Magefesa Mageplus Stainless Steel 6.5 Quart Super Fast Pressure Cooker Review
I don't know anyone who's ever used a pressure cooker but anything that'll make me hot, cooked food fast is right up my alley. I felt guilty running the slow cooker for 20 HOURS just to make pork roast so looked around and found pressure cookers, then did the research and found this Magefesa one of the best. And it's Spanish too so I'm happy. It cooks artichokes in 5 mins! How cool is that? I don't get home from work until 11pm and one night I actually made beef stew (which I wanted badly) in 20 mins. and it only took that long because I kept forgetting to add things and had to keep cooling it down and then restarting the heat thing; it was delicious, stew meat was tender even. I made barbecued ribs this past weekend in about 15 mins. which include running them under the broiler to brown (so they sort of looked like they'd been done on a barbecue which we don't have). And it's stainless, my favorite stuff to cook in. Construction is perfect, vents and valves work beautifully. So far, haven't burned anything so the pot cleans up real fast.
The instruction manual that came with it was in Spanish and I wish I had learned at least how to read Spanish but I never have. But I'm resourceful so went online to the Magefesa website and printout out the manual in English--doesn't have the recipes the Spanish one has in the back but at least I know what to do and what not to do with my cooker. The safety features work really well (scare the cats when they blast). I think this is the best invention since fire. The only improvement I can imagine is one of these that provided magic food so we wouldn't have to shop first, or clean and prepare the food; we'd just have to tell the pot what we felt like eating and it would magically produce it.
Magefesa Mageplus Stainless Steel 6.5 Quart Super Fast Pressure Cooker Feature
- 3 cooking levels: traditional slow cooking: max 6 psi, fast cooking: max 9 psi, super fast cooking: max 15 psi. Silent and air tight.
- Made of 18/10 surgical stainless steel.
- 5 additional safety systems: safety pressure sensor, working valve, over pressure valve, safety edge lid window and "easy lock" system (prevents opening before pressure is released).
- Encapsulated base: 18/10 stainless steel + aluminum + 18/10 stainless steel for even heat distribution.
- Designed and made in Spain
Magefesa Mageplus Stainless Steel 6.5 Quart Super Fast Pressure Cooker Overview
Preserves vitamins and minerals that are usually lost with conventional cooking methods. Reduces cooking time up to 70% in nowdays busy life so you will be using less energy (ecofriendly) and saving money. Ergonomic handles.
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best pressure cooker - Mitra - Cleveland, OH USA
This is my serious pressure cooker that I bought. We are vegetarians and it is important for us to cook beans nicely. Not to mention the time that we save by using a pressure cooker. I am happy with the purchase. I downloaded and printed the bruchure in English from their website. Just need to figure out the cleaning the lid and being patient with that in the beginning. Otherwise, it is doing its job very nicely and I think it is worth it to buy a nice pressure cooker that spending the same amount for having multiple ones that do not the job as nice.
No English instructions with package - N. Pomeroy -
I have no idea if the product works as described. I don't think I should operate it without the operating and safety information found in the user manual.
The user manual is in Spanish only. This is sort of a deal breaker for me; I'm not going to have my family learn a foreign language just to use a pot. I wish they would have put that in the item description.
Excellent Quality & Easy Operation - Rick Krenz - Between Houston and Galveston
Hello,
I have used the old Presto rattle top pressure cooker and the American (Wisconsin Aluminum) pressure cooker for years. Both are aluminum and use the rattle top device on top of the pressure cooker to control pressure. I have researched pressure cookers for a while now and decided on the Magefesa Mageplus pressure cooker, I have the 8 and 4 liter pots. According to Cook's Illustrated the Rikon Kuhn and Fagor are the best. The German WMF Is right up there and the Presto stainless does well too. But after checking on the Magefesa I learned that Cooks Illustrated test used the Magefesa XL or Practika pressure cooker for testing. It did well but not as good as this one would have. This one is their top of the line pressure cooker. The XL or Practika is in the middle and uses a different type of pressure control. This Mageplus pressure cooker uses a similar pressure control to the Kuhn Rikon and WMF cookers. After using these I can not imagine a pressure cooker being any easier and safer to use. The large pressure indicator (a button with lines) moves up and down with pressure. It is very easy to see and adjust burner temperature as needed to control pressure. If you walk away or forget, there are other safety devices to keep everything safe, 5 total.
From what I have seen, it is easy to clean, well made and should last a very long time, time will tell.
For those of you who are a little scared of pressure cookers. If you will pull up a chair and watch the first 2 or 3 times you use any pressure cooker you will see how they work with YOUR stove. You need to learn how the pressure cooker acts on your stove. Once that is done you will feel confident and try new things with your pressure cooker.
Good luck.
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