If you’ve never used a pressure cooker before, it can certainly seem like “magic” - presto, and your food is cooked in a fraction of the time it’d normally take. There’s no more room in our tiny kitchen for yet another large pot, but I still often eye pressure cookers wistfully online. It’s a great way to quickly cook “slow-cook” food.

This is the 6 quart stainless stell variety from Presto which looks like a pretty simple device without any unneeded bells and whistles. As with most modern pressure cookers it has a lock-down saftey mechanism that prevents you from catastrophe if you try to open the lid when cooking. It also has the usual valve to release steam.

My parents used to use their pressure cooker in order to can the extra fish that they brought back when we went on camping and fishing tips. Granted, theirs was larger, but you could do it with this one too. Most people will get more use out of it for cooking foods quickly and at hotter temperatures than would be possible in a normal pot. It’s great for stews, chili, pork shoulder, etc. This model includes a cooking rack and a recipe book as well - with a 12 year warranty.