I am too unsatisfied with my purchase. After six month of my purchasing it got defected. meat, veg or beans takes more than 2 hours to get cooked. and It can not keep pressure inside and takes 3 sec to steam out all pressure. Very poor product and I dont suggest it to anybody to buy it.
This specific model from insignia is actually a rebranded instant pot made in the instant pot factory. You can check YouTube videos where they open them up and prove it. At 1/3rd the price of an instant pot this is the best deal. It also means that instant pot parts work with this in case anything breaks.
I never owned a pressure cooker before! So I was hesitant to get one! Because it was on sale I did the purchase! I have been using it since! It saves me time and money! Time is a commodity I don’t have! The only drawback is the coating inside the pan. Other than that I have no issues! I will look into if there is an all stainless steel insert I can purchase in addition! I’m afraid to scratch the coating! Loving my Insignia cooker thus far!
I love this pressure cooker....easy to use and safe! I like to cook big batches of rice to freeze in portion size, so I precook brown rice in the pot with a bit of oil before putting the top on, and it cooks the brown rice perfectly - not mushy.
Its been working well for me so far and my food is usually cooked as I want. I have used it to cook beef, chicken, beans and chickpeas. I have also used it to bake cornbread twice and it was so good. I plan to use it to bake cake soon. I also plan to use it to make Nigerian moi-moi with the cooking stand one of these days. It has turned out to be a good purchase. I definitely recommend.
I’ve used it a few times now to make bone broth and to cook soaked chickpeas. I’m very happy. The only thing I would change would be to include a stainless steel pot instead of the nonstick pot.