How the Instant Pot cooker developed a cult following

Re:How the Instant Pot cooker developed a cult following by rnernento on Tuesday March 07, 2017 @09:49AM (#13810677)

It's great to see the Instant Pot on Hacker News.

A couple of key takeaways:

- There's no marketing magic here, this is just a great product.

- It's ugly, and the interface is weird. Doesn't matter, it gets the job done.

- Pressure cookers have been around for a long time, they're a really great cooking technology marred by some serious safety and inconvenience issues. There are a bunch of companies competing in Sous Vide right now (the hot new cooking trend) but the Instant Pot guys just took old technology and made it slightly better.

edit: formatting

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Re:How the Instant Pot cooker developed a cult following by creaghpatr on Tuesday March 07, 2017 @12:27PM (#13812438)

Love the points made here, my first impression of this was I thought this pot was sort of gimmicky/redundant than practical for daily use.

Then I went home for Christmas and my mom was downright evangelical about this thing. My family is deep in the cooking gadget game but I've never seen this much enthusiasm for a new appliance.

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Re:How the Instant Pot cooker developed a cult following by alphakappa on Tuesday March 07, 2017 @10:09AM (#13810846)

Use the Breville version, and you will not complain about the user interface. The whole thing is gorgeous.

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Re:How the Instant Pot cooker developed a cult following by robocat on Wednesday March 08, 2017 @04:39PM (#13824079)

I chose my microwave by searching for a nice UI (knobs not keypad).

Breville was it.

Do they work especially hard at making devices usable?

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Re:How the Instant Pot cooker developed a cult following by M_Grey on Tuesday March 07, 2017 @11:18AM (#13811581)

Do you have a model number, or a link?

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Re:How the Instant Pot cooker developed a cult following by kartD on Tuesday March 07, 2017 @11:51AM (#13811954)

I think it's this one https://www.amazon.com/Breville-Fast-Slow-Pro-Silver/dp/B013...

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Re:How the Instant Pot cooker developed a cult following by M_Grey on Tuesday March 07, 2017 @12:38PM (#13812585)

Thanks very much!

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Re:How the Instant Pot cooker developed a cult following by slantyyz on Tuesday March 07, 2017 @10:43AM (#13811187)

One thing I also notice is that the silicone seal inherits past smells of things you've cooked. Seems to be hard to get rid of the smell too.

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Re:How the Instant Pot cooker developed a cult following by cmccomas on Tuesday March 07, 2017 @10:47AM (#13811236)

Yeah, that's a definite issue I've had in dealing with mine. Fortunately, they're easy to swap in/out and are mostly affordable to buy new ones ($11 for a two pack on amazon right now).

I have one I use for the chilis, bbq, ribs, etc I do. One for soups and such, etc. It's a slight pain I guess, but the ease of use of the Instant Pot in general outweighs swapping out the silicone seal occasionally.

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Re:How the Instant Pot cooker developed a cult following by jedberg on Tuesday March 07, 2017 @12:35PM (#13812548)

We have multiple rings in the house, one designated "sweet" and the other "savory", so that we can avoid this problem.

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Re:How the Instant Pot cooker developed a cult following by ycombinete on Wednesday March 08, 2017 @04:34AM (#13819114)

I had actually assumed that the article itself was native advertising tbh. Still do.

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