Top 7 Khun Rikon Pressure Cooker

Kuhn Rikon has revolutionized pressure cooking by inventing the automatic lid-locking system and the spring-loaded stationary safety valve. The only thing that hasn’t changed is the principle by sealing ingredients and liquids in, foods cook in a very short time retaining flavor and vitamins and conserving energy

Product description

Create meals in minutes with the Kuhn Rikon Duromatic pressure cookware saucepan. Made of stainless steel, this saucepan style cooker feeds eight to ten people. With up to 70% reduction in cooking time and 70% energy savings, this saucepan is both fast and environmentally friendly. This pressure cooker locks in vitamins, nutrients and flavor that are lost with conventional cookware — making it easy for you to create healthy, delicious meals for yourself and your family, using a lot less energy and time. This saucepan includes a trivet for steaming and is backed by a 10 year manufacturer’s warranty.

8-3/4″ diameter, with a 7 quart capacity

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Beginning in the 1930s, two successive generations of busy cooks used pressure cookers to prepare family meals. The next generation, with memories of valves dancing and hissing on stovetops, snubbed pressure cookers. Now pressure cookers have come back, those old valves replaced by modern versions that ensure safety while delivering the speed, ease, and nutritional benefits of pressure cooking. Pressure cooking also saves 70 percent of the energy normally consumed while cooking.

This heavyweight, stainless-steel beauty is a fine example of contemporary engineering and style. Its mirror finish gleams, and its black handles–including a loop handle for two-handed lifting–stay cool. Pressure-cooking traps steam to heat foods at temperatures higher than boiling. An aluminum disk in the base, sandwiched by stainless steel, speeds the process even more through fast heat conductivity. It’s safe on electric, gas, ceramic, and induction stovetops. Little water is required, so nutrients, flavor, and color are not boiled away. Vegetables emerge vibrantly colored from the steamer insert. Stews, soups, beans–even meat loaf, pork chops, and desserts such as bread pudding–come out tasty and nutritious. (A booklet containing dozens of recipes is included.) You can brown meats in the pot before the lid is locked on, or use the pot without the lid. The stem of the operating valve shows high and low pressure so you can adjust heat for different foods. After cooking, the pressure can be reduced slowly (just let the cooker sit for a while), normally (press the pressure indicator), or quickly (run tepid water on the lid’s rim).

Safety measures abound: the lid twists onto the pot; a rubber gasket ensures a tight seal. A vent releases steam if pressure builds too high, as does a valve that also locks the lid when any pressure whatsoever is inside the cooker. Cleanup is a bit involved: hand wash the pot, gasket, and lid with a mild detergent, then lightly oil the gasket. Normally the valve is self-cleaning, but if food passes through it, disassembly is required. Minor cleaning inconvenience, though, should not overshadow the major convenience of pressure cooking. –Fred Brack

It’s common knowledge that cooking under pressure can reduce the amount of time needed by up to 70% in comparison to conventional methods. And preparing food in the microwave takes only half or a third of the time it would take on the stove. Thanks to reduced cooking times, both methods are better for preserving vitamins and minerals. Microwave cooking does not damage vitamins; rather, vitamins are lost when subjected to heat for a prolonged period. As microwaves heat food much faster than is the case on a stove or in a steamer, this method is regarded as being the best for preserving vitamins and minerals. But what happens if you combine both methods? you get the DUROMATIC micro by Kuhn Rikon – one of the fastest, most energy-efficient and cost-effective cooking methods in the world.