(Part 2) Best electric pressure cookers according to redditors

Vegan, meal-prepping, gym-going, 70hr/wk-worker chiming in. Sorry this got so long!

I've been prepping 10+ meals for myself every Sunday for about 6 months now and it's been awesome. I am saving a lot of money by cooking 95% of my meals, controlling my macro nutrient intake, and greatly cutting down on waste.

I bought some pyrex storage containers from TJMaxx for $2.99 each. I'm sure you can find them cheaper in China. At first I bought a few and over time have collected 10. I may pick up a few more since I've been storing them at home and work. I also invested in an insta-pot (technically a Fagor 4qt) and this, the glass containers, and freezer-grade ziplocks are imperative in the meal prep game. Your problem may be that your fridge becomes quite full and that can be bad for food.

Typically I prep breakfast and lunch which I take to work in the glass containers and will make dinner at home, also prepped in advance but stored differently. Here are some easy meals I've been doing:

• Tofu scramble with southwestern black beans. Topped with half an avocado and Sriracha. (Beans are made by soaking them overnight then insta-pot and they take about 40min of prep to make 10+ servings, tofu scramble only takes 5 min for 10+ servings)
  
  
• "Meat"balls and tomato sauce on brown rice/quinoa with broccoli. (Buy a big bag of frozen broccoli, two bags of vegan meatballs, jar of marinara. Cook brown rice and quinoa in insta-pot. Total prep time for 10 servings is about 20 minutes)
  
  
• Super ramen with veggies, Edamame and mock chicken. (Find some good instant noodles, open the pack and break up the noods into chunks that fit into your container, sprinkle the seasonings on top, put chopped, mixed veg and mock chicken chunks into a reusable baggy, ziplock freezer bags work, and shove that in the container with the uncooked noodles. When you're at work you can microwave the moods for 3 min then add the veg and chix and nuke for 3 more min, spoon on some prepped satay sauce for the win)
  
  
• I'll also make a salad and put it in a gallon sized freezer ziplock, squeeze the air out of it and store those until I throw it in my bag for work.
  
  
• Smoothies are vital, I buy 2-3 bunches of bananas at a time, get 'em freckled and the peel them, break them in half, and freeze them. Also buy large bags of frozen berries when they're on sale. Rounded scoop of [Plant Fusion Complete Protein](Plant Fusion Complete Protein powder) powder in there (economical and a good boost of proteins and BCAAs) huge handful of spinach, pinch of salt (all the dry goods you can portion and throw in a ziplock) and drizzle of agave... PlahPow!
  
  Those are some of my go-to recipes but I'll also make a more adventurous meal in there too to break up the monotony. Just did Korean twice-baked sweet potatoes with jackfruit bulgogi and sesame/kale salad. Made 8 servings and enjoyed them thoroughly. I've done Jerk soy curls with coconut cauliflower rice and spicy cabbage, Mee Goreng with Tempeh... have fun with it.
  
  I keep peanut butter, Sriracha, my homemade satay sauce, salad dressing and a couple of avocados at work. Keeps some fresh fruit in there and a jar of roasted pumpkin seeds at my desk.
  
  The ziplock freezer bags are cool because you can wash them and reuse them a few dozen times. Don't get the slide lock version though. I don't like using a microwave but with my schedule I don't have much choice.
  
  Here's a link to a google doc I made with three recipes. The tofu scramble has got to be the best ever. Black beans are on there too and a PB&J Smoothie.
  
  I'm sure my spelling and grammar are shit, just roll with it.
  
  Edit: adding some links and additional details.

Also ich hab das Teil hier: https://www.amazon.de/Tefal-YV960130-Hei%C3%9Fluft-Fritteuse-Fassungsverm%C3%B6gen-Rezeptbuch/dp/B006TF4OP2 (bzw. das Vorgängermodell)

Hab damals für glaub 80€ bekommen. Diese ganzen Tefalelektrogeräte sind eigentlich noch recht oft im Angebot. Ist natürlich immernoch teuer, aber ist schon geil. Man benutzt nur wenig Fett, es stinkt nicht und ist alles Spülmaschinenfest. Man kann auch einige andere Sachen drin machen und wird am Ende alles gut.

Ist halt nicht der ganz typische Fritteusengeschmack, weil man weniger öl benutzt. Ich finde sie aber geil.

200€ würd ich aber nicht bezahlen.

Agree with this. They're both non-pressure modes (IP's Saute and your Sear) which just heat the bottom of the inner pot (lid off). The only problem would be if the Sear on yours had only one temperature setting the equivalent of very hot. (The IP has 3 "adjustment" temps when using the Saute mode --Less, Normal, More...that is, Low, Medium, High.) Even if your Sear were very hot, you could still saute by moving things around really quickly rather than letting a meat for example sit in one spot till it browned.

(Amazon's big sale day is just about here though --July 11-- where many of the Instant Pot models will be on significant sale, if you're interested.
You might get more info re your unit from its Customer Reviews at amazon:
https://www.amazon.com/farberware-7-1-programmable-pressure-cooker/dp/B015YQ2PSE
And you could also compare that to the Customer Reviews for the best-selling Instant Pot 7-in-1:
https://www.amazon.com/Instant-Pot-Multi-Use-Programmable-Pressure/dp/B00FLYWNYQ )

I wanted to get a presser/slow cooker and bought GJS Gourmet BT100-6L. Stainless steel pot, supposed to do yogurt, saute, etc. It works, but do your homework. If I had to do it over, I'd get one that lets you set the temp/time manually. The preset programs are a bit ambiguous.

Seriously, get an electric pressure cooker. I can make beans from dry in the bag to finished in about an hour. I can make a "cooked all day" stew in about the same time. Baked potatoes? About 5 minutes. It is an amazing appliance. I love cook top pressure cookers, but the electric takes away all the adjusting and messing around. Set it and it finishes, then it holds itself on warm until you get back to it. The only thing I don't care for with a stove top version is the fact that it needs to be monitored. An electric pressure cooker is so versatile I can't even express it enough. I don't have a pressure cooker and a rice cooker and a slow cooker. I have an electric pressure cooker and it does the job of all of them.

This looks like an awesome one as it has capacity AND it can be used for canning. That is one feature I wish mine had. This gets to 15psi which is important for canning.

https://www.amazon.com/Pressure-pre-set-functions-Searing-Technology/dp/B016QS547I

Here it is. Thank you for the help. It came with a small booklet with a few recipes. I am going to try and make ribs tomorrow as a test.

I looked into this method back in the day when stealth was a concern, just ran the PC on the stove when no one was home, then after getting tired of that I went and bought an Electronic PC from Walmart. A bit small and pricey, but works and is super quiet.

Now I have no need for such things, wanna buy my old one? :P Kidding, I couldn't ship it cheap enough to make it worth it.

I'd hit the return button on Amazon and get something Electric, they typically give measurements in KPA or something. Mine, when converted was like 12psi, but honestly I never had any problems.

I found this one for $59.

This is the one that I have, a bit more expensive but at least you can be sure it will work. I can fit 4 pint jars at a time, and 3 quarts. It sucks, but that's why they make the All American pressure cookers for big kids :P

I feel ya brother, it's not always easy keeping things from the prying eyes of curious roomates or significant others.

Protip, life's much easier when you don't have to be sneaky deaky.

Good luck!

I have a GoWISE USA 8qt. They have a few different sizes. For most people the 6qt is pretty much perfect, but I do a lot of large batch stuff for groups and also because I cook then freeze meals for later consumption.

I just bought one of these about 3 weeks ago and love it. I got the regular one, though I did a lot of research trying to figure out what the pressure and the induction models had for the extra $$$. In the end I never totally figured it out, but it didn't seem to me like the pressure rice cooker was interchangeable with an Instant Pot, it just cooked rice faster, so I just went with the regular Zojirushi.

Have you heard of the Cuckoo? It's a Korean company very similar to Zojirushi that makes high end rice cookers. The one I linked to is a rice cooker that is also an Instant Pot with all the IP functions including yogurt maker. It's an amazing device. If I ever decide to get an IP it's the Cuckoo for sure.

I got this device and it came with a steamer rack I just a cup of water in the pot and set the steamer rack with the bowl of food I wanted heated (bachelor) set it one minute steam, it heated up, hit temp for 1 minute and then depressured.

It was refrigerated long grain rice and curry tofu, it didn't make the food super wet, or at all that I could really tell, and the reheated rice turned out really nice, I almost never eat reheated rice anymore since it's usually pretty nasty after refrigeration (frozen for some reason works).

My pot is big enough to fit a 2 quart loaf pan I have, so that's pretty awesome, after a big of cooling I can lift it out with the steamer rack handles, I would make something out of coat hangers if I didn't have handles.

I basically stand by the comment you found and pmd me about. Micom, pressure, and induction are the priority of features to look for from top to bottom. Fwiw my mother finds the pressure cooked rice to be different enough that she is not used to it. Then again I picked the highest pressure cooker I could find.

One benefit it seems for skipping induction besides price is there are larger models available and instant pot like ones, one I linked below, with rice and other dishes available (though I've cooked a curry in my 3 cup Eco 2 using the mixed rice setting). This model even has a stainless interior which has no chance of flaking off.

Cuckoo CMC-QSN501S, Q5 SUPERIOR 8 in 1 Multi Pressure https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0786XV8Q6/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apa_i_0Gy4CbY194PD0

Induction based models seem to focus on the multitudes of rice you could be eating. Gaba, brown, even with a slight toasting like in a bim bim bap.

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i buy the bilaca 6quart Non-Stick Coating Inner pressure cooker that is 12%off in amazon，

www.amazon.com/Electric-Pressure-BILACA-Programmable-Non-Stick/dp/B07KST54BH

It would make tons of scary noises lol，

I prefer to use much smaller pressure cookers for individual meals. I have a range of stovetop models from 1.5L, 3L, 4qt and this Cosori 2Qt electric model. These are great to quickly cook rice, potatoes, soups, stews, etc. for individuals. The small stovetop models get up to pressure much more quickly and are easy to handle to use the cold water release method of depressurizing. I'm now too impatient to use my 6Qt Instant Pot for anything but large batch cooking. I'm usually finished cooking and I'm enjoying my food in less time than the 6Qt Instant Pot comes to pressure and has barely started cooking.

I also have a combo convection microwave and a convection toaster oven for quick baking and browning. I think these are better separate from pressure cooking.

Beside that, that Ninja Foodi is friggen MASSIVE. Think of all that volume that has to get filled up with steam pressure before it can even start to cook at full pressure.

Automatic pressure cooker. http://www.amazon.com/Cuisinart-Electric-Pressure-6-Quart-Stainless/dp/B003RCEVOY/ref=sr_1_1?s=home-garden&ie=UTF8&qid=1311364055&sr=1-1

I want one :(

I have one of these and love it ... 2 cups of brown rice, 3 cups of water, 45 minutes. Perfect brown rice every time. :)

My mistake, it looked like an affiliate link but on closer examination it's just the cruft Amazon adds in there. I edited my post.

BTW, you can remove most of the stuff from the link and it still works: http://smile.amazon.com/Instant-Pot-IP-DUO50-Programmable-Generation/dp/B00FQ6VEKS/