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Brand Presto

SKU 000461486

Type Kitchen

List Price $59.99

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Description

Cooks lighter meals, healthier, quick and simple. Durable polished aluminum for even heating. Consists of exclusive ergonomic handles, cooking rack, and recipe book. Pressure regulator supports proper cooking temperature automatically. Cover lock indicators show at a glimpse when there is pressure inside the cooker. Pressure cooking conserves flavors and nutrients. Lean meats cook up tender and delicious!

Pressure cookers have experienced renewed popularity over the last several years for the reason that cooks have rediscovered what some cooks (particularly grandmas) have known for a long time--they're really quick. And it's simple to cook healthfully together with pressure cookers, since the food retains so much extra of its nutrients and flavor. Presto's 8-quart pressure cooker is a multi-purpose pot this can stand in as a conventional soup pot as well as perform the kitchen magic this pressure cookers are famous for. Chicken Cacciatore cooks in 8 minutes! And it's big enough for home canning, too. (The USDA recommends pressure canning as the only safe method for low-acid foods such as vegetables, meats, and poultry.) This durable, polished-aluminum pressure cooker is an economical 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 neat steam open mechanism, there is an overpressure plug this will let off steam if it builds up excessively. This pressure cooker is useful for weeknight dinners or for any meal this needs to come mutually shortly. An accompanying booklet contains extra than 65 recipes, ranging from basic soup stocks to stews and pot roast--even desserts like Oatmeal-Apple Crisp! Tenderize lean cuts of beef or pork; or cook chicken, fish, or vegetables faster than you can in a microwave, and not including losing moisture.

Nonabrasive cleansers are excellent for cleaning this polished aluminum pressure cooker, though occasional use of a fine metal polish will help the exterior keep its shine. The Presto 8-quart aluminum pressure cooker is fully immersible; in addition, the sealing ring should be removed afterwards every use to agree to cleaning of the inside rim of the lid. The vent pipe is neat to keep clean together with a small brush or pipe cleaner, and together the air vent/cover lock and the overpressure plug are removable. The pressure cooker measures 11-1/2 inches in diameter (17 inches counting handles) and 9 inches tall (counting lid). Presto guarantees this pressure cooker together with an expanded 12-year warranty. A detailed instruction and recipe booklet is integrated; exclusive security issues this pertain to pressure cookers are clearly explained. --Garland Withers

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Customer Reviews

Presto 8-Quart Aluminum Pressure Cooker 2010-09-02

By psyc0geck0 (Honolulu, Hawaii)

I bought this item several months ago, and so far it has been worth the money. Most cookers follow a basic design, and though there are no frills here, this cooker preforms as it should. Being aluminum it has stained some what on the inside, but that was my fault as I burnt a block of corned beef in it once after I fell asleep after a hard days work and failed to hear my timer go off, but it cleaned up pretty well. I use it for making stews mostly but also for sterilizing caning jars. The rubber seal is still good, and is expected to be the only part to wear out over time. The handle is a high temperature hard plastic and the locking lid has a simple pressure relief valve. The steam pressure regulating weight doesn't make that nice slow n' gentle "ssshh ssshh ssshh" sound like the one my grandmother's cooker did when I was a kid - I love that sound, this one is much more rapid, higher pitched, and louder so when I'm watching TV I have to turn up the sound a bit to drown it out. Other than that its perfect and with good care this cooker can last several years.

Good product 2010-07-26

By ThatGirl

Works very well. I have no complains except that it would be good if a second ring was included as the rubbers wear out.

Presto 8-qt aluminum pressure cooker so far so good 2010-07-06

By Capital City reviewer (Olympia, WA)

The Presto 8-qt pressure cooker seems to work well so far for many pressure cooking recipes I have, from lamb shanks, braised spareribs, to pot roast. The large one I own can handle the big cooking projects. All turned out well and a definite time saver. Even though I have a larger pressure cooker for canning tomatoes and sauces from backyard produce, this pressure cooker definitely looks capable of handling some of the overflow of canning jobs.

Some of the question marks or to be determined reviews might have to wait if any parts need replacing, and when it goes through its first official scrubbing - where some parts may need to be taken out to be cleaned. The stopper on the top did not seem to fit snug like in previous pressure cookers I owned where it screwed on easily.

No problems. Does what it is supposed to do. 2010-07-03

By J. Baisden (Anywhere I want to be.)

It works, no glitches, no problems, and the price was right. What on earth are people complaining about? If you don't like aluminum, then go with stainless and save the fuss for another time.

A nice effective pressure cooker 2010-05-29

By Ryan

Pressure cookers in general are great, they provide a wonderful way to quickly obtain a meal that would otherwise take hours and hours of cooking time. This both saves you time and reduces the energy required for cooking.

This Presto 8 quart aluminum cooker is a nice size, not too large for cooking meals for 2, and not too small to prevent cooking a larger meal for a family. It's also reasonably priced and feels quite solid in its construction.

I would say the highlight so far in its use has been the creation of split pea soup with a ham bone. Previously I've made the soup in a pot and just let it cook away for a couple of hours. This generally results in a soup with peas that retain some individuality, like lentils, that after being refrigerated combine into that large split pea mass I love. In the pressure cooker after half an hour the split peas literally fall completely apart and form into the semi solid mass that I usually don't attain until I'm eating it as left overs. Fantastic. Not to mention quick corned beef, speedy stocks, and delightful beans and brown rice.

If you like to cook and are thinking about adding a pressure cooker to your arsenal, this is a great tool to have.

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