lets you take advantage of food storage to give excellent results (i.e. dry beans, frozen corn on the cob, etc.)
7. It's also good if you want to cook at home (to eat healthy, save money, tailor food to your palette, etc.), but cooking at home is a barrier to you for whatever reason - you don't know how to cook, it takes too much time, etc. With an Instant Pot, you dump everything in the pot & press a button. It's doable!
And for some additional information overload:
Random list of things I use mine for:
1. Cooking dry beans quickly, without soaking overnight (chickpeas for hummus, pinto beans for "refried" beans, etc.)
2. Making yogurt (twice a week usually)
3. Making rice (typically basmati or jasmine)
4. Making Asian dishes (beef & broccoli, orange chicken, etc.)
5. Making Indian dishes (butter chicken, chicken curry, etc.)
6. Making pork dishes (carne asada, pulled pork, kalua pig, quick ribs, etc.)
7. Making chicken dishes (chicken marsala, crack chicken, etc.)
8. Making puddings (bread pudding, rice pudding, tapioca pudding, etc.)
9. Making desserts (cheesecake, compotes, creme brulee
10. Making staples like cottage cheese
11. Making potatoes (regular - sometimes with oven-crisping - and sweet potato)
12. Making applesauce (with an immersion blender)
13. Various stews, soups, and chilis (ex. Panera Bread copycat cheddar broccoli, bean chili, meat chili, meat & bean chili - covers all the haters that way lol)
14. Making perfect hardboiled eggs (which can be eaten plain, sliced into green salads, chopped into egg/potato salads, etc.)
15. Making oatmeal, especially steel-cut oats as they tend to take forever on the stovetop (although lately I've been enjoying cold overnight oats)
16. Random stuff like proofing no-knead bread. I dunno, the list goes on & on. I'm constantly trying new stuff in my pressure cookers...
I have 3 units:
1. 6-quart IP
2. 8-quart IP
3. 14-quart GoWise
I also use my pressure cookers in conjunction with my Anova sous vide machine quite a bit. For dinner, I typically like to do 5 things:
1. Meat (IP or Anova)
2. Veggie (IP)
3. Starch (IP - rice or potatoes)
4. Bread (typically no-knead, but sometimes oven or bread machine)
5. Dessert (usually either cookies from pre-frozen cookie dough balls or homemade ice cream or frozen treats in my Cuisinart)
I keep a lot of stuff in my deep freezer (particular vac-sealed meat with my FoodSaver, bags of frozen veggies, various leftovers in round plastic deli containers or TV dinner trays, homemade ice cream, and vac-sealed balls of cookie dough) & in dry storage (bulk rice, sugar, flour, corn, etc. in 6-gallon food buckets with gamma-seal lids). I have a lot of other various appliances I use as well (commercial panini press, Searzall, outdoor smoker, outdoor grill, mixer, automatic pasta machine, etc.). It was quite an investment all together, but I did it slowly over time while I learned how to cook, so it wasn't too bad on the budget, plus my monthly food budget has dropped down super low since we buy the majority of our food in bulk now (Sam's Club, Costco, restaurant stores, grocery store sales, etc.).
I'll still grab a Whopper from time to time for lunch or go out on a date to a restaurant, but when you can (1) cook food you love & that tastes amazing at home, and (2) cook it quickly & easily thanks to appliances...meh. I can just come home, dump food in my Instant Pot, and have dinner on the cheap without having to go anywhere. Plus I do IIFYM, so meal planning & prep is a lot easier using recipes I've already calculated the macros for.
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