Pressure Cooker

[crazyguider]

Does anyone know if a pressure cooker can be used on the gas hob in a caravan, please?
I want to take mine away to save space and time (maybe I need a TARDIS!) when prepping meals.

 

[WoodlandsCamper]

Hi Crazyguider

Our pressure cooker is used on the gas at home, 'cos that's all we've got. So there's no reason why you can't use it in a caravan, it will just possibly take longer to get up to cooking pressure. Once at pressure you may need to turn the gas down a bit.

 

[Mel]

Can't see why not. If you can use it on a gas hob at home, it should work just as well in the van. Haven't used a pressure cooker in years but ours used to emit great clouds of steam as you reduced the pressure to open it. Not sure I would want my van turned into casserole scented Turkish bath; but perhaps they are more user friendly now!
mel

 

[crazyguider]

definately a Turkish Bath, Mel! I'll just open a window and get all steamy... Think I may try it out on the van when we bring it home next month - that'll worry the neighbours.
see you at Stowfolot?

 

[Gybe]

I've seen Prestige pressure cookers used on electric, gas, parafin primus stove, petrol cooker and a charcol burner. Brilliant piece of kit for fast cooking and my late mother used hers in the caravan for many years and on a camping Gaz twin cooker.
The Red Cross even supplied Prestige Pressure cookers is disaster zones in the 60's and 70's.

 

[Surfer]

Having seen the lid of a pressure cooker imbedded in the ceiling along with most of the contents of the pot many years ago, we have never purchased one.

 

[otherclive]

We have had the same Prestige one for must be 30+ years and you can still get new seals and washers from our local general store. Best piece of camping, caravanning and home cooking kit ever. Steam not a problem as roof fan over cooker just goes on fast as the cooker is opened. But if you cool the lid under the tap take the weights off and cool lid a bit more there doesn't seem to be any more steam than from a casserole. Don't know how you cook oxtail stew or hearts without the old cooker!

 

[Gybe]

With the Prestige design you could never loose the lid that way! Exactly if you cool with colld water when cooking is finished steam is not an issue.

 

[crazyguider]

Brilliant - it seems that i will be taking my trusty pressure cooker on holiday, then. I use it all the time, and really miss it in the 'van - it takes up so much less room than 3 saucepans in the little galley.
Thanks for all the advice.

 

[ProfJohnL]

Having seen the lid of a pressure cooker imbedded in the ceiling along with most of the contents of the pot many years ago, we have never purchased one.

The prestige type (30years +) can't be opened if there is any significant pressure inside, so I think either than was being misused or was damaged in some way. And teh same applies to every other PC I have seen. Its a fundamental safety issue which each manufacture should have fully addressed.

 

[RayS]

We've used a pressure cooker on gas in the caravan for 20 years without any problem. It's enabled us to make stew from French beef aka shoeleather and home-made soups of all sorts. It came from Lakeland and is smaller than the normal domestic model but just as well made. I was able to get a new sealing ring for it without any difficulty

 

[Surfer]

Having seen the lid of a pressure cooker imbedded in the ceiling along with most of the contents of the pot many years ago, we have never purchased one.

The prestige type (30years +) can't be opened if there is any significant pressure inside, so I think either than was being misused or was damaged in some way. And teh same applies to every other PC I have seen. Its a fundamental safety issue which each manufacture should have fully addressed.

No idea what make as it wasn't ours!

 

[Gybe]

The Prestige pressure cooker has featured a safety valve since the 50's. My mother bought her first one in 61 the rubber safety valve wears out with time and they are easily replaced. The only time the safety valve popped was when it needed replacing, In 48 years of use she never had a problem and nor have we.
Prestige safety valve means Surfer's experience is impossible.
Some info on Prestige
http://www.superbrandsindia.com/images/brand_pdf/consumer_3rd_edition/Prestige.pdf

 

[hortimech]

There you go, another English brand sold abroad, Prestige used to be based in Burnley, but not any more sadly.

 

[lolo]

Wonderful pieces of kit - but not for pressure cooking in our case. We have had two for donkeys years, and they faithfully get transferred from house to caravan and vice-versa. The first is half full of dripping and is our permanent chip pan, without lid. By using dripping rather than oil, the transportation problem is solved. The second one is a superb saucepan but really comes into its own as a pan, with lid but without weight, for steaming mussels - a real favourite.

 

[Gybe]

cost of gas, eco concerns, healthy eating

http://www.pressurecookerdiaries.com/about-pressure-cooking/pressure-cooker-benefits