| |  | Kitchen & Housewares Presto 23-Quart Pressure Cooker/Canner |  | | | | | | | | | | Rating:  - Important sizing information
This thing is great.One thing to keep in mind when choosing the size of your cooker is that you can only fill it half way when cooking beans or rice.You can only fill it 2/3 full when cooking other stuff.So get one that is bigger than you think you might need.I almost got the 16 quart.I'm so glad I got the 23.
I gave it a 4 instead of a 5 because the directions say I'll have to keep buying new rubber parts every 3 or so years.Two washers, an overpressure release and the main gasket.I know some of the higher end cookers are gasketless.
Rating:  - canner
Rapid response. Have not tried it yet since I have Jenn Air flat top range I'm going to have to use someone else's stove or come up with an alternate heat source.
Rating: - Worked perfect!
It's rare something comes out of the box with clear instructions and works the first time, but this does. This is not the usual pressure cooker that makes a bunch of noise a spews steam everywhere scaring the cat and neighbors, it's quiet in use. The pressure "weight" only releases steam at 15lb, you will process at less pressure that that using the pressure gage and stove flame to keep pressure at maybe 11lb typical, depending on altitude. I processed home grown tomatoes into sauce and was amazed at how easy and quiet this was, it doesn't use as much water as the water bath method, is faster and less energy intensive also. Keepingthe gage at 11lb meant turning the flame way down and processing for 15 minutes and thats it, take it off the stove and cool it down. After it cools you can try and take the lid off but if any pressure remains it won't let you. This cooker has several safety features and is a well developed and mature technology. All the safety features would have to fail together at the same time to make this unit hazardous, ain't gonna happen. Be sure to thoroughly read the instructions and wash and scrub it to get the machining oil and residue off.
Rating: - Excellent Product
We were worried about using this cooker on our glass top stove, but it works wonderfully.It takes it a while to get up to its initial pressure but well to be expected.We love it!!!!!!!!!!!
Rating: - Presto 23-quart
I had the guage tested at the extension service and it was 1 lb off.Keeping that in mind I used it accordingly. Cooker is easy to use and I would recommend it to any home canner.
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