About Pressure Cooking; Additional Safety Information - Wolfgang Puck BPCRM500 Use And Care Manual

About Pressure Cooking

Pressure cooking is an ideal way to make fast, tasty meals for your family!
This method of cooking makes it easy for even the busiest cooks to prepare
meals from scratch. Use your pressure cooker for fish, chicken, fresh
vegetables, rice, legumes, and even dessert - and everything can be cooked
to perfection in minutes. The pressure cooker will save you time, energy and
money, as well as valuable nutrients. Boiling liquid inside the tightly sealed
pot produces steam, which is trapped inside to create pressure. The very hot
temperature produced reduces cooking time. The steam helps break down
the fibers of whatever you're cooking and infuses the food with flavors. This
also captures all of the water-soluble nutrients, making the food higher in
flavor and more nutritious than with conventional cooking methods.
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Additional Safety Information

• Ensure that your Sealing Gasket is properly in place and is free of food
particles and is not damaged in any way.
• WARNING: Do not release steam manually with recipes containing lots
of liquid, such as soups and stews. Turn the Timer Dial counter-clockwise
to the WARM position and unplug the cooker. Allow to sit until the Red
Pressure Indicator drops (see Figure 5) AND the Lid turns without any
resistance.
• Do not fill the unit over 2/3 full. When cooking foods that expand during
cooking such as rice or dried vegetables, do not fill the unit over 1/2 full.
Overfilling may cause a risk of clogging the Vent Pipe and developing
excess pressure. See "Using Your Pressure Cooker" section of the
instruction manual.
• Be aware that certain foods, such as applesauce, cranberries, pearl
barley, oatmeal or other cereals, split peas, noodles, macaroni, rhubarb, or
spaghetti can foam, froth, and sputter, and clog the Vent Pipe. These foods
should not be cooked in a pressure cooker.
• This appliance cooks under pressure. Improper use may result in
scalding injury. Make certain unit is properly closed before operating.
See "Using Your Pressure Cooker" section of the instruction manual.
• Always check the Pressure Release Device for clogging before use.
• Do not use the pressure cooker without liquid; this could damage the
pressure cooker severely.
• Do not use pressure cooker for storage purposes nor insert any utensils.
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