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HomeCookwarePressure CookersVasconia 6 Quart Aluminum Pressure Cooker |
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5 of 5 found the following review helpful:
 My new friend in the kitchen Nov 17, 2009
By David
Bought two of these beauties, and couldn't be more pleased. I'm thinking about throwing away most of my other pots and pans. They seem to be well made, and are loaded with safety features: locking handle when under pressure, pressure relief valves, and a little window that the gasket covers which acts as a fail safe if the pressure gets too high. I think these are the greatest things since remote control for the TV! The kids say the pressure cookers make the best food they have ever had! I tell them it is really the cook. Forget the knife, roasts are so tender all you need is a fork. They work great on my indoor flat top electric range and my outdoor gas range. One negative - they aren't supposed to be stored with the lid in place. Apparently it is not good for the gasket. This is probably true for all pressure cookers that have a gasket. Forget the cookers with gauges, the weight is worth its weight in gold - well maybe silver. Enjoy!
2 of 2 found the following review helpful:
 Works except the safety guard requires "fiddling" May 18, 2011
By Bob
Generally, this unit works. I'm no expert pressure cook, but in the few times I've used this I've enjoyed the results. The cooker is simple to use.
However, I have one problem. When the lid is locked, there's a pin that slides in the handle, pulling back a guard that lets a plunger pop up when under pressure. This plunger creates the seal needed to increase the pressure. This is a safety mechanism to make sure the lid is in the proper position.
However, the plunger never just pops into the opening and seals the pot because the guard never quite moves back all the way. Instead, I need to get a wire-like device to insert into the hole, and push the guard back so the plunger can pop up. It's not a big deal, but I shouldn't have to do this.
1 of 1 found the following review helpful:
Good buy Jan 13, 2012
By Mark Downing Heese
"MDH"
Heavy duty and quality built. We've only used this a couple of times (first time pressure cooker users!) but ran into no issues whatsoever. The instructions are very good and with the quality of this cooker we really had no worries what-so-ever about it.
Would highly recommend this over any of the cheaper cookers you see on black friday at kohls or jcpenney
1 of 1 found the following review helpful:
 So easy to use! Dec 05, 2010
By K. Basile
"tkere"
This is my first pressure cooker. I was always a little afraid of them. It works great. Now I have to find more ideas for cooking in it since it is so easy! The instructions make it easy.
Just OK May 20, 2012
By Perpetua
This pressure cooker is fine but is my first. There was pressure cooker information I was unaware of before making my purchase. The sad truth is that my #1 choice was about $200.00. Trying to be reasonable I bought this one instead along with a pressure cooker cookbook. It was in the cookbook that I learned that this "type" is the classic pressure cooker from days gone. The $200 cooker is one of the new generation cookers which are getting all they hype.
I had a few minor problems using this the first time but was able to figure out how to jiggle things around to get them to work properly. I will continue to use it as it works just fine but when it's time for a new one I'll go for a new generation cooker.
Note: This cooker does not come with an insert for steaming, etc. I had to roll up a "tube" of aluminum foil and shape it into a spiral to put in the bottom of the cooker with water. I set a stainless steel bowl on top of that aluminum foil tube/spiral, which worked fine. I probably could have cooked my steel cut oats directly in the cooker but I have an electric oven and no flame thrower, so it was all a bit of a first-time-user-fiasco...including the fact that everything takes about 20% longer cooking time when in high altitude!
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