Can anybody help please. My aunt has just bought a replacement Prestige 3
litre pressure cooker and has been worried to death by the instructions. She
has an electric flat hob stove, not an electric ring, where the heat will
not reduce for a few minutes. Is it safe to use? She has used her previous
pressure cooker for many decades with no problem until it started leaking
steam recently. any advice will be very helpful.

Robert (Plymouth) wrote:
> Can anybody help please. My aunt has just bought a replacement Prestige
> 3 litre pressure cooker and has been worried to death by the
> instructions. She has an electric flat hob stove, not an electric ring,
> where the heat will not reduce for a few minutes. Is it safe to use? She
> has used her previous pressure cooker for many decades with no problem
> until it started leaking steam recently. any advice will be very helpful.

I might not be comprehending the technical stuff in your terms, but if
you are talking about using a pressure cooker on one of those
glass/ceramic-top ranges, I use mine all the time. I just remove it from
the burner to cool down. Most of the time I am doing a quick cool-down
in the sink under running water. My pressure cooker is a cheap aluminum
one from the big US discount chain and it's never given me a problem on
the glass-top range.

I hope I understood you correctly.

--
Janet Wilder
Bad spelling. Bad punctuation
Good Friends. Good Life

Robert (Plymouth) wrote:
> Can anybody help please. My aunt has just bought a replacement Prestige
> 3 litre pressure cooker and has been worried to death by the
> instructions. She has an electric flat hob stove, not an electric ring,
> where the heat will not reduce for a few minutes. Is it safe to use? She
> has used her previous pressure cooker for many decades with no problem
> until it started leaking steam recently. any advice will be very helpful.

If her problem is with turning the heat down after reaching full
pressure, she can use two burners. Before the first burner, on high
heat, reaches full pressure, turn the second one on to low, and just
shift the pot over.

"Janet Wilder" > wrote in message
...
> Robert (Plymouth) wrote:
>> Can anybody help please. My aunt has just bought a replacement Prestige 3
>> litre pressure cooker and has been worried to death by the instructions.
>> She has an electric flat hob stove, not an electric ring, where the heat
>> will not reduce for a few minutes. Is it safe to use? She has used her
>> previous pressure cooker for many decades with no problem until it
>> started leaking steam recently. any advice will be very helpful.
>
> I might not be comprehending the technical stuff in your terms, but if you
> are talking about using a pressure cooker on one of those
> glass/ceramic-top ranges, I use mine all the time. I just remove it from
> the burner to cool down. Most of the time I am doing a quick cool-down in
> the sink under running water. My pressure cooker is a cheap aluminum one
> from the big US discount chain and it's never given me a problem on the
> glass-top range.
>
> I hope I understood you correctly.
>
> --
> Janet Wilder
> Bad spelling. Bad punctuation
> Good Friends. Good Life

It's not the glass / ceramic type but it is a flat metal plate that gets hot
so it is similar but there is not the immediate reduction in temperature
when the pressure cooker comes up to full steam as there would be on a ring
or gas hob. Thanks for your reply

"S Viemeister" > wrote in message
...
> Robert (Plymouth) wrote:
>> Can anybody help please. My aunt has just bought a replacement Prestige 3
>> litre pressure cooker and has been worried to death by the instructions.
>> She has an electric flat hob stove, not an electric ring, where the heat
>> will not reduce for a few minutes. Is it safe to use? She has used her
>> previous pressure cooker for many decades with no problem until it
>> started leaking steam recently. any advice will be very helpful.
>
> If her problem is with turning the heat down after reaching full pressure,
> she can use two burners. Before the first burner, on high heat, reaches
> full pressure, turn the second one on to low, and just shift the pot over.

Thank you, that may be the answer

Robert (Plymouth) wrote:
>
>
> "Janet Wilder" > wrote in message
> ...
>> Robert (Plymouth) wrote:
>>> Can anybody help please. My aunt has just bought a replacement
>>> Prestige 3 litre pressure cooker and has been worried to death by the
>>> instructions. She has an electric flat hob stove, not an electric
>>> ring, where the heat will not reduce for a few minutes. Is it safe to
>>> use? She has used her previous pressure cooker for many decades with
>>> no problem until it started leaking steam recently. any advice will
>>> be very helpful.
>>
>> I might not be comprehending the technical stuff in your terms, but if
>> you are talking about using a pressure cooker on one of those
>> glass/ceramic-top ranges, I use mine all the time. I just remove it
>> from the burner to cool down. Most of the time I am doing a quick
>> cool-down in the sink under running water. My pressure cooker is a
>> cheap aluminum one from the big US discount chain and it's never given
>> me a problem on the glass-top range.
>>
>> I hope I understood you correctly.
>>
>> --
>> Janet Wilder
>> Bad spelling. Bad punctuation
>> Good Friends. Good Life
>
> It's not the glass / ceramic type but it is a flat metal plate that gets
> hot so it is similar but there is not the immediate reduction in
> temperature when the pressure cooker comes up to full steam as there
> would be on a ring or gas hob. Thanks for your reply

I have the same factor in the electric range. I have solved this by
turning on another "burner" at approximately 3 minutes before I expect
the pressure to come up. Then I simply move the pot to the other burner
and shut off the one that is still high.

Not perfect, but it works for me.

--
Janet Wilder
Bad spelling. Bad punctuation
Good Friends. Good Life

"Janet Wilder" > wrote in message
...
> Robert (Plymouth) wrote:
>>
>>
>> "Janet Wilder" > wrote in message
>> ...
>>> Robert (Plymouth) wrote:
>>>> Can anybody help please. My aunt has just bought a replacement Prestige
>>>> 3 litre pressure cooker and has been worried to death by the
>>>> instructions. She has an electric flat hob stove, not an electric ring,
>>>> where the heat will not reduce for a few minutes. Is it safe to use?
>>>> She has used her previous pressure cooker for many decades with no
>>>> problem until it started leaking steam recently. any advice will be
>>>> very helpful.
>>>
>>> I might not be comprehending the technical stuff in your terms, but if
>>> you are talking about using a pressure cooker on one of those
>>> glass/ceramic-top ranges, I use mine all the time. I just remove it from
>>> the burner to cool down. Most of the time I am doing a quick cool-down
>>> in the sink under running water. My pressure cooker is a cheap aluminum
>>> one from the big US discount chain and it's never given me a problem on
>>> the glass-top range.
>>>
>>> I hope I understood you correctly.
>>>
>>> --
>>> Janet Wilder
>>> Bad spelling. Bad punctuation
>>> Good Friends. Good Life
>>
>> It's not the glass / ceramic type but it is a flat metal plate that gets
>> hot so it is similar but there is not the immediate reduction in
>> temperature when the pressure cooker comes up to full steam as there
>> would be on a ring or gas hob. Thanks for your reply
>
> I have the same factor in the electric range. I have solved this by
> turning on another "burner" at approximately 3 minutes before I expect the
> pressure to come up. Then I simply move the pot to the other burner and
> shut off the one that is still high.
>
> Not perfect, but it works for me.
>
> --
> Janet Wilder
> Bad spelling. Bad punctuation
> Good Friends. Good Life

Thanks again

If it's leaking steam, maybe the rubber sealring or gasket needs replacing.
You should be able to find one in a cooking supplies shop or even a hardware
shop.

"Robert (Plymouth)" > wrote in message
...
> Can anybody help please. My aunt has just bought a replacement Prestige 3
> litre pressure cooker and has been worried to death by the instructions.
> She has an electric flat hob stove, not an electric ring, where the heat
> will not reduce for a few minutes. Is it safe to use? She has used her
> previous pressure cooker for many decades with no problem until it started
> leaking steam recently. any advice will be very helpful.

I think using it is not bad.. Just replace it in the burner and cool for an hour to make sure.