Fagor Splendid 6-Quart Pressure Cooker
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Kitchen and Housewares Reviews of Fagor Splendid 6-Quart Pressure Cooker
Customer Review: well worths every dolloar
Summary: 5 Stars
the instructions that come with this item will help you cook anything, the safty instructions are a great help, the recipes book is a great boon, and the pot over all is beautiful, cooks even on an electric flat top with no problems, the comments from customers made me switch brands to a fargo.the only problem I have is I should have spent a few dollars more and gotten the next pot than what I got, with basket and insert, you will use them. Cooks beans, outstanding, Cooks pot roast dinner, 30mins. Easy to clean and maintain. this i9s well worth the dollars. Customer Review: Beware International Purchasers
Summary: 3 Stars
I purchased this pressure cooker under the assumption that it was made in Spain, but when it was delivered, I found it had been manufactured in China. I specifically did not want a product made in China due to concerns over product quality and felt that this fact was misrepresented to consumers.
In addition, when I received this product from Macy's Department Store in New York, I discovered that the $20.00 gasket was clearly defective - It looked like it had been cut with a knife - and this rendered the pressure cooker unsafe and unusable. Macy's also has a policy of not providing direct redress of such problems to Amazon's customers, which I feel leaves us extremely vulnerable to being used as a dumping ground for defective products that cannot be sold to in-store customers.
I am reasonably satisfied with the pressure cooker's performance, but am not happy with the customer service side of this transaction and want to make other consumers aware of the problems I've encountered.
Customer Review: A Disater Waiting to Happen
Summary: 1 Stars
I have one of these. It has a number of issues. One is that it is difficult and awkward to put the lid in place. It doesn't seem like it ought to be, but it is a lot fussier than it looks. Next, the steam pressure regulator valve allows a steady stream of hot steam to escape. That is OK, except that it directs this flow exactly at the grip on the opposite side of the pot from the handle. Stupid design!
But the real issue is this:
I was surprised the first time I used it that a a lot of steam and water escaped from under the handle atop the lid, not through the pressure valves mind you, but from under the handle.
However, once the pressure built up this seemed to stop. So it apparently it relies on internal pressure to make all the seals tight. Fair enough...
BUT about the thrid time I used it, after it had come up to pressure, I turned the burner down to medium (usually enough to keep things going along nicely) and went about other business. It seems that the pot came off the hard boil and in doing so the seal was compromised (I think that low internal pressure caused this.) The compromised seal meant that the pot was still "steaming" away, but not under high pressure. This permitted all the liquid to evaporate out of the pot far faster than it should have, and so it badly scorched the bottom of the pot.
I was dumbfounded when my my wife happened to walk into the kitchen and smell the burning after only 20 minuts for a recipie that I know by actual first-hand experience should take an hour, and still wind up with about a pint of liquid in the pot. Luckily a major disaster was averted.. but I no longer trust this device and I won't use it.
As I read other reviews I see that a lot of them have had similar burning/scorching/sealing failures. I believe it is a design flaw of the pot. It needs high pressure to seal. If the pressure drops you are in a heap of trouble. You are no longer pressure cooking, you are just blindly boiling away the liquid!
I did clean it up, (it took power tools in my shop, scrapers, and wire buffing wheels) but it's ultimate fate is the dumpster. It can't be trusted unless you watch it constantly, and it is too much at risk if it screws up again. The down side isn't just a ruined diner, it is a ruined kitchen.
I won't give up pressure cooking, but I will give up this pressure cooker.
Peter
Customer Review: Scary Cooker
Summary: 1 Stars
We bought this pressure cooker about 4 years ago and used it only about once a month. I liked the stainless steel and the silicone seal, but every time we used it, a little bit of steam leaked out of the handle all the time it was pressurized. Even though that didn't look right and had never happened on any other pressure cooker I used, it cooked the food ok. Then one day instead of just "leaking", it completely lost pressure and sounded like it was going to blow up. Scared the daylights out of me and everyone else in the house. We turned the stove off, quickly carried it to the sink and stood in another room waiting to see what would happen. Nothing did - the pressure had already been released. I don't even want this thing repaired. We now use the bottom as a sauce pan and as soon as I get another brand of pressure cooker, I'll put this thing in the trash. I wouldn't even give it to GoodWill. This cooker is just plain scary. Don't buy it. Find something better (hopefully made in the USA).Customer Review: A wonderful cooker
Summary: 5 Stars
Bought 6 oz one from Amazon 7 years ago (my first pressure cooker), and have been thoroughly enjoying it ever since (changed the gasket once). I also bought 10 oz one for bigger jobs a few years ago, which has been equally good. I am thinking to get 4 oz one now for smaller jobs. Very reliable, easy to use. There is a bit of learning curve for you to feel completely comfortable wih the cooker, but that's with all other pressure cookers as well.