Details on using Instapot to boil water for 10 minutes

Posted by formergardener @formergardener, Aug 7, 2025

Hello. I am currently boiling water in a large pot on my gas stove. It heats up the kitchen and steams things up as it reaches the boil and boils for ten minutes.

I keep reading about people using an Instapot to boil their water. I feel that this is safer and also does not heat up the whole kitchen, but I am confused about the exact directions.

I read that you add water, set to pressure cook, put in the time, and when it reaches pressure, the timing countdown begins. So, when the button pops up, pressure is reached, I let it run for ten minutes, as I had set on the timer, and then it turns off. Pressure can be left to reduce naturally, with the lid closed, or it can be done quickly. Is this correct?

I have also read that people use the sauté setting. How does a sauté setting boil the water? Could anyone please clarify? I would like to not have to turn the gas on high to do all of that boiling and then have to move that boiling pot of water off the stove.

Also, is there a particular brand and size that anyone might recommend as having worked well for them?

Thank you so much for any clarification.

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@scoop25 I thought he said that, too. In addition, the water producing the steam in the bottle sterilizers is being boiled. It seems redundant to boil it only to boil again.

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@pacathy An additional thought/question in the interest of keeping things as simple as possible: If a baby bottle sterilizer works successfully to sterilize our equipment, and we use distilled water in it because it is recommended, would it still be necessary to soak in vinegar monthly? I would think that the because the distilled water already has minerals removed, that would be enough. What do you think?

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I want to try an instapot for boiling neb cups and aerobika. I have a few questions for those who have been using it.
What size fits 2 sets of neb cups and 2 sets of aerobika so I can boil them all at once?
Online instructions say to use the saute settings and put the temp to high if that makes sense?
Then cover with a glass lid. But which version comes with a glass lid?
And how do you keep the stuff off the bottom of the pan?

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