What You Can Learn from One-Star Amazon Reviews for the Instant Pot — Shopping

The Instant Pot DUO — the model that sells like hotcakes on Amazon Prime Day every year — has 28,075 five-star reviews. I haven't left my own rating, but if I did, I probably would also give it five stars. I use my machine to make hard-boiled eggs once a week and, lots of other times, to cook ribs, chicken broth, and more in a fraction of the stovetop cooking time.

With sales in the millions, and thousands of customer reviews on Amazon, it's clear many find immense value in this product. (This device has gone from cult-favorite cooking gadget to an expected tool in a well-equipped home kitchen.) But not everyone feels so positively about the machine. Some folks might consider it no better than their regular stovetop pressure cooker, or even their slow cooker. And some folks (1,486 people, to be exact) have found the small appliance worthy of only a one-star review.

Even after dozens and dozens of beautifully cooked hard-boiled eggs, I still wondered what those people had to say and what I could learn from their not-so-favorable reviews. So I looked!

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