- Heavy-duty 6-quart stainless steel pressure cooker
- Comfortably ergonomic, stay-cool black plastic handles
- Strong-lock lid with steam vent, pressure indicator and overpressure plug
- Comes with rack for steaming food or for canning
- 17 by 8-1/2 inches; 12-year warranty
Product Description
Cooks lighter meals, healthier, fast and easy. 3 to 10 times faster than ordinary methods – faster than a microwave. Chicken, fish, vegetables and more cook to perfection in minutes. Tenderizes leaner cuts of beef and pork. New ergonomically designed handles.Amazon.com Review
Pressure cookers have experienced renewed popularity over the last several years because cooks have rediscovered what some cooks (particularly grandmas) have known for a long time–they’re really fast. And it’s easy to cook healthfully with pressure cookers, since the food retains so much more of its nutrients and flavor. Presto’s 6-quart stainless steel pressure cooker is a multi-purpose pot that can stand in as a conventional soup pot as well as perform the kitchen magic that pressure cookers are famous for. Chicken Cacciatore cooks in 8 minutes! This professional-quality stainless steel pressure cooker is a handy addition to any well-rounded set of kitchen tools.
The heavy-duty lid locks down during cooking; an inner sealing ring keeps the steam in. In addition to a pop-up pressure indicator and a simple steam release mechanism, there is an overpressure plug that will let off steam if it builds up excessively. This pressure cooker is useful for weeknight dinners or for any meal that needs to come together quickly. An accompanying booklet contains more than 65 recipes, ranging from basic soup stocks to stews and pot roasts–even desserts like 5-minute custards! Tenderize lean cuts of beef or pork; or cook chicken, fish, or vegetables faster than you can in a microwave, and without losing moisture.
Nonabrasive cleansers are best for cleaning this stainless steel pressure cooker, though occasional use of a fine metal polish will help the exterior keep its shine. The Presto 6-quart pressure cooker is fully immersible; in addition, the sealing ring should be removed after each use to allow cleaning of the inside rim of the lid. The vent pipe is simple to keep clean with a small brush or pipe cleaner, and both the air vent/cover lock and the overpressure plug are removable. The pressure cooker measures 9 inches in diameter (17 inches including handles) and 8-1/2 inches tall (including lid). Presto guarantees this pressure cooker with an extended 12-year warranty. A detailed instruction and recipe booklet is included; special safety issues that pertain to pressure cookers are clearly explained. –Garland Withers
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Two people were home all day and the package was still left outside unattended with no door bell rings or knocks and this was not UPS, Fedex or USPS. Fedex had a delivery and told us he found it outside.
Rating: 4 / 5
CHEM 101: salt (NaCl) is bad for stainless steel. Under high pressure and high temperature, Cl ions erode stainless steel much faster then under regular condition. Try boil some high concentration salt water in a stainless steel stencil, if you want.
Commen Sense 101: Pressure Cooker has been widely used in Third-world countries, at least more than 30 years.
Rating: 5 / 5
There are a few things about pressure cookers to keep in mind:
1. they cut cooking time in half but double cleanup time (approximately)
2. you cannot cook in stages — you can’t open it up and add things
3. you cannot check to see how close it is to done — you just have to guess and hope
4. the pressure can do strange things to the textures of foods — like causing food to fall apart before it’s fully cooked
5. you have to watch the pot — they don’t double up on the safety features for no reason
The one-shot, all or nothing way of cooking hardly lends itself to any fine points in your cooking technique.
Get a nice regular pot, calm down and enjoy your time cooking instead of monitoring that high-pressure monster.
Rating: 2 / 5
Although I bought this pressure cooker because I thought my daughter Heather has good judgement and she uses one…I also remember growing up with my mom, Rosalind, cooking so many delicious meals with one. I have made Italian Beef and a pot roast. OMG, were they good! You can use less energy, save time and retain all the vitamins while cooking a warm, comforting dinner for your family. As I write this, I listen to our wonderful Roosevelt-esque president, Barrack Hussein Obama. I have heard political analysts comparing him to no less than President Lincoln, et al, Right now we are forced to getting back to basics by our economy. Let’s all use products like a pressure cooker and our inborn, American, common sense and maintain this “basics” way of cooking and living and perhaps we’ll never have to go back to an inflated economy and its subsequent fall. Ok, I might have gone off track but buy this pressure cooker or one like it and make some warm, quick, family meals and live the good life that we have so much access to but possibly are not appreciating and enjoy your life.
Rating: 5 / 5
My Mother has the real Presto-SEB made in France, she has been use it for the last 25 years. This Pot is the payless version of everything that comes from China! don’t waste your money.
Rating: 1 / 5