<story><title>How the Instant Pot cooker developed a cult following</title><url>http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-39058736</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>koolba</author><text>What&amp;#x27;s an example of a task you didn&amp;#x27;t think it was capable of?</text></item><item><author>AlexB138</author><text>This is pretty funny for me to read. As the article mentions many people apparently did, I picked up an Instant Pot on Prime Day last year. I had no idea there was such a following around it until reading this, I just wanted a pressure cooker.&lt;p&gt;I received it, and stuck it in my closet expecting to pull it out when I needed to pressure cook something. My wife discovered it pretty soon after and began using it for several tasks I didn&amp;#x27;t even realize it was capable of. She absolutely loves the thing, to the point I was joking with her about it. It&amp;#x27;s funny to me to see that our experience is far from unique.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>Itaxpica</author><text>Even just focusing on the pressure cooking aspect, it turns out you can pressure cook all sorts of things you might not expect until you own one. For example, I&amp;#x27;ve made incredible cheesecake in my Instant Pot.</text></comment>
<story><title>How the Instant Pot cooker developed a cult following</title><url>http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-39058736</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>koolba</author><text>What&amp;#x27;s an example of a task you didn&amp;#x27;t think it was capable of?</text></item><item><author>AlexB138</author><text>This is pretty funny for me to read. As the article mentions many people apparently did, I picked up an Instant Pot on Prime Day last year. I had no idea there was such a following around it until reading this, I just wanted a pressure cooker.&lt;p&gt;I received it, and stuck it in my closet expecting to pull it out when I needed to pressure cook something. My wife discovered it pretty soon after and began using it for several tasks I didn&amp;#x27;t even realize it was capable of. She absolutely loves the thing, to the point I was joking with her about it. It&amp;#x27;s funny to me to see that our experience is far from unique.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>swalsh</author><text>Carnitas in 30 minutes.  Pulled chicken in 7 minutes (which is actually really good!).  Rice in minutes.  There&amp;#x27;s always another way to do any of these things, but the instant pot does all of them.&lt;p&gt;My wife has 2 of them, we throw together whole dinners in minutes, the primary one never leaves the counter because it&amp;#x27;s become a daily tool.  Our microwave stopped working about 6 months ago, and instead of replacing it, we just gave the microwaves spot on our counter to the instant pot.</text></comment>