Product Description

The Kuhn Rikon Duromatic 3.5-Quart Pressure Cooker features an automated lid-locking system and safety release back-up system to give you ultimate peace of mind. Its spring-loaded valve eliminates guesswork. You see the exact pressure and know exactly when to start and stop cooking. So, there is no danger of overcooking and no noisy steam escapes. It's blissfully quiet. Cook healthy delicious meals in minutes, not hours. Easy to use with its interior fill lines, automatic locking system, and precision spring-loaded pressure release valve. A stainless steel steaming trivet is included. Kuhn Rikon created the anniversary edition pressure cooker to celebrate 50 years of making pressure cookers. The bright blue steam diffuser around the lid's value has the cooking times of 20 popular dishes printed right on it. Cooking with a Duromatic Pressure Cooker not only saves an incredible amount of time, it produces exquisitely delicious food. Vitamins are sealed in, instead of boiled away, vegetables keep their bright colors and flavors are so intense less seasoning is needed. While you are saving time you are also saving money and natural resources. Using a Duromatic Pressure Cooker also conserves energy. The Kuhn Rikon Duromatic 3.5-quart is a great, all-around pressure cooker for small families, it cooks dinner for 3 to 5 people. Included is Quick Cuisine Cookbook, a $14.00 value - free.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #14492 in Kitchen & Housewares
• Size: 3½ L
• Color: Stainless
• Brand: Kuhn Rikon
• Model: 3147
• Released on: 2006-10-14
• Dimensions: 5.00" h x 8.00" w x 13.00" l, 6.50 pounds

Features

• 8-inch, 3-3/4-quart pressure cooker made of 18/10 stainless steel that won't interact with food
• Solid thermal aluminum sandwich in bottom for even browning and rapid heat absorption
• Five over-pressure safety systems, UL listed; automatic locking system; spring-loaded precision valve
• Steam diffuser on lid displays cooking times of 20 dishes; base dishwasher safe
• Saves time and 70 percent of energy normally consumed while cooking; 10-year warranty

Amazon.com Product Description
This 8-inch, 3-3/4-quart pressure cooker celebrates Kuhn Rikon's 50 years of making great pressure cookers. Like all Kuhn Rikon cookers, this anniversary edition quickly and healthfully cooks foods with trapped steam at temperatures higher than boiling. It's the ideal size for singles, small families, and vegetarians, and makes dishes for three to five people. Pressure cooking requires little water so nutrients, flavor, and color are not boiled away. Made of heavyweight, mirror-finish, 18/10 stainless steel that won't react with food, the cooker has a stay-cool handle and an aluminum disk sandwiched in stainless steel in its bottom to quickly and uniformly conduct heat. A bright blue steam diffuser on the lid displays cooking times of 20 popular dishes. The cooker comes with a stainless-steel steaming trivet and a Quick Cuisine cookbook containing 100 pages of recipes and tips.

Kuhn Rikon Duromatic pressure cookers are designed with safety in mind. The automatic lid-locking device insures that no pressure can build up until the lid is put on correctly. The lid cannot be removed or come off until all pressure has been released. The cookers also provide the ultimate protection against excess pressure. The first indication that too much pressure has built up inside the cooker is the audible hiss as excess pressure is released through the valve. (When the user hears this, the heat should be turned down.) The valve will take care of any over pressurization by allowing steam to escape through the holes located on the valve stem. Additionally, another spring-loaded safety valve in the lid is set to release steam in case of a clogged main valve. This valve is not a "blow plug" like some old American cookers had, but a highly accurate spring-loaded valve that will open at a preset internal pressure and release steam safely and effectively.

This Duromatic pressure cooker can be used on any cooktop. It can go into the oven only at settings below 300 degrees F because of the stay-cool handle and valves. The pot is dishwasher safe, although the gasket and lid should be washed by hand. This pressure cooker carries a 10-year warrantee on all non-replaceable parts, material, and workmanship.

Customer Reviews

Nothing beats Kuhn Rikon!
I don't know what I would do without my pressure cooker! and I know I would not buy any other kind but Kuhn Rikon. There is no way to be disappointed with this product unless you just don't know how to use it. We are vegetarian and live on a very healthy, grain, rich in legumes type of diet .. my kids love rice cereal, steal cut oats ..etc. and I just can't imagine making life easy without one of these .. instead of having to plan ahead or wait 45minutes to 2 hours for some dishes *(like barley and wild rice) it takes anywhere from 2 minutes to steam veggies and cook pasta, to 30 minutes max for the harder grains (without soaking!) I highly recommend this product ... it is an essential must have in every kitchen! just throw everything in (all those yummy grains, veggies, and even meat if you like, with a good broth) lock it and let it do its thing! :)

Unbelievable...!!!
This is my first pressure cooker and boy am I filled with joy!
I don't know how I've lived without ever having one.
As a starter, I picked this anniversary version for its size and price.
I couldn't be happier. I cook often enough and usually use good quality pots and pans. As soon as I held this cooker in my hand, I could tell this was a high quality pot before functions as pressure cooker. As aforementioned, I'd never owned/used pressure cooker before so I couldn't really compare its quality with other brand, but the pot is VERY quiet, safe and high quality. I was skeptical about reduced cooking time as 20 minutes for brown rice and 7 minutes for risotto sounded just unreal and am glad to find out they were all true. Brown rice usually took more than 1 1/2 hour with rice cooker and didn't come out as good as cooked in pressure cooker and I am hooked to make variety of risotto and they all come out creamy and just al dente.
I have to get a larger pot now and most likely, I will stick to Kuhn Rikon since they are one of a few (?) that reaches the highest 15 psi (I really wanted to try WMF and it doesn't seem to reach 15 psi although I do not if this is true).

Our Favorite Cookware
We have three Kuhn Rikon pressure cookers that we use almost every time we cook - this is the main cookware we use. It's fast, easy, and it saves energy because it takes less time to cook. And the food's great - I like eating at home better than any restaurant.