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Message: [QUOTE="August_West, post: 3063040, member: 1047"] Like I said its a glorified rice cooker. And with pressure up and slow release times it still takes 30 minutes to cook rice. But my gas stove has flow truned up so high that I cant simmer low enough for rice. So its still useful for that to me even though there is no time save. Although I did find one other use I like it for and now use it for. Although even then it pisses me off. Carnitas and Barbacoa. The Instant Pot is useful for Carnitas and Barbacoa. I usually do them for 6 -8 hours plus, or longer in the Dutch oven and always good. But a long day. The Instant Pot I can do it in a couple hours. about 20 minutes for pressure up, 60 to cook in High pressure, and about 40 minutes for the ball to drop on Natural pressure release. I like the pressurization for these types of items because it seems to really inject the flavor of the seasonings and citruses I use into the meats. Now the rub is that I usually do Barbacoa and Carnitas with at least 5 lb.s of meat. The Instant pot cant handle that much, so I have to do in 2 batches which then extends the total time to like 4.5 hours. Hardly an "instant" timesaver. And that pisses me off. Still, results are good and worth it enough for me to use it for that. [/QUOTE]