Hi there welcome to paint the kitchen red. I'm Neena and I share instant pot tips and recipes
on my blog paint the kitchen red. I am here today to talk about the instant pot duo gourmet.
the instant pot duo gourmet is an exclusive partnership currently with costco and.. between Costco
and the instant pot company. by the time you watch this video, it's possible it may be available at
other retailers. so today I'm going to be talking about how to use this instant pot, the parts,
how to do a water test which is basically you're pressure cooking water and the reason you do
a water test is two reasons one is to make sure that the instant pot is
actually working properly so that you can figure out early that you don't have a defective unit
and the second is just to familiarize yourself with the instant pot how it works. water is just
something really simple and easy and so you get over that first experience with something that
you can't go wrong with. so that's why we're going to do the water test. now this, when you see this
box and you look at the instant pot and you see the buttons it can be kind of intimidating. it's
kind of a scary appliance. what I'm going to do today is I'm going to show you how to use the most
commonly used buttons. you don't have to learn how to use all the buttons because to be honest
with you I have quite a few instant pots and I get by with just using like five of the functions. so
I'll go over the other buttons briefly but mainly I'm going to go over the commonly used functions
in particular the pressure cook mode. so one of the things I hear about from
people is that they are afraid to use the instant pot because they've heard stories
from their grandma about how the pressure cooker exploded or something like that. well,
this is not your grandma's pressure cooker. the instant pot company has built
a lot of safety features into the instant pot so if you do make a mistake or you do something wrong
there are error codes that will pop up and that will allow you to correct whatever mistake that
you made so there's really nothing to be worried about in terms of safety and the other thing I
hear about from people is that they waited too long to open the instant pot I mean the box get
this spot out of the box and use it and so what happens in that situation is the instant pot is
not under warranty and they can't return it to the store if there's something wrong with
instant pot when they open it and then so at that point they're out of luck they're just stuck with
this big appliance an expensive appliance that is completely useless so for that reason alone
I urge you to get the instant pot out of the box and I'll meet you back here to get started.
the instant pot comes with a couple of manuals and you also have a full manual available online. this
is a measuring cup for rice. a couple of spoons. a steam rack or trivet for doing pot in pot cooking
or for raising up your food. silicone mini mitts which are really handy and an extra sealing ring
that you can use for desserts or you can just save it as an extra and this is your power cord.
let's go over the lid. this is the lid handle. here we have the lid fins and you use them to prop
open the lid i'll show you that in a minute this is a steam release valve and it rotates pretty
freely and you pull on it to take it out and when you push it back in make sure you push it in
all the way here we have the steam release button and you push on it to release steam and you turn
it counterclockwise to put it back into the sealing position this little metal piece is
called the float valve and you can access it from the inside and when you push on it it goes up and
down now let's turn the lid over and i'll show you the parts on the inside this is the sealing ring
and you can gently pull on it all the way around to get it out of the sealing ring rack
and when you put it back in make sure that you push it in all the way around the sealing ring
might be a little tight when you first get the instant pot but it does loosen up as you use
it and make sure you push it in all the way if you have a part sticking out you can have issues
with the instant pot pressurizing if the sealing ring has been put in properly then you should be
able to rotate it in place it may be hard to do but it should move in the sealing ring rack here
we have the float valve once again i'm going to remove it by taking off the silicone cover
and the float valve just pops right out be careful don't lose it and then stick it right through the
hole again and cover it with the silicone cover to put it back in place this is the lid locking
pin this is the pin that engages the lid and keeps it locked when your instant pot pressurizes
and here we have the anti-block shield i use a silicone trivet to remove the anti-block shield
it pops right off and you may sometimes need to clean it if you're cooking messy foods and push
it right back in if you want to use your fingers to remove the anti-block shield you can do that
i find it easier to use the silicone trivet or a dishcloth to remove the anti-block shield
we put the liner or inner pot into the base unit
and we prop the lid open by putting the lid fin into the lid fin slot there are lid fin slots
on both sides of the instant pot so you can prop it open either on the right or left side
slide the condensation collector onto the back of the base unit into the notches and
push it in all the way plug the power cord into the base unit and then plug it into the wall
and that will turn on the display to close the lid you line up the arrow on the lid
with the arrow on the base unit with a picture of the open lock turn the lid clockwise until
the arrow on the lid is lined up with the air on the base unit with a picture of the closed lock
to open the lid you turn it counterclockwise and lift it up now we're ready to do the water
test pour two cups of water into the inner pot of the instant pot duo gourmet close the lid
and press pressure cook and plus or minus until
you get to five minutes so it'll say zero zero zero five the display will change to on
the first time you use the instant pot you may smell a plasticky smell
there's nothing to worry about this is normal for some instant pots it shouldn't happen again and
in a little bit you'll start to see steam coming out of the steam release valve and the float valve
and eventually, the float valve will go up and the instant pot will be pressurized soon the display
will change from on to zero zero zero five this may take a few minutes so be patient and then it's
gonna count down from five all the way down to zero this is obviously going to take five minutes
but I've sped up this video so you can see how it happens once it gets to zero it'll now count up if
you have it in the keep warm mode so it'll go from zero to one and count up until you press cancel
now let's do a quick release by pressing the steam release button and eventually the float valve
will go down and you can open the instant pot by turning the lid counterclockwise and lifting it
straight up now watch out for the steam now we're going to put the lid fin into the lid fin slot
to prop the lid open you have enough information now to get going with your instant pot
but i just wanted to go over the display panel and show you some important functions you can
go over this part of the video later once you've done the water test in case you find it confusing
so the first thing we're going to do is press the pressure cook button and when you press the
pressure cook button repeatedly it toggles between less normal and more and these are
just preset times like you would have on your microwave and you can customize these times
and you can do the same for the other buttons like the soup button you just keep pressing it
multiple times to toggle between less normal and more and that's how most of the buttons work
to change the pressure level between low and high you select the button also known as the
smart function and then press the pressure level button multiple times to toggle between
low and high to turn on and off the keep warm function just press the keep warm
button if you want to do a delay start then you press the pressure cook or whatever smart function
and then press the delay start button and you can adjust the hours by pressing plus or minus
and you can adjust the minutes by pressing delay start twice and pressing plus or minus
to adjust the minutes the display will stop blinking after a few seconds and it'll beep
and what that means is your instant pot will turn on in 6 hours and 30 minutes and perform whatever
smart function you've selected in this case we've selected the pressure cook function and it'll
start pressure cooking in 6 hours and 30 minutes another useful button that you'll use is the saute
function the saute function allows you to saute foods before and after you pressure cook you can
also use it to heat up foods to simmer soups and so it's very useful you use it with the lid off
and you press multiple times to go through the less normal more which is just preset times for
sauteing well i think you're ready to use your new instant pot i would suggest you use a simple
recipe like boiled eggs or steaming vegetables or something like that something easy to get
you going and then as you use it more you will build up confidence and you'll be able to use do
more complicated recipes another piece of advice i tell people is that when you find a recipe online
make sure you read the comments and make sure it's a tried and tested recipe that that you can
have some confidence in all the recipes on my blog are tried and tested and i i vouch for them if you
have any questions or you have any issues just you can comment on the blog or you can even comment
here on this video and i'll do my best to help you out so i hope you enjoy your new instant pot
and i'll see you next time stay tuned for more videos about the instant pot.