My secret superpower is a self-designed and programmed search engine of my stored data. I can search the data from any specific table for entries containing:
All of up to 3 character strings
Any of up to 3 character strings
Case sensitive or case insensitive, my option
The system has lots of cool convenience functionality built in, including separating tables in groups, creating new tables based on the structure of an existing table, instant table structure modification, customized instant reordering of tables. It's a very fun and powerful toy, my system! It's kind of like an extension of my mind. A friend of mine likened it to artificial intelligence, which I think is fair to say. It certainly is a great tool.
Don't forget to do a test run following the instructions first. It does have a bit of a learning curve.
This thread is filled with recipes as well as loads of YouTube videos.
Microsoft Foxpro, which has been through many version changes since I started the application in version 2.6a for Windows. I use the latest version now, Microsoft Visual FoxPro 9.0, which is a sophisticated, powerful relational database development environment no longer supported by Microsoft, so not a ton of work being done in it now. What is done professionally is likely more maintenance than new applications, but one could still work in it, I certainly do.More details!! Is that built in Excel?
FWIW they make attachments so the steam would vent out at 90 degrees instead of upwards. I'm hesitant to even mention it because it could be venting straight towards you. Search Amazon for instant pot vent accessories or instant pot steam release diverter.
but see, here's the thing about slow cookers, ANYTHING is tasty when you cook it for 4 hours. The meat becomes tender, and the fats sublimate - i.d. they melt - you can make a great pot with :Wow.sounds tasty that.
mine plays a short tune when I add or remove the lid. Personally, I wouldn't care if it did that or not. As long as it does the job it's supposed to do.Just did my test run on my new Duo60. Seemed to go OK except for one thing. The instructions said I'm supposed to hear a jingle play when I've turned the top clockwise to closed position. No sound occurred. Next page it tells you how to turn sound on/off. On = press and hold + button until S-On appears. So, after the test run completed and the cooker was in the OFF setting I did that, thinking the absence of the promised jingle may have been because the IP was in S-Off mode. However, with S-On, turning the top to the closed position still did not elicit a jingle. Lemon? Am I missing something? I did hear high pitched beeps at other times in the test run process, never the jingle I'm supposed to hear. With my ear to the device. My hearing in high range isn't good, but not THAT bad.
Just did my test run on my new Duo60. Seemed to go OK except for one thing. The instructions said I'm supposed to hear a jingle play when I've turned the top clockwise to closed position. No sound occurred. Next page it tells you how to turn sound on/off. On = press and hold + button until S-On appears. So, after the test run completed and the cooker was in the OFF setting I did that, thinking the absence of the promised jingle may have been because the IP was in S-Off mode. However, with S-On, turning the top to the closed position still did not elicit a jingle. Lemon? Am I missing something? I did hear high pitched beeps at other times in the test run process, never the jingle I'm supposed to hear. With my ear to the device. My hearing in high range isn't good, but not THAT bad.
Didn't work.Yeah it should definitely have a jingle. Try switching it to Sound-on mode, unplugging it for 20 seconds, and then plugging it back in. It's decently loud, sounds a bit like an old-school ringtone.
How would I know that as a noob? I've tried everything I can think of and can't get a jingle out of it when I affix the lid. I have to think that if it has that shortcoming, it may have others. I think I should get it replaced. It's a hassle, but I want to feel confident I have a fully functional device here. It's obviously intensely firmware dependent. This is faulty, evidently. Could be the sensor, but that's not a good sign.mine plays a short tune when I add or remove the lid. Personally, I wouldn't care if it did that or not. As long as it does the job it's supposed to do.
You could either contact the seller or Instant Pot themselves and see what they say.Didn't work.
How would I know that as a noob? I've tried everything I can think of and can't get a jingle out of it when I affix the lid. I have to think that if it has that shortcoming, it may have others. I think I should get it replaced. It's a hassle, but I want to feel confident I have a fully functional device here. It's obviously intensely firmware dependent. This is faulty, evidently. Could be the sensor, but that's not a good sign.
Didn't work.
How would I know that as a noob? I've tried everything I can think of and can't get a jingle out of it when I affix the lid. I have to think that if it has that shortcoming, it may have others. I think I should get it replaced. It's a hassle, but I want to feel confident I have a fully functional device here. It's obviously intensely firmware dependent. This is faulty, evidently. Could be the sensor, but that's not a good sign.
I may do yogurt in the Duo60. I've been making yogurt for years off and on. I had an electric yogurt maker, it had IIRC 6 cups that fit into the warmer. I gave it away because it is easier to just put a quart of milk in a quart yogurt container and mix with a couple tablespoons of plain yogurt and put that in my oven. The pilot light keeps the oven at about 85F, which is perfect for yogurt incubation. In less than 24 hours have perfect yogurt every time.I came in here to say, I like my Instant Pot bigly. It was a gift, and is the duo 60. I have yet to make yogurt, but I will. We dig yogurt smoothies.
I made chicken stew last month. I used boneless skinless thighs. The rest was mostly the same as yours except I used a cup of bean mixture to thcken the stew. The bean mix is called Soup Mix here and comes in a 2lb bag:Free-styled some chicken stew, I only had a vague plan but it came out decent
Apx 2lbs chicken breast
Around 3 cup of celery, carrots, onion (total I eyeballed it)
Sautéed the mirepoix a bit mix of olive oil & butter
Added flour and made a basic roux
2 cups low sodium chicken broth
About 2 cups of red potatoes
20 minute high pressure or was it 18 minutes? Slow release
Then added some cremini (spelling?) canned mushrooms
Some sour cream to color it better
Some frozen peas
**I took the cooked chicken out and shredded it then added it back to the pot**
Not my best stew ever but it was easy to put together. Chicken was super tender.
Roux thickened it good, I don’t like thin stews but it did have a bit of flour taste
Next run I will season the chicken more whole meal was very low salt which made it a bit bland
Warning some of it burned on the bottom of the instapot. I sort of liked bumping into a burned carrot, others may not.
@Kaido think I should use corn starch instead of a roux next time?
Just called. Gotta call back in 1.5 hours. They are:Yeah give IP tech support a call first, maybe there's some little trick you need to do. (800) 828-7280 open until 5pm EST. If they can't help you, I'd return it...it SHOULD beep!
Called Instant Brands support almost 9AM PST, got past the muzak to a CSR around 25 minutes later. They had no answer for me other than to offer warranty servicing. I called Target. Went to the nearest Target that had one for exchange and got my exchange for another Duo60. When I got it home and unboxed and tested for that "jingle," at first I thought I either got another lemon or (more likely) that I wasn't using the thing right to get that jingle to play. My hearing sucks, maybe I just couldn't hear it. After playing with it a few minutes I did hear that "jingle" but it's real real quiet. Makes a similar "jingle" when you twist the top counter-clockwise to open it, but reverses the pattern. The jingles are 4-5 notes, going up when closing, going down when opening IIRC. Ya know, I wouldn't call those jingles, I'd call them beep patterns. Super quiet! Possible I missed those on the other one? Maybe, but I doubt it.Just called. Gotta call back in 1.5 hours. They are:
9AM-5PM Eastern Time.
Free-styled some chicken stew, I only had a vague plan but it came out decent
Apx 2lbs chicken breast
Around 3 cup of celery, carrots, onion (total I eyeballed it)
Sautéed the mirepoix a bit mix of olive oil & butter
Added flour and made a basic roux
2 cups low sodium chicken broth
About 2 cups of red potatoes
20 minute high pressure or was it 18 minutes? Slow release
Then added some cremini (spelling?) canned mushrooms
Some sour cream to color it better
Some frozen peas
**I took the cooked chicken out and shredded it then added it back to the pot**
Not my best stew ever but it was easy to put together. Chicken was super tender.
Roux thickened it good, I don’t like thin stews but it did have a bit of flour taste
Next run I will season the chicken more whole meal was very low salt which made it a bit bland
Warning some of it burned on the bottom of the instapot. I sort of liked bumping into a burned carrot, others may not.
@Kaido think I should use corn starch instead of a roux next time?
Called Instant Brands support almost 9AM PST, got past the muzak to a CSR around 25 minutes later. They had no answer for me other than to offer warranty servicing. I called Target. Went to the nearest Target that had one for exchange and got my exchange for another Duo60. When I got it home and unboxed and tested for that "jingle," at first I thought I either got another lemon or (more likely) that I wasn't using the thing right to get that jingle to play. My hearing sucks, maybe I just couldn't hear it. After playing with it a few minutes I did hear that "jingle" but it's real real quiet. Makes a similar "jingle" when you twist the top counter-clockwise to open it, but reverses the pattern. The jingles are 4-5 notes, going up when closing, going down when opening IIRC. Ya know, I wouldn't call those jingles, I'd call them beep patterns. Super quiet! Possible I missed those on the other one? Maybe, but I doubt it.
I ran the test run on the new one and the beeps it makes when it's done are loud enough I can hear them from across the room, no problem. The jingles are 10x quieter!
Now gotta cook something in it.
Called Instant Brands support almost 9AM PST, got past the muzak to a CSR around 25 minutes later. They had no answer for me other than to offer warranty servicing. I called Target. Went to the nearest Target that had one for exchange and got my exchange for another Duo60. When I got it home and unboxed and tested for that "jingle," at first I thought I either got another lemon or (more likely) that I wasn't using the thing right to get that jingle to play. My hearing sucks, maybe I just couldn't hear it. After playing with it a few minutes I did hear that "jingle" but it's real real quiet. Makes a similar "jingle" when you twist the top counter-clockwise to open it, but reverses the pattern. The jingles are 4-5 notes, going up when closing, going down when opening IIRC. Ya know, I wouldn't call those jingles, I'd call them beep patterns. Super quiet! Possible I missed those on the other one? Maybe, but I doubt it.
I ran the test run on the new one and the beeps it makes when it's done are loud enough I can hear them from across the room, no problem. The jingles are 10x quieter!
Now gotta cook something in it.
mine isn't loud at all. Just enough to hear it without it being annoying.My jingle is pretty loud, but my machine is several years old, so maybe they've dialed it down a bit so it's not so annoying. The beep is definitely loud, it's designed so you can hear it while watching TV in the other room LOL