We got a family gift for our tiny home. We added an instant pot to our cooking essentials. Living on a boat especially on the hook can add challenges to healthy cooking. I already have some great products that I use daily. I have always been a huge cook and I loved using a crockpot. I purchased a 12v crockpot, so I can use it only on solar, but they really don’t make them large enough for our family and it uses more power then it should. I was looking for another solution. The solution I found was the instant pot. I used it two times so far which is why I am saying it is a small review. The first thing I do have to mention if you are using this product in a tiny space with limited power you will need a generator if you get the size I have. Now I’m not saying if your solar panels can handle the 1000 watts that’s great, but I like to use my house batteries for stuff like lights etc. at night. With the power issue addressed I have to say that I am pleased with the size of instant pot I purchased. The pot is a 6qt which is a lot but not for me I cook for 3 adults plus 1 adult lunch every day. This instant pot has some great features soup/broth, meat/stew, cake, egg, sauté, rice cooker, multigrain, porridge, steam, slow cook. So far, the only features I tried are sauté, soup and meat. The two meals I made are Salisbury steak and whole chicken. I used the sauté feature to fry the hamburger patties prior to adding the other ingredients. Then I used the meat feature to make the entire meal. It only took me around 30 minutes to complete everything which is good because normally I would use a crockpot taking 4-6 hours to cook. The next thing I cooked was a whole 5lb chicken and vegs. I only used the sauté feature which took only 30 minutes to fully cook. I don’t know about you but when I lived in a house and oven baked a whole chicken even in the convention oven took over 3 hours. The chicken came out so yummy and was falling off the bone. I highly recommend this product and will be posting recipes soon.
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