Vortex 6QT

I have the original 6qt Instant Pot Vortex. The all stainless steel one, not the newer one with the window (which I haven't tried). My wife's household aides (who all have one of the many Ninja variants) LOVE it, as do I.

I have an IP Vortex 6-qt basket. About 5 years old I think. I use it for salmon, pork, beef, and especially chicken. I bought it specifically for chicken, and the good news is that it works for so many other things, as well. I use garlic salt on bone-in, skin on chicken thighs with the roast feature at 3:50° for 25 minutes. I throw in a couple of small red skin potatoes with the chicken, and if I’m having a root vegetable, I throw those in as well. I do not turn or flip the meat. The air fryer is a convection oven with good airflow and the meat gets cooked. If I’m doing asparagus or summer squash, I prep them while the chicken cooks and then those cook in the five to ten minutes while the chicken rests before eating. Brussel sprouts I time a little differently. For salmon, mahi-mahi, swordfish, etc. I also use the roast function and may (or may not) flip the meat during the cooking process. I have done pork loin and tenderloin in the air fryer, but have discovered that I prefer pork bites more than just the loin, or tenderloin. I use a smoked salt on the meat about an hour before cooking. I cook the bites in a mesh basket, spray them with a little bit of oil before cooking. I use the air fryer setting. I do something similar for steak bites . This is purely my preference. I have cooked sausage and peppers in the air fryer with excellent results. The sausage isn’t the healthiest of choices, but I feel it’s offset by the peppers, onion, and garlic. I also use my air fryer for desserts. Using it as an oven. Mine has a “bake“ feature. I mix up a batch of cookie dough, I have a small 4 1/2 inch cast-iron cookie skillet. I bake one cookie at a time which allows me portion control. It is a large cookie. I have also used my air fryer to make fruit, crisp, bread, pudding, pumpkin, custard, all in individual ramekins. I have pretty much not used my oven and barely my stove top since getting my air fryer and coupling that with my IP pressure cooker for soups, stews, chili, etc. I still use my stove top and my toaster. I use my microwave/convection oven for some things, but not as many as I used to.

Got a used Instant Pot Vortex 6 qt off of fb marketplace recently and I’ve used it daily ever since. I can’t attest for the other brands, but I love the simplicity of the buttons (even though there’s more than two) and the window/light feature is incredibly useful. Highly recommend the Instant Pot air fryer line

I'm in the same boat as OP. I had a Instapot Vortex 6 for a few years with a 3 prong plug and a couple weeks ago it got knocked off the top of the fridge where I stored it and it wouldn't work after it's unfortunate battle with gravity. My friend bought me a new one, same model and make, and it only had a 2 prong plug. This concerned me to the point I wasn't comfortable even plugging it in so we sent it back. Then she purchased another one from a large retailer which arrived with a 2 prong plug. I have a Ninja one coming in the next day or two but don't know if it has a 3 prong plug or not. Google says the 3 prong plugs arent necessary if the appliance is double insulated but my neighbor has been an electrician for over 30 years and I trust him. He says it's super dangerous to run such a high amp draw appliance without a dedicated ground plug

I got the instapot 6th vortex air fryer and it is great. It was that or the ninja crispy and at the time the instapot was on sale so I pulled the trigger on it.