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How to Host a Rainy Day BBQ with an Instant Pot

By Gary White
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Published June 24, 2017. Last modified July 31, 2025 By Gary White

How to Host an Instant Pot Rainy Day BBQ: 5 delicious Instant Pot BBQ recipes! Indoor BBQ | Pressure Cooker | BBQ Chicken | Instant Pot Ribs | Southern Baked Beans | Southern Style Collard Greens | Deviled Egg Style Potato Salad

Dreary forecast messing with your weekend BBQ plans? You may not be able to fire up the grill, but we've got you covered with 5 delicious Instant Pot recipes to save your rainy day BBQ plans! Here in Florida, afternoon thunderstorms are the norm. It's often too rainy, or too plain hot, to fire up the grill.

How to Host an Instant Pot Rainy Day BBQ: 5 delicious Instant Pot BBQ recipes! Indoor BBQ | Pressure Cooker | BBQ Chicken | Instant Pot Ribs | Southern Baked Beans | Southern Style Collard Greens | Deviled Egg Style Potato Salad

So, when we visited my in-laws for Memorial Day, rather than hauling along our grill, we brought our Instant Pot and surprised them with an indoor BBQ feast. For Independence Day, we're hitting the road and crossing three state lines to visit family. You better believe we're taking along our Instant Pot, and several of these recipes!

Make-Ahead Sides

Unless you own 5 Instant Pots, making a couple of recipes in advance is the way to go. Make these sides the day before, then cook the main dishes the day of!

1. Southern Style Baked Beans

Impress your BBQ guests by serving southern baked beans cooked from scratch right in your Instant Pot.

Pressure Cooker Southern Baked Beans | Southern Comfort Food | Instant Pot | Barbecue | Indoor Barbecue | Gluten-Free | Dairy-Free | The Foodie Eats

2. Potato Salad - Deviled Egg Style

Deviled eggs meet potato salad in this old family recipe. This dish is sure to be on our table for just about any BBQ, family dinner or holiday.

Pressure Cooker Potato Salad | The Foodie Eats

3. Collard Greens - Southern Style in ONE HOUR

This is by far the easiest collard greens recipe I've ever cooked, and yet these collards have all the flavor of slow cooked, stove-top collards. Get the recipe and video demo here.

Pressure Cooker Collard Greens | The Foodie Eats

The Main Dish

4. BBQ Chicken - 3 Ingredients, 3 Steps

With just 3 ingredients and 3 easy steps, BBQ chicken has never been easier. And don't miss the homemade BBQ sauce recipe included in this post.

Pressure Cooker BBQ Chicken: 3 Ingredients, 3 Easy Steps! Indoor BBQ | Instant Pot | Pressure Cooker | Easy Summer Recipe

5. Easy and Amazing Pressure Cooker Ribs

Perfectly seasoned and tender, this recipe takes all of the guess work out of ribs. Get the recipe and video demo here.

Pressure Cooker Ribs | The Foodie Eats

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