Electric pressure cooker

**mommy4ever** · 07-25-2011, 11:35 PM

I have been wanting a pressure cooker for a couple years. They are very pricey here. This weekend friends were having a garage sale and they had an almost new pressure cooker for $10. I got it for $5. They never had an instruction book, so they didn't have success.

Anyone have some tips? It's a Bravetti, it has delayed start on it, and few other things.

Would love some tried true recipes too

**Spirit Deer** · 07-26-2011, 12:09 AM

Have you checked online for an instruction book? IMO it's important to have the correct instructions for a particular model.

Good luck.

**Palooka** · 07-26-2011, 12:53 AM

Agree, google. I have a pressure cooker, but have no clue about electric ones.

**sinopa27** · 07-26-2011, 05:30 AM

i didn't know there were electric pressure cookers.
i am sure you can go online to find the number to the manufacturer. They may be able to email you a link or something.
good luck. Also, most appliances have a small cookbook so ask them about that as well..

**Josephhgoins** · 07-26-2011, 08:20 AM

I agree with everyone else, get the instruction booklet for your model.

btw, there was another thread about a month ago about the same thing. Several of us shared some recipes that you may want to check out.

**low-1** · 07-26-2011, 09:12 AM

This should be close, not sure if it's your specific model:

http://www.sharkclean.com/manual/PC1...06A-Reader.pdf

**Spirit Deer** · 07-26-2011, 12:35 PM

Originally Posted by sinopa27

i didn't know there were electric pressure cookers.
i am sure you can go online to find the number to the manufacturer. They may be able to email you a link or something.
good luck. Also, most appliances have a small cookbook so ask them about that as well..

Those were the good old days, BC (Before China). Now a lot of companies aren't based here and getting parts and/or info is a real challenge, if not impossible, since all the parts are overseas. The internet may offer some help though.

Hardly anything comes with a cookbook anymore, although of course it doesn't hurt to ask, if you can find a way to ask. Once you get basic instructions, you're on your own to figure out how to really use an appliance.

I've bought instruction booklets from eBay for things I've picked up that didn't come with them, such as several pressure cookers and a pressure canner. It's never cheap but still much cheaper than buying a new appliance.

Good luck. Even if you have to spend a few dollars to get the proper instruction books, your new cooker will still be a good deal. I paid $65 a few years ago for my electronic pressure cooker, and that was a deal.

**mommy4ever** · 07-26-2011, 12:43 PM

Originally Posted by low-1

This should be close, not sure if it's your specific model:

http://www.sharkclean.com/manual/PC1...06A-Reader.pdf

Thanks, not the same model, but I was able to find the right one. Mine has different features

We've enjoyed steel cut oats last night and today, as I try to figure out more about it.

Will see what I have in the freezer and try my hand at supper. It doesn't warm the kitchen as much as the crockpot, because it's not on as long!

**Spirit Deer** · 07-26-2011, 02:12 PM

Glad you found the info you needed! It'll make things easier and safer for you.

**mommy4ever** · 07-27-2011, 11:09 AM

It is so easy to use!

It is all presets. Cook - rice, oatmeal(steel cut takes 2 rounds of that), beef/pork, chicken, soup, fish, slowcook, delayed start and warm.

I did a pork tenderloin last night with potatoes and carrots. Used chicken broth and herb seasoning. Did the pork cycle(about 35 minutes), depressurized, added a little more broth with cornstarch, put it on the cook cycle but stopped it after 5. It was wonderful

AND it didn't heat the house for a long time, and the heat coming from it was minor.

Going to make soup for lunch today.