Small pressure cooker

[robertj]

I'm trying to purchase a small pressure cooker for extended cruising. It has to be stainless and not aluminium.
Has anyone suggestions on where what and how big a cooker to buy?

Regards

 

[[70521]]

How many will you be cooking for, that would be my starting point.

 

[stranded]

I'm trying to purchase a small pressure cooker for extended cruising. It has to be stainless and not aluminium.
Has anyone suggestions on where what and how big a cooker to buy?

Regards

We got a Kuhn rikon that doubles as a quality frying pan. Fantastic bit of kit. Capacity is small and avoids need to stow separate frying pan, but footprint is more frying pannish so no use if hob size is a constraint.

 

[awol]

SEB do a couple of sizes of stainless pressure cooker - I have used the 6 litre version for the last decade or so. Not cheap but very robust. An important feature is no sticking out handle. Then for a mere £200+ there is now an electronically programmable version!

 

[VicS]

I'm trying to purchase a small pressure cooker for extended cruising. It has to be stainless and not aluminium.
Has anyone suggestions on where what and how big a cooker to buy?

Regards

Morphy Richards do a 2.7 litre stainless steel one. Various prices ..... from about £33 (Amazon)

 

[NickRobinson]

Small SS pressure cookers in Aldi a few days ago, £40

 

[Neeves]

Think laterally

consider a Shuttle Chef or an alternative is Mr B's Thermal Cooker (I think that's the name).

Its a large Dewar into which you put a cooking pot, cooks like an old fashioned straw box. Try googling 'thermal cooker'

Jonathan

 

[VicS]

Small SS pressure cookers in Aldi a few days ago, £40

?? .... 6 litre !

 

[Poignard]

I think our 3-litre pressure cooker came from Lakeside.

 

[macd]

This type of pressure cooker, available in other sizes than the 7l shown, is brilliant: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Pressure-cooker-Stainless-steel-Turkey-x/dp/B00WBWROGS

Rather than a massive lid reminiscent of a ship's bulkhead, the lid is a steel diaphragm which is inserted into the pan. Cooking pressure then forces is against the seal. Clever, compact, light and effective.

In Turkey they're about a third of the price of the one in the link.

 

[VicS]

I think our 3-litre pressure cooker came from Lakeside.

Lakeside ... as in Essex? Or do you mean Lakeland http://www.lakeland.co.uk/18435/Lakeland-3L-Pressure-Cooker- £80 though !
They do have a store at Lakeside .. alsoone at Bluewater


Coopers of Stortford sometimes have small pressure cookers

 

[Poignard]

Lakeside ... as in Essex? Or do you mean Lakeland http://www.lakeland.co.uk/18435/Lakeland-3L-Pressure-Cooker- £80 though !
They do have a store at Lakeside .. alsoone at Bluewater


Coopers of Stortford sometimes have small pressure cookers

I meant Lakeland

 

[TQA]

I'm trying to purchase a small pressure cooker for extended cruising. It has to be stainless and not aluminium.
Has anyone suggestions on where what and how big a cooker to buy?

Regards

Prestige do a 2 liter SS but I would buy the 3.5 l asit has the same footprint but is taller. I use mine a lot when ever I am faced with tough meat or am cooking at sea.

 

[Serin]

If you google "small pressure cooker" or search on Amazon you will find quite a few options. I think 1.5 litres is the smallest.

 

[Robin]

We bought one ( Presto) for the boat on the basis of the largest capacity that would fit on the stove with a frypan or other appliance on the other burner. Then bought a bigger one of same make for 'home' use, only to find it was the same diameter, just taller but had no long handles making it actually more stowable.

 

[Gerry]

We cruise a lot and my pressure cooker has been an important part of our kit for many years now. In fact I am on my third model! Not only do we cook in it but I also use it for canning meals.

I have a 6 litre stainless steel model that came from Lidl's. I highly recommend it. It cost around £25 but of course you will have to wait for them to feature it again... prior to that I had the same size Prestige model purchased in the USA.
6 litre size will allow you to process 4 one pint jars at once. I find that an ideal amount when I am making up things like spag bol sauces, stew etc to put in the ships stores. Wonderful when on passages or just when right off the beaten track.
I recommend the Ball's guide to preserving, you can get it from Lakeland http://www.lakeland.co.uk/70767/Ball-Blue-Book®-Guide-To-Preserving gives you all the basic info you will need and much more besides.

Wonderful piece of kit .

 

[michael_w]

Don't forget the usefulness of a large cooking pot, not necessarily pressurised. Especially for cooking lobster, crab etc.

 

[richardh10]

Morphy Richards do a 2.7 litre stainless steel one. Various prices ..... from about £33 (Amazon)

I got one of these just before Christmas. Excellent bit of kit. 2 of us on board and it's plenty big enough

 

[jdc]

We cruise a lot and my pressure cooker has been an important part of our kit for many years now. In fact I am on my third model! Not only do we cook in it but I also use it for canning meals...

This is a good piece of advice. Unfortunately for me, I have a small pressure cooker - which is what I thought I needed - but so small that I can't fit even the smallest Kilner jar in it so it's useless for canning. I wish I'd got a larger one, so my advice is to take a Kilner jar with you when chosing a pressure cooker and make sure it fits before you buy it.

 

[[3889]]

I got one of these just before Christmas. Excellent bit of kit. 2 of us on board and it's plenty big enough

I also have one and it did work well, but after 18 months the thread in the plastic handle for the pressure relief valve has failed for no obvious reason. Wouldn't buy another.