The Less Expensive Instant Pot Competitor No One Knows About — Shopping News

Crock-Pots were revolutionary in the 1970s. People loved that they could dump a bunch of food in them and come home to a finished meal at the end of the day. They were (and are) certainly reliable, but over the years they've proven to not be as cool or flashy as some of the other new kitchen appliances.

Then the Instant Pot showed up. It could cook slow, like the Crock-Pot, but it could also do a lot more. It was a pressure cooker, a rice cooker, a yogurt maker, and more. Suddenly, slow cookers were the hot new fad, and Crock-Pot was left sitting there like, "But slow cooking was MY thing!"

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