Intantpot pressure cooker- kitchen gadget disease

The yogurt thing was a big deal for me and was the reason why I finally broke down and bought it. I started making homemade yogurt with the help of an awesome former poster on this site and my family LOVED it. Problem was it made so little per batch I was making at least 3 batches a week and it got really old. The Instantpot is soooooooo much easier. 1 pot to scald and the timer does the finishing. Beautiful. I just bought a bag from the beer making store that is intended for straining off whey from cheese- it is the perfect size when tied to my cupboard door and resting on a strainer over a large bowl. Should only take an hour. I used to use a very nifty strainer combo intended for greek yogurt, but it only fits the 42 ounce amount. This is faster and easier :) 

Those bags are a neat idea!  I almost got one for making almond milk.

I use this with cheese cloth for my yogurt, mostly because I got it to steam stuff in the instant pot, and I was randomly searching for tools to use, but it's clumsy.  I'll definitely get a bag now!

...I may have a kitchen widget addiction.

That looks handy. Can you use it in the IP? I am completely out of cupboard space though.... hmmmm.... might be time to start hanging crap from the ceiling! I have nutbags that I use for my almond milk. I could have used those for the yogurt, but the material on the one I just bought seemed more suitable for the yogurt with a little more capacity. Turned out to be the perfect size. 

Mine fits perfectly in my instant pot, but I have an older one from 2014. :)

I asked for and received the T-Fal programmable grill for Christmas from my daughter,based on your recommendation. Haven't used it yet but looking forward to trying it. 

Guess this instanapot will be on next years list,lol.

I think perhaps you may have had that recommended from a different poster, as I have not used one. Let me know how you like it though! I love grilled food, but hate getting the grill going. I have been using a grill pan, but end up wrecking the coating on them pretty quick and then they are terrible to clean. 

There's one brand that has an infomercial that I've watched a few times...and they just introduced a larger-sized cooker.  I think it is a 10 quart size.  W0w!   

I've had an Instantpot for about 2-3 years and have never used it....I should take it out.  I thought about giving it to my daughter -sounds like she could use it as she works full time and has a young daughter to take care of...  I'll have to pull up some recipes.

My mother-in-law did that, albeit a different version. I think in her case she didn't ever get around to just figuring out how to use it. I feel pretty certain that if she would just set it up and commit to trying just 3 simple recipes she would be hooked. If the brand that is kicking out the 10 quart capacity is the XL, I read a lot of reviews online that the unit burns out quickly... and that there is only a 1 month warrenty. My other concern would be that it would take a really long time to get to pressure/natural release, but that may be unfounded. 

That was me with my regular pressure cooker.  I bought it, about 10 years ago, to make Alton Brown's chili.  I made the chili once and then never used the pressure cooker again.  

My Instant Pot, however, I used 5 times in the first week I got it.  And I've used it at least weekly since.  I think it helps that so many people in the blogosphere are on the Instant Pot bandwagon, so there are LOTS of posts with recipes for it.