Re: WOW 12 qt.

Lacey1 · ‎03-09-2010

A PC isn't just for tough cuts-it adds flavor and it's faster. IMO, nothing beats a PC for a

corned beef brisket.

SharkE · ‎08-19-2010

@momtochloe wrote:
@SharkE if you don't mind I'd like to ask you some advice as I am planning on making a very small pork roast (maybe 2-2.5 pounds) in my pressure cooker this weekend.

My plan is to brown it and then set it on a rack and pour water into the bottom (or maybe some kind of broth). Have you ever made a pork roast in one of your PC's and if so how did you prepare it?

First of all prepare for shrinkage.

Pork, takes longer to get done thru and thru then beef

I bake mine first in skillet in oven at 350 for at least hr or hour and half I want it browned.

then put in pressure cooker either 4 or 6 qt size with no more then 2 cups of water, because the fat in the pork will make it's own broth.

time it for an hr. should be pull apart tender and can then put bbq sauce on and have bbq pork sandwiches on bun.

bigger the pork roast the longer the time to cook you don't want raw pork. It will come out smaller then what U put in why when I buy them I anticipate shrinking in oven then pressure cooker.

I think I put a cup and a half of water in mine when their that small.

momtochloe · ‎11-03-2013

@SharkE wrote:
@momtochloe wrote:
@SharkE if you don't mind I'd like to ask you some advice as I am planning on making a very small pork roast (maybe 2-2.5 pounds) in my pressure cooker this weekend.

My plan is to brown it and then set it on a rack and pour water into the bottom (or maybe some kind of broth). Have you ever made a pork roast in one of your PC's and if so how did you prepare it?
First of all prepare for shrinkage.
Pork, takes longer to get done thru and thru then beef
I bake mine first in skillet in oven at 350 for at least hr or hour and half I want it browned.
then put in pressure cooker either 4 or 6 qt size with no more then 2 cups of water, because the fat in the pork will make it's own broth.
time it for an hr. should be pull apart tender and can then put bbq sauce on and have bbq pork sandwiches on bun.

bigger the pork roast the longer the time to cook you don't want raw pork. It will come out smaller then what U put in why when I buy them I anticipate shrinking in oven then pressure cooker.

I think I put a cup and a half of water in mine when their that small.

Thank you so much for this @SharkE but I have one more quick question. I'm afraid I don't understand baking it in an oven for an hour and a half and then placing it in the presure cooker as I haven't heard of that. I am looking to have slices for meals/sandwiches so I would not turn down a nice gravy . . .

SharkE · ‎08-19-2010

I'm mainly just putting in pressure cooker to tenderize it.

I bake in oven to get the brown color and crust like look to it.

Pork is really thick and takes long time to cook well done. It's always raw in the middle and well done on outside. when you bake in oven first for at least an hr. (in my case, hr. and a half) you get that really browned and done look. Pressure cooker finishes cooking it and makes it fork tender.

Yep, takes more time then just putting it straight in the pressure cooker. If I was doing it that way I'd cook it 90 min. mininum on high.

I gotta have browned meat. LOL

SharkE · ‎08-19-2010

By the way when I bake it in the oven, all that grease that cooks out ...I add that to the pressure cooker with the water and talk about a good gravy salt and pepper add a little flour or cornstarch to thicken after you lift the roast out.

IF you don't want gravy, don't put in the grease, just the water and add bbq sauce , stir, great sandwiches

momtochloe · ‎11-03-2013

Oh my goodness @SharkE thank you for taking the time to explain this to me as I have never found this method throughout my many searches on the internet . . . I am all in and please know I am all about #TeamGrease . . . I love a great gravy . . . sincerely sharke, thank you again for your help!

SharkE · ‎08-19-2010

Your welcome, hun. I'm a 'old' country cook from Ind. Like helping people discover how to cook the way our ancestors did. I love retro looking gadgets too.

I saw a oven few yrs. ago in Lowe's think it was loved that thing. It was a retro oven with a shelf built above it attacked to the rear of the cooktop.

Where folks used to keep their salt and pepper, grease strainer pot, few spices at the handy.

I remembered that and when we moved to Tx. and I bought my appliances I had the contractor to put me a shelf above mine made out of stainless and wrought iron brackets to screw to the brick wall.

Retro cool.................LOL You'd like eating at my house. LOL

SharkE · ‎08-19-2010

By the way guess you know if you bake the roast in the oven first in a skillet you put water in the skillet, right ?

I never know how much kitchen knowledge people I talk to have, young first time cooks, etc.

Daysdee · ‎03-09-2010

I briefly saw the 2 qt. on HSN and it caught my eye. I cook for one, but don't know if I would use this. I purchased the 4 qt. from QVC and returned it without trying it since it seemed complicated. I hate to order another one if I won't use it, but this size seems perfect for me.