I’d really like to get a pressure cooker. What would be more versatile and best value for money a stove top or electric pressure cooker?
I know the stove top ones can reach a higher pressure than the electric ones but the electric ones, it seems to me, just push a button and you don’t have to think about it.
Thoughts please.
It depends on what you’re after. I’d never thought about it, but you’ve summed up the difference quite well.
There are pressure cooker/slow cooker combinations out there (Crockpot makes one that’s quite nice), and the convenience of “set and forget” is very nice.
We really like our instant pot. we have the 8qt ultra and we can sous viede with it but i think they have a new one out that has a setting for it instead of doing a custom temp on the ultra. I did Test the water temp multiple times and it was within a couple degrees of what I set it at every time so it is relatively accurate
I have an electric pressure cooker not sure if it makes any difference compared to a stove top one but I can take a frozen roast straight out of the freezer and put it in that thing and within an hour its completely done like it had been sitting in a crock pot all day…lol
What about a ninja foodi? I think that thing does a little bit of everything 
I don’t have one (I have an instant pot), but my mom does and she loves it.
IMO stove top ones are way too much work. Hit a button and walk away! I’d strongly recommend the Ninja Foodi. I’ve had a no name ripoff, followed by an Instant Pot which was replaced with the Foodi, The Foodi is the best kitchen thing I own. Being able to pressure cook and air fry in the same thing is awesome.
I love my instant pot. Great for stews and soups, hard boiled eggs, cooking a whole spaghetti squash (don’t need to cut if small). A friend uses her instant pot for making jams and as a skillet with the sauté function. Another friend makes custards and desserts. I have an air fryer, so for now a Ninja Foodi is something to keep in mind until the air frying gives out.