Hawkins Pressure Cooker Test // How to do a trial run for function and safety

[@noordinm]

Thank you for such clear and concise instructions. Thank you so much. Most other videos on this are garbled noise. Thank you

[@danlovestotravel8159]

That was an amazing pressure cooker tutorial from one just as amazing gorgeous lady. I'm buying my first pressure cooker now thanks to you. Thank you from Australia👍

[@cwantuch]

Hah…I had a Futura model then bought one of these and the difference in the heating took me by surprise. When I read about a whistle, I expected an actual whistle. When I experience this whistle it totally freaked me out and I mistakenly thought it was about to go over pressure. Your video cleared up all my confusion so thanks.

[@lgaines4086]

I really love the Hawkins hevibase then I found your videos, now i love it even more. Some cooking videos using pressure cooking would be so helpful! Thank you!

[@marykayriley]

Next week I'll post one, thank you for watching I'm glad people are out there pressure cooking, these things are great right??

[@davidmclellan5438]

Great video I've never used one before but this film was so easy to understand and now i love my hawking's pressure cooker thanks for the simple no nonsense tips.😀👍

[@marykayriley]

Thank you, im happy it helps. I love my Hawkins too!

[@mroctaviopallares2343]

Excelent directions, I got a pot long time ago at Singapore now I know how to use it. Greeting from Mexico.

[@nealblackburn8628]

i have been using another brand pressure cooker for a few years now this is my first experience with a Hawkins ...thanks for explaining that the steam should release three or four times a minute ..at first i thought it was defective because the other brand is a more constant controlled release.... thanks

[@anumimran2378]

Thankyou so much. It was indeed a really helpful video for the first time users 😊

[@arabelasu]

Thank you was finding it hard to use my new pressure cooker and this video helped me

[@ivanconceicao5977]

Thank you so much. Simple and direct. I really appreciated your help

[@penelopepennington3838]

Thank you so much! I haven’t had the confidence to try mine - now I do! 🙏🌟

[@michaelgagarin906]

Thanks for the video! I have one that was left behind by a former roommate, wasn't quite sure how it worked. This helped!

[@fahmidamaroya5714]

Thank you. I am new to using the pressure cooker and not too sure how to use it, but your video helps a lot.

[@OutontheTrails]

Thanks for the clear and informative video. I never quite understood how the “old fashion” pressure cookers worked. Just got a 3qt. Hawkins to take out camping! I have an Instapot but can’t necessarily take that out camping, can I?😂

[@marykayriley]

You'd need a very long extension cord!

[@VintageVineMillinery]

Great video. Thanks 😊for sharing

[@ruizgirevoy7998]

Excellent instructions

[@drincogni]

You should precise that cooking will keep on going and if its light foods it will overcook .add how to stop the pressure cooking by cooling the pressure cooker under tap water.

[@JohnGielis]

Mary, have you tested the Hawkins Hevibase 5-litre IH50? I aim to do some pickled pork.

[@marykayriley]

Ooh pickled pork sounds great! I love pickling stuff too. I have never used a hevi-base but im think of adding one to my Hawkins collection. Let me know how it turns out!

[@RafaelHe]

Hey Mary Kay, nice video. How about some recipe videos?

[@marykayriley]

I'm on it, next week I'll have one for you. It's basic but delicious!

[@calicoasting]

You are lovely and thank you for the tutorial

[@philyates4814]

I watched the entire video and barely noticed a pressure cooker…..hubber hubber. Thank you.

[@lynnpadero9791]

How long do you leave it turned on? When do you turn it off to let cook?

[@marykayriley]

@@lynnpadero9791 it depends on whether the recipe you're following calls for a gradual release of pressure or instant release. If the recipe indicates to turn off the heat and let the pot depressurize on its own (so you do not lift the pressure regulator to release pot pressure at the end of cooking), that is gradual or natural release. If the recipe or instructions you're following indicate to keep the pot cooking for a certain amount of time and then lift the pressure regulator to release the pots pressure that is instant release. Leaving the pot to depressurize naturally will keep the food cooking longer so you need to know which is indicated for the food you're cooking in order to neither over or under cook your food. Hope that helps.

[@whatsmikeup2holloway56]

Thank you i have one of these and want to use it safety.

[@vgcreeper]

I’m really struggling here. I have a brand new Hawkins Contura. It never seems to whistle, and just immediately leaks water out of the hole that sits under the handle. Yesterday I tried to cook lentils. I put a tiny cup of lentils and a two tiny cups of water. I put the heat up to maximum. The weight was already on the top. Very soon there was loads of bubbling and loads of lentil water comes frothing out of the hole underneath the handle. Then I smell burning. I’m so confused - I put so little water in, how could it froth up so much to leak out? I realise perhaps I was also putting the heat up too high at first. And perhaps shouldn’t have put the weight on at the start…? Any advice would be so helpful , I’m determined not to be defeated by it! (Even though every time I’ve used it it’s been a disaster..) thank you!!

[@marykayriley]

@@vgcreeper without being able to actually check it out for myself it's hard to say what's going wrong because it could be a number of things. Go to hawkinscookers dot com and look up info there, their website is very comprehensive and can offer you a lot of good tips. One thing i can say is that cooking lentils is tricky because they are an "expanding" food, one that creates foam as it cooks, like rice and other grains. Unlike veggies for example, which are not expanding food and are easier to get the hang of pressure cooking off the bat. Some lentils must be pre-soaked before pressure cooking too, and sometimes the level of heat you apply is different from one food to the next. Pressure cooking takes a bit of practice, once you have a method down it's great but there are some pitfalls to avoid. I urge you to go to their website and do some reading up on your contura. Good luck with it.

[@GorillazGames]

Yep, I did this!

[@ronniecudia5514]

Is Hawkins product made where?, if you know. Is it a reliable product from Hawkins?

[@marykayriley]

I like them a lot! They're made in Mumbai

[@LeonPhythian69]

Do you have to oil the gasket?

[@marykayriley]

@@LeonPhythian69 no

[@LeonPhythian69]

Another question, I bought a bigboy 22 liter pot, I obviously watched your video and read the instructions but my pot doesn't whistle 3 or for times a minute it just seems to get to pressure and then vent massively and constantly. I've it on all four rings of my gas stove and tried different incrimentally drops in heat but I still don't get the regular whistles just one big vent until I, turn it down, is this an indication of a faulty weight?

[@marykayriley]

@@LeonPhythian69 i get all my instructions directly from the Hawkins website and confirm them on my cookers. But i have no experience with anything larger than my 3L. 22L is a big pot so I can only guess as to what's going wrong with it. When you turn it down, does it whistle incrementally or stop whistling completely? Did you have food in it or were you just running a test with water?

[@LeonPhythian69]

@@marykayriley no food just a test with lemon juice. I followed the instructions that came with it and checked them against the ones on their site, I attempted the test on 3 different sized gas burners to see if it was easier to regulate the heat when dropped after the first big whistle. But it behaved the same every time. It doesn't incrimentally whistle, it just seem to eventually get up to a place where it continously expels steam until turned down even further and then it starts that cycle all over again. It's puzzling. Thank you for the answers though. I've contacted Hawkins directly so hopefully they might know. Am not sure if it's the weight that is at fault or my lack of experience making mistakes here to be honest.

[@CAMSLAYER13]

Did you get a reply from hawkins? Mine does the same. I think it has a pressure leak at the base of the handle and the pressure under the weight can't get high enough to let it vent properly.

[@mortalmoody]

Is it from 18. Century

[@jefferystone3266]

very helpful video, thanks

[@JDHDbeats]

Really good video 👏 🙌

[@SassyTheSasquatch96]

Hi quick question, Every other kind of pressure cooker i have owned recommends a 10-15 minuet venting before adding the rocker/weight. is this the same case or can we just add the weight as you say, as soon as its producing a constant stream of heat and steam from the top. Thank you very much if you reply to this!

[@marykayriley]

Hi, i got my instructions for this procedure straight from the Hawkins website so if you're using other brands of cookers i can't necessarily vouch for them as they might work differently, i can't tell from your message if you're using Hawkins or another brand.. But it seems to me that the point of waiting to add the weight is to wait long enough for the water to be boiling and producing steam which happens pretty quickly usually in about 4 or 5 minutes. So once it's reached boiling point i can't see the point of waiting any longer. If the water is boiling then it's boiling right?

[@SassyTheSasquatch96]

@@marykayriley Oh im so sorry what i meant to say was i am using a hawking's big boy 22l and its basically just a suited up bigger version of your model in the video :D I just know that the USDA recommends that all types of pressure canners must be vented 10 minutes before they are pressurized aha

[@doma7956]

​@thomasbriscoe2357 that depends if you're canning vs cooking. The lady in the video is giving instructions for a pressure cooker, but to can you need to vent because you want 121 Celsius internal temperature which is achieved with fully saturated steam inside with no air. Tldr: if you're canning, vent, if not, dint bother.

[@neillewis82]

The weight on my hawkins 12l doesn't rock... its either bursting steam out of it and doesn't go back down until I push the weight back. Is this normal?

[@marykayriley]

It's hard to say for sure, there are so many possible reasons. Did it used to function correctly?

[@neillewis82]

@@marykayriley its brand new, 1st time I was using it. My old PC uses to get up to pressure and the weight sat and rocked slowly. Its kinda all or nothing with this new one 🙈

[@SassyTheSasquatch96]

@@neillewis82 Hi neil as someone who owns the 23l model i can tell you from what i can gather as our units are frankly quite large the unit will just whistle and wont rock, my unti for example whistles about once every 2-3 mins rather than that many times per single min due to just how big it is compared to a smaller unit. hope this helps.

[@Speideyyyy]

cool guide

[@xa3558]

Thank you🤩

[@MrWarlockFTW]

I got one from my grandmother it did not have a gasket. I had to buy one before I could use it.

[@wensipeng6279]

I just bought 2L one today. Could the gasket last 10 years?

[@marykayriley]

Maybe, mine is coming up on 8. Just keep an eye on it over time, as long as it's in good shape

[@nonokorkis9183]

Thank you for information bye

[@johnrichie2136]

When the pressure regulator whistles, no further heat is requires. Just turn off the heat and allow it cook until pressure is equalized. Whatever you may be cooking, it's done for sure when pressure is equalized and you can open the lid.

[@Akennessy]

Thank you.

[@sailingoka]

Teşekkürler,çok faydalı oldu.

[@isearia9348]

Kulanıyomusun

[@michaeltimagos1269]

what if did not whistle changed the gasket already..

[@marykayriley]

Hmm, of course I can't know for sure but it makes me think it's got to be something wrong with the vent weight..have you used the pot before or is it brand new?

[@MadiMaxwell-Libby]

i cant get it to whistle, the steam is coming out of the gasket but its not whistling

[@marykayriley]

@@MadiMaxwell-Libby is steam coming out from the gasket (the black rubber seal around the edge of the lid) or the pressure regulator (the little weight that sits on top)?

[@AFMHdSC]

What is the problem of letting the stickers there ?

[@marykayriley]

I don't think there would be any major consequences of leaving the stickers intact, I know many people leave them on. Other than the aesthetics and maybe a little baked on glue residue. It simply advises to remove them on the Hawkins website, so that's what I recommend too

[@bitw434]

I have the 20L why do i feel so nervous

[@marykayriley]

Lol cuz that's a huge pressure cooker! It just looks scary though. Remember, as long as everything is working there is nothing to be afraid of. Make all the visual checks and run the tests in the video and you're all good. If you want extra certainty go check out the Hawkins website, there is tons of info on there and you'll see that people all over the world use those giant cookers every day

[@marykayriley]

Extra note, because that's such a huge cooker (the biggest ive ever used is a 3L), you really should go to the Hawkins site and see if there are special directions for the extra large cookers like yours

[@bitw434]

@@marykayriley thank you! Your video helps a lot!

[@bitw434]

@@marykayriley thanks! This one worked just like the ones in this video. Turned out amazing

[@stevenhamill9892]

How much water goes into the pot if I'm cooking marofat peas

[@marykayriley]

Ooh I don't know, I've no experience making mushy peas and I respect all things British too much to pretend to know how to cook them properly

[@sbfarmer8]

lol, i have never removed the sticker. :) had mine at least 10 years.

[@Aveer-jcb]

i have one hawkins pressure cooker steel😊😅🎉❤

[@fransiscomartinez2952]

👋🌹🌷💓

[@liviamercado5206]

Don't like at all, Very unhappy with 😢