It turned out somewhere between really good an fantastic.
First, she (Claudia the gal in the video)may be hot but she is a liar!
I followed the recipe almost exactly for my first attempt. This recipe was advertised as 1/2 the time as it takes to make traditional Tamales(so I was
thinking about 4-5hours). It took me 9 hours. However, I don't have an insta-pot and decided to use my crock pot. Next time I'll use a Dutch oven on the stovetop. That would likely shave off an hour or more. Also after going through the process once, I 'm pretty sure I could prepare the masa while pulling the meat and maybe some additional multi-tasking. That would save another 30-45 min's, maybe more.
As far as taste, I think the masa needs more salt and maybe a couple teaspoons of cayenne pepper. I'd probably cut back 1/2 cup of H20 in the Masa. I'd probably add another Chile Ancho and a couple more diabolo chile's.
Its a solid baseline recipe though.
The only thing I did different is after the steaming, I popped it in the oven for 15 min's on 450 to brown Pie just bit. here's a picture before I put it in the oven.