How to Use an Instant Pot! Time to Pull It Out! Instant Pot 101 

Kristen you were the first person I watched for learning how to use my instant pot 😊. I use it all the time. Harper is adorable and she is growing up so fast

Okay, so I have had two Instapots. The first one ended after 3 attempts to use and a powerful mess in the kitchen. The second has say on my counter, unused for two entire years. Today, I really just wanted to have some rice, so I dug in. I found you, and guess what, now I actually made something! It's only rice, but dang it, I'll take it. THANK YOU for not letting me feel spoken down to. I am on a health mission and I am so grateful for your perspective and way of making me be at ease (others on YT don't do that). Officially your fan. Thank you!

My biggest battle was learning how to use saute - there are no instructions, no one explains it, but I finally figured it out. Each time you hit the saute button it changes the heat setting - low - med - high - you just need to watch as you hit saute to get the heat setting you need. Mine also defaults to 30 minutes then shuts off. You cannot walk away from saute - its like regular cooking, you have to watch and stir or bottom will burn! I love using Instapot for rice - perfect every time! If you want fluffy non-sticky rice rinse it first. I almost always let my pot naturally cool down 10-20 minutes before releasing. I keep a little notebook on what I cooked in the pot - recipies and times as sometimes the recommended time is too much or too less, and 3 months later you can't remember.

Thanks, just got my Instant Pot, and wanted to watch a video on the pressure settings and knobs. Perfect explanations, greatly appreciate!

Haven’t used in a while I have the Duo and an extremely large pressure cooker.. needed a refresher course thank you

I'm pretty sure that if you change the time after selecting a Preset button (like Eggs or Soup), it will remember that time, so you can actually program your own settings. That is really nice. It's a little annoying to have to toggle the time button, especially between eggs (5 min) and a pot roast (90 min).

Thanks Kirsten always good to see you! Thanks for this update especially for those of us that have put another Instant Pot on our holiday wish list! Love hearing a Happy Harper in the background! Love ❤ and 🤗

I just subscribed today to learn how to use my pot. I have been having it for 5 years. The only thing I cooked in it was red beans. Watching this video shows it is very easy. Thank you ! Now I just need to learn what to cook

Thank you for sharing kristen have a blessed day stay safe and healthy. Always a plus for me when you show how to instructions I'm new with the instant pot using it ,I've had mine for 10 years gift from my son I just Can't get the hand of it I'm going to save this video and do step by step instructions. Thank you kristin. 🙏❤🙏❤🙏

I have the exact same two pots and I prefer the 6 over the 8 for one specific reason. If I had a Dollar for every time I forget to hit start button on my 8 I’d be pretty wealthy. Other than that I love them both for what they can do. I should send you some of my metal Kabob sticks I made for my 8. They Air-fry Kabobs like you wouldn’t believe. BTW I’m back from Afghanistan living in Utah again. It’s been a while.

Thank you for this video ❤❤❤

Got my first one ever a few days ago!! I am wondering what i waiting for! I love it and thanks to all your videos i was no where near as terrified as I thought I would be. It is a game changer in the kitchen. I have made ribs, ham, veggies, and soup!! I am amazed. Thank You so much for helping me learn this amazing Instant pot!!

I'm a newbie with the instapot I appreciate all the information that you have available on RU-vid.

Thanks, Kristen, for the basics again. I know so many HAVE an IP but have never USED it. I was one of those people before I discovered Six Sisters a few years ago. I bought 2 on the same day in July 2018 - one for myself and one I had sent to my daughter. Hers is *still* in the unopened box! I thought I was bad just looking at the box for a couple of years, but she wins a prize! 😂 Anyway, it’s one of those things where you need to put aside your fears and just go for it! Once you do, it’s so easy that you wonder why you were so frightened. It definitely falls under the category of “Things I worried about needlessly and put off for far too long, only to discover there was zero reason to worry.” It was extra silly in my case since I’d been using an old school stovetop pressure cooker since I was 12 or 13, so about 50 years and my mother and grandmother had used them all their lives, too! 😂😂 Anyone still on the fence should trust you and your calm, clear instructions and just give their pot a try. Harper is such a beauty! But she’s also not a pushover - she’s sweet, but she makes her wishes known! ❤❤❤

Thanks Kristin, a very good reminder!

I have both of them too!!! Love my duo too!

Great video!!! Thanks!!

Thanks for showing us this. I don't use my instant pot too often, but this makes me want to get it out and try some stuff.. 😜 And I love seeing Harper, she's so cute!!! 🤗🤗🤗😁👍😁👍👍😁😁😁👍

My mom bought me one for Christmas about 6-7 years ago. Today, I pulled it out of my basement, scrubbed of the years of dust and made the best beef barbacoa I have ever made!

I love your videos. Before I got an instant pot, I watched you how to video. Then when I got my first instant pot, I watched it again. Now a couple years later, I’m watching it again! I can’t tell you how many times mine hasn’t pressurized because the ring wasn’t in all the way. And then recently it wasn’t sealing right because somehow the flat metal piece under the valve had gotten bent. I pushed it down with a butter knife and now it seals right.

Love the channel. So far my most exciting things I’ve made were brown rice and yogurt. Don’t judge, these are just my favorites and both were perfect

thanks

Even though I have been a subscriber for many years (even pre-Covid) I enjoyed this review and seeing the newer Air Crisp Pot. We have the place on top Air Fryer for the duo that we use every every day to crisp up my husband’s lunchtime pizza! Both units are used a lot, as I don’t particularly like to cook, but using the Instant Pot and Six Sister’s recipes makes it easy! 🥰

Thank you soo much I I understand the pot 👍

What a great tutorial! Thanks!

Good video. I dont cook directly on the pot .fill the instapot with little water and use.a vessel separately with the rice. The pot will be clean and we can make multiple items too

Very nice

I love all three of my Insta pot I have the 3 &6&8 at I use them slot thank so much for the video

Wonderful

I grew up with parents who used an old school pressure cooker for years and years. They did whole chickens and so many things with it. I would help my parents prepare supper with the pressure cooker too. So for me, when I received my first instant pot, I found it so odd that I was terrified of it. Lol Thankfully with the help of your channel, and my trusty mom (who I call a OG pressure cooker expert) I finally have been using mine for a while. I'm not sure what one I have, it's older, and has a manual button on it, that's the setting I always use.

Thanks! I just filled out the form for the cheat sheet. I like it also because nothing has to be defrosted. For example, I can use frozen chicken to make chicken soup without the extra step of defrosting. Easy and always good. Thanks again!

Hi, thanks for all you do ! I do need some help....I keep getting burn notices. I have the food and liquid and stir it, but the liquid goes to the top once it starts and then it burns. I can't use the rack cause stuff just falls through. Any suggestions?

That discoloration in your pot will come off if you clean it with Barkeeper Friend. It's found where you would find other cleaners such as Comet or A-jack's Cleansers.

Thank you for the great video. Where is the.cheat sheet?

Ok I’ve had an Instant pot for THREE YEARS and was so intimidated that I’ve only ever used the slow cook function. THANK YOU for helping me turn my “crock pot” into something more useful! ❤ Renee

The saute button is by far my favorite one!

I gave away my 6qt and got the 8 qt and LOVE IT

Can you use a slow cooker liner on this

Would this video also help and be similar to use the pioneer woman instapot?

Can you do a video for the Crockpot 6 qt cooker? 😇

Amazing ....pls I need 1 spot Frome where can i find this kind of spots Thank you if any body have them pls tell me from where as I need to bring it to my house.

Are the spots available in wmart?

I’m glad I get a second chance. I don’t feel like my schooling the first time stuck.

does it matter if you press the quick release button or just do a Natural release (not touching anything)?

I still use an Old fashioned pressure cooker and no way do you touch the top rocker knob without danger LOL ! I use it for my roasts and vegetables but may invest in one of these advanced pots 😃

Can I make apple butter in the instant pot?

Could you please show how to use The slow cooker on the instant pot please. Thank you. I love all your videos 💖 I share with everyone.

Can you try out the IP that you can control by your phone?

Can you make a video of all the different kinds of instant pot I’m gonna need a new one but it has to have the yogurt button we make yogurt from our goat milk all the time

My favorite way to cook rice is to use chicken broth instead of water. Never really liked rice until I started doing that. Yep.

How do I get the cheat sheet?TIA

I just got an instant pot Duo Plus I never had one can I cook hamburger / cheese / sliced potatoes in it ? And how ?

Please please teach me how to make yogurt on my instapot duo

I've clicked on the link for the cheap sheet, but all I get is an order form for a freezer ebook. What am I doing wrong?

But that means actually having to do work and then clean up afterwards. Mine has been setting on my counter collecting dust for sometime now. It makes an excellent paper weight.

Great vid. I just got my IP and I'm cooking a stew. Hope it works well. I should have listene to your vid first-good suggestions on the wait time. You may remind people to not put their faces above the release valve-if we need to tell folks to not put hot coffee between their legs, we need to remind people to not place their faces above the steam release button. thank you

I thought maybe you were supposed to put water under the pot for pressure. I see it is a good thing I never tried my pot lol. Now maybe I will try it.

OMG …. Great meeting you! Reach out …. Love to talk about cooking 😮

I bought 2 instant pots at once they have both went out together. I bought them off the television buy one get one with life time warranty on both. just don't know where I send warranty work. Does anyone know?

Can the 1 one also bake a cake

My instapot has shown the burn notice what am I doing wrong?

Can you do the 3 quart ? Singles, couples , students.. we don’t use the big honkers .. help us , too!

Hi when do you know when to pressurize anything that’s mine biggest question..? Thank you…

I have a slow cooker, but taking apart the top, etc to clean makes using it a pain

Do you share yogurt recipes for the duo?

I find it interesting that you can use so little water in both these pots. The instructions for my 6 quart pot say I have to use a minimum of 1.5 cups. Can I get away with less?

I can’t find the cheat sheet for time settings. Can you send me the link please? I’m not very good on RU-vid or Facebook.

Where do you get your cheat sheet paper at so you know how many minutes to cook

Please send the process time cheat sheet! Thank you!

Wher the cheat sheet

So why is the slow cooker function not good on a instant pot?

Mine instapot pro?

This is me. We just got an instapot yesterday and I'm scared to use it lol

The jingle sound drives me crazy. Help! Is it possible to turn all sound off?

What a sweet baby!

My saute says hi and it doesn't beep when ready its got the time on it help thank u

Actually you'll be surprised to know the slow cook function on the duo crisp works much better (faster) then all other models.

Still trying to get a promo code for your freezer meals.

Oh my goodness 🤦🏻‍♀️I can’t get the lid to go on correctly…it is crooked when the music played

TBH my Instant-pot is 4-5 yrs old, never used it. There’s just my hubby & I and would love to learn to make meals for the 2 of us.

Omg! How did you know been months I bought it haven't used it 🤦😱😖

The cheat sheet doesn't exist anymore 😢

Where are the cheat sheets please!

Ok…I took my Instapot out of the bottom of my pantry and washed it off….I’ve only used it once and it was not successful. So….I have a Viva model. I’m going to do a test run of rice. Please wish me luck lol.😅

"Button" has two articulated "t's"!!

"your instapot will tell you on the front what kind it is" mine just says "Instant" 😭😭😭

Wash your rice!!

when i used the instant pot to cook enough rice to feed the family, it turned out terrible....

I love RU-vid. Sitting here watching a gorgeous woman and learning about crockpots at the same time.

I had to bail because of the music. Thumb down.