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From the manufacturer. Central Dial A simple turn and press for easier and more precise cooking program selection and adjustment. Ultimate Custom Programming For the home chef looking for a greater degree of customization and control for even greater precision cooking. Altitude Adjustment Eliminates the guesswork from a recipe conversion to provide a more precise cooking time. Cooking Progress Indicator Allows you can monitor the cooking states: Exterior Brushed stainless steel finger print resistant with lid holder for left and right handed users.
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Smartphone Comparisons. Ultimate Tech Gift Guides. Change Ad Consent. Check Out Our Deals. View Job Opportunities. All rights reserved. Site by Reaction. I use this for everything! How did I live without this before??? I live in a Sprinter van full-time and was using an induction burner for cooking, but since I've gotten this little gem, I haven't used the induction burner once! This is so easy to use, and it's the perfect size for one or two people. I've been making a lot of stews, and I'll saute the onions, carrots, and meat if I'm using meat then add everything else, seal it, and set it for 7 minutes on high pressure.
I let it release naturally and have a perfectly cooked, tasty meal every time.
This gives me enough for 4 or 5 servings. I also quick soaked beans the other day by covering them with water, hitting pressure for 5 min. I'll often make dinner right after I reheat my lunch, and make sure the keep warm function is on. I'm able to drive with it in my sink and have a hot, healthy, delicious meal waiting for me when I'm done driving. I've even baked banana bread in it!!! So exciting, because I don't have an oven. It turned out SO good!
Many people put a towel over the valve before they turn it, to help suppress the steam, which you may want to do I don't because then I just end up with a scalding hot towel - but I also rarely need to do QR, and those times that I do, I'm sufficiently respectful of the power and heat of that steam to keep my distance. Now, one can set the exact parameters desired to achieve perfect results each and every time. You can put something in there in the morning, leave for the day, and come back to a perfectly cooked whatever, just waiting for you! With the 'Altitude' adjustment, the guesswork is eliminated from a recipe conversion providing a more precise cooking time. High Grade Stainless Steel. Technical Specification Other Content [pdf ].
I used one of the containers and the lid from my To-Go Ware stainless steel lunch container to bake it in on the rack. Because this cooks so quickly, it is very easy on my solar system. I can reheat leftovers on saute in 4 minutes, and it's only drawing 67a while it's on. I did have a VitaClay, that I absolutely loved for making beans, and especially bone broth, but it takes much longer to cook and is heavier.
So, more battery drain, more storage space, and more weight as compared to the Instant Pot Mini and the Mini wins on each count! Anne P.
But I will be the first to admit that it can be a little intimidating at first, and it can feel like it has a steep learning curve and I'm a tech reviewer and tech lawyer, and one of those people who generally just jumps in and figures things out without reading the manuals "Manuals? We don't need no stinkin' manuals! Such as, how long is each pre-programmed cooking cycle? Things like that. So, here are a few tips that have really helped me to finally 'get' it, plus instructions for two things that you can make in your Instant Pot that will change your life: First, it is almost impossible to mess up with this thing to a point of being dangerous, so if you're concerned about the exploding pressure cookers of yore, you needn't be I said "almost", don't go overriding your pot's safety features and then blame me when you poke an eye out.
The lid audibly tells you when its sealed when you turn it clockwise , and the pot won't even build up much pressure if you haven't properly closed the steam release handle by turning it, too, clockwise. The most likely point at which a problem could arise would be if you try to open the lid by turning it counter-clockwise before all of the pressure has been released and normalized so don't do that.
The pot visually lets you know when it's safe to open the pot, by the float valve the little silver post that pops up when the pot is pressurized dropping back down flush with the lid instead of being popped up. That is primarily what makes them different from manual, which provides one consistent pressure either high or low.
Personally I just find it easier to use 'manual' and set the time that I want. After you hit 'manual' to start cooking, you then set the amount of time you want it to cook at pressure, after which you will have a second grace period for example to add more time, etc. Then it will be a while before the display switches to the timer countdown. And this brings us to the two different types of pressure release. What these mean is simply either "let the pressure dissipate on its own" natural pressure release , or "force the pressure to escape immediately by turning the steam release handle counter-clockwise to the open position quick release.
The reason for using quick release QR is not because you are too impatient to wait for natural release, but because your food will be over cooked if you don't get it the heck out of dodge once it's done cooking at pressure. On the other hand, lots of if not most foods need the natural release - it's part of their cooking process and processing time. Natural pressure release generally takes between 15 and 20 minutes.
Many people put a towel over the valve before they turn it, to help suppress the steam, which you may want to do I don't because then I just end up with a scalding hot towel - but I also rarely need to do QR, and those times that I do, I'm sufficiently respectful of the power and heat of that steam to keep my distance. Finally, in my experience, unless you are doing a "dump everything in at once and turn it on" recipe, you will definitely want to have all of your ingredients ready to go before you start cooking.
I have ruined the beauty of this pot! How can I fix it? In my case I had made beans, and my pot now still bears the "imprints" of beans, even though it is completely clean.. Ok, I think that those are about all of the things that I had wished that I had fully understood on my first day with my Instant Pot. Oh, actually there's one more thing. I didn't fully appreciate, until several days in, just how amazing this aspect of the Instant Pot is: For up to 10 hours!
You can put something in there in the morning, leave for the day, and come back to a perfectly cooked whatever, just waiting for you! I think this is the thing that pressure cooker purists who try to talk people out of getting an Instant Pot, rather than a stovetop pressure cooker, fail to understand. You can't just walk away from a stovetop pressure cooker after the stuff starts cooking. Personally, I have both, as they each serve their own purpose, and the trivet that comes with the set is really useful for pot-in-pot cooking, at which you may also want to try your hand.
Pot-in-pot or "PIP" is where you put a second, smaller vessel inside your Instant Pot's main internal pot. There are different reasons for doing this, ranging from "I only want to cook a small amount of something like oatmeal" to "I want to cook a cheesecake in my Instant Pot" to "I want to cook two different things at the same time in my Instant Pot like cooking beans, and having a bowl of rice on a trivet see why you want a good trivet?
For pot-in-pot cooking, I recommend any stainless steel vessel that is no greater in diameter than 7. Lots of people use glass vessels such as Pyrex or Corningware, but I personally prefer to use stainless steel because if you drop it you'll just have a mess, rather than a mess plus broken glass. Basically, in these usages, you can think of your Instant Pot as a counter-top stove burner albeit one with really cool bells and whistles - that may help you to understand why you want a see-through! Plus, once you are done cooking in any mode, you can use the inner pot to store the leftovers in your fridge, and use this lid to cover it.
Personally, I like to have a physical book when it comes to cookbooks, and so I like this one Pressure Cooker Perfection I also happen to be a strict vegetarian, and for vegetarian and vegan Instant Pot cooking, this book by J. Fields is considered the best book out there it's pretty darned good! Vegan Pressure Cooking: Delicious Beans, Grains, and One-Pot Meals in Minutes And if you also are vegetarian or vegan, you'll appreciate the recipes in this one: O M Gee Good!
Vegan Under Pressure: Poached Eggs: Lightly grease 1 to 4 depending on how many poached eggs you want Pyrex custard cups with butter or oil. Put a cup of water in the bottom of your Instant Pot, put a steamer basket or trivet in the pot making sure that the water doesn't come over the top , and set your Pyrex cups in the steamer basket or on the trivet. I use my Oxo steamer basket for this, and I love that when they are done I can just grab the handle and pull the whole shebang out remember the handle will be HOT, be sure to wear an oven mitt.
Use Manual setting, low pressure, for 2 to 3 minutes. Baked Potatoes: Remember how I said you could make baked potatoes in 12 minutes?
When you are ready for your potatoes, they will be perfectly done and waiting for you, even if you have abandoned them for hours! Just put water in the bottom of your Instant Pot, flip the legs down on your Oxo steamer, put the steamer in the pot and then dump your potatoes in on top of the steamer. Using the Manual setting, set the cooking time for 12 minutes, using high pressure. Then walk away! Now, because these are 'steam baked' i. This works with new potatoes, and regular potatoes!
Happy Instant Potting! This pot is designed to not work. The surface area of the pressure indicating valve is too small for the weight of the valve to be lifted by steam pressure. The valve stays open and the pot simply boils away the liquid inside and does not build pressure. The "solution" is to use an implement of some sort to manually pull the indicating valve up into a sealed position once the pot starts to make steam. If this is not done, the valve will not lift and seal and water will simply boil away. It is important to note that this is not due to a dirty valve, a sticky valve, insufficient liquid or any malfunction.
Rather, it is designed into the pot. Ours will be relegated to stock pot duty as we have found it to be totally unusable as a pressure cooker. I bought this cooker for my wife a little more than 1 year ago.