Customer Reviews

Presto 4-Quart Aluminum Pressure Cooker

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4 star:		(7)
3 star:		(1)
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1 star:		(4)

 

 

I have owned and used 3 Presto Pressure Cookers in the past 35 years, they are the best! I owned another brand for a short time, it did not perform the way my Presto does, so I gave it away! I have never had any problem with my pressure cooker's, Presto is very easy to use, just be sure to use the right amount of liquid with whatever you make, after time you will be a pro and will be able to make up your own recipes, it is fast, and makes the most toughest cut of meat super tender! I usually cook my 7-bone roast for 45 minutes, and the meat just falls apart! Great for cooking Artichokes too, add 1 1/2 cups of water, your Artichokes, place the lid on and when the cooker comes up to pressure, reduce heat to a slow rocking (the pressure regulator you put on the top of the lid) and cook for 15-17 minutes depending on the size of the Artichoke, they will be perfect! Do your own experimenting and enjoy the cooker, you will be hooked just like me!

As some others aparently couldn't figure out, this pressure cooker has a cleverly designed safty interlock in the cover that will prevent you from opening it if there's still pressure in the pot. This is so that you won't burn all the skin off your face with high pressure steam. If you want to open it right after cooking, you have to run cold water over it to cool it, which reduces the pressure.

As for it's cooking ability, it's amazingly fast. Things that normally take several hours to cook (e.g. dry beans) take only 1/4 the usual time, or less. My only complaint is that it's not big enough for large meals -- you can't fill it more than 2/3 full.

I bought this to replace a 3 year old Mirro 4qt cooker that I allways had trouble with the gasket to seat right.Have not had problem with this one.Works as it should.I have used it to cook Dry beans,ribs,chicken,beef,freesh vegtables.Great tasting food and fast.

Our 20+ year old 4 quart Presto pressure cooker has had at least half a dozen gasket replacements. We're pretty old, so I thought it was time to get my 79 year old cook, and lovely wife of 55 years a bright new pot instead of just another gasket.
The old one worked well for all these years, and the new one already has a dozen or more cooking cycles on it - and appears to do as well as the one it replaced.
BTW: we replaced a 6 quart Presto at the same time and the comment is the same on it.

I bought this to replace a Presto 4 Quart Pressure Cooker that was 45 years old and would no longer hold pressure even with a new gasket. It was a great unit and we hated to have to replace it. This new one works just as well as the old one did when it was new. You can pay a lot more for a pressure cooker but I don't see how it would work any better.

I never knew a pot could cook like this one does. And the price was great.

This is a very reliable Pressure Cooker. I love it. Could not be without it~ Works WONDERFUL~ Good Value for the Money~ I have a 4 quart and 8 quart- Next I will get a 6 quart! and they last for a very very long time!!!

Extremely easy to cook in. Extremely easy to clean. In short, a delight for a single person who doesn't wish to spend too much time scrubbing and standing by the gas.

I have vivid memories of my mother and grandmother back in Cuba in the1950's when Cuba was free and beautiful and can yet see my mother cooking with these Presto pressure cookers almost every day... So many great meals she prepared with it. I came to the US in 1965 and had to left them in Havana until 1970 when she and my father finally came to joint me here in the US. After a few days of them here we went to buy cooking utensils and kitchenware for our new home here in Miami. I purchased for her a Presto 6 quart and 4 quart cooker. Do not have to say she was delighted. She used them like in Cuba, almost every day for many, many delicious meals, until she was very old (92 years old) and passed away in 1995. I still have these Prestos and they are like new. I just have ordered the gaskets and pressure valve through the Presto site here in the Web. Just to say I cook a lot myself and used them very often. Presto stands back on all their models and have replacement parts for all their cookers old and new. They even have the originals Manuals with recipes and user instructions and times for every model the have ever produced. I should say these cookers would last for generations if well treated and cleaned. They are part of the dear memories I have of my family.

This isn't the best pressure cooker in the world (plastic handles you have to install), but it's great for a 1-3 person household.