The ribs were good! This definitely goes in the plus column for the Instant Pot. I've made ribs once or maybe twice in the past 20 years. Now I can make them and know they'll be good. Not that I'll make them often, but it'll be an option.
I put 1 cup of water and 1/2 cup apple cider vinegar in the pot. Rubbed the ribs with a dry rub of brown sugar, paprika, salt and pepper, put the little trivet thing in the pot and the ribs on top of that (I cut the rack of ribs in half, but you probably don't have to--just curl it around the pot) and cooked for 25 minutes, did 10 min NPR and then moved the ribs to a foil covered baking sheet and slathered in bbq sauce and stuck them in the over for a little while. I had the oven on 450 from roasting potatoes, so I put them in on that, but then ended up broiling them for a few minutes.
My pot is only 5 quarts, which no one seems to have. The ribs fit, but I wonder if the 6qt pots are taller. I couldn't stand the ribs straight up or they would have been right at the top of the pot, so I had them slouch a bit as then circled the edge. If anyone gets chance, measure the inside pot of your 6 quart and let me know the height and diameter.
We might try a whole chicken next. I don't cook whole chickens. When we have them dh, deals with them. So maybe he'll make one Sunday. I have to say though, I'm not a fan of really moist chicken. I like mine dried out just a bit. I want my chicken meat firm, not mushy and there's a fine line between moist and juicy vs chicken meat that doesn't seem cooked enough to me. I'll have to find a small enough chicken to fit in the pot. If becca fit 6 lbs, I can probably fit 5. the trivet that came with my pot is pretty short.