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We received one last Christmas. Use it regularly for beans and pot roast. The suggested cook times in the manual were a little too long though--and that matte
by jstewartmobile 9y ago
We received one last Christmas. Use it regularly for beans and pot roast. The suggested cook times in the manual were a little too long though--and that matters in a pressure cooker. A couple minutes can make the difference between success and slop.
25 minutes for dry beans and 30 minutes for a decent-sized roast is more than enough time to get the job done.
Fantastic job, Mr. Wang!
edit: I'm just doing black beans. Larger ones may need more time.
- dd36 9y agoAlso depends on altitude.
- jstewartmobile 9y agoI read something along the lines of +5% cook time for every 1,000 ft above 2,000 ft. Apparently it's adjustable in their Ultra model: https://instantpot.com/portfolio-item/ultra-2/#toggle-id-15 https://instantpot.com/portfolio-item/ultra-2/#toggle-id-15
- jemfinch 9y agoWhy would it depend on the altitude? It's a sealed vessel that holds (iirc) 7 psi on low, and 11 psi on high. It seems like these pressures should remain the same regardless of altitude, unless the outside atmosphere is somehow involved in the pressure release valve, which is hard to imagine.
- jstewartmobile 9y agoTraditional pressure cookers with weighted regulators would need different weights for different altitudes for consistent cook times. The sensors/mechanics of the InstantPot are a black box to me, so I'll just have to assume that it makes some kind of difference since they added an altitude setting to one of the models.