Did Millennials kill Instant Pot too?

[bugandbibs]

Jun 14, 2023 4:56:05 GMT -5 wildfloweragain said:

I've been replacing all of my heavier dishes from our wedding registry 20 yrs ago with corelle. My aging elbows like the lighter weight better!

Our everyday dishes are Corelle too. A mix of new solid white we have had for years now and vintage white and blue from a variety of family members.  I wish we still had the my grandparents had, but foolishly I thought they were old and outdated. They literally had every matching piece and service for 16!

[noodleoo]

H has informed me that they are restructuring, not liquidating so hopefully not going away. (I probably should have read the actual link before panicking).

I really hope Corelle doesn't go away. I love that stuff. But I can see how it is tough for the company since it lasts a long time. I wish they'd come out with better patterns. I have Country Cottage and when I replaced my set about a year ago, I bought the same one because I didn't like anything else they had.

[lilac05]

Not all Pyrex is the same. They changed the formula awhile back and now it’s much less tolerant of temperature swings. It’ll be fine for awhile, then suddenly it shatters. With your dinner in it.

I recently bought my mom a 4c pyrex measuring cup, and it broke in the first 6 months.

I do love my Corelle dishes, though. I have square ones that I’ve had for 14 years or so. The pattern is definitely starting to show wear, though…unlike my mom’s set that is probably 40+ years old!

[lpcats]

Jun 14, 2023 10:35:27 GMT -5 picksthemusic said:

Anchor is a good replacement if you can't find the Pyrex that is all capitals. The Pyrex in lowercase isn't oven safe.

We learned this the hard way one Passover when my sister in law's kugel shattered all over the oven.

[steamboat185]

Jun 14, 2023 13:34:11 GMT -5 lilac05 said:

Not all Pyrex is the same. They changed the formula awhile back and now it’s much less tolerant of temperature swings. It’ll be fine for awhile, then suddenly it shatters. With your dinner in it.

I recently bought my mom a 4c pyrex measuring cup, and it broke in the first 6 months.

I do love my Corelle dishes, though. I have square ones that I’ve had for 14 years or so. The pattern is definitely starting to show wear, though…unlike my mom’s set that is probably 40+ years old!

It’s not even that recent. We have some that we bought in 2004 about five years later we had a 9x13 dish explode in the oven. We did all the recommended steps to keep it from shattering, but it still did. Scared me like crazy and ruined a lasagna.

[bugandbibs]

I don't really think it was Millennials who killed the Instant Pot. I think Millennials are still the prime buying/influencing generation for shopping excess. It's more likely that it's Gen Z who hasn't bought them as they are setting up their first households (or in the case of mine- still living at home with little desire to move out).

[plutosmoon]

I have a million pyrex, but I've never actually bought any all were from my grandmother and her sisters, they have to be at least 70+ years old by now. Corelle is the same, no one I know ever bought it new, we all got second hand sets. I had a hand me down set of corelle before I got my fiestaware and I passed it along to a friend. It's like a staple at my mom's thrift store you can always find it. So I don't think millennials killed them, they have them, they just never had to actually buy any. Almost like the products were so good, no one ever has to actually buy more.

I don't instant pot, but I'm not a millennial. I think people like the idea of them, but they don't really use them enough to wear them out and replace them frequently enough.

[tacokick]

I think they focused too much on Instant Pot and didn’t realize it was a fad. I think they thought it would have the staying power of Crock-pot slow cookers and it doesn’t.

[Velar Fricative]

Jun 14, 2023 15:57:20 GMT -5 tacokick said:

I think they focused too much on Instant Pot and didn’t realize it was a fad. I think they thought it would have the staying power of Crock-pot slow cookers and it doesn’t.

I use it as my slow cooker too lol. Maybe the fact that it can do so many things is why people just buy them and use them for as long as it works.

[tacokick]

Jun 14, 2023 16:29:19 GMT -5 Velar Fricative said:

Jun 14, 2023 15:57:20 GMT -5 tacokick said:

I think they focused too much on Instant Pot and didn’t realize it was a fad. I think they thought it would have the staying power of Crock-pot slow cookers and it doesn’t.

I use it as my slow cooker too lol. Maybe the fact that it can do so many things is why people just buy them and use them for as long as it works.

I think some people are really into them and still use them but I see dozens of used ones for sale all the time or on buy nothing pages. The bubble really burst. Meanwhile slow cooker sales stay fairly steady year to year.

[pixy0stix]

I tried to replace my slow cooker with just the Instant Pot when my old slow cooker died. I couldn't do it, I had to get a stand alone again.

[madringal]

Jun 13, 2023 20:58:33 GMT -5 bimbi284 said:

Okay but PYREX?! I guess the “problem” with Pyrex is that they are solid and last forever, so once you have them, you’re kinda set for life.

I have my moms Pyrex she bought when she moved to the US in 1974. Still going strong!

[madringal]

Jun 14, 2023 16:44:17 GMT -5 tacokick said:

Jun 14, 2023 16:29:19 GMT -5 Velar Fricative said:

I use it as my slow cooker too lol. Maybe the fact that it can do so many things is why people just buy them and use them for as long as it works.

I think some people are really into them and still use them but I see dozens of used ones for sale all the time or on buy nothing pages. The bubble really burst. Meanwhile slow cooker sales stay fairly steady year to year.

The Air Fryer came in pretty hot after the Instapot. I never saw the need for an Instapot, but an airfryer? That is used daily!

[tacokick]

Jun 14, 2023 16:54:51 GMT -5 madringal said:

Jun 14, 2023 16:44:17 GMT -5 tacokick said:

I think some people are really into them and still use them but I see dozens of used ones for sale all the time or on buy nothing pages. The bubble really burst. Meanwhile slow cooker sales stay fairly steady year to year.

The Air Fryer came in pretty hot after the Instapot. I never saw the need for an Instapot, but an airfryer? That is used daily!

I am very interested to see the future of the air fryer in a couple years! I feel like that could still go either way.

[Velar Fricative]

I hate my air fryer! Lol

[TR]

Instant Pot killed itself because they suck. I hated mine. I think I even made a thread about it here lol

[estrellita]

Jun 14, 2023 16:54:51 GMT -5 madringal said:

Jun 14, 2023 16:44:17 GMT -5 tacokick said:

I think some people are really into them and still use them but I see dozens of used ones for sale all the time or on buy nothing pages. The bubble really burst. Meanwhile slow cooker sales stay fairly steady year to year.

The Air Fryer came in pretty hot after the Instapot. I never saw the need for an Instapot, but an airfryer? That is used daily!

I love our air fryer, I just hate cleaning it!

[suburbanzookeeper]

I love my Instant Pot (and my air fryer) as well as my other products under the "brand" umbrella. I swapped to all Corelle dishes a few years ago with zero regrets, they wear like absolute champs.

I'm more inclined to think this is a private equity investment firm overextending and not watching the market vs. an actual product issue. They're owned by this brand: cornellcapllc.com/
"Cornell Capital is a U.S.-based private investment firm with approximately $6 billion of AUM and offices in New York and Hong Kong. Leveraging decades of global investment experience, the firm takes a disciplined approach to investing across the consumer, financial services, and industrials/business services sectors, often in companies that can benefit from the firm’s Asia presence and cross-border expertise. Founded in 2013 by Senior Partner Henry Cornell, the former Vice Chairman of Goldman Sachs’ Merchant Banking Division, the firm is led by a highly seasoned team with decades of shared investment experience. We take a value-driven, partnership oriented approach to investing, targeting companies with significant potential to unlock growth through our industry, geographic and value-creation expertise."

[pugz]

Jun 13, 2023 21:16:14 GMT -5 sent said:

Wait I need to order some Pyrex lids! The glass may last forever but not the lids.

FUCK THEM LIDS! Uggh 

[taratru]

H uses the Instant Pot 3-4x a week to make dinner. I don't like it, because pressure cookers scare the crap out of me. I loathe Corelle, but love me some good Pyrex pie plates. It's so funny how attached people get to certain things.

[dutchgirl678]

I love my Instant Pot but don't use it every week. I just used it to make mashed potatoes and love it for rice and meat too. I needed to get a different air fryer and ended up with the Instant Vortex Plus, so I hope it will last a long time.

[sent]

Those of you with the inherited Pyrex, did the lids also used to be glass? I seem to recall a small brown glass bowl in our kitchen growing up that had a fitted glass lid. And that my parents didn't like it because the lid was heavy for such a small bowl. They were all over the Corelle though. They used to buy those sets and haul them back to the motherland for their relatives. 

Still need to order those lids.

[wawa]

I will happily kill the instant pot.  and the air fryer while I'm at it.  I've never really understood the appeal, but to each their own.  I'm a kitchen luddite over here with my ancient late 90's appliances still holding on for dear life somehow.

But I do love my pyrex and corelle.

[VillainV]

Well, as a geriatric millennial/late Gen X, I have neither an InstantPot nor Pyrex. My mom is still using her Pyrex. I do have a mish-mash of Target/Sams Club/BB&B stuff, some LeCreuset, and a smattering of Pampered Chef.

I think the problem with InstantPots is that eventually everyone who wants to buy one already has one, so sales drop off (same with Peloton). And the problem with Corelle and Pyrex is that it lasts so long it doesn’t need to be replaced (and if it doesn’t, you’re less likely to replace it with Corelle/Pyrex and will choose a different item). So once you saturate the market, you’re done.

[mpm]

Jun 14, 2023 21:40:17 GMT -5 pugz said:

Jun 13, 2023 21:16:14 GMT -5 sent said:

Wait I need to order some Pyrex lids! The glass may last forever but not the lids.

FUCK THEM LIDS! Uggh 

And the cost of replacement lids is nearly the price of just buying new Pyrex. Not shocked that wasn’t a smashing business plan.

[tacokick]

Jun 15, 2023 0:10:25 GMT -5 sent said:

Those of you with the inherited Pyrex, did the lids also used to be glass? I seem to recall a small brown glass bowl in our kitchen growing up that had a fitted glass lid. And that my parents didn't like it because the lid was heavy for such a small bowl. They were all over the Corelle though. They used to buy those sets and haul them back to the motherland for their relatives. 

Still need to order those lids.

They did/do have some lines with glass lids. They have plastic ones for the “storage” containers now.

[penguingrrl]

I have some Pyrex stuff and it’s fine, but have never owned Correlle. I think my mom did when I was a kid but am not positive if it was Correlle. It’s long gone. But nobody else I knew had Correlle, it just didn’t seem popular in my circle I guess.

I also have never had an instant pot. I’ve never cooked with a pressure cooker, so never saw the need for what I assumed was a fancy pressure cooker. I also don’t have any interest in an air fryer.

[noodleoo]

I thought I'd use the Instant Pot more than I do. I bought it with a GC, otherwise I wouldn't have gotten it. I probably use it every other week, but I only have 2 recipes that I make in it. But it is worth it for those 2! Plus cooking potatoes is so much easier, but not worth investing in a whole appliance just for that. I think the issue is that there is a steep learning curve to using it and several recipes I tried came out "meh" so I kind of gave up.

Meanwhile, I *love* the air fryer! It saved dinner last night when it started to rain right as we were about to use the grill. I cooked the chicken thighs in the air fryer and they came out amazing! It is so convenient for kids foods and roasted potatoes/vegetables. We use it at least once a week, if not more.

[lostrn]

Thanks to this post I am using my instapot on slow cooker mode to make pulled pork for dinner tonight lol.

[breezy8407]

My parents had the Corelle Gold Harvest pattern set, I'm sure as a wedding gift. They replaced it with some crap from Kohls when I was in HS only because the Corelle was dated. The new stuff broke and chipped immediately. I wish they would have kept it!

We use the air fryer a lot. H has gotten into making more than just frozen foods in it.

I have an Instant Pot and use it maybe 3x a month. I have a few tried and true recipes but definitely didn't get into using it for EVERYTHING like it was hyped when it first came out. I tried using it as a slow cooker once, and it was a fail. Still use the Crock Pots for slow cooking.