Recommend me a pressure cooker

Nudge

snow monkey the pressure cooker you highlighted could be a bit
of a problem with the two handles as thet can be very heavy when
full of soup or stews and difficult to drain off at sink.

We have had prestige or tower high dome for years and find them
very good ,and they were in tj hughes for £19.99p a couple of
weeks ago which was a very good deal

Jazzy_B

There are 3 under £20 at Argos. I wanted the stainless steel one, but there are none in my area. If they're in stock, it's free delivery until tomorrow.

Olliebeak

Nudge wrote: »

..............they were in tj hughes for £19.99p a couple of
weeks ago which was a very good deal

I bought my Hi-dome in tj's last christmas (pressie to myself!) and have had no problems with it.

My grandmother had one originally in 1964 and my mother was still using it into the 80's. I bought my own in 1973 and used it until splitting from my ex-OH in 89 - when he insisted that I'd bought it for HIM (he was a so-called chef). It was one of the few things that he argued over when we split.

Would always recommend a Hi-dome.

Mr_Proctalgia

If it helps I have got through 3 since 1975 - The first one was an ancient thing with a lid that was bigger than the hole and it had to be tipped and angled to close it up and had a beam across the middle. A real PITA and now long gone. :mad:

Now I have two, a Tefal Visio Safe2 which is great as it has a porthole in it and you can see what is happening inside and a huge 10 litre one, a Tefal Clipso (Big sister to the one you are considering) which is great for family "All in Stews" especially in the colder weather. Both are stainless steel and I wouldn't be without one now.

For those that have wondered what the inside of a pressure cooker looks like when it is working the answer is - Nothing unusual really. You would expect it to look like Dantes Inferno or similar but it isn't so.:think: When the valve is open it just bubbles up like any other pan and then the froth subsides a bit as pressure builds up and once the valve opens again it settles down to what looks just like a steady simmer. You do have to go steady with some stuff though, pulses and cereals can stick like b*&g^%y if the heat is too fierce.


HTH

Maxjessdru

I am thinking of buying a pressure cooker to save money/time. I'm not sure which size I would need to get - they seem to vary between 5 and 7.5 litres. There are only two of us but I like batch cooking as well. Any suggestions on what size you use?

cattie

If you like batch cooking then the larger the better. With anything it's always better to have too much, including space, than not enough.

I wouldn't be without my pressure cooker & wish you much satisfaction being an owner of one of these marvelous cookers. They are worth their weight in gold.

champys

Maxjessdru - I have a 7 litre pressure cooker, and there are only the two of us as well. It is worth buying a roomy one, as you say for batch cooking things, and you can still cook spuds for two just as efficiently. It works fine for us. It would be really sad if your pressure cooker turned out to be too small for fitting in the Christmas pudding basin, for example!

looby-loo_2

Go for the big one with the domed lid. I replaced my aluminium one with a stainless steel one because of health scares. My old aluminium one was very 'pitted' but the ss one is still perfect after 5 or 6 years. i use it 2-3 time a week

carolt

My father-in-law wants to get us a present for xmas and as he's in Spain it needs to be delivered - so we need to act fast....

We've decided we'd like a pressure cooker, stainless steel in preference to aluminium on health grounds, and as cheap and reliable as possible.

Does anyone have a reasonably recent one they'd like to recommend? Or even know where we could get it at a good price? I've been reading a few reviews and they nearly all seem to say they're pants - the gist of most reviews seems to be 'I bought this to replace my old one that lasted me 20 years, but this is rubbish and has only lasted me 2 months..' or words to that effect.

Help very much appreciated!

CRANKY40

http://www.johnlewis.com/Christmas/Cookware/Cookware/Steamers/904/8945/Product.aspx

John Lewis guarantee theirs for 10 years and do free delivery. I don't have a pressure cooker as they scare me, but they delivered my breadmaker 2 days after I ordered it last week.