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Nomnompaleo clued me into the Instant Pot about 3 years ago and I've used it at least weekly since. Most appliances go to the graveyard cabinet, not this. Just polished off a turkey stew: Pepper, onion, garlic, mushrooms, bacon & 4 turkey drumsticks. 1 hour to cook 40min to cool 20m prep yields 4 or five great meals. Umpteen substitutions and variations of the above keep bringing me back. The device is still working flawlessly. Glad I bought a second pot and lid.

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I've also had one for a while, coming up on 3 years. I went through a phase where we didn't use it much, but I'm back to using it at least weekly. It makes amazingly tender meats, in an hour instead of 3 like I would normally do for stew beef. I have a selection of easy meals do all the time. One thing I really like is that I can put chicken, veggies, and some rice in it, set it on 35 minutes, and when it's done I just stir and have shredded chicken. The meat just falls apart.

Why do you need two lids and pots? I understand the pot, you can store it in the fridge. But why the lid?

Um, to seal the pot that's in the fridge?

The lid seals the entire Instant Pot, not the insert (which is the thing that would go in the fridge).

They make one to seal the pot that goes in the fridge, too. I don't think it is used for cooking at all. I havn't bought one yet, but it is on my list.

It's possible they mean the other lid you can get for doing slow cooking (not the one that locks in place, but more like a regular type of pan lid).

I'm guessing one in the fridge and one in the cooker, so once you've cooked multiple days of meals you don't have to have the same thing continuously.

Just so.

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