Posted: 11/7/2012 1:06:19 PM EDT
| What's everyone's opinion? Pros and cons versus a crock pot. I'm looking to get into stews and roasts. |
| They both have their uses, potatoes, beans etc... a quick and easy in a pressure cooker. Crock pot is great but takes allllllll day long. We do both, I'm not sure but, one thing to think about would be power to opperate. with Pressure Cooker you heat it to boil and can turn the power off and place in blankets (think thermal oven) which will keep the heat in, with potatoes and othe soft stuff youre good to go, with pre soaked beans even it would take longer |
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I bought an All American #941 41 Quart pressure cooker/canner last month.
It kicks ass!!! I can fit 27 wide mouth pints in one load. That works out to be a whole month of beef stew lunches, good enough you would think grandma just made it. No refrigeration required! 
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If you don't have either one, I would say go for the crock pot first. Prep items the night before, toss into the crock in the morning before work. Get home to a house that smells wonderful and a hot meal that is ready. Mine is cooking away right now, my first try at some curried chicken. I can't wait to dig in. |
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My wife just bought an Instant Pot multi-cooker. It's a multi-function cooker that so far works really well. She made some kick-ass stew in it the other night in about half the time it would have normally taken.
Instant Pot |
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Quoted: what? beans take about an hour and a half in a pressure cook. no blankets just natural releaseThey both have their uses, potatoes, beans etc... a quick and easy in a pressure cooker. Crock pot is great but takes allllllll day long. We do both, I'm not sure but, one thing to think about would be power to opperate. with Pressure Cooker you heat it to boil and can turn the power off and place in blankets (think thermal oven) which will keep the heat in, with potatoes and othe soft stuff youre good to go, with pre soaked beans even it would take longer |
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If you have dried beans that are years old, you can't make them soft by just cooking them. I tried and after soaking the beans for over 24 hours, cooked them for eight hours. They were still hard.
Pressure cooking the same beans will make them soft. Pressure cookers are very useful tools. 
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