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Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #77 in Kitchen & Housewares
• Size: 6.33-qt
• Color: Black
• Brand: Instant Pot
• Model: IP-LUX60
• Dimensions: 10.23" h x 11.81" w x 12.60" l, 14.33 pounds

Features

• 6-in-1 Multi-Functional Cooker (Pressure Cooker, Saute/Browning, Slow Cooker, Rice Cooker, Steamer & Warmer). Large, Easy to Use Control Panel
• 10 Built-in Smart Programs: Meat/Stew, Saute, Poultry, Soup, Bean/Chili, Congee, Steam, Multigrain, Rice and Slow Cook with 3 Adjustable Modes
• 10 Proven Safety Mechanisms: UL and ULC Certified; Safe, Convenient and Dependable
• Delay Cooking Timer: Up to 24-Hour, Automatic Keep-warm, Manual Setting: Up to 120 Minute Cook Time, 3 Temperatures for Saute/Browning and Slow Cook
• 6L/6.33-quart 3-Ply Bottom Stainless Steel Cooking Pot, Stainless Steel Steaming Rack

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Customer Reviews

Most helpful customer reviews

161 of 164 people found the following review helpful.
"Ladies and gentlemen - this thing is officially awesome"
By Jack London
Pressure cooker veteran here - thumbs up on this one!

I have owned 8 different pressure cookers over the years, including an earlier version of the Instant Pot as well as the now-ancient oval (90 degree insert inside, pull up, turn back and clip-lock) lid with weight back in Europe in the 70's.

This, so far, is the best pressure cooker I have yet seen.

It functions as a slow cooker, as an above-average quality rice cooker and -let's not forget- a really good pressure cooker.

Disclaimer: we do still use our trusted Zojirushi rice cooker when a lot of things are cooking at the same time (and as far as stand-alone rice cookers go, Zojirushi makes the best, btw.)

Back to the pressure cooker... Some of the software limitations of the previous Instant Pot were fixed (namely, having to push the button for each and every minute, with only a 60 minute maximum timer - that was maddening). This control panel lets you click&hol d and very quickly fly through the times, up until 120 minutes. It does fly through 0, so you can go up or down the shortest path to your desired time.

Pluses of this particular pressure cooker:

Much, much, MUCH more convenient to use than the "manual" type pressure cookers where you have to stand by until you hear the pressure has built up, then start the counter, then turn it off when it is done. This thing does everything on it's own. Put the food in, set the desired cooking time, press start. Leave for work, come home and it is done (with stand-by heat so as to avoid spoilage).

Quality, pretty thick stainless steel pot (stay away from coated pots, aluminum pots, etc. as they leach bad stuff into food)

Virtually silent, you also have almost no food smell coming into your home during cooking, thanks to the internal pressure sensor. Psst, psst, psst sound gone.

Extremely energy efficient (much more so than the stov e-top models, as you are heating only the inside, not the surrounding area. Energy savings multiplier during the summer, as you don't have to cancel out the cooking heat with air conditioning the way you would with gas stove types that heat up the kitchen.

Very easy to clean - since only the pot has to be cleaned, it fits in the dishwasher better than the stove-top type with handles.

Very good quality, overall.

Ladies and gentlemen - this thing is officially awesome.

ps: also get "Miss Vickie's Big Book of Pressure Cooker Recipes"... This is the pressure cooker book to get.
Miss Vickie's Big Book of Pressure Cooker Recipes

If you search the title on the web, her website also has a ton of the cooking times listed for free.

"missvickie.com" (not a tie-in, I have no connection to them)

or search "site:missvickie.com " followed by whatever food you need the cooking time for.

Examples o f Google Searches (the the lines below exactly as they are, including spacing):

site:missvickie.com rice

site:missvickie.com broccoli

site:missvickie.com ribs

I search for times of misc. food to cook on my smartphone like this, too. Very useful...

65 of 65 people found the following review helpful.
I Am Really Glad I Chose This Over a Slow Cooker
By JR
The teflon wore out on my slow cooker so I went looking for a replacement and discovered electric pressure cookers. Here are the reasons why I am so happy with my choice of the Instant Pot:
1. I wanted a non teflon coated and found the Instant Pot is one of the very few electric pressure cookers or slow cookers offering a stainless steel interior pot.
2. The Instant Pot is as easy to use as my Sanyo rice cooker or any programmable slow cooker.
3. Vegetables and potatoes cook in half to a third of the time as boiling. The quick cooking time helps to preserve more of the taste of the veggies than boiling in my opintion
4. Congee came out great. Using sushi grade rice, I found the instructions for rice to water ratio to be right on. There was no burning nor sticking to the bottom of the pot.
5. Cooking tripe for menudo took a little over an hour. This is much shorter than the normal several hours of simmering.
6. Beef knee bones for s oup stock took about 2 hours before most of the knee broke down to be soft. This is much shorter than the normal 6 to 8 hours it would take to simmer and soften the knee bones connective tissues.
7. Ox tails took 1 hour vs 3 to 6 hours by simmering. While making the ox tails I filled the pot to the maximum limit and a little over. There were no leaks while cooking, however I released the pressure valve while it was cooking to see what would happen!!! Some of the soup stock soon exited the valve. The instructions say to let the pot sit for awhile before venting but I wanted to try it. I was expecting a mess inside of the Instant Pot but the internal seal held and interior heating area outside of the stainless steel pot was clean and spotless. Kudos for the Instant Pot design but I had to thoroughly clean the lid and valve assembly.
8. Throughout all of the cooking, never once was there any burning or sticking at the bottom of the pot. I used a teflon safe scrubbing sponge to clean the pot. I would recommend you don't use steel wool or a harsh scurbber to clean the pot. Keeping a shiny, scratchless interior helps to keep the pot easy to clean and prevent food from sticking.
9. I browned the meat in a separate frying pan, then deglazed the pan and emptied the contents into the Instant Pot. I would not recommend browning meat in the Instant Pot stainless steel pot.
10. The quality of material and build appear to be excellent. The lid, interior parts, stainless steel pot seem sturdy so far. Nothing feels cheap in this unit.
11. When the unit initially heats up, there is a little steam that escapes through the emergency vent. It soon seals up and operates normally as the unit heats to operating temperature.

Overall I am very happy with the unit and have nothing negative to say about the Instant Pot.

131 of 140 people found the following review helpful.
Programmable cooker replaces three kitchen appliances
By Joanna Daneman
My previous cooker, some years old, is the "old school" pot style, with a single handle and a simple pressure release on the top. It works well, but it is somewhat limited in scope --and you have to regulate the pressure essentially by the flame on the stove.

I really wanted something more adjustable, and in addition, more versatile. This pressure cooker is an electric appliance, using a power cord and sitting on the countertop rather than on the stove. Because you use an electric element to heat the unit, you can adjust from low and slow, like a crock pot up to a full pressure cooker to speed along a soup or stew.

Since I had gotten rid of my slow cooker, I realized I could replace not only the old pressure cooker, but get a new slow cooker. And my rice cooker is wearing out (the membrane control on the top is nearing the end of its life.) So this unit could replace all three. Theoretically, you can do low-acid canning (vegetables and meats) but I p refer to use a unit with a visible pressure dial and in addition, you can't do a huge batch of bottles with this unit so I'd say while you "could" do it, I wouldn't, if I were serious about low-acid canning, choose this as my appliance of choice.

My first dish was a chicken rice pilaf, adapted from an Indian recipe. The pilaf is designed for pressure cooking (common in Indian recipes) and it worked well despite the fact I had to adjust for the recipe specifying "whistles" which is how the older pressure cookers told you they'd reached proper pressure.

I like having this on the countertop rather than on the stove, and it's fast. I often have to cook dinner when I come home and I don't have time to really do a long cooked dish, and on the weekend, if I'm cooking in advance for the week ahead, this speeds up my work. Big thumbs up.