OK, #1 really does have MCS and now is looking at I stapots

[richinlbrg]

Seems to have narrowed it down to the duo and the ultra.

Any comments or recommendations?

We’ve still not settled on a gasser. The Insta will be a fast buy.

[Texas Larry]

We use the Zavor Lux LCD 8qt. Works well for us. Keeps
us off the "InstaPot" brandwagon though. Top rated by ATK. https://www.zavoramerica.com/lux-lcd-multi-cooker/

[Huskee]

I moved this to the Instant Pot and Other Pressure Cookers channel since this is not Off Topic.

I have a 6-qt Instant Pot and love it, but I wish we'd have gotten the 8qt. It's far more than a pressure cooker with buttons like I initially thought. We love it.

And one more thing- It's not "Insta Pot". The 2 words are actually spelled out. (Yeah, yeah, call me OCD) ​

Also, I've been recommending to people lately to consider a pellet cooker instead of a gasser. Pellet cookers can do most things a gasser can do, just with smokey air, and with a thermostat which most gassers still do not have. (Turn your knob to "3" or "4", or medium-high heat? What's that?)

[richinlbrg]

Thanks for moving it! Sadly, didn’t know the pressure cooker Chanel existed.

#1 wants to cook without smoke flavor. (Shrugging shoulders and rolling eyes), so pellet doesn’t work for this one. I’m basically prohibited from using.

[JCGrill]

We have an 8 quart Duo. I stay away from it, but she's turned out some tasty fair, and I've even gotten her to help me make stock with bones saved from some of my cooks.

Huskee I can't imagine having just the pellet grill. As an oven with a precise temp control, I love it. I'll even use it when I need 450 F. But for warp 10 it's gotta be charcoal or gas.

[Huskee]

Yeah, touche. But some gassers don't sear well and some pellet rigs do sear. So, I guess the other half of my statement is it depends which is which that a person goes with. For general grillin' though, mmm... pellets blow gassers away in my personal opinion. If a person can swing both then by all means MCS away!

[SmokingSteve]

Santa brought my wife an Ultra instead of a Duo because the Ultra can do a lot more. Since it's just the two of us, Santa realized the 6 quart would work very well. Seriously, the Duo is much more limited than the Ultra! Santa and I heartily recommend the Ultra. Santa investigated and compared quite thoroughly! (SWMBO is quite happy with her Ultra)!

Get her "The Instant Pot Bible" by Bruce Weinstein and Mark Scarbrough.

[richinlbrg]

GREAT comment, @SmokiingSteve ! Thank you!

Your comments were the last push she needed, she loved your comments. Having now searched for the best price (Kohl’s was $20 cheaper than Amazon but alas out of stock) and fastest delivery, my SWMBO has ordered the Ultra 8qt. And the bible. Wednesday delivery.

Thank you!!

[surfdog]

Looked at the Ultra but decided on the 8qt Duo Evo Plus. So far, so good.

[klflowers]

We have the Duo, but we hardly ever use it. Wife isn't that fond of it, and I have been cooking outside a lot. Maybe this fall I'll put it in the rotation.