Instant Pot vs. Using Traditional Electric Pressure Cooker and Slow Cooker

Katherine K. (Q&A ID 7800)

I don't want an Instant Pot at this time as I have an Electric Pressure Cooker (6 quart) and Slow Cooker (7 quart). Can I assume any of your recipes from Fast & Slow can be used in either of these? Obviously, any precooking for Slow recipes will need to be stove top as the Slow Cooker doesn't have the Sautéing feature. I hope my question makes sense.

Thanks for your consideration of this question.

Lynn C. (Q&A ID 662)

Hi Katherine - Our recipes should work in your 6-quart electric pressure cooker. The only variable, and this may only apply to certain recipes, is if your pressure cooker has a much larger or smaller bottom surface area than a 6-quart Instant Pot. We did not test our recipes in a traditional slow cooker and the recipes were tested using the slow function on a 6-quart Instant Pot. Since this is a smaller volume than your slow cooker, we can't say for sure whether these would work the same in a 7-quart traditional slow cooker. Hope that helps! Best, Lynn C.

Katherine K. (Q&A ID 7800)

Thanks for the quick response. I'll try the slow cooker with a recipe and see how it goes, maybe cut the cooking time a bit.