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By Instant Pot Staff, June 9, 2009

TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF USE

Thank you for visiting our website. If you want to use this website, you must agree to conform to and be legally bound by the terms and conditions described below.

IF YOU DISAGREE WITH ANY OF THESE TERMS OR CONDITIONS, PLEASE DO NOT USE OUR WEBSITE.

1. MINORS.

We do not provide services or sell products to children. If you are below the age of 18, you may use our website only with the permission and active involvement of a parent or legal guardian. If you are a minor, please do not provide us or other website visitors with any personal information.

2. PRIVACY POLICY IS PART OF THESE TERMS AND CONDITIONS.

Our privacy policy is part of, and subject to, these terms and conditions of use. You may view our privacy policy on this website.

3. ANTI-SPAM POLICY.

We hate unsolicited commercial e-mail as much as you do. Also known as Spam or junk e-mail, it is a disservice to the Internet community. We fully endorse and comply with the requirements of the CAN-SPAM Act of 2003 (Controlling the Assault of Non-Solicited Pornography and Marketing Act), and all other applicable unsolicited commercial e-mail laws.

If you subscribe to electronic newsletters or other communications from our website, you will always have an option to unsubscribe immediately. If you have additional questions, comments or concerns, please contact us by sending an e-mail to Support@InstantPot.com and providing us with information relating to your concern. You may also mail your concerns to us at the address below.

4. EXTERNAL LINKS POLICY.

Our website contains hypertext links to websites and other information created and maintained by other individuals and organizations. These links are only provided for your convenience. We do not control or guarantee the accuracy, completeness, relevance, or timeliness of any information or privacy policies posted on these linked websites. You should know that these websites may track visitor viewing habits.

In addition, hyperlinks to particular items do not reflect their importance, and are not an endorsement of the individuals or organizations sponsoring the websites, the views expressed on the websites, or the products or services offered on the websites.

We permit links to our website if they do not imply an endorsement by, or affiliation with, our website.

We review our website periodically for broken or out-of-date links. Any and all links may be posted, altered, or removed at any time. To report problems with links on our website, or for more information about this policy, please send an e-mail to Support@InstantPot.com.

5. MODIFICATIONS AND TERMINATIONS.

These terms and conditions may change from time to time. If such changes are made, they will be effective immediately, and we will notify you by a notice posted on our website’s home page of the changes that have been made. If you disagree with the changes that have been made, you should not use our website.

We may terminate these terms and conditions of use for any reason and at any time without notice to you.

If you are concerned about these terms and conditions of use, you should read them each time before you use our website. Any questions or concerns should be brought to our attention by sending an e-mail to Support@InstantPot.com, and providing us with information relating to your concern.

6. LICENSEE STATUS.

You understand and agree that your use of our website is limited and non-exclusive as a revocable licensee. We may terminate your license to use our website, and access to our website, for any reason, and without giving you notice.

7. CONTENT OWNERSHIP.

All content on our website is owned by us or our content suppliers. On behalf of ourselves and our content suppliers, we claim all property rights, including intellectual property rights, for this content and you are not allowed to infringe upon those rights. We will prosecute to the fullest extent of the law anyone who attempts to steal our property.

You agree not to copy content from our website without our permission. Any requests to use our content should be submitted to us by e-mail to Support@InstantPot.com.

If you believe that your intellectual property rights have been infringed upon by our website content, please notify us by sending an e-mail to Support@InstantPot.com, or by sending mail to us at the address listed below. Please describe in detail the alleged infringement, including the factual and legal basis for your claim of ownership.

8. SUBMISSIONS.

You agree as a condition of viewing, that any communication between you and our Website is deemed a submission. All submissions, including portions thereof, graphics contained thereon, or any of the content of the submission, shall become the exclusive property of the Website and may be used, without further permission, for commercial use without additional consideration of any kind. You agree to only communicate that information to the Website, which it wishes to forever allow the Website to use in any manner as it sees fit.

9. DISCLAIMERS AND LIMITATIONS OF LIABILITY.

The information on our website is provided on an ”as is,” ”as available” basis. You agree that your use of our website is at your sole risk. We disclaim all warranties of any kind, including but not limited to, any express warranties, statutory warranties, and any implied warranties of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, and non-infringement. We do not warrant that our website will always be available, access will be uninterrupted, be error-free, meet your requirements, or that any defects in our website will be corrected.

Information on our website should not necessarily be relied upon and should not to be construed to be professional advice from us. We do not guarantee the accuracy or completeness of any of the information provided, and are not responsible for any loss resulting from your reliance on such information.

If your jurisdiction does not allow limitations on warranties, this limitation may not apply to you. Your sole and exclusive remedy relating to your use of the site shall be to discontinue using the site.

Under no circumstances will we be liable or responsible for any direct, indirect, incidental, consequential (including damages from loss of business, lost profits, litigation, or the like), special, exemplary, punitive, or other damages, under any legal theory, arising out of or in any way relating to our website, your website use, or the content, even if advised of the possibility of such damages.

Our total liability for any claim arising out of or relating to our website shall not exceed one hundred ($100) dollars and that amount shall be in lieu of all other remedies which you may have against us or our affiliates. Any such claim shall be subject to confidential binding arbitration as described later in these terms and conditions of use.

10. OBSCENE AND OFFENSIVE CONTENT.

We are not responsible for any obscene or offensive content that you receive or view from others while using our website. However, if you do receive or view such content, please contact us by e-mail to Support@InstantPot.com so that we can investigate the matter. Although we are not obligated to do so, we reserve the right to monitor, investigate, and remove obscene or offensive material posted to our website.

11. INDEMNIFICATION.

You understand and agree that you will indemnify, defend and hold us and our affiliates harmless from any liability, loss, claim and expense, including reasonable attorney’s fees, arising from your use of our website or your violation of these terms and conditions.

12. COMPLIANCE WITH GOVERNING LAW AND DISPUTE RESOLUTION.

You agree to obey all applicable laws while using our website.

You agree that the laws of Ontario govern these terms and conditions of use without regard to conflicts of laws provisions.

You also agree that any dispute between you and us, excluding any intellectual property right infringement claims we pursue against you, shall be settled solely by confidential binding arbitration per the American Arbitration Association commercial arbitration rules. All claims must arbitrated on an individual basis, and cannot be consolidated in any arbitration with any claim or controversy of anyone else. All arbitration must occur in Ontario, Ontario, Canada. Each party shall bear one half of the arbitration fees and costs incurred, and each party is responsible for its own lawyer fees.

13. SEVERABILITY OF THESE TERMS AND CONDITIONS.

If any part of these terms and conditions of use are determined by a court of competent jurisdiction to be invalid or unenforceable, that part shall be limited or eliminated to the minimum extent necessary so that the remainder of these terms and conditions are fully enforceable and legally binding.

14. HOW TO CONTACT US.

Any questions or concerns about these terms and conditions of use should be brought to our attention by e-mail to Support@InstantPot.com, and providing us with information relating to your concern.

You may also mail your concerns to us at the following address:

Double Insight Inc.
11 – 300 Earl Grey Dr. Suite 383
Ottawa, Ontario K2T 1C1
Canada

15. ENTIRE AGREEMENT.

These terms and conditions, including the policies incorporated herein by express reference, constitutes your entire agreement with us with respect to your use of our website.

Copyright © 2008 Law Office of Michael E. Young PLLC , and licensed for use by the owner of this website at InstantPot.com. All Rights Reserved.  No portion of this document may be copied or used by anyone other than the licensee without the express written permission of the copyright owner.

This Terms of Use was last updated on June 9th, 2009.

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By Instant Pot Staff, May 16, 2009

Instant Pot has 8 one-key operation buttons for the most common cooking tasks, including:

• Soup,
• Rice,
• Multigrain rice,
• Congee,
• Meat & Stew,
• Beans & Chili,
• Steaming,  and
• Slow Cook

These one-button operation keys are carefully designed to achieve consistent cooking results. Of course, if you prefer to set you pressure keeping time for your own recipe, you can do so with the manual setting.

The following features are most notable to the one-button operation keys.

Intelligent Programming

These buttons are programmed intelligently based on thousands of experiments to achieve the best cooking results.

Take the “Rice” button as example. During rice cooking Instant Pot estimates the amount of rice and water by measuring the pre-heating time.  The pressure keeping duration is then varied based on this measurement. Detailed considerations are taken during every rice cooking stages of soaking, blanching, steaming and braising.  See Pete Vegas’ “Rice 101″ to learn more about the science of cooking rice.

Each function button can further be refined to vary food taste in the range of “rare”, “normal” and “well-done”.

Automatic Cooking

Instant Pot also provide convenience in fully automated cooking process, timing each cooking task and switch to keep-warm after cooking. Unlike conventional pressure cookers, you do not need to have a timer to manually monitor the cooking time.

Planning Meal with Delayed Cooking

Delayed cooking (up to 24 hours) can also be done with Instant Pot, allowing you to plan the meal ahead of time. Most importantly, you don’t have to stand around in the kitchen to watch over the cooker in operation. You are no longer tied to the kitchen to make the meal.

Needless to say, Instant Pot also reduces cooking time by up to 70%. It works wonders when you come home after work and have to get dinner on the table in a hurry.

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By Instant Pot Staff, May 15, 2009

Both conventional and electric pressure cookers operate based on the pressure cooking principles. Two key differences set them apart.

1. Programmable electronic control capability in the electric pressure cooker is completely missing in the conventional pressure cookers. It’s the programmable capability that allows the electric pressure cooker to be more convenient and produce the best and consistent cooking results.
2. Heat source: Conventional pressure cookers use a separate heat source, e.g. a gas stove or an electric range. Electric pressure cookers come with an integrated heating unit inside. The advantage of an integrated heating element is to create a full feed-back system which controls the entire cooking cycle. This makes electric pressure cooker more convenient (no need to watch over it), pleasant (no loud hissing noise, no steam), safer and more energy efficient.

To determine which one is the right choice, you should look at your intended cooking tasks and the benefits.

Convenience

Instant Pot has 8 one-key operation buttons for the most common cooking tasks.  It is a 5-in-1 kitchen appliance. On top of these, delayed cooking allows you to plan the meal ahead of time.  There is no need to keep time and set alarm when pressure level is reached.

Fast cooking

There is no doubt that higher pressure cooks faster. Convention pressure cookers work at a range of pressure level, commonly at 15 psi (e.g. Fagor Duo) and also the complete range of 13psi (e.g. T-Fal Sensor 2), 12psi, 11psi, 10psi (e.g. T-Fal and WMF) and even 8psi (e.g. Lagostina Endura). Meanwhile Instant Pot operates between 10.15 and 11.6 psi. With the set-and-forget programmable cooking, the slight difference in cooking becomes irrelevant.

Energy efficiency

When comes to energy efficiency, Instant Pot is an undisputed winner. Instant Pot has a fully insulated housing, minimizing energy being dispersed without cooking the food. Its microprocessors controlled cooking cycles turns off heating automatically when the desired pressure is reached, and switches on heat when the pressure drops. Heating is only on ~60% of time.

Safety

Conventional pressure cooker typically come with two or three safety valves, with the only mechanism of releasing steams to reduce pressure. Instant Pot comes with 9 level safety protection, including safety valves, pressure control, temperature control and fool-proof operation detection. Experiences show that most pressure cooker disasters could usually be attributed to user error. Instant Pot was carefully designed to eliminate and avoid most of the potential problems.

Better cooking result

Most chef would agree that the difference between a 15psi cooker and a 11psi cookers is limited, i.e. 2~3 minutes of cooking time. However there’s a huge difference in the consistence of the cooking result. Thanks to its programmable cooking and micro-processor controlled precision, Instant Pot produces consistent tasty food 100% of time.

With these benefit comparison, it is very clear that Instant Pot is the clear undisputed winner.

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By Instant Pot Staff, May 5, 2009

Electric pressure cooker is an important invention of the recent history. It revolutionizes our cooking experience in terms of convenience, making healthy and tasty meals, and being green on energy.

We are going to explain the inner working of electric  pressure cookers, and answer questions of what, how and why about electric pressure cooker.

• What is Electric Pressure Cooker
• How Electric Pressure Cookers Work
• Three Generations of Electric Pressure Cookers
• How Smart Cooking Programs Work
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By Instant Pot Staff, May 5, 2009

Instant Pot is the latest 3rd Generation Programmable Pressure Cooker designed by Canadians specifically for North American consumers. It speeds up cooking by 2~6 times using up to 70% less energy, and, above all, produces nutritious healthy food in a convenient and consistent fashion.

Instant Pot is a 5-in-1 automatic multi-cooker, capable of completely replacing slow cooker, rice cooker, pressure cooker, steamer and stockpot warmer. Most importantly, Instant Pot cooks meals faster with less energy while preserving more nutrients. Instant Pot is safe, intelligent, convenient and dependable.

Instant Pot is made by the No.1 electric pressure cooker manufacturer with over 10 million units already in household use worldwide.

The benefits of Instant Pot can be summarized in five aspects.

1. Convenient:  8 turn-key function keys for the most common cooking tasks. Planning the meal with delayed cooking up to 24 hours,  reducing cooking time by up to 70%. Read about the convenience of electric pressure cooker …
2. Cooking healthy, nutritious and tasty meals: smart programming for delicious healthy food, consistent every time. Read more on making healthy meals with electric pressure cooker …
3. Clean & Pleasant: absolutely quiet, no steam, no smell, no spills, no excessive heat in the kitchen. 5-in-1 capability reduces clutter in the kitchen. Read more about why electric pressure cooker keeps your kitchen clean and pleasant …
4. Energy efficient: saves up to 70% of energy. Find out how electric pressure cooker does it …
5. Absolutely safe and dependable: Instant Pot is UL/ULC certified and has 10 fool-proof safety protections. Read more about electric pressure safety protections …

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