Instant Pot is a brand of
multicookers manufactured by
Instant Brands. The multicookers are electronically controlled, combined
pressure cooker
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s and
slow cooker
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s. The original cookers are marketed as 6-in-1 or more appliances designed to consolidate the cooking and preparing of food to one device. The brand has since expanded to include non-pressure slow cookers,
sous-vide immersion circulators,
blender
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s,
air fryers and
rice cooker
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s.
History
In 2009,
Robert Wang
The name Robert is an ancient Germanic given name, from Proto-Germanic "fame" and "bright" (''Hrōþiberhtaz''). Compare Old Dutch ''Robrecht'' and Old High German ''Hrodebert'' (a compound of '' Hruod'' ( non, Hróðr) "fame, glory, h ...
, Yi Qin,
Dongjun Wang, and one other friend, all former employees of
Nortel
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in
Ottawa
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, Canada, started working on designs for the Instant Pot. Robert Wang is credi