Kuhn Rikon Duromatic 4-Quart 22 cm Risotto Cooker
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Product Summary
Manufacturer: Kuhn RikonBrand: Kuhn Rikon
Model: 3064
Product features:
- Highest quality 18/10 stainless steel keeps its lustrous shine and will not rust, corrode, or chip.
- Solid thermal aluminum sandwich base conducts heat superbly for even cooking of all foods whether you use gas, electric, ceramic or magnetic induction.
- Spring-loaded stationary quiet safety valve has a visual indicator pin telling you how much pressure is inside the cooker and letting you know the precise moment to begin timing your food while eliminating the noise of escaping steam.
- Automatic lid-locking system prevents the lid from ever opening while the cooker is under pressure and no fewer that five safety features engineered into each cooker make Duromatic the worldwide standard of safety. UL listed
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Kitchen and Housewares Reviews of Kuhn Rikon Duromatic 4-Quart 22 cm Risotto Cooker
Customer Review: Great pressure cooker!
Summary: 5 Stars
This is my second Kuhn Rikon pressure cooker. My other one is a 7 quart and I love that too. This one is a really nice size for most things I cook for our family of three and because it's smaller than the other, it builds up pressure more quickly. It's amazing how fast a meal can be prepared under pressure. I find myself using this one for brown rice in 20 minutes while I do chicken or vegetables in the other. I've also used this one for chicken.
When I forget to soak dry beans overnight, I find I can soak them 4 hours and then cook for 10 to 15 minutes and they come out perfect. I've even cooked beans that haven't been soaked in about 20 minutes. Pea soup from scratch? About 7 minutes.
The Kuhn Rikon is more expensive than my old Fagor model, but it is so much easier to tell when the proper amount of pressure has been reached and it cools down more quickly when I take it off the burner. It's also easy to release pressure by pressing the top valve when I'm in a hurry. When I purchased my first pressure cooker I phoned the store back several times with questions about reaching the right amount of pressure, why it wasn't building pressure, etc. This one is very easy to use and there is no question about where you are in the heating, pressure building process. And it's very quiet unless you have the heat up too high and too much pressure. Then you can hear the sound of steam escaping under the top valve thingy. When that happens I just move it off the burner for a minute until the sound stops and turn down heat on my electric range and continue. Unlike my old Fagor, it's very quiet when cooking properly. And I figure I'm saving lots of energy because once the pressure is built up I can turn the burner to a very low temp and it keeps cooking. In fact I turn it off at least 5 minutes before the cooking is done and it continues. I then move it off the burner to allow it to cool down.
I bought this second Kuhn Rikon because I'm usually in a hurry at dinnertime and it's nice to be able to cook two things at the same time. Since food cooks very quickly under pressure, a minute or two can mean a lot in cooking time. You can always add foods that cook more quickly to the pot later, but it takes several minutes to build pressure and then to let it cool down enough that it will open. So it's easier to be able to cook two things requiring different cooking times at once than to wait for the cooling off, building of pressure again. And the building/cooling time varies with how much food is in the pot and how much pressure you're using. (There is a high and a low setting.)
Did I mention it's a very pretty piece of equipment? I doubt that I will ever buy another brand.
Description of Kuhn Rikon Duromatic 4-Quart 22 cm Risotto 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 energyAll Pans
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