I loves me my kitchen gadgets. Admittedly a bit of a impulse buy, but several folks I work with swear by them.

Breaking it in with some country pork ribs, what next?

Here is the one I got...

Elite Platinum 8qt

Good way to cook a batch of pinto beans in a hurry

Perfect for tougher cuts of meat.

Be ver-wy careful

watching this thread with interest

Briny (salt and sugar) solution with beef short ribs, potatoes, onions, celery and carrots.

Pulled pork.

You can cook a chicken in a hurry and have it ready to be deboned for making chicken and dumplings.

Alton Brown has a great pressure cooker chili recipe...

Mark

You can epoxy the pressure release blow off valve shut and put some water in it and turn it on high and run like hell! (Don't do this)

My grandmother used to make artichokes in hers all of the time and it cooked them quick......

You can make ham&beans fast, but don't fill it full and let it get too hot. (It's amazing how beans can come through those little bitty holes.)

If I suggested a trip to Boston...nevermind.

Okay but seriously, my mom used to cook a whole chicken (giblets and all), deboned the cooked contents, and used everything - broth and all - as the chicken soup base (just add veggies).

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Originally posted by arfmel:
Good way to cook a batch of pinto beans in a hurry

I've made many a batch of pintos in an old Presto pressure cooker. Boil a minute or two, let sit for an hour, then 20 minute pressure cook. If memory serves, 50 minutes from dry beans also works.

Pretty good for a rapid pot roast or swiss steak, but both are better if done slower in the oven.

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Originally posted by LS1 GTO:
If I suggested a trip to Boston...nevermind.

GET OUT OF MY HEAD!!!!

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Originally posted by mark_a:
Alton Brown has a great pressure cooker chili recipe...

Mark

I’ve come close to buying a pressure cooker numerous times just to make chili faster.

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Originally posted by LS1 GTO:
If I suggested a trip to Boston...nevermind.

Man, that is uncalled for. I suppose someone was bound to say this stuff. Stop and think about what you're saying, then stop saying it. Why in the world you would introduce into this thread something like that...

This thread, guys, is about cooking.

Buy the cheapest crap meat you can find and cook the ever loving shit out of it in order to try and make it edible... at least thats what my wife does.

You can cook potatoes for mashing very fast. Cut them into pieces (1 or 2 inches).

So far I have never cooked anything more than chicken breasts in a pressure cooker when I want then cooked quick and usually shred them for a recipe such as chicken and dumplings.

One other thing – I cook my "soft boiled" eggs by steaming them in my Fagor pressure cooker. It took me awhile to develop the time and cooktop setting tables, but now my eggs come out perfect, every time.