Instant Pot. Multi-function cooker (Part 2)

**Shelby** · November 16, 2015

Host's note: this topic is continued from Instant Pot. Multi-function cooker (Part 1).

All you IP gurus. I have a question:

Do you take the rubber seal out every time and wash it? If so, how? I've washed mine (not every time) and it still holds scents....not bad scents, mind you, but I can't seem to get it scentless. I haven't soaked it in anything but hot, soapy water.

Edited November 22, 2015 by Smithy
Added host's note (log)

rotuts · November 16, 2015

I think the seal is silicone

I just wipe the top dry and have never taken the seal out.

as fat as I can tell, mine does not have a pronounced scent.

Id call them and tell them about your experience

they were very helpful to me the couple of times I called them

**Shelby** · November 16, 2015

Ok, thanks, sorry, silicone. Maybe my cooking is especially smelly lol. It's not a bad smell, just not a neutral smell.

btbyrd · November 17, 2015

Silicone is prone to picking up odors and hanging onto them. When I first got my Silpats, I made some crispy duck skin and they smelled like duck fat for months no matter what I did to them. Now they smell perpetually of bacon. Likewise, the gasket on my (non-IP) pressure cooker has a perpetual beef/chicken stock smell that never goes away regardless of how many times I run it through the dishwasher (which is every time I use it).

If you Google "pressure cooker gasket odor," you'll find this is a common issue. There aren't any solutions that completely deodorize silicone, but it's not really much of a problem for pressure cooker gaskets. Once I made my peace with the issue, I didn't really mind it anymore.

**Shelby** · November 17, 2015

Thanks, btbyrd.

That makes me feel better about my cleaning abilities. I thought I was a failure lol.

MSRadell · November 17, 2015

Has anybody tried the LUX Multi-Cooker versus the Instant Pot? One thing they have that I like is the ceramic coated inner pot instead of just stainless steel. They also have an optional stainless steel one. Functionality wise they look almost identical in another nice feature is that they come in 4, 6 and 8 quart sizes.

**Shelby** · November 18, 2015

MSRadell, I'm sorry I'm no help, but hopefully someone around here has used one.

I seem to be hogging the IP thread :laugh:

Ronnie bought us some chicken gizzards at the Asian Market. They were like $2 for a nice big lot of them. I soaked them in egg and milk and then dredged them in seasoned flour. I fried them until golden brown and into the IP they went.

Before starting the IP. I surely like this gadget that they are on. Super handy.

All done after 25 mins.

Tender, they were.

And, Rotuts, you're very right. This IP is causing me to eat waaaaay more bad stuff than normal lol. I'll be wearing yoga pants from now on. :blush:

rotuts · November 18, 2015

Shelby

have you started in with the IP for Eventual Potato Salad ?

be forewarned ......

Edited November 18, 2015 by rotuts (log)

**ElsieD** · November 21, 2015

Does anyone have the Bluetooth enabled version? The Instant Pot is on my wish list and I am wondering if it is worth it to pay the extra $80 on Amazon for the Bluetooth version. I am also wondering about the Bluetooth range. I read where it works up to 30' which is about the distance from my favourite chair to the kitchen.

scubadoo97 · November 21, 2015

I have Bluetooth on my immersion circulator and never use it. Now wifi would be good and worth the extra depending

cta · November 21, 2015

Same here (cumin is the main culprit in my case) I wouldn't worry.

All you IP gurus. I have a question:

Do you take the rubber seal out every time and wash it? If so, how? I've washed mine (not every time) and it still holds scents....not bad scents, mind you, but I can't seem to get it scentless. I haven't soaked it in anything but hot, soapy water.

hummingbirdkiss · November 21, 2015

I can not find the spot where you guys boiled some eggs seriously I see them talked about and am I blind ? is there an easier way to navigate this thread so many good recipes but where are the eggs? I am so hungry and not thinking straight I guess LOL they are probably obvious

rotuts · November 21, 2015

its actually easy hgki :

go up to the very top right

there is a search thing-ey

type in eggs make sure the gray area says 'this topic '

and then search you should get this :

https://forums.egullet.org/index.php?app=core&module=search&do=search&fromMainBar=1

cheers

hummingbirdkiss · November 21, 2015

its actually easy hgki :

go up to the very top right

there is a search thing-ey

type in eggs make sure the gray area says 'this topic '

and then search you should get this :

https://forums.egullet.org/index.php?app=core&module=search&do=search&fromMainBar=1

cheers

Rotuts thanks you just changed my life holy crap I have been wasting time

thank you !!!! I tried the recipe the eggs just made the best boiled eggs of my life ..no photos because they look like eggs I did half duck half chicken a dozen of various sizes because if they didn't turn out they would go to the animals anyway ..well not one out of a dozen mismatched eggs wasn't used in a particularly yummy egg salad I just made with baby grape pickles ..I am in heaven and no way with the amount of eggs we get if I need hard boiled eggs I ail ever NOT make them in the IP ..everyone popped on out of the shell and no green rims no smell (mine rarely smell sulfery )

I am so happy to eat some food today I can not even express words …I am shocked and this is constantly that good with boiled eggs?

hope IP appreciates this thread is all I can say! Thanks Anna for sharing that miracle for me today ..I feel so much better I hate being stressed and trying to make food make sense

I am really late but still in the game …in fact more living room IP meals ahead here so I will have to run through the thread like a cookbook now

eta I cooked a dozen eggs and made egg salad so little time???? I did not measure but it seemed so short total prep to eating I found the recipe before you posted but now I know how to look ..good grief

Edited November 21, 2015 by hummingbirdkiss (log)