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The teflon wore out on my slow cooker so I went looking for a replacement and discovered electric pressure cookers. Here are the reasons why I am so happy with my choice of the Instant Pot: 1. I wanted a non teflon coated and found the Instant Pot is one of the very few electric pressure cookers or slow cookers offering a stainless steel interior pot. 2. The Instant Pot is as easy to use as my Sanyo rice cooker or any programmable slow cooker. 3. Vegetables and potatoes cook in half to a third of the time as boiling. The quick cooking time helps to preserve more of the taste of the veggies than boiling in my opintion 4. Congee came out great. Using sushi grade rice, I found the instructions for rice to water ratio to be right on. There was no burning nor sticking to the bottom of the pot. 5. Cooking tripe for menudo took a little over an hour. This is much shorter than the normal several hours of simmering. 6. Beef knee bones for soup stock took about 2 hours before most of the knee broke down to be soft. This is much shorter than the normal 6 to 8 hours it would take to simmer and soften the knee bones connective tissues. 7. Ox tails took 1 hour vs 3 to 6 hours by simmering. While making the ox tails I filled the pot to the maximum limit and a little over. There were no leaks while cooking, however I released the pressure valve while it was cooking to see what would happen!!! Some of the soup stock soon exited the valve. The instructions say to let the pot sit for awhile before venting but I wanted to try it. I was expecting a mess inside of the Instant Pot but the internal seal held and interior heating area outside of the stainless steel pot was clean and spotless. Kudos for the Instant Pot design but I had to thoroughly clean the lid and valve assembly. 8. Throughout all of the cooking, never once was there any burning or sticking at the bottom of the pot. I used a teflon safe scrubbing sponge to clean the pot. I would recommend you don't use steel wool or a harsh scurbber to clean the pot. Keeping a shiny, scratchless interior helps to keep the pot easy to clean and prevent food from sticking. 9. I browned the meat in a separate frying pan, then deglazed the pan and emptied the contents into the Instant Pot. I would not recommend browning meat in the Instant Pot stainless steel pot. 10. The quality of material and build appear to be excellent. The lid, interior parts, stainless steel pot seem sturdy so far. Nothing feels cheap in this unit. 11. When the unit initially heats up, there is a little steam that escapes through the emergency vent. It soon seals up and operates normally as the unit heats to operating temperature. Overall I am very happy with the unit and have nothing negative to say about the Instant Pot.