For making beans, it’s not the time savings, but the mental energy reduction. Dump beans, dump water, spices? Sure. Then turn on, and come back to eat beans whenever. No worrying about the stove boiling over, no hot pan, no burner occupied when you need to cook other shit. Just dump and go.
Otherwise I agree with you. I pretty much use my IP for beans exclusively. Chickpeas for hummus- every other week. Canned beans aren’t expensive, but the amount of beans I’m eating adds up.
Ah ok, that makes some sense. I really enjoy the process of cooking beans, I like having a pot simmering on the stove for hours, so I’m probably not about to switch to instant pot for beans. The whole set it and go thing is pretty cool in some contexts I’m sure. I use a crock pot sometimes for similar reasons.
For making beans, it’s not the time savings, but the mental energy reduction. Dump beans, dump water, spices? Sure. Then turn on, and come back to eat beans whenever. No worrying about the stove boiling over, no hot pan, no burner occupied when you need to cook other shit. Just dump and go.
Otherwise I agree with you. I pretty much use my IP for beans exclusively. Chickpeas for hummus- every other week. Canned beans aren’t expensive, but the amount of beans I’m eating adds up.
Ah ok, that makes some sense. I really enjoy the process of cooking beans, I like having a pot simmering on the stove for hours, so I’m probably not about to switch to instant pot for beans. The whole set it and go thing is pretty cool in some contexts I’m sure. I use a crock pot sometimes for similar reasons.