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The Pot That Retired Four Appliances

Instant Pot Duo 6-quart, model DUO60: a stainless multicooker that pressure cooks, slow cooks, steams, sautés, and keeps the pot warm.

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Why we love it

A kitchen collects machines the way a drawer collects peelers. The Instant Pot Duo is the one that earned the counter. You brown, you seal the lid, you walk away. Dinner is finished before the group chat has agreed on takeout.

We love the 6-quart stainless Duo because it is the size that fits a household and the model people mean when they say just get an Instant Pot. Beans on a Tuesday. Rice that does not need a babysitter. A stew that used to be a Sunday project and is now a button. When we looked, Amazon had it at $79 against a $109.99 list. That is a real appliance.

The Lodge can still have the drama. This one takes the night the pan is already dirty and makes it a one-pot story.

The longer story

This is the Instant Pot Duo 6-quart 7-in-1 electric pressure cooker in stainless steel, model IP-DUO60 (DUO60-321). Instant Pot’s notes on it: pressure cook, slow cook, rice, steam, sauté, yogurt, keep warm, and sterilize. The inner pot is stainless. It is the original Duo, not the black Rio and not a Crisp with an air-fryer lid.

Good for

  • Weeknight beans, rice, soups, and the stew you keep meaning to start earlier
  • A household that cooks for more than one person. Six quarts is the size most recipes assume
  • Anyone whose slow cooker and rice cooker are both losing the cabinet war

Skip it if

  • You wanted an air fryer in the same machine. That is the Crisp line, a different lid
  • You are shopping the Rio, the Duo Mini, or an 8-quart. This page is the stainless 6-quart Duo
  • You need a pretty pot you will never plug in. This one is a tool, and it wants a corner of the counter

When we looked, the price was $79 against a $109.99 list. It moves. The deal link is the Amazon page for that Duo (/dp/B00FLYWNYQ) with our Amazon Associates tag threepaths-20. Confirm 6 quart and stainless before you check out.

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