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Cuisinart CPC-600 1000-Watt 6-Quart Electric Pressure Cooker, Brushed Stainless and Matte Black

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Brand: Cuisinart
Category: Kitchen

List Price: ~~$270.00~~
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Avg. Customer Rating: 4.0 out of 5 stars

32 reviews
Sales Rank: 2369

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Shipping Weight (lbs): 14.3
Dimensions (in): 12.2 x 12.2 x 13.2
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MPN: CPC-600
Model: CPC-600
UPC: 068459245137
EAN: 0068459245137
ASIN: B000MPA044

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Poorly Designed August 16, 2008
0 out of 2 found this review helpful

At first blush, this product seems like a significant improvement over its more traditional predecessors, as its digital display and sturdy, locking lid remove a lot of the confusion and fear that the general public often feels towards pressure cookers.

Unfortunately, this appliance is riddled with design flaws.

As others have noted on here, the wiring in these pressure cookers would have to be considered faulty at best. Rather randomly these things will just up and stop working entirely, seemingly with no provocation whatsoever (I've had this happen to me once). Also, and I haven't read this on here before, but prior to its dying completely the unit I was using would occasionally shut itself off in the middle of cooking something and have to be restarted from the beginning. VERY annoying.

Another glaring design flaw that I ran into involves the actual structural composition of the appliance. This pressure cooker consists of 3 basic parts: The lid (self explanatory), the base (where all of the electronics are housed), and the pot (a removable bowl that fits inside of the base, it's where you actually put your food when you're cooking with this thing). Now, the decision to make the pot removable was probably a wise one by Cuisinart, as it certainly makes cleanup a lot easier, but unfortunately this feature also leaves the base of the cooker EXTREMELY vulnerable to damage whenever the pot isn't sitting in it. Here's why:

At the bottom of the base is a large heating plate which is raised about 1/2" or so above the rest of the base, with nothing beneath it but a large gap that leads directly to all of this appliance's (completely and utterly exposed) electronics. Now, imagine that one night you run the pot through the dishwasher... then imagine that the next morning you groggily forget to put the pot back inside the base before pouring some beans into your pressure cooker. You know what you've just created? That's right, a $150+ baby rattle! Those beans will fly straight down through the crack between the heating plate and the rest of the base and directly into the area occupied by this thing's wiring and circuitry. Worse yet, this machine is designed in such a way that there is absolutely no way to get them out of there other than turning the thing upside down and shaking it for an hour or four (admittedly, the lapse in awakeness that resulted in beans being poured down there was my fault, but there should have been something filling that gap to keep debris from getting on the electronics anyway). Oh, and just for the record, I poured beans into the components of my second one of these units... the first one died completely on its own.

Anyway, Cuisinart is well aware that their product breaks all the time, so they don't put up much of a fight when you request that they send you a new machine (which is nice), but since you have to send your original machine back to them AND pay for the shipping ($[...]), it's still a pretty sizable pain in the butt.

To be fair, when it's working properly this is a great little device, but unfortunately its flaws and frailties far outweigh the convenience it provides on the whole. If you're looking to get into pressure cooking, do yourself a favor and just get one of the traditional stovetop units... you'll be getting 3 times the appliance for 1/3rd the price, and the learning curve is only slightly steeper.

1 out of 5 stars

unit does not work July 18, 2008
0 out of 1 found this review helpful

I have had two cuisinart pressure cookers shipped to me. the first one cooked for on week and then quit working. The second was delivered today and it does not turn on. I have tried to work with Amazon customer service and can not believe it. I always shopped with Amazon because of their customer servce. Now you talk to someone in India who does not have a clue. Amazon is a total disappointment. I have been on hold waiting for a supervisor for 20 min!!

1 out of 5 stars

Would stick with stovetop July 13, 2008
1 out of 2 found this review helpful

I am returning this. I have cooked with stove top pressure cookers for 15 years and thought I would give this a try. I ended up with a defective unit which sometimes happens I can understand that. Amazon has always been good at replacing unsatisfactory purchases for me. However, the Customer Service at Cuisinart was insanely poor. The person did not know much about the unit and seemed to just be reading from a script. They did not offer any helpful tips besides what I had already tried from reading the owners manual that came with this unit. Overall they were unconcerned with my dissatisfaction. Like I said,I already know how to work a pressure cooker, I want excellent manufacturer advice when I have questions.

4 out of 5 stars

Cuisinart Pressure Cooker July 12, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful

Great pressure cooker. I wish I could buy an electric one with a larger capacity!

5 out of 5 stars

Positively the best!!! July 9, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful

I've owned my Cuisinart Pressure Cooker for 6 months now, and I love this thing!! I have been using pressure cookers since the 1970s and I used my mother's before that. I have never been afraid of them because I was taught to use them properly. This unit is no exception. So, I will impart some little tricks on what I learned about this one.

First, you need to brown your meat, saut� your vegetables and heat any liquid to a boiling point before clamping down that lid. By doing this, the food tastes better and the pot comes to pressure in a minimum of time. Don't expect it to start from cold ingredients and not take additional time to come to pressure before cooking.
Second, all parts need to be scrupulously clean. This includes the inner lid, gasket and the locking lid itself. I put the inner lid and gasket in my dishwasher and make sure it's dry when I put it together. The locking lid needs to be cleaned under the cap that protects the pressure hole and the pressure gauge itself. No, it can't go into the dishwasher, but it still needs to be cleaned each and every time it's used. This will ensure a good seal. I also had no trouble reading the times needed to properly cook each and every different food. The manual is just fine. If you want a cookbook, buy one!

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