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An FYI on Pressure Cooking Settings and the TSV

The standard pressure setting and the one that most pressure cooker recipes depend upon is 15 psi (link). It was established by the USDA in 1917.

But some foreign-made pressure cookers, including some electric ones, use the metric measurement kPa, which can make it difficult to compare.

So I looked at the FAQs link on Montel's item, and it says "This pressure cooker can have its pressure adjusted from 20-80kPA." That means that it does not reach 15 psi, which in metric would be the equivalent of 107 kPa (link).


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