{"id":21974,"date":"2017-05-07T06:00:30","date_gmt":"2017-05-07T12:00:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.pressurecookingtoday.com\/?p=21974"},"modified":"2022-04-19T12:39:32","modified_gmt":"2022-04-19T18:39:32","slug":"instant-pot-ultra-60-review-giveaway","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pressurecookingtoday.com\/instant-pot-ultra-60-review-giveaway\/","title":{"rendered":"Instant Pot Ultra 60 Review"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Today I\u2019m sharing the third\u00a0of three pressure cooker reviews just in time for Mother\u2019s Day. The Instant Pot company recently released two new Instant Pots and they sent me them to review! I reviewed the Instant Pot Duo Plus<\/a> last month and today I\u2019m excited to introduce to you the Instant Pot Ultra<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Instant Pot Ultra 60 Review<\/h1>\n

What\u2019s New:<\/em><\/p>\n

Steam Release Reset Button.<\/strong> I\u2019m going to start with my favorite new feature on the Instant Pot Ultra \u2013 the new Steam Release Reset Button.On other Instant Pots, I don\u2019t know how many times I\u2019ve forgotten to move the steam release handle from the Venting position to the Sealing position before beginning to pressure cook. With this new design you\u2019ll never forget to put it in the Sealing position again, because when you open or close the lid it resets to the Sealing position!<\/strong><\/p>\n

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You no\u00a0longer use the steam release handle\u00a0to release the pressure. Instead you press\u00a0the new\u00a0Steam Release Reset\u00a0Button. If you press the button firmly, it will lock in place, and you don\u2019t need to hold it while the pressure releases.If however, you want to use a slower, intermittent\u00a0pressure release, you can gently press on the button and it will release the steam in little bursts. I like to do this with things I\u2019m worried about foaming like pasta.<\/p>\n

The Instant Pot Company say the Steam Release Reset Button \u201censures the safer handling of the steam release after cooking is completed.\u201d But for me it\u2019s the reset to the sealing position that makes this new design a winner.<\/p>\n

The float valve<\/strong> sits up higher on the lid of the Ultra, so it\u2019s easier to see when\u00a0it drops and you can open the lid.<\/p>\n

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Central Dial<\/strong>.\u00a0The biggest change with the Ultra is the new\u00a0dial. You use the dial to select the cooking program, select the time, and make adjustments. \u00a0You turn the dial and press to select a program, or make an adjustment to time or other settings. I prefer the push buttons on the\u00a0Instant Pot Duo Plus<\/a>\u00a0to the new dial on the Ultra, but maybe with\u00a0time I\u2019ll become more proficient at using it and it won\u2019t seem as tedious.<\/p>\n

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LCD Display with cooking progress indicator.<\/strong> Sometimes you wonder what\u2019s going on in the pot. If you\u2019re cooking a big pot of soup and it seems like it\u2019s\u00a0taking forever to come to pressure, it can leave you wondering if everything is working right. Now you can see on the LCD display\u00a0the progress of the preheat, pressure cooking and when it\u2019s finished cooking and is on the keep warm setting.<\/p>\n

Ultra button<\/strong> that gives you more control over what you\u2019re cooking; it even let\u2019s you set\u00a0the temperature. If you\u2019re interested in Sous Vide cooking this will give you the precision you want.<\/p>\n

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Altitude Adjustment.\u00a0<\/strong>If you live\u00a0at a high altitude you need to increase your pressure cooking times. The Ultra lets you select\u00a0your altitude, then after you\u2019ve entered it, and it automatically increases the cook time for all of the programmed cooking times. Amy and Jacky did a great post on High Altitude pressure cooking<\/a> if you\u2019d like more information.<\/p>\n

Laurie, a Pressure Cooking Today reader generously shared her experience using the Ultra at altitude:
\nI live at 9,000 ft in Colorado, and wanted to let you know that I appreciate your comments here and there throughout your website regarding high altitude adjustments.<\/em><\/p>\n

After buying the Mueller Ultra Pot, which I felt was a good economic choice as a novice, I soon returned it, did a BUNCH more research and bought the Instant Pot Ultra. This is a much better choice at high elevation. Their “altitude adjustment” feature doesn’t do much for me–all it does is change the default time on the pre-programmed buttons, which I rarely use. Normally I follow recipes and enter times manually, and I still have to do the math myself. (They advertise that it “takes the guesswork out of recipe conversion. It does not!) What the Ultra DOES do<\/strong>, which is helpful for my situation, is that it remembers whatever changes I made for my previous use of the programmed buttons, so if I entered my own time it’ll be the same next time.<\/em><\/p>\n

Other reasons the Ultra is helpful at high elevation<\/strong>: Just about everything gives me a choice of temperature and time. The SLOWCOOK function on HIGH keeps things at a pretty full, rolling boil. I rarely want that, but there are also MED and LOW settings to choose from, or I can set my own Custom temperature. Same with the SAUTE function. Everything evaporates off so fast here that I rarely want to keep it on the HIGH setting for very long, if at all. I keep the default set at MED, which works fine.<\/em><\/p>\n

I have figured out that the HIGH Pressure setting, when added to my atmospheric pressure at 9,000 feet is about equivalent to a person using LOW Pressure at sea level. So, if ever a recipe calls for the LOW setting, I can use it on HIGH and keep their time allotment for the recipe. It works for me, but not many recipes call for the LOW setting.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

New programs.<\/strong>\u00a0As with the\u00a0Instant Pot Duo Plus<\/a>, the Ultra has a pressure cook button instead of the manual button, which helps eliminate the confusion. It also has the new sterilize, cake and egg programs.<\/p>\n

There\u2019s a lot of things to love about the new Ultra. I hope\u00a0in the\u00a0future all Instant Pots\u00a0will have the new lid \/ pressure release design like the Ultra. It\u2019s a great new innovation.<\/p>\n

You’ll find the online Instant Pot Ultra manual here<\/a>.<\/p>\n