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Instant Pot Lux 6-in-1 Electric Pressure Cooker, Slow Cooker, Rice Cooker, Steamer, Saute, and Warmer|6 Quart|12 One-Touch Programs

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Brand	Instant Pot
Capacity	6 Liters
Material	Stainless steel
Closure Type	Outer Lid, Inner Lid
Color	Black
Finish Type	Stainless Steel
Special Feature	Manual, Dishwasher Safe, Programmable
Wattage	1000 watts
Voltage	220 Volts
Item Weight	14.57 Pounds

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6-in-1 Multi-Functional Cooker--Pressure Cooker, Saute/Browning, Slow Cooker, Rice Cooker, Steamer & Warmer
Large, easy to use control panel with ten built-in Smart Programs, automatic keep-warm, and 3 temperatures for saute/browning and slow cook
Delay cooking time up to 24-Hours; Manual setting up to 120 minutes of cook time, UL and ULC certified with 10 proven safety mechanisms; Highly energy efficient
Includes 3-ply bottom stainless steel cooking pot, stainless steel steam rack, rice paddle, soup spoon, measuring cup, instructions, recipes, and cooking time tables
Capacity: 6L/6.33 Qt, Power rating: 1000W, Voltage: 110v/60Hz, Gross weight: 14.57 pounds ; Refer User Manual page -17 for Trouble shooting steps

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Versatility

4.9

Quality of material

4.6

Timer function

4.4

Durability

4.4

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Product Description

Instant Pot is the next generation Electric Pressure Cooker designed by Canadians specifically for North American consumers. It speeds up cooking by 26 times using up to 70-percent less energy, and, above all, produces nutritious healthy food in a convenient and consistent fashion.Instant Pot IP-LUX60 is a 6-in-1 programmable cooker combining the functions of a pressure cooker, saute/browning, slow cooker, rice cooker, steamer and warmer. The latest 3rd Generation technology with an embedded microprocessor greatly improve cooking result, maintain consistence and enhance safety. Your favorite dishes are within the reach of pressing a button with 10 built-in programs and 3 adjustable modes. 3 temperatures in Saute for browning or thickening, and 3 temperatures in Slow Cook to complete the tasks of a common slow cooker. It also works as a perfect porridge maker allowing you wake up with a fresh made porridge.Instant Pot cuts the cooking time and energy consumption by up to 70-percent. It also preserves the nutrition and flavors in natural ingredients. Instant Pot produces almost no noise nor steam, and is truly a kitchen-friendly appliance. The stainless steel inner pot leaves no health concerns of non-stick coating residual. The brushed stainless steel exterior is finger print proof. Instant Pot is the must-have cooking appliance in your fast-paced, health-oriented and green-conscious life style. Instructions, Recipe and Cooking time table in English, Spanish, French and Chinese are included.

Product information

Brand

Instant Pot

Capacity

6 Liters

Material

Stainless steel

Closure Type

Outer Lid, Inner Lid

Color

Black

Finish Type

Stainless Steel

Special Feature

Manual, Dishwasher Safe, Programmable

Wattage

1000 watts

Voltage

220 Volts

Item Weight

14.57 Pounds

Control Method

Touch

Controller Type

Push Button

Operation Mode

Manual

Is Dishwasher Safe

Product Dimensions

12.6 x 11.81 x 10.23 inches

Item Weight

14.57 pounds

Manufacturer

Instant Pot

ASIN

B0073GIN08

Item model number

LUX-6-V2

Customer Reviews

4,734 ratings

4.6 out of 5 stars

Best Sellers Rank

#285,508 in Kitchen & Dining (See Top 100 in Kitchen & Dining)
#412 in Rice Cookers

Is Discontinued By Manufacturer

Yes

Date First Available

January 30, 2012

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Brian Blum

Highly versatile and efficient appliance for the home

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on October 20, 2012

Verified Purchase

***Update*** March 12, 2016...we've now had the unit for four and a half years, and it still works perfectly. Virtually no issues at all. Cheers!

I cannot say enough about the Instant Pot. My wife and I owned another unit from a different company, but it's pot was made of aluminum (tied to Alzheimer's issues) and had a non-stick coating on it besides. We wanted a stainless steel pot to avoid all this...enter Instant Pot.

This unit works awesome, and we are fully qualified to say so. Not only do we have an "Amazon Verified Purchase" label on our review, but we use the Instant Pot 4-5x a week, literally. Probably 7-8x if you count making baked/sweet potatoes for lunches too. (Just a note...always look for "Amazon Verified Purchase" on reviews, and if you don't see it, take the review with a grain of salt. Very few reviews of the Instant Pot were negative, and almost all of them didn't buy the unit, so their reviews are nonsense.)

My wife and I have chosen to make almost all of our dinners with the Instant Pot...it is easy to clean, easy to use, and requires virtually NO oversight. It is inexpensive to use as well...when using your stove and/or oven, you will notice a marked increase in the temperature of your kitchen, and with the oven, it will be very noticeable indeed. The Instant Pot doesn't do this because it operates in a sealed environment, thus using far less energy as well. Because you can saute in this newest model, you can do almost all the cooking in this one pot, thus making cleanup far easier, as the inner stainless steel pot (but NOT the unit or it's lid) are dishwasher safe. Also, once one is accustomed to using this unit, you can bring it with you on trips, and use it to cook food in a hotel room or a friend's house.

The Instant Pot is wonderful for this one fact if nothing else...once the food is in and the unit is pressurized, you can walk away...no stirring, no tending whatsoever. There is ONE time when you might have to pay attention. IF your Instant Pot is warm from previous cooking, i.e. you just used the saute function to brown something, or maybe you bought an extra inner pot (more on this below) and are cooking meals back to back....you may have to pay attention to make sure the unit seals properly. Sometimes, and this is NOT unique to the Instant Pot, if the unit is already warm, it may get confused and think that it has pressurized. I think you'll find that you used the saute feature before turning it on. So...if the unit is warm/hot from any previous cooking, try this. Watch to see if the unit pressurizes (you'll see the valve pop up)...if the unit starts counting down the cook time BEFORE it has sealed, hit cancel, and start your unit over. It should work the second time. If the unit is completely cool and your recipe requires no sauteing, it will almost always work the first time, but if not, this will work. This is the ONLY "issue" that I've encountered, and since it happened with another manufacturer's model as well, I can only assume this is common for electric cookers. All in all, a small compensation to make. Compared to normal cooking where one has to constantly hover over the stove, this is minor indeed.

I HIGHLY recommend that you purchase a second stainless steel inner pot...
see http://www.amazon.com/Instant-6-33qt-Stainless-Pot-Bottom/dp/B008BKHGX0 -----my wife and I bought one at the time of purchase, and we've never regretted it once. Since we use our cooker constantly, we are always putting the pot into the fridge with leftovers. With an extra inner pot, you can cook another dish while the other waits for you in the fridge. When you want the leftovers, just place them in the Instant Pot and warm them on the low setting of saute, and then put on keep warm once they've heated up a bit, until you're ready to eat. Accordingly, we'd suggest the lid custom made for these pots at http://www.amazon.com/Instant-Tempered-Electric-Pressure-Cookers/dp/B008FUJ2LK

I also HIGHLY recommend that you purchase the book "Everything Pressure Cooker Cookbook" from Amazon at http://www.amazon.com/Everything-Pressure-Cooker-Cookbook-Series/dp/1440500177 ------we use recipes from this all the time, and although they are designed for a stove top pressure cooker, they basically translate over perfectly. The only consideration is the cooking instructions...because the author is using a stove top cooker, she references a low/medium/high setting which does not apply on the Instant Pot, or on any other electric pressure cooker I've seen. Just use the appropriate setting for the Instant Pot, i.e. if you're cooking beef, use the meat/stew setting. If chicken, use the poultry setting. I usually add about 20% more time as well, so e.g. if a recipe says put your beef stew on high for 30 minutes, put it on the meat/stew setting of the Instant Pot, and take 30 minutes x 1.2 = 36 minutes for your time. With pressure cookers, you can't "dry out" your meat, and the reverse rules apply...i.e. if you're meat seems dry, cook it LONGER. None of the moisture can escape because it's in a sealed environment.

Enjoy! This appliance has changed our lives, and I don't say that lightly. Once you get good at using it and have recipes you like, it's an awesome little appliance which we use CONSTANTLY.

Cheers!

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maurypb

Single dad's best friend, bachelor's secret weapon. (updated, a year later)

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on February 7, 2013

Verified Purchase

My daughter spent a few weeks with my ex wife recently... the ex is a great cook, and I... well, not so much. My kid was raving about how well she eats over there... when I said "hey, I cook for you!" she replied with "dad, there's a difference between real cooking and shoving something in the oven".

That did it. I needed to figure out how to cook. I read all of the great reviews of the Instant Pot here, but the thing that sold me was a video on youtube of an older single guy who lived in what looks like a double wide trailer, saying that all he has to do is throw stuff in the thing, and out pops great food. (No, I don't live in a trailer park... but if he could do it, I could do it).

After seeing all of the pressure cooking recipes on line, ranging from simple to sophisticated, I decided to press the button and buy the thing.

I've had the instant pot for about 2 weeks now, and I've used it 5 times so far.

It lives up to the reviews here. I am really pleased with it... because if I can come across as a "good cook" to my daughter (and I have, BTW) then an orangutan can - provided it's an orangutan with an Instant Pot.

Right out of the box I made beef stew, using the recipe in the instruction book. Took less than 45 minutes from raw ingredients to steaming stew on the table. That particular recipe tasted great - but wasn't too pretty to look at.

Next, I wanted to make pulled pork for a big super-bowl party. This was a big test, as one of the other guests was a professional chef, and he was making his signature carne asada tacos. The night before, I made a test run with the instant pot, before I publicly committed to bringing food to this party... heh heh... I didn't want to look like a fool if it failed.

Well, I found a few pulled pork recipes on-line, so I got the gist of how to do it, and then I just "winged it", kinda making it up as I went,

The results? Unbelievable. Pulled pork that was sooo tender, sooo tasty, sooo juicy, sooo FAST! Again, from raw stuff to finished dish in under an hour, with only 10 or 15 minutes of actual labor. (Typical non-pressure cooker recipes call for 3 or 4 hours of cooking time) Pulled pork is supposed to pull apart with just a fork... and that's exactly what it did. Practically fell apart.

The broth left over was a great base for gravy, and was easy and plentiful.

The next day - Superbowl Sunday - I made the big batch of the pulled pork, with similar, excellent results... I made 3 varieties of sauces too... Traditional BBQ, Spicy vinegar, and "Au Jus" style. HUGE hit at the party, people clamored for more.

The next day, barley lentil soup for my daughter and I. Ingredients cost about 3 or 4 bucks, made about a half gallon of delicious soup, which lasted for several days. (I threw in a smoked pork neck bone... yu-hu-hummy). Time from arriving home from the grocery store to soup... about 45 minutes.

Last night, I made lasagna. Yep, pressure cooker lasagna. Nearly as good as oven baked, but in under an hour, including prep time.

The only negative comment I can make is that you have to be sure that the pressure valve closes. (It's supposed to automatically shut when the liquid gets to a good boil... it's a mechanical device, that pops up when there's a flow of steam... but sometimes you have to kinda give it a little jiggle to get it to pop up).

The instant pot is also nearly perfectly silent, and the smells of the food stay in the pot while cooking. (I'm sure this will be a big plus when cooking corned beef and cabbage.)

All in all, this thing is really great, I highly recommend it. It's easy, fast, safe and the results taste truly delicious. And if I can fool my daughter into thinking that I can cook, then anyone can masquerade as a good cook... if you're armed with an Instant Pot, that is.

*** Update 3/31/2014

As I type, my Instant Pot has just come up to pressure, In about 20 more minutes, my daughter and I will be slurping up some of what has become my signature dish - a hearty soup with ham and sausage. I make this soup once or twice a month. Well, not EXACTLY this soup, 'cause each time I try some variations... with whatever vegetables are in season, whatever is on sale, or whatever I have leftover in the 'fridge. Today, it's collard and mustard greens, garbanzos and turnips, along with the usual carrots, celery and onions.

Oh, and just last night, we had company - I made Corned Beef and Cabbage. Including prep time, it took just a little over an hour. It came out perfectly (and as a bonus, the broth that was left behind is what I used as the soup base for tonight's endeavor).

My daughter has changed her tune since my first review... not only does she now think I can cook, but she has actually suggested that I cook at our annual family gathering. (I'm flattered, but this is a non-starter, as the rest of the fam are truly excellent cooks. I certainly don't want to steal their thunder - besides, I won't be able to bring the Instant Pot aboard the plane anyway.)

So, its been a bit over a year since I bought my Instant Pot. It's held up well, with pretty frequent usage. As I mentioned in my initial review, it's not quite fully automatic... you have to babysit it, but just until the pressure valve "pops", which is in about 10-20 minutes after you turn it on, depending on how full the pot is. Before the pot pressurizes, it generates a bunch of steam first. You sometimes have to jiggle the pot a little to help the valve "pop up" so the pressure can start building.

I've also found that it's possible to have the lid on imperfectly (or perhaps it's the ring seal along the edge of the lid). When this happens, steam can escape from around the edges of the lid, and pressure is never achieved.

Even with those two caveats, I still recommend the Instant Pot highly. Five stars!

Hey, the Instant Pot just beeped to tell me that my soup is ready! Bye!

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Get it, you won't regret it!

Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on March 22, 2015

Verified Purchase

I got this on a whim really, I have a slow cooker but don't particularly like it and had never really heard much about pressure cookers. But when I saw this I did some research and thought that it looked perfect for me. I don't like cooking, I stick to really basic, quick and easy things to cook but would like to do more for my family. The idea of being able to cook a decent meal in 20 minutes really appealed so I thought I'd give it a go. First thing I tried was the slow cooker, it seemed to heat up a lot quicker than my old one and I was worried it'd cook too fast and dry out, the time it suggested to cook was also a lot less than my old one but I went with it. Perfect is all I can say. It was only mince for spag bol but it was perfect and far softer than normal. It was delicious! I then tried the pressure cooker to cook chicken thighs in a sort of stew. I was so unsure how it'd go I also made something else for dinner as back up!! The back up was not needed. My children happily told me that it was the best dinner ever as they asked for seconds. It was so quick and easy to do that even someone like me couldn't really mess it up. I'm converted. It's so easy to use and set and you can stick the bowl in the dishwasher so easy to clean up from too. I've been recommending it to everyone!! It is quite large so takes up a fair bit of space in the cupboard or worktop but then the cooking space inside is also big which means you can do big batches and freeze or larger cuts of meat.

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Jeff

Very useful; controls could be more efficient

Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on November 17, 2016

Verified Purchase

Very handy with the ability to pressure cook and slow cook among other things, easy to clean.
The controls could be more obvious and more efficiently designed - in recipe, there's a lot of use of the cancel button and manual time entry, which is slow to do. Most of the program buttons seem to go unused most of the time.

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Lapusya

Essential thing to have

Reviewed in Canada 🇨🇦 on January 16, 2019

Verified Purchase

I bought this instant pot in 2013 and since then it's my essential appliance I can't imagine my kitchen without. It has been working good, I haven't had any issue with. But there are a few things I don't really like in it, first is it takes a while to preheat the pot till it actually starts to cook, second thing is it takes a while to take the lid off after cooking although you use the vent on top of the lid to get all the air out. And last thing is the smell of food all over the house when you use the vent to get pressure off after cooking, so I try to do it out of the house :)))) otherwise, the house smells. But overall is a very good product and worthy to buy.

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celestialgoody

We love our instant pot - have recommended to many others!

Reviewed in Canada 🇨🇦 on September 6, 2018

Verified Purchase

As vegetarians, we love our cooked legumes, which if cooked on the stove can take days (or at least it feels that way!) Within 35 minutes you can have soft and fully cooked chick-peas, (maybe you've tried to cook these on the stove for 6 hours plus, and still were tough) and only takes us 15 minutes to cook the perfect dhal. An incredible time-saving device, reliable, easy, and no chance anything is going to end up on the ceiling (which can happen with a stove top pressure cooker if you're not watching carefully.) Just plug in, put in your beans with the right amount of water, close the top, set the timer, and walk away, confident you'll have the perfectly cooked legumes you've desired. Thanks so much for this - we couldn't do without it now.

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Luke

Very Practical, Versatile, Made Me Fall In Love With Rice

Reviewed in Canada 🇨🇦 on July 27, 2017

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One of the greatest products I have ever bought on Amazon, or from any retailer for that matter. This review represents approximately six months of experience with this machine. I still use my InstantPot almost on a daily level to make hearty soups, wonderful slow cooked stews, prepare all sorts of meats in half the time, gently steam veggies in 2 minutes and of course, make godly restaurant quality rice, that actually made me fall in love with rice.

With your InstantPot, I will recommend you go ahead and get a steamer basket/trivet (such as the OXO Good Grips Steamer), which I find indispensable for vegetables and fish. The included grate is good for holding meats and other larger items above water, but it just won't do for smaller things. Alternatively, you may use a sheet of aluminium foil on top of the standard InstantPot grate, but in my experience a steaming basket is a lot more convenient.

Another useful tip I can give you based on my experience, is to please inspect the gasket on the lid of the InstantPot. It is a solid, thick gasket, however, sometimes due to sliding the lid on and off, it can come slightly off it's position in a certain spot. If it does, the next time you use your pressure cooker, the steam will escape from around the lid, instead of the steaming hole and this may give your meal results that are not optimal, especially something moisture and time sensitive like rice. The good news is that it's a breeze to inspect and adjust the gasket as needed.

Without further ado, here is my wonderful, simple and quick rice recipe that made me fall in love with rice. This recipe is for 2 medium size servings of rice. In a measuring cup, add 1/2 cup of pure Basmati rice. I'm a huge fan of Tilda, in the blue bag, because it's very fragrant, tastes amazing and is widely available at places like Walmart. Transfer the rice to the InstantPot. In your measuring cup, add exactly 200ml of water and then transfer the water to the InstantPot. Swish the rice and water in the InstantPot briefly just to distribute the rice equally across the bottom of the InstantPot. Press the Manual button and set the InstantPot to 6 minutes. After the 6 six minutes is up press Cancel button and wait for exactly 10 minutes. What you just waited for is a natural steam release. Open the InstantPot and add some butter to the rice. I also like to add a little saffron to my rice on top. This recipe should yield a fluffy rice that's not too soft, basically a restaurant quality, al-dente rice. If you like your rice softer or firmer, consider not changing the cooking time, but simply adding or subtracting a few millilitres of water from the recipe, to get the rice exactly the way you love.

Enjoy your InstantPot!

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