Prompt Pot Evaluation

Years in the past when Prompt Pots had been blowing up (not actually) within the residence meals scene, my mother jumped on the bandwagon and purchased my brother and me one every for Christmas. I bear in mind unwrapping the massive field (and possibly hoping it was the costly winter jacket I desperately wished) and feeling a little bit of a letdown. Snob that I used to be, I cherished the rituals and slowness of cooking, and the Prompt Pot, simply in its identify, appeared the alternative.

However one fateful day, months later, the busyness of life acquired to me. I used to be having a pal over and wished to make mashed chickpeas with seared chouriço, a playful Portuguese-esque tackle bangers and mash. Besides it was 5 o’clock, she’d be right here at 6:15, and all I had was a bag of dried chickpeas. I then remembered the forlorn Prompt Pot multi-cooker, nonetheless in its packaging, and swiftly unboxed it and acquired cooking. Forty or so minutes later, the chickpeas had been cooked, my mash was on its method, and dinner was saved. After that, the Prompt Pot earned a spot inside prepared attain in my cabinet and my respect.

Why the Prompt Pot Is Nice 

Electrical multi-cookers just like the Prompt Pot are versatile devices that may sluggish prepare dinner, make rice, and even sear if it’s essential to brown meat or sauté a mirepoix. And, as illustrated by my humble pie second above, the strain cooking operate of the Prompt Pot could make dinner goals come true—quick. It additionally is available in clutch when late-night cravings hit and all I really need is a bowl of braised beef poutine: I can simply throw the braised beef gravy substances within the Prompt Pot on excessive strain for an hour, press begin, and it’s off to the races. 

Whereas the Prompt Pot doesn’t attain the excessive pressures of stovetop strain cookers, I’ve by no means had subpar outcomes. If, say, a pot of black beans remains to be a lil crunchy, I simply screw the lid again on, set the strain and time, and prepare dinner them just a little longer. This leads me to a different purpose why I really like my Prompt Pot: It’s extremely simple to make use of. Whereas a stovetop strain cooker requires monitoring and a few mild ability to make sure nothing goes haywire, the Prompt Pot self-monitors the strain and releases it if wanted by way of the built-in valve. It has a no-frills button interface (or digital management panel, relying on the mannequin) that lets me choose the operate and set the time, in addition to a countdown timer. And, as soon as it’s finished cooking, it beeps heartily, and newer fashions have a button you possibly can push to begin releasing the strain. (No have to poke the valve with a wood spoon and danger a spurt of sizzling steam to the face.) Like a rice cooker, you possibly can preserve meals heat in it, too. 

Whereas I nonetheless wish to take it sluggish within the kitchen, my Prompt Pot strain cooker has enabled me to make my wildest, most spur-of-the-moment meals goals come true. I’ll by no means snub it once more. 

Why We’re the Specialists 

• Grace Kelly is a commerce editor at Severe Eats, the place she’s been testing gear for over two years. 
• She’s had her Prompt Pot Duo Plus for greater than 5 years, and it’s nonetheless chugging alongside simply advantageous. She loves utilizing it to prepare dinner dried beans in a flash. 
• We’ve reviewed quite a lot of electrical strain cookers from Prompt Pot, in addition to stovetop strain cookers.