Anyone use one of these?
The topic of pressure cookers came up on CF, but all the sailors over there ignored my question. I assume they couldn't get their minds about the concept of wasting precious electricity for something as trivial as cooking.
I've read all the recommendations favoring traditional pressure cookers over electric ones.
But my reasoning goes like this: my stove is electric anyway, so the advantage of a gas range isn't there. If I'm going to run the noisemaker anyway, what difference does it make whether the heating element is internal or external to the pot? Or, underway, I would be able to run the electric cooker off the 2KW inverter all day, and have a hot meal ready when we arrive at the anchorage. The smaller size is not an issue either, since it's mostly just the two of us. The stove isn't gimbaled, so in theory the cooker could be safer somewhere else where it can be secured better.
Plus, we know people who swear by their electric pressure cookers for home use.
So I'll ask again here: Why not?
The topic of pressure cookers came up on CF, but all the sailors over there ignored my question. I assume they couldn't get their minds about the concept of wasting precious electricity for something as trivial as cooking.
I've read all the recommendations favoring traditional pressure cookers over electric ones.
But my reasoning goes like this: my stove is electric anyway, so the advantage of a gas range isn't there. If I'm going to run the noisemaker anyway, what difference does it make whether the heating element is internal or external to the pot? Or, underway, I would be able to run the electric cooker off the 2KW inverter all day, and have a hot meal ready when we arrive at the anchorage. The smaller size is not an issue either, since it's mostly just the two of us. The stove isn't gimbaled, so in theory the cooker could be safer somewhere else where it can be secured better.
Plus, we know people who swear by their electric pressure cookers for home use.
So I'll ask again here: Why not?