Pressure cookers

Im in the market for one. What do you have?, pros and cons? Never had one before info appreciated.

For what use?  I have 2.  A bigger one for canning.  A smaller one for every day use.  Both Presto.

-Allen

My lady wants one for cooking I suppose. I want one for canning. Is there an all in one???

My lady wants one for cooking I suppose. I want one for canning. Is there an all in one???

Would you buy a tandem kayak for the two of you?

My lady wants one for cooking I suppose. I want one for canning. Is there an all in one???

Sure.  But it is more a matter of convenience.  Get the big one, and she has to deal with an oversize cooker in the kitchen when cooking.  Get a small one, and you have to do more batches when canning.  This is why I have 2.

-Allen

I have used a pressure cooker for many years.  One of the best cooking tools ever.  The brand I have is Fagor.  There is a model with hi and low temp. gauges or some adjustment that I would consider if I ever got another and the larger one is more useful than the smaller size.  For canning they are not interchangeable sizewise .02$

Is 8 quarts big or small? ..

Is 8 quarts big or small? ..

Small. 

Also, pressure canning bible:

http://ucfoodsafety.ucdavis.edu/files/26457.pdf

I had an old girlfriend that was a chef.  It was amazing what she could do with a pressure cooker.  (Sure sounds like there should be  a punch line here.)

She recommended this book that I really found helpful.

https://www.amazon.com/s/?ie=UTF8&keywords=cooking+under+pressure&tag=mh0b-20&index=stripbooks&hvadid=2067842608&hvqmt=e&hvbmt=be&hvdev=c&ref=pd_sl_49cfyfvs7u_e

The new models are not as scary as the older ones.

Yeah pressure cookers actually scare me. . Ive seen too many youtube vids.

Thanks for the links guys! Gunna have to think about this one.

Hi Andy，

You got too much good stuff to not have a pressure cooker.    I have 2 at home. Nice rice cooker/pressure cooker. Cooks whole 8' ab in 2 hours. May not be big enough for canning. But when they have sale, you should grab a couple. 

Its very quiet. Doesn't produce the traditional chirp chirp chirp noise. Just quietly maintaining the pressure.
It was on sale for $70 once. Hence we got our 2nd one.

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00FLYWNYQ/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o08_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1

George   

Hi Andy，

You got too much good stuff to not have a pressure cooker.    I have 2 at home. Nice rice cooker/pressure cooker. Cooks whole 8' ab in 2 hours. May not be big enough for canning. But when they have sale, you should grab a couple. 

Its very quiet. Doesn't produce the traditional chirp chirp chirp noise. Just quietly maintaining the pressure.
It was on sale for $70 once. Hence we got our 2nd one.

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00FLYWNYQ/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o08_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1

George   

+1 on this.
Great, multi-cooker, works pretty well, I like it that there's a timer and I find them safer than the regular pressure cookers. Won't take big cans though.