I have a 6qt Cuisinart Electric Pressure Cooker. It probably sat in the box for the first year before I even opened it. We use it quite frequently now. The Cuisinart has a non stick interior, which might be a good and a bad thing. Things don't stick, but like all nonsticks, the finish is peeling away.
I've been thinking of upgrading lately for 2 reasons:
- The nonstick coating is peeling.
- I find the 6qt size to be a little too small, especially when you're supposed to leave sufficient head space at the top.
Instant Pot may well be the best known brand of electric pressure cookers. My mom got my mother in law this 14qt GoWISE electric pressure cooker:
https://www.amazon.com/GoWISE-USA-GW22637-4th-Generation-measuring/dp/B01LVZY19H/ref=sr_1_1 because it was the largest one we could find.
It seems like fundamentally most pressure cookers are basically the same. Some just have some preset cook settings. I think the one thing to look out for is the specific amount of pressure that each cooker cooks at as there isn't an industry standard for what exactly high vs low pressure translates into in terms of bars of pressure.
We like to make soup broth, Japanese curry, seafood boil, rice porridge, and some other things in there. We already have a Japanese rice cooker, but I've heard you can make great rice - especially sushi rice in an Instant Pot.
You should definitely buy one Bob!
