Best Deni 9700 Electric 5-Quart Pressure Cooker – Review
- Great for a variety of meals
- Cool touch, brushed stainless steel
- Shortens cooking time by up to 70%
- Pressurized steam cooks healthy meals in less time than conventional cooking methods
- Fully programmable timer and built in thermostat
The Deni Pressure Cooker is safe and simple to use. With this multi-function appliance, you can pressure cook using 3 settings, slow cook, steam and brown. Shorten cooking time by up to 70%. Slow cook fork tender stew in 30 minutes, roasts in under an hour, and fruits and vegetables in minutes. Pressurized steam cooks healthy meals in less time than conventional methods. The pressure cooker combines steam, heat, and pressure while retaining the nutrients and flavor of the food. The removab
List Price: $ 179.99
#1 by Janet A. Norman on January 28, 2012 - 4:08 pm
adequate,
After less than two years this unit broke down. Repeated heating and cooling caused the plastic pressure valve to break and I can’t find a replacement so I have downgraded my review from 3 to 2 stars. The following represents an earlier opinion:
“After over five years of service my Farberware electric pressure cooker finaly broke down. The electrical conection to the heating unit (cooking pot) was not well reinforced and (as the cast aluminum pot was heavy) it finally broke.
The Deni fixes this problem with a completely different design with no stress being put on electrical connections lifting the pot out of the unit.
However, I still prefer the Farberware unit and would choose it over the Deni. When using the cooker in pressure cook mode the seal does not always operate correctly. This can cause the food to cook indefinitely without ever reaching pressure. The timer does not shut the unit down after the food has been cooked but turns it to warm. Food can continue to slowly cook for hours. This is aggravated by a timer beep that is hard to hear.
Further, the unit was advertised as stainless steel but it appears to me that the cook pot is aluminum. This is something of a concern as teflon linings wear out and there is a reported link between aluminum and Alzheimers.
I’ve used a pressure cooker for many years and swear by them. This unit is satisfactory but I wish for the cost they’d put just a little more thought into the design.”
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|#2 by J. Nichols "busy mom cook" on January 28, 2012 - 4:59 pm
Disappointing 2x,
I purchased the Deni appliance and LOVED it. Then it broke after a few months of use. I would set the timer to say 40 min and skip off to take care of other things and when I would return to check on it, the timer still said 40 minutes! A couple of times I didn’t release the pressure in time to prevent the food from thoroughly burning. SO I sent it back at a cost of $20 in postage. Six weeks later, Deni sent a replacement. THIS ONE NEVER WORKED!!! The replacement had a defective electronic keypad that makes no noise when you push the buttons and doesn’t count down or shut off. The food will burn every time unless I set my oven timer and check on my own to see its progress. For as much as I paid, I’m not willing to do that. The second one is going back too.
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|#3 by SQPublik on January 28, 2012 - 5:44 pm
Wonderful Cooker,
I love this pot ! I cook a lot of Ethnic dishes, where this pot comes in handy in pre-cooking many meats, ‘rooty’ veggies, legumes etc. I also use it as a ‘regular’ pot with another lid, simply because it is big and not extremely heavy to handle. It is electric, saving me a stove burner when I have to cook several things at the same time. Generally, I am very satisfied with the DENI products I own.
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