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Instant pot....

Philly35
Philly35 Posts: 859
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Well I just got a phone call from my idiot brother. He was trying to tell me that his instant pot is better than my BGE. Claims he just had the best ribs of his life. He said he just cooked ribs with some liquid smoke and some cola in it then transferred to his cheap propane grill to add bbq sauce and had ribs in under 45 minutes. Best ribs he’s ever had he said lol. Also says he can make the worlds best chicken wings in under thirty minutes. He throws them in frozen and in thirty minutes they are done and best wings ever. I told him he should enter some bbq competitions...
NW IOWA
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  • buzd504
    buzd504 Posts: 3,877
    Instapot has its place.  I could do an instapot + egg ribs in about 80 minutes that would kick your asa!  But all instapot better than all egg???@elevnn HAHA what a maroon.
    NOLA
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  • Fred19Flintstone
    Fred19Flintstone Posts: 8,174
    We just made a corned beef in the IP for Ruebens.  Terrific!
    Flint, Michigan
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  • Philly35
    Philly35 Posts: 859
    I will add, I am not familiar with an instant pot at all. From the conversation, it sounded like a glorified pressure cooker. I had to look it up to see what it was. I took what he had to say about ribs with the idea in my head that he’s an idiot. I’ve watched him boil ribs before with liquid smoke and finish them off on the propane grill. So that will always leave a lasting impression. 
    NW IOWA
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  • bgebrent
    bgebrent Posts: 19,636
    Have one and neither I or Nichole could ever get into it. Some do. I prefer cooking or smoking over fire. Or on our Blackstone.  Braise in the DO. FWIW. 
    Sandy Springs & Dawsonville Ga
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  • Botch
    Botch Posts: 17,343
    It connects to the intranetz, so it MUST be true!  

    “The best way to execute french cooking is to get good and loaded and whack the hell out of a chicken."

         -  Julia child

    Ogden, UT, USA

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  • SciAggie
    SciAggie Posts: 6,481
    I agree that the IP has a place in my arsenal - but it cannot compete with my wood oven or my eggs. They are different beasts. I made some white bean and pastrami soup in the IP on Monday. Came home after work, prepped the meal (dried beans) then went for a bike ride. I got in a 25 mile ride after work AND cooked supper. 
    The IP makes some things easy. It can never roast, smoke or cook like the eggs. 
    Coleman, Texas
    Large BGE & Mini Max for the wok. A few old camp Dutch ovens and a wood fired oven. LSG 24” cabinet offset smoker. There are a few paella pans and a Patagonia cross in the barn. A curing chamber for bacterial transformation of meats...
    "Bourbon slushies. Sure you can cook on the BGE without them, but why would you?"
                                                                                                                          YukonRon
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  • littlerascal56
    littlerascal56 Posts: 2,110
    Sounds similar to Applebee’s ribs.  Boil them for an hour, brush on sauce, and put under broiler for 7 minutes.
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  • marysvilleksegghead
    marysvilleksegghead Posts: 862
    edited March 2019
    Where does your brother live?  He prob should get out more!  =)
    Lrg 2008
    Mini 2009
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  • HeavyG
    HeavyG Posts: 10,380
    People like what they like. Nothing wrong with that.
    “Reality is that which, when you stop believing in it, doesn't go away.” ― Philip K. Diçk




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  • cookingdude555
    cookingdude555 Posts: 3,196
    edited March 2019
    Somewhere on an instant pot forum, a brother is commenting on this brothers opinion on the BGE ...  

    "Well I just got a phone call from my idiot brother. He was trying to tell me that his BGE is better than my Instant Pot. Claims he just had the best ribs of his life. He said he just cooked ribs with some cherry wood smoke and spritzed cola on them then add bbq sauce and had ribs in under 4 hours. Best ribs he’s ever had he said lol. Also says he can make the worlds best chicken wings in under sixty minutes. He throws them in frozen and in sixty minutes they are done and best wings ever. I told him he should enter some bbq competitions..."

    =)
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  • nolaegghead
    nolaegghead Posts: 42,109
    Pressure cookers are great for beans and breaking down meat to shread level without smoke.  like ropa vieja. 
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  • nolaegghead
    nolaegghead Posts: 42,109
    they are not a substitute for smokers, wut an idiot.
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  • HeavyG
    HeavyG Posts: 10,380
    nolaegghead said:
    they are not a substitute for smokers, wut an idiot.
    I think only KCBS judges say ribs have to be smoked to be effing delicious.
    “Reality is that which, when you stop believing in it, doesn't go away.” ― Philip K. Diçk




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  • nolaegghead
    nolaegghead Posts: 42,109
    I usually use the pressure washer to blast all the flesh off the rib bones, liquify in the Blendtec, extrude into soylant green 2000 nutrient casings and microwave.  

    And on Sundays I elude the eyes
    And hop the Turbine Freight
    To far outside the Wire
    Where my white-haired uncle waits
    Jump to the ground
    As the Turbo slows to cross the borderline
    Run like the wind
    As excitement shivers up and down my spine
    Down in his barn
    My uncle preserved for me an old machine
    For fifty odd years

    And I eat my ribs.
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    I love lamp..
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  • HeavyG
    HeavyG Posts: 10,380
    nolaegghead said:
    I usually use the pressure washer to blast all the flesh off the rib bones, liquify in the Blendtec, extrude into soylant green 2000 nutrient casings and microwave.  

    And on Sundays I elude the eyes
    And hop the Turbine Freight
    To far outside the Wire
    Where my white-haired uncle waits
    Jump to the ground
    As the Turbo slows to cross the borderline
    Run like the wind
    As excitement shivers up and down my spine
    Down in his barn
    My uncle preserved for me an old machine
    For fifty odd years

    And I eat my ribs.
    Doo doo doo doo doo doo doo doo doo
    Doo doo doo doo doo doo doodoo doo
    Oh, that's the way, uh-huh uh-huh
    He likes his ribs, uh-huh, uh-huh
    That's the way, uh-huh uh-huh
    He likes them, uh-huh, uh-huh
    That's the way, uh-huh uh-huh
    He likes them, uh-huh, uh-huh
    That's the way, uh-huh uh-huh
    He likes them, so just feck off
    uh-huh uh-huh






    “Reality is that which, when you stop believing in it, doesn't go away.” ― Philip K. Diçk




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  • SmokeyPitt
    SmokeyPitt Posts: 10,490
    I have and instapot and you are correct it is an electric pressure cooker. If you have ever had ribs cooked in a crock pot they are like that but cook faster.  Honestly I did not care for them when I tried them.  I don’t see myself doing ribs again. Texture was off and they lacked flavor. I suppose I might try a combo and finish on the egg...but I would rather just do them all on the egg and if I need to speed them up use foil and turbo. 

    Which came first the chicken or the egg?  I egged the chicken and then I ate his leg. 

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  • Spaightlabs
    Spaightlabs Posts: 2,349
    cookingdude555 said:
    Somewhere on an instant pot forum, a brother is commenting on this brothers opinion on the BGE ...  

    "Well I just got a phone call from my idiot brother. He was trying to tell me that his BGE is better than my Instant Pot. Claims he just had the best ribs of his life. He said he just cooked ribs with some cherry wood smoke and spritzed cola on them then add bbq sauce and had ribs in under 4 hours. Best ribs he’s ever had he said lol. Also says he can make the worlds best chicken wings in under sixty minutes. He throws them in frozen and in sixty minutes they are done and best wings ever. I told him he should enter some bbq competitions..."

    =)
    Add in, " my idiot brother payed $1000 for a grill and I go my Instant Pot on sale for $79"   =)
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  • Yno
    Yno Posts: 529
    I have a BGE, an Instant Pot, and two sous vide appliances. They are all used for different things. If I am smoking meat, it is done  entirely on the BGE. This Instant Pot is great for things like risotto, beans, stews, etc. The sous vide works well for chicken for salads, fish, veggies, etc. I will be damned if I ever cook a prime steak sous vide. Don't care what anyone else says. 

    And sometimes I just use pots and pans on the stove.
    XL BGE in San Jose, CA. Also a Pit Barrel Cooker, a Cal Flame P4 gasser, and lots of toys including the first ever Flame Boss 300 in the wild. And a new Flame Boss 500.
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  • GlennM
    GlennM Posts: 1,445
    If you are craving ribs and don’t have 3-4 hours you can pick them up on your way home from work, 20 min in the instant pot and finish with smoke and sauce on the egg. These are very good.
    In the bush just East of Cambridge,Ontario 
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  • SmokeyPitt
    SmokeyPitt Posts: 10,490
    GlennM said:
    If you are craving ribs and don’t have 3-4 hours you can pick them up on your way home from work, 20 min in the instant pot and finish with smoke and sauce on the egg. These are very good.
    I suppose I might give these another try sometime because I do like that aspect. I think I overcooked them in the instant pot, then finished in the oven and they just tasted very bland and too mushy.

    Which came first the chicken or the egg?  I egged the chicken and then I ate his leg. 

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  • littlerascal56
    littlerascal56 Posts: 2,110
    Part of the allure of great wood smoke emitting from a green ceramic vessel is the fact your neighborhood gets to enjoy it.  They are cooking their food in their kitchens (pressure cookers, microwave, ovens), but no one cares. It’s the great smelling stuff on your BGE that gets the comments.  I even get s text from a guy 2 blocks north of me asking what’s cooking....he can tell when my egg is lit.
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  • fiber_induced_deuce
    fiber_induced_deuce Posts: 270
    I guess instant pot has changed over the years.  I used to carry a 5 gal bucket and newspaper around in my truck on long trips, that was my instant pot.  You know when you have to go and some of those bathrooms in the flyover part of the country aren't worth holding out for but the corn fields sure do give you some privacy.
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  • BigreenGreg
    BigreenGreg Posts: 600
    I have the 8QT Ultra and love it for cooking food fast during the work week. Hasn't produced anything that comes close to the BGE in flavor. I've cooked short ribs in it several times. Haven't tried the SV aspect out yet, I have my doubts without a circulator and heat coming from the bottom.
    LBGE, 36" Blackstone, Anova Pro
    Charleston, SC
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  • Photo Egg
    Photo Egg Posts: 12,137
    HeavyG said:
    People like what they like. Nothing wrong with that.
    Agree, and what ever you are eating now is always best until you taste something better.
    Thank you,
    Darian

    Galveston Texas
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  • Carolina Q
    Carolina Q Posts: 14,831
    BigreenGreg said:
    Hasn't produced anything that comes close to the BGE in flavor. 
    Try this pot roast. I swear that hunk of chuck roast was among the best beef I've ever had! Certainly as good as anything I've ever cooked on the egg. Takes about 2 1/2 hours.

    https://www.pressurecookrecipes.com/pressure-cooker-pot-roast/

    Mine (leftovers, day 2)

    I hate it when I go to the kitchen for food and all I find are ingredients!                                                                                                                                                                                                                           

    Michael 
    Central Connecticut 

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  • nolaegghead
    nolaegghead Posts: 42,109
    fiber_induced_deuce said:
    I guess instant pot has changed over the years.  I used to carry a 5 gal bucket and newspaper around in my truck on long trips, that was my instant pot.  You know when you have to go and some of those bathrooms in the flyover part of the country aren't worth holding out for but the corn fields sure do give you some privacy.
    ....when troll accounts have their own troll accounts..
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  • Philly35
    Philly35 Posts: 859
    nolaegghead said:
    fiber_induced_deuce said:
    I guess instant pot has changed over the years.  I used to carry a 5 gal bucket and newspaper around in my truck on long trips, that was my instant pot.  You know when you have to go and some of those bathrooms in the flyover part of the country aren't worth holding out for but the corn fields sure do give you some privacy.
    ....when troll accounts have their own troll accounts..
    Hmm I wonder who it is?
    NW IOWA
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  • GrateEggspectations
    GrateEggspectations Posts: 11,537
    The_Stache said:
    Philly35 said:
    Well I just got a phone call from my idiot brother. He was trying to tell me that his instant pot is better than my BGE. Claims he just had the best ribs of his life. He said he just cooked ribs with some liquid smoke and some cola in it then transferred to his cheap propane grill to add bbq sauce and had ribs in under 45 minutes. Best ribs he’s ever had he said lol. Also says he can make the worlds best chicken wings in under thirty minutes. He throws them in frozen and in thirty minutes they are done and best wings ever. I told him he should enter some bbq competitions...
    Really hard to over imbibe on adult beverages in under 45 minutes!  Takes all the fun out of it!
    Obviously, you need a lesson from @caliking.  ;)
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  • GrateEggspectations
    GrateEggspectations Posts: 11,537
    edited March 2019
    Philly35 said:
    nolaegghead said:
    fiber_induced_deuce said:
    I guess instant pot has changed over the years.  I used to carry a 5 gal bucket and newspaper around in my truck on long trips, that was my instant pot.  You know when you have to go and some of those bathrooms in the flyover part of the country aren't worth holding out for but the corn fields sure do give you some privacy.
    ....when troll accounts have their own troll accounts..
    Hmm I wonder who it is?
    I don’t care who the trolls are, nor that they are present on the forum; It’s just too bad we don’t have any who are funny. 
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