The Best Pressure Cookers and Multi-Cookers

Preparing meals by means of a pressure cooker is safer now with the new generation models available on the market. Learn how to get the most from your money, by choosing the best pressure cooker for your needs.

Remember all those late-night infomercials in the ’80s, hawking appliances that were promised to replace every single other appliance in your kitchen? The bad news is that there’s no real-world gadget that’ll do that, but the good news is that modern electric multi-cookers are the closest we’ve ever come. I use mine at least a couple of times a week. They’re better than pots for making stocks and soups. They cook dry beans in under an hour, no soaking required. They can turn tough beef into amazingly tender chili in half an hour, or convert chicken and green chilies into chile verde with no more effort than dumping in the ingredients and hitting a button. You want hot steamed rice or creamy and tender risotto? Five minutes in the pressure cooker will get you there.

(C) Currys

(C) Currys

Aside from a skillet and a Dutch oven, my electric pressure cooker has become my single most used appliance. But there are so many questions! Stovetop or electric? Do I really need to shell out close to $200 for a simple stovetop pressure cooker? Is the Instant Pot all it’s cracked up to be?

After scouring for both amateur and professional reviews of the top-rated and top-selling brands of pressure cookers, I narrowed the field down to six different stovetop models and nine electric models, which I pitted against each other to determine which were the best. Here’s what I found.

Read more: http://www.seriouseats.com/2016/08/equipment-the-best-pressure-cookers-review.html

 

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