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INTRODUCTION
Congratulations! You are about to learn how to cook and prepare
delicious, home made meals in a fraction of the time it normally
takes, without sacrificing flavor or nutrition. Your Cook’s Essentials™
Programmable Electric Pressure Cooker is quick, safe and easy to
use. And best of all, it can shorten the traditional cooking time of
most foods by up to 70 percent.
• Your Programmable Electric Pressure Cooker cooks like a
traditional Pressure Cooker by combining steam heat and
pressure for faster cooking times. Since an air-tight seal is
formed when the lid is closed and locked, the heat and steam
stay trapped inside the removable pot. As the steam builds, so
does the cooking temperature which will get as hot as 250˚F,
which is 38˚F hotter than when food is normally cooked in a
regular cooking pot with liquid. This combination of high heat
and pressure are what causes the food to cook faster, while
retaining water soluble nutrients and flavor.
• Your Cook’s Essentials™ Electric Pressure Cooker is program-
mable. It has a built-in thermostat and timers which eliminate
unnecessary guesswork as far as adjusting the heat to maintain
pressure or clocking the cooking time as you would do when
cooking with a traditional Pressure Cooker on a stove top burner.
• The 1200 watt heating element allows for quick heating and for
maintaining even cooking temperature and pressure.
• The large, 4 quart capacity, heavy-duty, non-stick, aluminum
removable pot heats up quickly and evenly.
• The Cook’s Essentials™ Programmable Electric Pressure Cooker
has a BROWN function that allows you to sauté or brown food in
the removable pot before cooking under pressure.
• The quick release feature allows you to release pressure with the
simple push of a button.
• The STEAM function heats cooking liquid in the removable pot to
a boil (212˚ F) in a matter of minutes for steaming an endless
variety of foods like vegetables and shellfish as well as boiling
water for cooking rice and pasta.
• The software is incorporated with a CANCEL Feature for
both COOK TIME and DELAY TIME during setup. If it
becomes necessary to cancel or reset the time before
cooking has begun, simply press the COOK TIME and
START/STOP buttons simultaneously to reset the Cook Time
to "01"; or press the DELAY TIME and START/STOP buttons
simultaneously to reset the Delay Time to "00."
• The KEEP WARM function holds and keeps cooked food warm
for an unlimited period of time.
• The sturdy, brushed stainless steel and molded, cool-to-the-
touch housing of the Your Cook’s Essentials™ Programmable
Electric Pressure Cooker is both attractive and functional.
