Pressure cooker

ThunderPants73 · 31-03-2018, 20:26

Can anyone recommend a good, reliable ELECTRIC pressure cooker? I bought a Pressure King Pro but had to return it due to a faulty bowl.

Thanks.

richard s · 31-03-2018, 21:52

Hi ThunderPants this rated pretty highly.

Tefal CY701840 Cook4Me Intelligent Multi Cooker

papa smurf · 01-04-2018, 09:53

i have the pressure king pro works great .

Tinky · 02-04-2018, 08:09

I have never owned a pressure cooker, I'm thinking of buying one, only they seem a bit scary.

**Maggy** · 02-04-2018, 12:01

I've got one..they are nothing like the one I inherited from my mother.The new ones are much easier to use and take the scariness out of the process. Saves me sooo much time and the casseroles and stews are very tender in a quarter the time of a slow cooker. The non electric versions are easier to keep clean than a slow cooker.

Tinky · 03-04-2018, 08:09

Thanks for that Maggie.

My Mother's one was really scary, it had a little metal cap/stopper on top and it used to make loud hissing noises and whistle if I remember correctly, I thought it was going to blow up! However she used to make lovely soups and stews in a very short time.

tweetiepooh · 03-04-2018, 10:29

I believe Indian cooking can use pressure cookers of a certain type and timing is done by the number of "whistles".

My more modern wester model may hiss but if it's really whistling away you have too much heat going in. We don't use it enough really as we tend to allow enough time to slow cook things (hours). Why rush?

**Maggy** · 03-04-2018, 11:58

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Originally Posted by tweetiepooh

I believe Indian cooking can use pressure cookers of a certain type and timing is done by the number of "whistles".

My more modern wester model may hiss but if it's really whistling away you have too much heat going in. We don't use it enough really as we tend to allow enough time to slow cook things (hours). Why rush?

I really haven't got room for a slow cooker in my very tiny galley kitchen and the number of times mine let me down I got rid of it.Plus I got fed up with trying to prepare a meal at really silly times like 5/6 am so I could get to work..A pressure cooker suits me just fine.Each to their own.

Taf · 03-04-2018, 13:29

We have a pressure cooker of the older type: heavy cast metal with a locking lid. in 30 years all we have had to do is change the rubber seal once. Ours has a safety auto-pressure relief valve that has never activated because we were shown how to use it properly. Don't leave one on a high heat and wander away, as that is when things can go wrong! Great energy savings and excellent meals have us addicted to it.

tweetiepooh · 04-04-2018, 11:12

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Originally Posted by Maggy J

I really haven't got room for a slow cooker in my very tiny galley kitchen and the number of times mine let me down I got rid of it.Plus I got fed up with trying to prepare a meal at really silly times like 5/6 am so I could get to work..A pressure cooker suits me just fine.Each to their own.

I have a small slow cooker but never use it. I do have a slow cook setting on the oven and so can put a dish in that, cover with grease proof paper, then foil then the lid (and sometime seal lid with flour/water paste). I can then cook for hours without risk of drying out. I'd even use the timer on the oven but wife doesn't trust it.

For curry though I cook the day before so the flavours can mature. Then I just need to reheat, add any final ingredients (fresh herbs etc) while the rice cooks. Stews can also be done the day before.

For BBQ I prep the meat the day before then I can light up fire and get to correct heat, then cook slowly through the day. Just add a bit more charcoal and wood every hour or so, maybe a little fiddling with the meat occasionally but really not much work.

Still I do understand not everyone can work like that and pressure cookers do work nicely.