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 enlarge | Brand: Kuhn Rikon
List Price: $270.00
Buy New: $248.95
You Save: $21.05 (8%)
Rating:  8 reviews
Color: Stainless
Shipping Weight (lbs): 9
Dimensions (in): 14 x 9 x 8
MPN: 3918
Model: 3918
EAN: 7610154039189
ASIN: B000AUOC7W
Availability: In stock soon. Order now to get in line. First come, first served.
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 I LOVE THIS COOKER! December 29, 2007
Saraj H. Cory (Sebastopol, California USA)
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
I GREW UP ON PRESSURE COOKERS. MY 20 YEAR OLD PRESTO WAS STILL FINE ON MY OLD WEDGEWOOD, BUT WE MOVED TO A GLASS TOP THAT REQUIRED SOMETHING WITH AN ACTUAL FLAT BOTTOM. THE KUHN IS AWESOME -- PLENTY OF ROOM FOR MORE THAN 4 ARTICHOKES, LARGE ENOUGH TO SAFELY COOK BEANS IN, ETC. VERY HAPPY WITH THE PURCHASE. I USE IT ALMOST DAILY.
More than a timesaver -- a great cooking tool November 14, 2007
D. OBRIEN (MA USA)
13 out of 13 found this review helpful
I use this pot at least once a week, particularly for risottos (try a butternut squash version!) and tougher cuts of meat, which cook to fork-tenderness in a trice. It's also fantastic for cooking dry beans (try the heirloom beans from Rancho Gordo) -- no need to soak overnight.
You have to keep an eye on the pressure indicator, but over time you learn how to adjust the burner to maintain high (but not too high) pressure for the recipe time. You can't really walk away from the kitchen, but then the cooking times are pretty brief.
Lorna Sass' cookbooks -- Cooking under Pressure and Pressure Perfect: Two Hour Taste in Twenty Minutes Using Your Pressure Cooker -- are invaluable. I haven't had a bum recipe yet.
I also have a smaller Fagor model, but I prefer the larger size as well as the simpler Kuhn-Rikon controls. For lots of dishes, you're not supposed to fill the cooker more than halfway, so anything smaller than four quarts is often too small, and the bigger size can handle everything.
My favorite kitchen appliance July 9, 2007
Seattle Gal (Seattle, WA)
19 out of 19 found this review helpful
I grew up watching my mother use a pressure cooker with a balancing weight on the lid - and constantly terrified that it was going to explode.
It has taken me 20 years to get over that fear - and after doing a lot of research, I finally bought a Kuhn Rikon Duromatic Pressure Cooker. As a working mother with two young children, I have NO IDEA how anyone survives without a pressure cooker. I use mine almost every day. Unlike a slow cooker, I'm not worried about whether my house is burning down because I left the slow cooker .... cooking.
I started with spareribs, which after 15 minutes tasted like they had been braised for 3 hours. Then I moved on to risotto, which after 6 minutes is delicious, creamy, and tastes like I slaved over the stove stirring it constantly for an hour. I have also made soups, which are quick and easy.
The pot is easy to use, easy to clean, and safe. Rather than wasting gas/electricity simmering a dish for hours, it's finished in literally a fraction of the time. And it doesn't sound like an airplane's landing in your kitchen.
This is by far the wisest kitchen appliance purchase I have ever made.
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