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Free shipping! Shop Good Buy 2020 Sale now [America's Test Kitchen Shop] [View in a Web browser]( [Good Buy 2020 Sale: Grab-it deals like this daily.]( [Limited Quantities! Save 20%]( SAVE 20% on Our Winning Best Buy Stovetop Pressure Cooker Zavor Duo 8.4 Quart Pressure Cooker $119.95 $95.95 FREE SHIPPING [BUY NOW]( [Save 60% on Today's Featured Cookbook: Pressure Cooker Perfection. Add to your order for just $7.95.]( Keeps the pressure in the pot, not on you. Modern pressure cookers are convenient, easy to use, and (yes!) safe. They help put dinner on the table fast—and make it taste as if you spent the whole day at the stove. Recipes such as fork-tender pot roast, pulled pork, short ribs, and stew that were once saved for weekends can be started when you get home from work. Dried beans are creamy and tender after just 10 minutes under pressure and risotto needs just 6 minutes under pressure to reach the perfect consistency. Our Best Buy pressure cooker is easy to operate, even if you’re new to pressure cooking. It hit all the high notes during our extensive testing, impressing our staff with its performance at just a fraction of the price of our winning model. With this deal, you’ll save even more. winner BEST BUY Zavor Duo 8.4 Quart Pressure Cooker Performing like our winner at a fraction of the price, this cooker has a fairly broad cooking surface, and its pressure indicator was easy to monitor. It cooked quietly and held pressure steadily without making us fiddle with the stove. Despite falling short of the 250°F target for high pressure, it cooked beef stew, pork ragu, risotto, and other dishes well and within the cooking times specified in our recipes. Its simple design made it easy to use and clean. originally REVIEWED IN COOK’S ILLUSTRATED january 2013 Updated January 2019 [We maintain strict objectivity in all testing. Learn more →]( [Cooking: 3/3; Ease of Use: 3/3; Evaporation Loss: 3/3.] KEY: good ★★★ fair ★★ poor ★ [Free shipping! Get it by Christmas and Kwanzaa. BUY NOW]( How Pressure Cookers Work Pressure cookers function based on a simple principle: In a tightly sealed pot, the boiling point of liquid is higher. As the pot heats up, pressure begins to build. This pressure makes it more difficult for water molecules to turn to vapor—therefore raising the boiling point from 212 degrees to 250 degrees. But how does this benefit you as a busy home cook? [Under Pressure: 250 degrees. Ordinary Pot: 212 degrees.]( Cooks Food Fast The steam generated in a pressure cooker, which can be 38 degrees higher than the steam generated in a normal pot, makes food cook faster. Concentrates Flavor Because the pot stays closed, cooking requires much less liquid than usual, and flavors concentrate. Uses Less Energy Bonus: This method of cooking is also more energy efficient. Once pressure is reached, you cook with the heat turned down as low as possible, and cooking times are short. [Turkey Breast with Gravy: 35 minutes under pressure. Weeknight Pot Roast and Potatoes: 30 minutes under pressure. Parmesan Risotto: 6 minutes under pressure.]( [Free shipping! Get it by Christmas and Kwanzaa. BUY NOW]( How We Tested Stovetop Pressure Cookers We selected sturdy, nonreactive stainless-steel pressure cookers over aluminum models and came up with eight stovetop cookers—most with an 8-quart capacity—from about $65 all the way up to about $280. (We tested four electric pressure cookers separately. Ultimately, we preferred the stovetop models.) Measuring Up We measured the total weight of each cooker with its lid, the thickness of the bottom of each cooking pot (thicker bottoms generally held more heat for steadier cooking under pressure), and the cooking surface diameter across the bottom. Peak Pressure We measured the temperature inside the cooker under high pressure for 30 minutes and noted the peak temperature reached. Stock, Sauce, Stew & More We prepared our pressure-cooker recipes for risotto, Boston baked beans, chicken stock, a meaty tomato sauce with pork, and beef stew, rating the dishes’ tastes and textures and the cookers’ steadiness of heating and evenness of browning (which we also checked by making crepes). User-Friendliness We evaluated shape, size, weight, and handle comfort; the design of locking mechanisms, pressure indicators, and steam-release mechanisms; cleanup; and other features that enhance user-friendliness. Less Liquid Lost We added 2 pounds of water to each cooker, weighed the whole cooker with water inside, and boiled it at high pressure for 1 hour, checking the weight at 20, 40, and 60 minutes to determine the amount of water that had evaporated. Cookers with lower evaporation levels were rated higher. [Free shipping! Get it by Christmas and Kwanzaa. BUY NOW]( Round Two: Still Our Best Buy Our former Best Buy stovetop pressure cooker, the Fagor Duo, was discontinued when the Spanish manufacturer went out of business. However, the U.S. branch became a separate company called Zavor and is producing the same cooker. We purchased it and put it through its paces, using all the same tests. The new pot has minor improvements: The settings, handle lock, maximum fill line, and the spot where you align lid and pot to seal the cooker are all more clearly marked. Its cooking surface is slightly narrower and it didn’t reach as high a temperature as the previous model, but we had no difficulty with cooking and browning food. The rebranded model by Zavor is our new Best Buy. We recommend following the manual’s instruction to put vegetable oil on the gasket, which makes it easier to get a tight seal under pressure and to help the lid slide smoothly. 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