Pressure Cookers - Buying

dronid

Hi there everyone. I'm looking for advice. I had a bit of a disaster the other day while using my old Tefal pressure cooker. I took some vegetables off the stove and then opened the pressure cooker and then - how silly is this - put the pressure cooker lid down on the ring! This then cooked my pressure cooker lid for a little while before I smelt burning gaskett!:eek: Now the lid is useless! I will keep the pan as it's a good heavy one and has a pan lid with it but as a pressure cooker it only had 2 settings and no accessories and was thinking of upgrading anyway!

Can anyone recommend a good pressure cooker with good capacity, 3 weight settings and not too expensive?:D

meadowcat

If it is only the gasket that has melted, you should be able to get a new one.

dronid

Unfortunately it looks as though the whole lid has buckled and the pressure valve and handles have cracked!:doh:

fudgem

I bought a Tower when my old Prestige went belly up, after about 20 years of constant use. I was so unhappy with it I chucked it into the charity shop bag and went back to Prestige.

I bought a smartplus at Debenhams sale for just under £40, and then found it was in Asda much cheaper :mad:

I don't know whether Asda still have them but I can certainly recommend it

susank

I have a prestige stainless steel one so it can go in the dishwasher!

dronid

Thanks very much for that everyone. I think a Prestige it is then!:j

And have a great weekend!

Penelope_Penguin

Hi, dronid! Have you tried Freecycle? Pressure cookers are the sort of thing that come up from time to time, and if you ask for one, you may be lucky!

Penny. x

janeawej

thats a great idea penelope penguin i will try freecycle as i have been thinking about a pressure cooker for a while and it is definately the sort of thing lots of people have hanging about unused!:beer:

fudgem

Are you a member of freecycle? Cos when I joined my local branch it was made plain they frown on people who ask for stuff as soon as they join. You are expected to make an offer of a couple of things first

Ted_Hutchinson

Don't forget Aldi and Lidl regularly have a very nice stainless steel pressure cooker, admittedly it only has two setting but it works fine. Very similar to the prestige and much cheaper, around £19 The prestige gaskets fit it, I know because just after I bought it from Lidl's I did the same as you and put the lid near a lit gas and melted the gasket so had to renew it.

dronid

Penelope_Penguin wrote:

Hi, dronid! Have you tried Freecycle?

No I haven't but it's an excellent point - I shall check it out! Thanks!

fudgem wrote:

Are you a member of freecycle?

I am a member though I've never used the service. I've probably got a few things I can offer. I can understand why they'd hope for some input, I imagine that participation rather than just taking is what they're after, mind you, if someone had nothing I wouldn't begrudge what I could give.

Ted_Hutchinson wrote:

Don't forget Aldi and Lidl regularly have a very nice stainless steel pressure cooker....just after I bought it from Lidl's I did the same as you and put the lid near a lit gas and melted the gasket so had to renew it.

I will check that out, unfortunately I tend to never get there on the days they have things coming out and being in Central London they tend to go before I finish work! Thanks though, and it's nice to know I'm not the only one!