How To Operate The Digital Control Panel - Presto Electric Pressure Cooker Plus Instructions And Recipes Manual

HOW TO OPERATE THE DIGITAL CONTROL PANEL

Whenever you plug in the unit, it will beep once and four red dashes will appear in the
display window on the digital control panel (Fig. I). The following information describes
the control panel buttons and their function.
Scrolling digit
The left digit in the display
window will scroll in a
clockwise pattern during initial
heatup and throughout timed
cooking. It will not scroll
during the keep warm mode or
after the unit shuts off.
KEEP WARM/CANCEL BUTTON
When the cooking time has expired, the unit will automatically switch to the keep warm
mode. When in the keep warm mode, the light on the KEEP WARM button will illumi-
nate and the red dashes will scroll continuously. The unit will remain on for four hours
and then shut off automatically, unless the CANCEL button is pressed.
The CANCEL button allows you to cancel the cooking or keep warm function at any
time. Simply press the CANCEL button once. When you press CANCEL, the light on the
button will go out and the four red dashes will stop scrolling.
BROWN/SAUTÉ BUTTON
Use this function to brown or sauté foods prior to pressure cooking or slow cooking.
Browning is typically used for meats and poultry. Sautéing is used for vegetables and to
reduce liquid after pressure cooking to make a flavorful sauce for your food.
Press the button once to brown and twice to sauté. The red light next to the function
selected will light up and the left digit will scroll continuously. Allow unit to preheat for 3
to 4 minutes before browning or sautéing your food.
SLOW COOK BUTTON
To slow cook foods, press the SLOW COOK button once for the high setting or twice for
the low setting. The red light next to the function selected will light up. The default cook
time is 4 hours on high and 8 hours on low. You can manually adjust the slow cooking
time in 30 minute increments by pressing the + or – buttons. You must do this within the
first six seconds of pressing the SLOW COOK button, before the unit begins to heat.
The maximum slow cooking time at both the high and low settings is 9 hours and 30
minutes and the minimum slow cooking time is 30 minutes. The left digit scrolls continu-
ously throughout slow cooking but stops in the keep warm mode.
Display
window
Fig. I
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PRESSURE COOKING PRESET BUTTONS
The digital control panel includes 12 pressure cooking presets. Each pressure cooking
preset button has two cooking functions. To select the top cooking function, press the
button once. To select the bottom cooking function, press the button twice. The red light
next to the selected cooking function will be illuminated. In addition, either the high or
low pressure light will be illuminated; this will depend on the food you have selected.
(When FISH or VEGETABLES–LOW is selected, the red light next to LOW pressure
will be illuminated; when selecting any other food, the red light next to HIGH pressure
will be illuminated.)
The preset cook time for the food you have selected will appear in the display window.
The default time will blink six times and then the digit on the far left will start to scroll as
the unit begins heating.
PRESET BUTTON
Rice
Multigrain
Meat–Chop/Rib
Meat–Roast
Poultry
Fish
Soup
Stew
Vegetables–High
Vegetables–Low*
Desserts
Beans
*NOTE: When vegetables are cooked 0 minutes, once pressure is reached, the unit will stop heating.
Because of the great variety of foods within a food grouping, the preset time may need
to be adjusted manually. This is easily done by pressing the + or – buttons immediately
after pressing the cook function button. You must do this within the first six seconds of
pressing the cook function button, before the unit begins to heat. NOTE: If you fail to
change the time, press CANCEL and try again. Use the cooking charts included in the
recipe section as a guide for recommended cooking times.
For all pressure cooking preset buttons, the maximum cooking time is 2 hours and the
minimum cooking time is 0 minutes.
NOTE: While pressure is building, the time will not change. The unit begins counting
down when the correct pressure is reached for the food selected.
PRESET TIME PRESET PRESSURE
10 minutes HIGH
25 minutes HIGH
25 minutes HIGH
45 minutes HIGH
10 minutes HIGH
2 minutes LOW
15 minutes HIGH
12 minutes HIGH
10 minutes HIGH
0 minutes LOW
10 minutes HIGH
8 minutes HIGH
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