Timeline for Does a pressure cooker really cook food evenly?
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| May 4, 2016 at 15:21 | comment | added | Ecnerwal | ...and the "boiling water" IN A PRESSURE COOKER AT 15 PSI will ALSO be at 250F. That's the way pressure works. | |
| May 4, 2016 at 0:47 | comment | added | ElmerCat | I'm sorry, @Catija, but water boils at 212F/100C, changing phase to become steam. Ice is colder than water, and water is colder than steam. In a pressure cooker at 15psi, the temperature of the steam will be 250F. That's the whole point of using a pressure cooker — to get the steam up to a higher temperature. Even at atmospheric pressure, vegetables cook faster in a steamer than by boiling. This chart shows the temperature of steam as pressure increases - it starts out at 212F and goes up from there simetric.co.uk/si_steam_imp.htm | |
| May 3, 2016 at 18:41 | comment | added | Catija | Steam is not hotter than boiling water. | |
| May 3, 2016 at 18:31 | comment | added | Laura P. | BTW, Liquid TRANSFERS heat more evenly and quickly than steam. | |
| May 3, 2016 at 18:16 | history | answered | ElmerCat | CC BY-SA 3.0 |