Instant Pot RIO Wide Plus, 9-in-1 Electric Pressure Cooker, 35% Larger Cooking Surface, WhisperQuiet Steam Release, Multi-Cooker, Slow Cook, Rice Maker, Steamer, Sauté, Cake, & Warmer, 7.5 Quarts

Admittedly, I am a Ninja fan, and have been using a Ninja Foodi OL700 for the last 3 years. I have loved the versatility of this pressure cooker since it has only one lid and functions include Steam and Cook, Broiling, and so much more. Alas, my beloved pressure cooker has been giving me an error message that, according to customer service, indicates the circuit board is going. Although I will continue to use it, I know it is dying and have been on a mission to find a replacement for it. Since the available Ninja Pressure Cookers have 2 lids, I don't want to have to store a separate lid. I did research a number of different pressure cookers and the options they provided, but none of them met my basic requirements. Since Instant Pot is a known and trusted brand, I found this pressure cooker. Granted, it doesn't have all of the functionality I had gotten used to, but it would accomplish most of the tasks of a pressure cooker with the options that are important to me. In my testing, it preheated for both steaming and pressure cooking in about 8 minutes which is faster than others I tested. So, what do I like about this pressure cooker? 1) The stainless steel cooking pot is easy to clean and doesn't stain or wear as the cooking pot provided for the Ninja OL700 pressure cooker. This is a definite plus over the Ninja pressure cooker. 2) The cooking pot has handles for removing the pot from the pressure cooker. This is definitely a plus as most pressure cookers, including Ninja, require heat-resistant gloves to remove the pot from the cooker. 3) The handles on the insert pot also hold the pot in place for stirring. With other cookers, you have to hold the pot with heat-resistant gloves when you stir the contents so that the pot doesn't spin. 4) I use my pressure cooker for steaming vegetables I grow at least 2 times a week. Some of the pressure cookers I found steamed under pressure. This pressure cooker does not steam under pressure. So, a vented glass cover can be used for steaming. This makes cleanup easier as the pressure lid is more difficult to clean and dry than a glass lid. I bought the vented glass lid to use for steaming in this unit. In addition, you don't have to empty or dry the condensation collector when using a lid for steaming since the steam and water stay in the pot. 5) The sauté' mode of this pressure cooker allows selection of multiple levels of heat whereas other have only low or high as options. Since I often make gravy using roast dripping, I have found that low is too low and high boils. Since gravy requires simmering, neither if these options works. I like that I can select the heat level I need with this model. 6) Settings are retained for each function. So, you don't have to reset setting when using the same function multiple time as I do for steaming large batches of veggie greens. 7) Preheats faster than other units I tested. It took about 8 minutes to preheat for both steaming and pressure cooking starting with cold water. I appreciate that I don't have to use preprogrammed settings when I don't need to, and when I do, the settings are easily changed. Overall, I am happy with this pressure cooker. It doesn't have all of the functions my Ninja Pressure Cooker has, but it works for what I need, and it is the best I have found. UPDATE 08/10/25: I have been using this pressure cooker for about 4 months, and use it almost every day and sometimes twice in a day. I have grown to love this pressure cooker even more than my beloved Ninja pressure cooker. It lacks some of the functions of the Ninja unit such as air frying, but I have multiple ovens that air fry. My primary uses for t pressure cooker is for pressure cooking and steaming. The stainless steel pot is so much nicer and easier to clean than the non-stick pots, and it doesn't stain or wear out as the non-stick pots do. For steaming, I have the cover that fits the pot, so I don't have to clean a pressure lid. The handles on the pot prevent the pot from rotating when ingredients are stirred, and facilitate removal of the pot without heat resistant gloves. Multiple levels for the sauté mode are so very useful for making gravy from the drippings of a pressure cooked roasts which are cooked to perfection vs. other methods of cooking. I could go on and on about what I love about this pressure cooker. I can only say, if you are looking for a great pressure cooker with a lot of functionality, this is the one to buy. I hope this review was helpful for you.

Review is for the 6 Quart Instant Pot Pro. I love this thing and plan to use it for every single thing that I can! Setup was easy and next to no effort other than cleaning out the pot to start. Thought I had to take the white rubber 'cap' off the red popup pressure indicator under the lid as it looked like some sort of cover but I did not try - thankfully. I tried the 3 cups of water test and let it run through 5 min. Everything worked fine and showed me what to expect! I highly recommend doing this. Made Red Beans to start and they came out great. I tried it on the Bean setting but it ran it for 20 min. Even with overnight soak it wasn't enough to be done but wow , they got soft already - would have taken an HOUR in the pot to get to this point! Ran another 20 min and the quick steam release let me check progress and the powerful nature of this PRO let me going again quickly! Even with all of the stopping, testing, checking, I still cooked the red beans faster than the pot! Finally the interface is simple and intuitive - did not even need the manual. The presets are just that and you can customize your times. It will flash BURN and freak out requiring to unplug - if anything goes wrong. Yes I tried to re-warm the beans the next night and - yeah don't do that if they're thick. Nice safety feature because you can't exactly SEE what's going on in the pot with the lid on under pressure! Also it's heavy and seems durable. The rubber handles for the pot - love love love!

My previous insta pot was a 6qt non-stick pot. I really enjoyed that pot. But many times I wished it was a little bigger. And getting the pot out of the unit was a bit dicy, you have to use pot holders for the heat and it could slip out of your hands. However I also became concerned about the non-stick coating on the pot. I had put a couple of scratches on the bottom so I was concerned about the coating. Enter this new pot. Very nice 8 qt size. I actually thought 8 qt might be too big but on my first use I almost filled it up, so it's not too big. The stainless steal pot is awesome and the handles make it very easy to lift out(without pot holders) and I dont feel like it's going to slip out of my hands. First use was a stew and it came out great. I did wash it in the dishwasher before use. I found the silicon seal to be hard to put back onto the lid, I had to use a little water as a 'lubricant' to get it to slip back into place. There are LOTS of options on this thing.....it took me a couple minutes just to pick one for the stew and I finally picked the 'slow cook' option which took six hours....but it was worth the wait....the meat was very tender and the potatoes and carrots were just right, not too soft and not too hard......by the way, if you shop Walmart, the organic carrots taste way better than the regular carrots......I just buy a bag of organic petite and dump them in....this time I also added a bag of frozen mushrooms and that was great.....too many times I buy fresh mushrooms and forget to use them within a day or two and have to chuck them. 10/17/25 update Still loving this pot....the only issue I have is the silicone pressure ring can be difficult to put back in place. To show how large it is, just now I put in a whole 3 lb bag of potatoes, a whole chopped up celery bunch, a large onion, 8 oz of fresh mushrooms, bag of carrots, 64oz of chicken stock and about 2 lbs of chicken......I put it on an option for 6 hours of 'slow cook'......the slow cook option is pretty cool.....

Bought the Instant Pot Pro 8 Qt and it’s been one of the better kitchen upgrades we’ve made. The 8-quart size is right for family meals and leftovers — chili, pulled pork, soups, rice, and a pot of beans all fit without crowding. It comes up to pressure quicker than older Instant Pots I’ve used, and the steam release is a lot calmer. The switch plus the diffuser cover keeps it from hissing and spraying all over the cabinet. Sauté works well in the stainless pot; browning meat before pressure cooking actually tastes like you meant to do it. Rice and yogurt modes have been consistent. Cleanup is easy, inner pot and lid go in the dishwasher. 28 one-touch programs sound like overkill until you start using a couple of them regularly. Extra sealing ring and steamer basket in the box were a nice touch. If you cook for more than two people or batch meals, this size and the Pro features are worth it. Highly recommend.

I upgraded from Instapot Duo to the Pro. The fact the Instapot Pro has handles makes a world of different. On the Duo it is was a pain pulling the pot out and straining it while hot. On top of that it inner-pot of this "Pro" has a heavy bottom making a great is steel pot, so it just work like a normal pot on the stove top giving me the options in using either the electrical device or on the stove top. When in doubt get the 6 qt, is fits most things for a 1-4 person household (I'd argue even 6). Might not hold a Large whole chicken, but I manage by being able to breakdown a whole chicken (it isn't hard, just watch a video) I cook professionally. But at home the Instapot is the best appliance I've gotten. I make Bean from dried at a fraction of the time, amazing quality fresh stock that doesn't require me to to wait 8 hours on a stove top, it takes the place of crockpot, rice cooker (*), and a normal pot. Stews, Gumbo, Chili, and Braises are done greatly when you are pinch for time making what would normally for 5 hour is only an hour or two and near same quality. Which has saved me during a dinner party where my sous dropped braised short ribs 2 hours before plating. It is an investment but if you eat (or plan to eat) legumes/beans, and you use stock/broth occasionally or consistently in your diet. This will save you some money and time while giving you a better product than store-bought stock/broth and canned beans. Both the beans and stock you make freeze well, and cooked frozen bean reheat/thaw fast. And if you freeze veggie scrap (like onion skin, carrot/parsnip peel, celery tops and bottoms) as well and save bones from you chicken (rotisserie, chicken thigns, or whole chicken) you can make stock with all the stuff you were going to throw way anyway. Better than store bought while also being basically free. Lastly it is great for meal prep and you can set it to have your ingredients in it before leaving to work and being done by the time you get home from work. If you cook consistently for yourself and/or for loved ones, or want to cook more at home. An Instapot makes thing easy at a press of a button, and the Pro has very convent features (like HANDLES I cant praise enough!) that make life much more easy. When you get one you will ask also ask "Why didn't I get one sooner?". I work late nights and early morning, this gives me more time and saves me from eating out. ~*I've mentioned "rice cooker" and I want to expand on this.~ The Instapot works great as a rice cooker but compared to an actual rice cooker, it is a little slower to cook (20min vs 30-35min) and the rice (especially short-grain/sushi rice) builds starch and stick to the stainless steel pot, requiring a slight bit more finesse to clean. I personally eat rice (and grains) consistently and i like saving 10-15min of what little time I have at home, so i have both a cheap rice cooker and instapot. However if you want to minimize your appliances (i.e. have less "appliance clutter") and need to conserve space in your kitchen, then having just an Instapot will work well enough and do every thing a rice cooker can, plus much MUCH more.

I’m a long time Instant Pot user and have bought many upgrades over the years. I was attracted to this new RIO Wide because, you guessed it, it’s wide. I do a lot of sautéing as well as cooking larger bone in chicken breasts, which aren’t as convenient in the standard narrow tall 6 qt IP. I also wanted to steam larger vegetables like 5-8 ears of corn on the cob. For the functional bits - it surpassed my expectations. I cook 5 ears of corn on the cob regularly now in this guy. They are very easy to get out with tongs with the lower height of the device. The settings are a perfect variety and the controls are easy to read and configure. I’ve cooked a half chicken in there after browning it first with the wide cooking surface. It turned out tender and delicious. The chimes at ends of cycles are melodious and make me smile - not the harsh beeping of older models. Steam release is exceptional - both super quiet and without wet spitting that you can get with older IPs. That alone has made it my go to IP. It is larger, so if you want to store it, you will need some space for that. I just leave mine on the kitchen island because I use it all the time. The lid is wide, so you can’t slot it into those IP slots that hold the lid on smaller models. This just means you need to be careful to drain any liquid caught in the lid into the pot when you remove it so you don’t drip it across your counter/electronics. Because of the width, the steam trivet is very easy to remove when it is hot. That’s something I struggled with a bit on my older, narrow IP. Stir fries are a dream to cook in this cooker. It feels very safe from steam burns due to the backward facing steam vent and the steam release buttons location far in front of that vent. I’ve put the lid in the dishwasher, which held up well. But mostly I clean stuck on food bits with some Lemi Shine citric acid on high pressure for 3 minutes and a soak in that overnight. That leaves the pan looking brand new as you can see in the photo. If you were debating whether you needed this IP in your collection, I can assure you that you do.

I we'll start this by saying if I could give this product zero stars or negative stars, I would. Absolutely. I have tried to order this product FOUR times. Amazon will not let me individually review this item for each one of those purchases, although they are different experiences. The first time Amazon sent me a defective product with a broken lid and a damaged body (I knew that I was purchasing it from the Amazon sell, but I had no idea it was gonna be unusable) My second order was with a Christmas gift card for a brand new product. I purchased the 8 qt "pro" as an upgrade from my current duo nova instant pot. I have enjoyed that product, although I do get an error code fairly frequently stating that the pot is the wrong size for the base… Instant pot told me that there is no fix for this I just need to order a brand new pot which I refuse to do so I fidget with it and it will work. Anyway, the brand new 8 quart would not come up to temperature on the slow cook function. I let it sit for four hours and it was still preheating and the food inside was raw. I had to take the food out and cook it in the oven. I sent the pot back The third time I ordered a 6 quart instant pot pro which looked beautiful, but had the exact same problem. There was also a problem getting the lid to come off the pot I had to take a butter knife and push down the steam release so that the lid would release and allow me to remove it even when I was not using the pressure cook mode. The slow Cook function absolutely would not preheat I did an experiment by putting water in the pot and turning it on for eight hours in the morning with no food in it and it never came up to temperature. Seven hours later it was still blinking preheat and the water inside was like 150°F. I contacted instant pot and they wanted me to do this almost tremendous task of taking a video showing the problem taking several photographs explaining the context of the problem blah blah blah blah. I said no I am just going to send it back until I can get one that actually works. That brings me to my fourth and final order of the instant pot Pro 6 qt. I know that it will shock you, but I had the exact same problem. I could not believe it. I looked it up online (as I should have done in the first place)and found that this is a common problem with this product. It just will not come up to heat on slow cook. One YouTube video said that it takes hours for this particular model to come up to temperature and you will need to have an instant thermometer handy so that you can check your food every few hours to ensure that it's actually cooking appropriately. I don't know about you, but when I slow cook food it is my expectation that that food is going to cook, even if I am out working in my garden or running a quick errand to the store. Why would I be on standby for eight hours when I can probably cook it in the oven in one or two and have a somewhat consistent result? Well, I did contact instant pot (again) and they required me to send photographs, and an explanation, and the whole rigmarole, which I did this time only to get a reply just a couple hours later where I was told the same thing : if you were going to cook something on slow cook it can take up to four hours to preheat on a longer cook. My reply back to instant pot was that several sites on the Internet know that there is a problem with the instant pot pro in that the slow Cook function does not work correctly. The Internet knows that this is a flaw. Amazon is becoming aware that this is a flaw. And I believe that instant pot knows that this is a flaw yet they refuse to either correct the problem or honor their warranty. I am sad to say that I will never buy another instant pot product after the runaround that I was given by this company, who refused to assist me, will not honor the warranty, made excuses for a faulty product, and ultimately just basically said if you don't like it go return it (literally). So I am. GOOD NEWS-- UPS will pick it up for free.

So far so good, made my first soup, a Sunday comfort jam and potatoes soup. Cooked on pressure soup program the food was delicious and easy to follow instructions on the Instant Pot app. The Pot worked as advertised. I love the pot, the price was great, and delivery was on time. I do recommend the product and vendor. If there are any issues I will return with details.

Compré la Instant Pot y genuinamente fue una de las mejores decisiones para mi cocina. La uso varias veces por semana y me ha resuelto cosas que antes eran un dolor, sobre todo cuando la carne o el pollo están congelados. Literal: de congelador a plato servido, sin drama. Uno de los momentos donde más la amé fue en Navidad. Pude hacer la cena completa en aproximadamente 2 horas, cuando normalmente habría pasado toda la noche cocinando. Carnes suaves, bien cocidas, con sabor, sin estar pegada a la estufa ni estresada por tiempos. La presión funciona excelente, los resultados son consistentes y te da mucha tranquilidad saber que puedes cocinar incluso cuando no planeaste nada con anticipación. Es ideal para: pollo o carne congelada, guisos, caldos, arroz, comidas “de diario” y también para ocasiones especiales. Al principio intimidan un poco los botones, pero es cuestión de usarla un par de veces. Después se vuelve automática en tu rutina. Además, la olla interior es fácil de limpiar y el sistema de seguridad se siente muy confiable. No exagero cuando digo que me ahorra tiempo, energía y estrés. Si cocinas en casa y quieres resultados buenos sin pasar horas, vale totalmente la pena. La recomiendo sin dudar y definitivamente la volvería a comprar y de hecho estoy pensando comprar más tamaños :D.

Produto ótimo. Panela interna de inox que pode ser retirada e usada no fogão. Facilita limpeza e vai durar para sempre. Faço iogurte em potes em banho Maria toda a semana. Pasteurizei ovos inteiros com a função sous vide. Silenciosa quando usa pressão, que funciona maravilhosamente.

After my previous Instantpot stopped working one day. It was time for a new one. This one I chose as it had sous vide function. I have used this function twice now. I am quite impressed with it I must say. This Instantpot has ten functions. It is bigger than my precious one at 8qt. While I don’t cook for many I do not regret choosing the bigger version. What I enjoy about this particular Instantpot is the following: -The steam release is so much more easy to use. Just slide down to open and slide up to close. -The stainless steel liner with handles is the best update to this device ever. Silicone handles make it so easy to remove a scorching hot pot. -As with my previous pot this one has the dial to adjust time, temp and such. So easy and handy. -the cord is attached rather than having to plug it in the pot each time. As of yet I haven’t use this Instantpot for anything else. I can’t imagine it be any less than my other Pot. One thing I can think of that I’m not so impressed with: -There is a small slot to slide one thickness of your cord in the back, to hold it. It is fairly useless as being able to hold more cord would have been so much more useful. Even a nice Velcro strap to fold the cord up would have been so much better. Is this InstantPot worth buying? It is in my opinion a solid buy. It has more than one use and is a well built product.

Product was working fine till unexpected malfunction happened. The Tokion team was then extremely helpful. Provided me multiple options for repair through warranty and when all solutions were exhausted, full refund was issued upon shipping back the item

The product demo was given by Mr. Zafar Khan. The demo was really good and detailed. Made things so much easier. And the product is really convenient and amazing to use. Must buy.