Instant Brands, maker of Instant Pot and Pyrex cookware, files for bankruptcy

Re:Instant Brands, maker of Instant Pot and Pyrex cookware, ... by chongli on Wednesday June 14, 2023 @12:10AM (#36321339)

Instant Pot sold a model called the Max which went up to the full pressure of stovetop pressure cookers. It didn’t sell. The problem is that it took so much longer to reach the highest pressure. The main limitation? North American household 110V 15-amp circuits max out at 1650W (and typical appliances max out around 1350W to leave margin).

If we had European 240V circuits we could have an Instant Pot designed for well over 2000W and it wouldn’t be an issue.

The same story goes for electric kettles. Alec of Technology Connections [1] went into extensive detail about it!

[1] https://youtu.be/_yMMTVVJI4c

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Re:Instant Brands, maker of Instant Pot and Pyrex cookware, ... by callalex on Wednesday June 14, 2023 @03:05AM (#36322457)

My instant pot (the “ultra” model) only draws a maximum of 700w. It’s very annoying that they seemingly cheaped out on the heating element, it makes it take way too long to get up to pressure.

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Re:Instant Brands, maker of Instant Pot and Pyrex cookware, ... by markus92 on Wednesday June 14, 2023 @08:13AM (#36324686)

Yup. I have an EU version, the heating element draws exactly 1000W during the pressurization cycle. It takes pretty much the same time to pressurize as the US version does.

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