The Best Pressure Cooker Pot for Your Cooking Style

Amazon carries all of the major kitchen appliance brands including Fagor, Deni and Instant Pot and Cuisinart. Because an electric pressure cooker pot does the work for you, you have to be really comfortable with what it does and how it does it. First look at the settings available. At a bare minimum you should find Low, Medium and High Pressure. An automatic heating option should come on, if the cooking is complete and you can't get to the pressure cooker immediately. The buttons or digital read out should be positioned in the right place and big enough for you to easily read. If you're left handed or have small hands or suffer arthritis, the cover should be comfortable in your hands.

A pressure cooker can quickly and easily expand the capacity of your kitchen to prepare all kinds of dishes from spaghetti sauce to roast chicken. My husband and I are in the process of renovating a 19th century farmhouse. And while the house has a lot of space in it, each individual room is not as large as you might think. We've decided that we prefer smaller rooms with doors as opposed to the open floor plans that are so popular today. So our kitchen is smaller than you'd expect looking at our house. As a result it can be tricky to cook for a lot of people. I use our pressure cooker when I've got to cook 2 or 3 main dishes for a buffet. It can go on a kitchen cooking cart or the kitchen table.

cooker cooks very quickly because the lid is clamped on. When the water in it begins to boil it can't escape. Because it's under pressure the temperature rises above the 212 boiling point and cooks items much more quickly. So I always check out the safety features of a pressure cooker before anything else. This Presto 6-Quart Pressure cooker has a strong lock lid with a steam vent, pressure indicator and pressure plug. This ensures that if the steam gets to a dangerous pressure it has an escape hatch. The lock on the lid makes sure your sauce doesn't end up in the kitchen ceiling.

In addition to the safety features this Presto pressure cooker is made from high-quality, durable stainless steel. A steaming rack is included so you can quickly steam delicioius vegetables. Move your pressure cooker conveniently with the ergonomic, stay-cool black handles.

manttra pressure cooker, fagor pressure cooker or tefal stainless steel pressure cooker, the point is to do a quick scan and make sure that they are there. Then decide what size you need. Will you be cooking mostly sauces, soups or whole chickens? I've shown you an 8-quart Fagor pressure cooker above. It comes with a basket that you can use to steam food or for your home canning. It's made of durable 18/10 stainless steel. Part of our sustainable philosophy is to buy items that will last a long time, so they won't contribute to the local waste at the landfill. It also minimizes the time and energy we spend finding another one.