It’s versatile and not too big, making it the correct size when cooking for three to five people. An 8-quart pot offers enough capacity for larger families or anyone needing a good meal prep tool or who anticipates having leftovers, while the 10-quart is enough to fit a whole chicken.
What size Instant Pot should I buy?
The 6-quart size is the most popular size and we recommend buying either a 6- or 8-quart Instant Pot. Either size will accommodate (most) any recipe you want to cook and will easily serve four to six people. If youre a fan of meal prepping, you might find a larger, 8-quart model to be more helpful.
What Is an Instant Pot?
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An Instant Pot is an electric pressure cooker, sometimes called a multi-cooker. You can use any electric pressure cooker recipe in these machines—you dont need a recipe formulated specifically for an Instant Pot. (Frankly, you can use most regular pressure cooker recipes as well, though youll have to know a few basic rules of adaptation if the recipe doesnt offer specific instructions.) However, since it takes some time to figure out how to use and navigate the controls of each model, your success with any given recipe will depend on your familiarity with the model you own.
Electric multi-cookers usually come with “low” or “high” pressure cooking settings, but these arent regulated terms. Instant Pots, for example, reach slightly lower PSI (pounds per square inch) compared to comparable “low” and “high” settings on many stovetop pressure cooker models; this wont always affect how a recipe turns out, but it can.
The appeal of electric multi-cookers is twofold. First, they self-regulate their pressure level, meaning you dont have to babysit them and periodically adjust the level of heat produced by the burner, as you do with a stovetop pressure cooker (plus they free up that stovetop burner for other stuff). Second, as the name indicates, they have other functions: slow cook (however, we don’t recommend using multi-cookers as slow cookers), sauté, steam, rice/grain, yogurt (we haven’t been wow-ed by this function, either), and warm. Newer Instant Pot models claim to perform additional functions, like cake-making, air-frying, sous vide, sterilizing, and pressure canning (although we also don’t recommend using electric pressure cookers for canning). What an electric multi-cooker does really well is it allows even the novice home cook to set it and forget it and enjoy relatively hands-off cooking with confidence.
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Is an 8 qt Instant Pot too big?
Is an 8 qt pot too big?
How many people can fit in the 8 quart Instant Pot?
How many servings in an 8 quart Instant Pot?
Should you buy an 8 quart Instant Pot?
If you are frequently cooking for large parties or any sort of big-batch cooking, an 8-quart Instant Pot might be the right choice for you. If you’re short on storage space or only cook for one or two people, then a smaller version could be a cheaper and more practical option.
What are the different 8 quart Instant Pot models?
All of the 8 quart Instant Pot models combine a pressure cooker, slow cooker, rice cooker, steam, sauté pan, and warmer into one. The yogurt maker, sterilizer, cake/egg maker, and ultra programs are available in specific models in different combinations. Here is a comparison of the appliances combined in the different 8 Quart Instant Pot options:
How many quarts does an Instant Pot have?
The Duo offers all of the original Instant Pot features — pressure cook, slow cook, rice cooker, steamer, sauté pan and food warmer — with an extra setting for making homemade yogurt. It comes in 3-quart, 6-quart (shown) and 8-quart options.
What is a 3 quart Instant Pot?
Benefits of a 3-quart Instant Pot: Last but not least, the 3-quart Instant Pot (a.k.a. the Mini), is a top pick when cooking for one or two people or if you have an especially small kitchen. Every model is available in the 6-quart size, but not all models are available in the 3- and 8-quart sizes.