GABRIELLE: MANY MORE OF US ARE COOKING AT HOME RIGHT NOW AND HOPING TO MAKE TASTY MEALS QUICKLY AND EASILY. AN INSTANT POT PROMISES TO HELP YOU GET IT DONE FASTER. WE WANT TO KNOW, DOES IT WORK? WE’VE COME TO GREENVILLE TECHNICAL COLLEGE’S TRUIST CULINARY AND HOSPITALITY INNOVATION CENTER TO PUT AN INSTANT POT TO THE TEST, SO LET’S HEAD INSIDE AND MAKE A POT ROAST. CARROTS, POTATOES, PARSLEY, AND ALL OF THESE INGREDIENTS GO INTO A POT ROAST. AND CHEF BILL TWALER SAYS THIS COMFORT FOOD CAN TAKE A WHILE TO COOK. >> DOING IT TRADITIONALLY ON A STOVETOP CAN TAKE HOURS, 2, 4, 6 HOURS TO DO IT DEPENDING ON HOW LARGE YOUR POT ROAST IS. GABRIELLE: AN INSTANT POT PROMISES TO GET IT ALL DONE IN ABOUT AN HOUR. CHEF BILL SAYS THE INSTANT POT, WHICH HAS MANY SETTINGS, IS ESSENTIALLY A FANCY PRESSURE COOKER. >> IT’S NOT A HIGHER HEAT BUT IT’S A MORE INTENSE HEAT THAT GETS THINGS TO COOK FASTER. GABRIELLE: TO FIND OUT IF WE CAN GET A POT ROAST PREPARED, PRONTO, CHEF BILL WILL COOK A POT ROAST ON THE STOVE. ANOTHER IN THE INSTANT POT, USING A RECIPE THAT CAME WITH THE PRODUCT. HE USES THE INSTANT POT TO SEAR THE MEAT. >> ADD THE BEEF STOCK. WE ADD THE BEEF STOCK TO DEGLAZE THE PAN. GABRIELLE: PUTS THE LID ON TOP, AND SETS THE TIMER FOR 45 MINUTES. >> HIT START AND WE’RE GOOD TO GO. I FEEL BUBBLES. GABRIELLE: THEN, HE ADDS THE CARROTS AND POTATOES. HE USES THE SAUTEE SETTING, TO MAKE THE SAUCE. AND THEN, OUR INSTANT POT RECIPE WAS DONE IN ABOUT AN HOUR. THE POT ROAST ON THE STOVE TOOK MUCH LONGER. >> INSTANT POT IS FASTER. SEE HOW IT’S FLAKING? GABRIELLE: WE DECIDED THE FASTER COOKING DIDN’T MEAN SACRIFICING FLAVOR. UNLIKE TYPICAL CROCK POT RECIPES, THE INSTANT POT RECIPES REQUIRE MULTIPLE STEPS. BUT CHEF BILL SAID THEY’RE EASY TO FOLLOW. >> SO FOLLOWING THAT RECIPE STEP BY STEP PRODUCED THIS DISH SO IT IS NOT DIFFICULT. GABRIELLE: AND THE FOOD WAS READY TO ENJOY, MUCH FASTER. >> WE ARE SO IN A HURRY, BUT AT THE SAME TIME WE WANT HOME COOKED COMFORT FOODS, AND THE INSTANT POT CAN DELIVER THAT. GABRIELLE: YOU KNEW I HAD TO TRY IT. SO GOOD. TOOK SOME FOR LUNCH. WE BORROWED AN INSTANT POT FROM SOMEONE WHO ALREADY OWNED ONE FOR THIS TEST. THERE ARE MANY MOD