eli5: how do pressure cookers get food cooked more quickly in a way that simply using a higher heat does not?

355 views

obviously cooking on very high heat is faster but it wouldn’t mean you could have a huge hunk of meat nice and tender in a couple hours. but why. i don’t even understand enough to know if i chose the right flair.

In: 2

11 Answers

Anonymous 0 Comments

Pressure cooking is a way of using higher heat than you can get in unpressurized pot.

On the stovetop, you are limited to the 212°F (the boiling point of water at average air pressure)

At the higher pressures, the boiling point of water is higher (you can reach 30 psi inside a pressure cooker, and that pressure, water boils at 250°F, giving you a hotter cooking cycle.

You are viewing 1 out of 11 answers, click here to view all answers.