Gaskets are engineered to last a very long time. A gasket, when properly cared for, should last between 1 and 6 years under normal use. What are the variables? The number of times per week you use the cooker, what you cook, and how you clean your gasket all are considerations. If you cook everyday with a lot of chilies, or beans (which contain enzymes) and are careless about placing your gasket next to your knives in the sink, you could will replacing it more often! Hand washing is recommended.

Gaskets should be checked when you wash it in hot soapy water after every use. Look for spiderweb cracking, rough edges, gouges, and other defects. Bend the gasket slightly and if you see any signs of cracking it's time for a new one. Another thing that I watch for is to see that the gasket if pliable and not stiff or hard to bend. After you wash and dry the lid (NEVER in the dishwasher) give it a spitz of Pam or wipe with a paper towel and a little cooking oil.

DUROMATIC gaskets are engineered to last a very long time. A gasket, when properly cared for, should last between 1 and 6 years under normal use. What are the variables? The number of times per week you use the cooker, what you cook, and how you clean your gasket all are considerations.

When ever you boil daal in either pressure cooker or utensil, always add little oil. It will prevent the overflowing. Always store your dough in an airtight container or covered with wet muslin / cheese cloth to avoid the hard layer and keep it fresh for a longer period.

Immediately after use, remove the gasket and wash the lid by hand thoroughly inside and out. The exposed inside edge of the lid should be given special attention. The gasket should be cleaned, dried and returned to the lid. If the pressure cooker lid is hard to turn when closing, the gasket has become dried out and should be lightly rubbed with cooking oil. The bottom of the pan is dishwasher safe.

Healthy meals! Because very little water is used in pressure cooking and because the pressure cooker is a "closed system," few vitamins and minerals are lost to the cooking water or dissipated into the air. Because they are not exposed to oxygen, vegetables not only retain their vitamins and minerals, but their vivid color as well. Low fat, high protein beans and legumes, healthy additions to any diet, are frequently avoided because of their long cooking time under normal cooking conditions.

Steam is to cook with steam, if it is under pressure, the temperature is hotter than a water-based liquid can ever be. Water will not get hotter than 212?F (100?C) no matter how hard you boil it. However, steam under pressure of 5 psi (pounds per square inch) reaches 225?F (105?C) or more, and at 15 psi it will be 250?F (120?C). Therefore, steam cooking under pressure is considerably faster than cooking in liquid. The pressure steameris fast, easily controlled and is safer overall.

Immediately after use, remove the gasket and wash the lid by hand thoroughly inside and out. The exposed inside edge of the lid should be given special attention. The gasket should be cleaned, dried and returned to the lid. If the pressure cooker lid is hard to turn when closing, the gasket has become dried out and should be lightly rubbed with cooking oil. The bottom of the pan is dishwasher safe.

The Duromatic pressure cooker can go into the oven at settings below 300° F. Most foods prepared in a pressure cooker do not require placement in an oven for cooking. Sometimes you may want to put the smaller pressure fry pan into the oven to keep it warm, and that may safely be done at temperatures below 300° F.

Yes. Many people have gotten away with making BRF Jars and sterilizing them in boiling water with success. Problem being, a pot of boiling water cannot get the jars to the internal temp that is needed to successfully kill the contaminants that would survive boiling. When working with grains, a pressure cooker is essential and grains contaminate much easier than BRF. You will also find a pressure cooker useful to sterilize your scalpel, syringes, jars, lids, water, etc…

Canning is the process in which foods are placed in jars or cans and heated to a temperature that destroys microorganisms and inactivates enzymes. This heating and later cooling forms a vacuum seal. The vacuum seal prevents other microorganisms from recontaminating the food within the jar or can.

The gasket is there to insure that your fireplace remains air tight, thus providing you with the maximum burn time and reducing the risk of overheating. How frequently you replace the gasket really depends on how often you use your fireplace. Most Osburn fireplaces have an adjustable handle that enables you to increase the useful life of your gasket by tightening the door when it becomes loose.

We are glad to answer any questions you may have. We can be contacted by email or by calling 1-800-714-3391. For more information on pressure cookers you can visit Kuhn Rikon's web site.

Yes, you can use a pressure cooker to emulate an autoclave, but pressure cookers are not really designed for the precision operation that is required, and their effectiveness cannot be guarantied. (more coming soon)

The principle of pressure cooking is really quite simple. Because a pressure cooker is airtight, pressure builds up inside the pressure cooker as the liquid inside comes to a boil. The resulting trapped steam causes the internal temperature to rise beyond what it would be capable of doing under normal room pressure. Then, simply, food cooking at a higher temperature and under pressure cooks faster. sea level (where the normal atmospheric pressure is 14.

The DUROMATIC pressure cookers belong to the new generation of pressure cookers. They are built with safety features that make it impossible for this kind of disaster to occur. First, the automatic lid-locking device of the DUROMATIC pressure cookers insures that no pressure can build up until the lid is put on correctly. The lid cannot be removed or come off until all of the pressure has been released. DUROMATIC pressure cookers provide the ultimate protection against excess pressure.

The spring-valve of the DUROMATIC pressure cooker makes pressure cooking much easier and less frightening than Grandma's cooker, because the loud hiss of steam escaping has been completely eliminated. In addition, the DUROMATIC valve allows the user to determine the exact time at which the interior of the pan comes to pressure and, thereby, affords much greater accuracy in the cooking. How it works: Two red rings are visible on the stem of the valve during cooking.

Actually, you can use our pressure cooker to defrost and cook in one! When cooking frozen chicken breasts, for example, just add a few minutes to get the cooker up to pressure. The only drawback may be some food, such as chicken may not look so appetizing when they are steamed white. Consider using sauces, gravies or combinations with other foods.

Usually this is caused be cooking at too high temperatures. Remember to immediately lower the heat as soon as your pressure cooker comes to pressure, and use only enough heat to maintain the pressure. Using a rack or trivet, a steamer basket or other inside dish will prevent scorching too. On electric stove, aluminum pressure cookers, or large, high flame, gas stoves you may find a flame tamer a useful item.