Pressure Cookers

by DuffyH 2 years ago

Please join us in cooking with your electric pressure cooker and posting about your experiences here. You can cook from any book or any recipe and any model or kind of pressure cooker, but please n...

Most people know that one of the "secrets" to KFC (personally, I'm a fine of the stuff) is the fact that they fry it in a pressure cooker. Now, an industrial pressure fryer is a pretty scary thing ...

Hello, I am new to Chowhound, started in the cookware section trying to figure out new cookware. I am also new to my 6 qt. Instant Pot Ultra and I've started looking up some recipes. I am wo...

by Jim Leff 1 year ago

Surprised there’s been no discussion of “Instantly Southern: 85 Southern Favorites for Your Pressure Cooker, Multicooker, and Instant Pot” by Sheri Castle. It seems to be well regarded (and is curr...

Hi all: I am considering buying the Nova super-fast pressure cooker made by Magefesa in Spain. I searched through this forum and found that all threads were created a long time ago about older mode...

Our Instant Pot (6qt duo) died just before it's 3rd birthday. I'm in the process of dealing with Instant Pot customer service ... but, before I go too much further, I want to step back and consider...

by ninrn 10 months ago

I got my niece an Instant Pot Duo for her birthday, and while she and her boyfriend give it the good old college try every single week, so far everything they’ve made is highly problematic—too mush...

I jumped into the pressure cooker craze via buying a Fagor Elite 6 quart. I am fully in love. Not only is it a great cooker, the pan is probably my best performing piece of cookware On a treasu...

I've been thinking about getting an 8 QT Instant Pot. (I have the 6 QT.) I've also been thinking about getting an air fryer. I see the Instant Pot Duo Crisp is both a pressure cooker and an air ...

I love the look of the Moroccan tagine(tajine) but I have no experience with them. Aside from the gorgeous shape (not a small consideration :) ), what is it like to cook with them? Can I achieve...

If anyone is interested in a good price on a SMALL Instant Pot. In store only. (I have zero commercial relationship with Cdn Tire, have never even worked for them as an employee or contract worker).

I'm looking for an electric pressure cooker that does not have the nonstick insert. I would like stainless steel but I'm not sure if one exists. The Cuisinart has nonstick, and I believe the Fago...

Has anyone "resealed" their old Presto with parts kits available?

I'm trying out my pressure cooker for the first time today. I'm currently making dried pinto beans and ham hocks. All the recipes call for about 55 mins of high pressure, but I soaked mine overnig...

by JTPhilly 6 years ago

New to this PC thing probably should have used the slow cooker Defrosted a rack of pork rubs that I never got around to grilling on sunday - use it or loose it decided to try pressure cooker met...

I've been a fan of pressure cooking since I first tried this method in the early 1990's. My first PC was a Cuisinart, then made in Belgium by Demeyere. I loved this model, but after many years of u...

I make some DELISH grilled chicken leg quarters (legs and thighs still connected). So incredibly juicy and delicious. The only thing I don't like is babying the grill for like 40 minutes. I was thi...

by ninrn 8 years ago

Many Indian recipes indicate cooking time in a pressure cooker as "two whistles" or "three whistles". How does that translate into minutes, or is it variable depending upon what's in the cooker? ...

Is the instant pot for people who are too busy to make a stew on the stove or is it truly a great addition to the kitchen? I have made three very different recipes in the pot. They all looked gre...