Cooking with pressure cookers can be a great help to the busy cook. You can prepare healthy meals in 70% less time than traditional cooking methods. For example, you can:

1. Cook risotto in 7 minutes 
2. Do chicken in 15 minutes
3. Even do a cheesecake in 30 minutes

Fagor is the leader in the pressure cooker category, and that's why we feature them. Both home and professional cooks have come to rely on the Fagor quality for pressure cookers.

Benefits of Pressure Cooking

1. FAST - saves up to 70% in cooking time. You can adapt your favorite recipes to cook in a third of the time
2. EAST - just load the ingredients and liquids into the cooker, close the lid, bring to pressure and cook. Then release pressure, open the lid and enjoy
3. HEALTHY - Because foods are cooked under pressure, up to 50% more vitamins and minerals are retained. A shorter cooking time also helps preserve more of the nutritional value of foods, as well as the natural color. You also cook without oil.
4. SAFE - Fagor pressure cookers have three safety valves. Any excess pressure will escape, so the cooking experience is completely secure
5. VERSATILE - All types of foods can be cooked in a pressure cooker. This includes vegetables, rice, stews, soups, chicken, fish, meat, even desserts.
6. EFFICIENT - use less energy and save on utility bills. You are reducing cooking times by up to 70%
7. GREAT TASTE - steam cooking leaves food moist, succulent and provides an intense intermingling of flavors

How Does A Pressure Cooker Work?

A pressure cooker has a lid that seals to the pot with rubber-sealing gaskets, has a pressure regulator and pressure release valve. When water in the pot begins to boil it remains trapped inside the metal pot. This steam pressure usually cooks at a temperature hotter than if the ingredients were just boiled in a normal pot. This hot steam speeds up the cooking process considerably.

Pressure Cookers and Canning

Ever since the early 1900 the US Department of Agriculture has stated the only safe way to can low-acid foods is with pressure canning. All commercial canning companies were then required to be equipped with pressure canning equipment. It wasn't until later in the last century that the home-use pressure cookers were advanced enough to eliminate the drawbacks of pressure cookers. I'm sure you have heard to horror stories of ruptured units and lids flying off. Only companies that dedicated themselves to developing safe pressure cookers survived into the modern times. Fagor is one such company.

Pressure Cooking vs. the Fast Frozen Food Market
Today pressure cooking is making a comeback. Sure, the fast frozen entrees so plentiful in the local supermarkets are very convenient. But take time to read the labels. The are often loaded with salt, preservative, and other ingredients that are not the healthiest.

Cooks wanting to provide healthier meals of their families are rediscovering pressure cooking. In the 1990s baby boomers who had never before used a pressure cooker began discovering the benefits of pressure-cooker cooking, and the number continues to grow today.

Enjoy your Pressure Cooker Year Round

1. Summer: Less heat in the kitchen. Foods are cooked with the lid on under pressure. Enjoy healthy and simple rice, beans, or potato salad.
2. Fall & Winter: Delicious soups and stews in no time at all
3. Spring: In a pressure cooker you can keep most of the color found in fresh, spring vegetables because pressure cooking maintains the natural color and flavor of foods. Some Fagor models can be used as pressure canners as well. You can stock your pantry with your favorite sauces, jellies or meats.