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BOB TYSON

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Oct 5, 2017
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Kansas City
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2005 460 Sundancer (SOLD)
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My wife is wondering if anyone is using an "Instapot" for cooking? Apparently they are all the rage...?
 
No, but my wife has been considering one for our house.
 
Instapots and Airfryers - all the rage! We seem to get along with a crockpot, toaster oven, and BBQ at home, and a convection/microwave and BBQ on the boat!!
 
..when a better mouse trap is built..
Actually, I should research it on Facebook because everything there is reputable.
 
I bought an air fryer a few weeks ago for the house. I'm really liking it.
I just got done cooking a whole chicken in it, I haven't tore into it yet, but it sure looks, and smells really good.
It's fast and easy to clean up.
 
We have an Instapot and it is a high tech pressure cooker. You would more than likely have room for one on that size of boat. Like others we tend to keep our cooking clean and simple on the boat.
 
Instapots generate a lot of steam, especially if you let the appliance slow cook after it goes thru its regular cycle. I have old style Mica cabinet facing on my boat and you can't hurt that stuff with a hammer. However, I would be very careful using an Instant on 1998 or later boat with the simulated wood faces on the cabinets. Sea Ray used latex based glues to install the fake wood veneers and I hate to think what releasing a bunch of steam under the galley cabinets would do to the veneers, so I'll take a pass on using an Instapot on my boat, thank you.
 
We have the 3 qt instapot on board. Everything she has made in it has worked out well. Soups and stews mostly when it was cool out heading south in the fall.
Made some pulled pork not too long ago that was really good. She says to tell you that
the 3 qt is a good size for the two of us and stores pretty easily.
If you go with the 3 qt, you will want to get a recipe book specifically for the 3 qt pot. Most all of the recipes on Facebook etc are for the six qt size, there’s more to it than using half the ingredients. She also says that she allows the steam to naturally release rather than quick release, less steam and the food tastes better. She gives it a thumbs up.
 
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I was going to say but deleted it we have the air fryer and want to try it on the boat as it doesn’t use any oil.
 
Thanks to all for your response. Very helpful. To Franks point: when we were boat shopping I saw numerous examples of the fake wood peeling and cracking, especially around bends and curves. I will be keeping the steam out of my boat as much as possible. Speaking of which: Do all of our southern boaters keep their humidity controls on while they are off the boat? Just thinking about keeping humidity down vs continuously running the AC water pumps. pro and cons?
 
Bob - I set my 4 interior units to the HU setting - they only run every 12 hours for a short time. The fan stays on. We have a humidity gauge inside and we are never above 50%, so I'd say that it works for us - in FL in the winter and in TN in the summers...
 
Bob, In 6 years owning the boat and keeping it in SW Florida the HU cycle worked perfectly. I recommend it.
 
My wife has been using one for several months .... fantastic just make sure you buy several the lid seals.They really hold in the smell and can stink up the whole area after cooking,
 
Just an idea, in case it's not obvious, but you could always bring the Instapot out of the cabin and let it work its magic in the cockpit so steam and smell doesn't become an issue in the cabin.

(I usually bring the Nespresso machine outside because I don't want the boat smelling like a Starbucks.)
 

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