Re: Instant pot multi use appliance with accessible iPhone app

[Gordan Radić]

Hi! You should explore online comunity for this cooker. I read somewhere there's a FB page or group with thousands of recipees and other similar online corners. From my experience you should experiment a bit, cooking few minutes more or few minutes less could make the food more according to your taste. Also, there could be a difference with different brand of groceries so online recipees are not the Ten Commandments xD. Presets are good if you know what you're doing and what do you expect and manual settings are great for customizing the cooking of specific food. S poštovanjem Gordan Radić 13.1.2016. u 7:34, Deb Lewis je napisao/la: We just bought the smart Instant Pot and I have a few observations. I have never used a pressure cooker. The recipes in the app are too fancy and time consuming for the ost part. But they do give you an idea of how long it takes to cook things which is helpful. There are settings for lots of foods, but that's a little confusing too. Poultry, for example, could be a few chicken brasts, a whole chicken, a stuffed fowl of some kind etc. Cooking requirements are all really different for those so I'm not sure why they have these vague settings. But everything we've made has been taty and it's a very accessible product. Just a little confusing for the uninitiated because I think the presets are a little meaningless unless I'm missing something. On 1/4/16, Mary Otten <motte...@gmail.com> wrote: Hi Penny, I have kind of gotten away from so many grains, so I probably won't be doing the steel cut oats so I won't be able to give you a first-hand report. There is an extremely active Facebook group of instant pot users, some of whom have self identified as blind folks. If you are on Facebook, as I know you are, and you join that group, I bet you could put in a post about steel cut oats and see what comes back. Mary Sent from my iPhone On Jan 4, 2016, at 10:45 AM, Penny Reeder <penny.ree...@gmail.com> wrote: Thanks, Mary. My daughter and son-in-law cook perfect steel-cut oats in their Japanese rice cooker. So, I bought a rice cooker several years ago -- but a different kind, since I couldn't access the touch cooking controls on their cooker with a dynamic display. Their rice cooker has "fuzzy logic." Mine does not., and my oatmeal does not turn out creamy and delicious like theirs! So, I am curious as to how well the steel cut oats might turn out in the InstantPot. Thanks for the info. Penny On 1/4/16, Mary Otten <motte...@gmail.com> wrote: Hi Penny, there is a multi grain setting. And there are recipes for oats. I haven't looked to see what setting they use. There's also a rice setting. So the short answer is, I am sure it is possible to cook porridge, but you do have to be careful about foaming. Mary Sent from my iPhone On Jan 4, 2016, at 10:11 AM, Penny Reeder <penny.ree...@gmail.com> wrote: Hi Mary, Is there a porridge setting, do you know? Thanks. Penny On 1/4/16, Mary Otten <motte...@gmail.com> wrote: Hi Rick, The rice program is the only one which according to the manual, does not allow for any adjustment. You just put your rice and your liquid in, hit the button and go away. And then of course you come back and don't let it sit on warm too long. Mary Sent from my iPhone On Jan 4, 2016, at 8:01 AM, Rick Alfaro <rick.alf...@gmail.com> wrote: Mary, thanks for the followup. I know that on the standard model, once you choose a preset like rice, you have several seconds to make any adjustments before it will start on its own. By adjustments, I mean plus or minus the default time for the preset. Hopefully, the app will do the same, giving you time to make any changes. For the most part, since I've been pressure cookingfor some time now, I usually use the manual setting and don't use the presets all that much. Best regards, Rick Alfaro -----Original Message----- From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Mary Otten Sent: Sunday, January 3, 2016 10:35 PM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: Instant pot multi use appliance with accessible iPhone app Hi Rick, I thought I would get back to you on the instant pot smart. The panel is like yours. And the app seems very nice indeed. The recipes in it are very few, although you can download scripts or write your own. There is documentation for how to do that in a PDF file which I have not looked at yet. Peering is a snap. The dashboard, where you control the cooker, is totally accessible. The only thing I don't know, and that is because I simply haven't done it yet, is whether you can manipulate the plus and minus and adjust buttons using the app. And if you can, can you tell what the settings are when you're done. I suspect it will work, since the other settings work. You can see the temperature in the device, what is the pressure, how much time is left. And of course you can activate the preprograms things like rice etc. What gives me hope is that when you hit a button, such as rice, it doesn't automatically start. On the screen that comes up, you have to hit a start but for it to start. So the rise program is automatic, no adjustments. But I'm thinking that with programs that do allow adjustments, like stew, it should allow you to make adjustments. Mary Sent from my iPhone On Dec 27, 2015, at 2:49 PM, Rick Alfaro <rick.alf...@gmail.com> wrote: Mary, at least the model I have is not touch screen. The buttons are sort of like raised bubbles so I could see how maybe a sighted person would think it was a touch screen. I just looked at the BT version and it's currently selling for $179 which is substantially lower than it was when I purchased my original instant pot. It was close to $300 then so $179 really looks like a deal since the standard 6qt model sells for $118. I'd definitely spend the extra $60 for the convenience and better accessibility of the BT model. I'm thinking about ordering one but need to listen to that podcast first. Best regards, Rick Alfaro -----Original Message----- From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Mary Otten Sent: Sunday, December 27, 2015 5:21 PM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: Instant pot multi use appliance with accessible iPhone app Thanks, Rick. I wish I had known this earlier. There was a big sale on the regular instant pot before Christmas. And I was looking into purchasing it, but then I read an article that seemed to indicate that there was a touch screen on the front. So that made it sound like it was not going to work too well for a totally blind person. I've never actually seen one. I guess I will have to keep looking for a sale. Mary Sent from my iPhone On Dec 27, 2015, at 2:12 PM, Rick Alfaro <rick.alf...@gmail.com> wrote: Hi there Mary. I don't have the BT version of the Instant Pot but I do have their standard version that is a pressure cooker, slow cooker, and also sautes among other things. I just wanted to let you know that the Instant pot is most definitely very useable by a blind person. I use mine at least once or twice a week. I simply made a Braille chart of the various buttons along with what they are and their default cook times. I keep this taped to the inside of a cabinet door just above the Instant Pot for easy reference. In addition, this cooker also has plus and minus buttons as well as a manual setting which I actually prefer so you can set your own cooking time if you don't want to use the presets. The buttons are definitely fairly tactile but I nevertheless put some lock dots on them for an easier feel. The cooker is also very safe. There is no way you can open it once it comes up to pressure. I've never seen the BT version so can't say the buttons and layout are the same but their standard pot is quite useable. Pressure cooking save a ton of time for all kinds of different dishes with the big advantage that all of the flavor is locked into whatever you're cooking. I'm definitely going to check out that podcast and see what this BT version is all about. Best regards, Rick Alfaro -----Original Message----- From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Mary Otten Sent: Thursday, December 24, 2015 8:51 PM To: viphone@googlegroups.com; macvisionar...@googlegroups.com; macvoiceo...@freelists.org Subject: Instant pot multi use appliance with accessible iPhone app Hi all, There has been a lot of talk on certain cooking related websites this past year about an appliance known as an instant pot. It is a multi use appliance, which combines the functionality of slow cooker, pressure cooker, rice cooker, sauté pan, and some other stuff. I was interested in this device, until I finally found an article that went into enough detail to convince me that it would not be usable by a blind person. Then just today, I found a podcast done by Victor Saren on applevis. He demonstrates the Bluetooth app which makes the most expensive variant of the instant pot accessible to blind people. This is not a cheap appliance. But it may be under someone's Christmas tree tomorrow. I would be very curious if there's anyone on any of these lists who has or will be getting this pot and how you like it and the app. There are recipes on the instant pot website. And I have found some recipes on another website. You can also adapt pressure cooker recipes for it, but it cooks at a slightly lower pressure than the usual stovetop pressure cookers. The app also lets you enter your own recipes. 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