[Small-Appliance-Cooking] wyfy instant pot

Wed Aug 14 21:32:54 UTC 2019

I can't wait to try it.
You folks are so encouraging.
I do want to do spaghetti that I do in the pressure app.
Most of my things are in the pressure app.
I understand that you have to do the frying on your own things like that.

Original message:
> Have you been able to actually operate your inatant pot from the app? Thanks
> for the info about using the recipes, I just hadn't even worried about that
> at this point because I have other recipes already.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Small-Appliance-Cooking <small-appliance-cooking-bounces at nfbnet.org>
> On Behalf Of Sharonda Greenlaw via Small-Appliance-Cooking
> Sent: Tuesday, August 13, 2019 9:10 AM
> To: Cooking with Small Appliances <small-appliance-cooking at nfbnet.org>
> Cc: Sharonda Greenlaw <sbgreenlaw at gmail.com>
> Subject: Re: [Small-Appliance-Cooking] wyfy instant pot

> It would truly be great to learn how to read recipes with the app. The only
> way I've been able to see anything is just to search for something, say
> chicken. Then it pulls up a bunch of recipes with chicken in it. I know how
> to read the recipe when it comes up; it's just seeing them which is the
> problem for me.

> Once the recipe comes up, there are tabs on the bottom that you must use to
> see the recipe. The information tab gives you an overview of the recipe. The
> Basket tab shows you the measurements and ingredients.
> The Restaurant tab give you the steps to make the recipe. The Paper tab
> allows you to add your own notes or leave a review of the recipe.
> Hopefully, this helps out a bit.

> On 8/13/19, Charlene Ota via Small-Appliance-Cooking
> <small-appliance-cooking at nfbnet.org> wrote:
>> No, it just connects and off we go. That would really be frustrating
>> to have to go through the whole process of connecting the device for
>> the first time every time you want to use the instant pot. You might
>> want to call customer support, I don't remember where I found their
>> phone number, but I'm sure it's on their website. Maybe you could
>> throw in your two cents about making the app more accessible, too. I'm
>> hoping they get plenty of calls about that. I know when I called they
>> said they had been hearing about the problems with the app. Have you
>> figured out how to operate the pot through the app?

>> -----Original Message-----
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>> On Behalf Of Dishon Spears via Small-Appliance-Cooking
>> Sent: Tuesday, August 13, 2019 8:12 AM
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>> Cc: Dishon Spears <dspears at cocenter.org>
>> Subject: Re: [Small-Appliance-Cooking] wyfy instant pot

>> You don't have to input your user key or anything else?

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>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Small-Appliance-Cooking
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>> On Behalf Of Charlene Ota via Small-Appliance-Cooking
>> Sent: Tuesday, August 13, 2019 12:40 AM
>> To: 'Cooking with Small Appliances'
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>> Cc: caota4 at gmail.com
>> Subject: Re: [Small-Appliance-Cooking] wyfy instant pot

>> When I plug my instant pot back in, I press the first button in the
>> second column, it's the leftmost shorter row, and hold it in for a
>> couple seconds and it will usually connect to wifi and I'm off and running
> again.
>> Sometimes
>> I have to do it a second time, but after that everything connects up
>> just fine.

>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Small-Appliance-Cooking
>> <small-appliance-cooking-bounces at nfbnet.org>
>> On Behalf Of Dishon Spears via Small-Appliance-Cooking
>> Sent: Monday, August 12, 2019 11:13 PM
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>> Cc: Dishon Spears <dspears at cocenter.org>
>> Subject: Re: [Small-Appliance-Cooking] wyfy instant pot

>> I had to repair my device this weekend. I did hook it up to the Alexa
>> skill and it did work. The thing is that when I unplug it and reapply
>> get then I have to redo the whole thing over again.

>> Sent from my iPhone

>>> On Aug 11, 2019, at 1:35 PM, Charlene Ota via Small-Appliance-Cooking
>> <small-appliance-cooking at nfbnet.org> wrote:

>>> Yes, I think you have that same app. There's a menu button at the top
>>> left of the screen that's not always cooperative and that brings up
>>> functions to connect the wifi instant pot. Have you figured out how
>>> to
>> read the recipes?

>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: Small-Appliance-Cooking
>>> <small-appliance-cooking-bounces at nfbnet.org>
>>> On Behalf Of Dishon Spears via Small-Appliance-Cooking
>>> Sent: Sunday, August 11, 2019 6:55 AM
>>> To: Cooking with Small Appliances
>>> <small-appliance-cooking at nfbnet.org>
>>> Cc: Dishon Spears <dspears at cocenter.org>
>>> Subject: Re: [Small-Appliance-Cooking] wyfy instant pot

>>> Did not know if this was a thing? I did in abled the instant pot
>>> skill to get recipes is that the same one you were talking about?

>>> Sent from my iPhone

>>>> On Aug 10, 2019, at 6:38 PM, Charlene Ota via
>>>> Small-Appliance-Cooking
>>> <small-appliance-cooking at nfbnet.org> wrote:

>>>> Well, this app for the new wifi instant pot does seem to be a problem.
>>>> Kind of disappointing, but there is one work around that I didn't
>>>> know about when I first got my new pot. You can use your amazon echo
>>>> to run the new instant pot. I don't know if there's an actual list
>>>> of commands, but once you have your instant pot connected to wifi
>>>> you can go on the alexa app and enable the instant pot skill. Then,
>>>> you can say, alexa pressure for 7 minutes and it will turn the pot
>>>> on and set to high pressure cook and cook for 7 minutes after the
>>>> pot reaches pressure. The interesting thing is that I wanted to
>>>> verify that my pot was sent correctly so I called AIRA but the agent
>>>> said that it didn't really show much of anything other than preheat
>>>> on the screen because that was what was happening at that point so I
>>>> couldn't doublecheck the pressure and time. Stupidly, I went into
>>>> that instantpot app and started messing around and pressed a wrong
>>>> button and stopped everything and I had to use AIRA to fix it. Some
>>>> of us apparently just can't leave well enough alone sometimes!
>>>> (grins!) Anyway, needless to say
>>> I did end up with a great pot of chili mac and cheese when all was
>>> said and one.

>>>> Charlene

>>>> -----Original Message-----
>>>> From: Small-Appliance-Cooking
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>>>> On Behalf Of d m gina via Small-Appliance-Cooking
>>>> Sent: Tuesday, July 30, 2019 7:36 PM
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>>>> Subject: [Small-Appliance-Cooking] wyfy instant pot

>>>> Hello,
>>>> If anyone is using this pot can you come back and share what you are
>>>> doing so the rest of us can learn it as well.
>>>> One of the problems I am having is trying to get the pot working
>>>> with my phone.
>>>> It isn't the pot, it is getting all of the information in the
>>>> correct places and finding the done button.
>>>> If you don't find it fast enough it kicks you out and you have to
>>>> start over again.
>>>> I also know that the buttons on the pot are not the same as on the
>>>> first pot with the blue tooth.
>>>> I tried making spaghetti and it turned out where I had no clue where
>>>> to start the pot to get it going.
>>>> Also I couldn't get the pressure cook to start the pressure.
>>>> These are tips that would help me out.
>>>> I was told that the pressure went for 30 minutes.
>>>> Well if I want to use pressure for making potatoes for potato salad
>>>> I sure don't want it to go 30 minutes.
>>>> Thanks for any help you can give me.
>>>> I know once I can learn how to use this I will love it.
>>>> I love the idea that the cord doesn't have to stay connected to the
>>>> pot, I put it inside the pan.
>>>> Then I won't lose it.
>>>> I thought it was interesting that it would bake a cake.
>>>> I bet it would be quite moist.
>>>> I learned some of this from ira.

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