In the graveyard of Miracle Kitchen Devices, there's the George Foreman Grill, the Carrot

Sharpener, and perhaps now, the Instant Pot.

From American Public Media, this is Marketplace Tech.

I'm Lily Jamali.

If you're a kitchen tech fanatic, odds are good.

I've purchased or been gifted an Instant Pot.

Five years in, I still use mine pretty much every day.

But it looks like I'm an outlier, as I learned when asking my fellow Angelinos what they

think.

I work remote all the time, I don't really have to think about meal prepping, I just

didn't find myself reaching for it.

It's just so bulky and hard to clean.

It's really useful, but I just haven't really gotten into the habit of how other people

seem to be using it.

I think it is more counter-space than it's worth.

That was Margaret E. Cassie Plunkett and Lindsay Mulkehi with that last sick burn.

Instant Pot owner, Instant Brands, filed for bankruptcy this summer, so Susan Arlene,

who writes the obituary column at the New Yorker, said it seemed fitting to write one for

the Instant Pot.

When I saw this mention of Instant Pot filing for bankruptcy, I was shocked for several

years in a row on Prime Day.

The number one product was Instant Pot.

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