I primarily bought this as a rice cooker given the stainless steel pot. However I haven't found the perfect ratio of water and time to make the "perfect rice" (I've tried few recipes I've seen online). I've used a cheaper rice cooker and once I got the right water ratio I liked it so just a matter of me trying it out more probably. It is bigger than I expected and probably too big just as a rice cooker unless you have a huge family. Using it as a pressure cooker however has been great.. I've made few bean type recipes, chill, , soup from hard beans and can beans and the flavour is good and beans soft. I really use the saute feature. And I'm still getting used to pressure cooking so this is all new to me and I'm sure those who have pressure cooked before and have the right recipes/ratios etc will love this.

I am enjoying the Instant Pot but had to download the instructions and recipes that normally would have come with the pot. I realize the error occured elsewhere. It all worked out fine in the end.

I had read some negative reviews about this product, but I still wanted to buy one for my special cooking recipes... anyway, it works very well so far (I use it at least once a day), I really like it, thumb up!