Item : B000MPA044 Customer Reviews Fast Delivery by .. Ralph L. Addison (Arizona) Received the product in 3 days. It was delivered via Fed Exp. Saturday Morning. I am anxious to start using the cooker. After reading the instructions, it looks like it will be easy to use and much better then my 20 yo cooker I have been using. Cuisinart CPC-600 1000-Watt 6-Quart Electric Pressure Cooker RETURN / REFUND by .. Ronald A. Stricker () I used the cooker ONCE and the 2nd time, the cooker DID NOT get up steam, I entered MENU, TIME, then START, the cooker started, went to '00', YELLOW, finished, NO COOKING, I did that several times, called CUSTOMER SERVICE, we talked, nothing different worked, I was told to RETURN the item. I have returned the item and want my REFUND. Thank you, Ronald A Stricker A whole new style of cooking for me! by .. poppy (portland, or) I'm very pleased with this product! Found the instructions to be fairly straight forward and am using Lorna Sass' book "Pressure Perfect." Have made pinto beans, pulled pork, beef stew,steamed rice, bread pudding and a couple of cheese cakes! The only recipe that didn't come out as lovely as I'd have liked was a cooked whole chicken. I still prefer an oven roasted version. Cooking it whole in the pressure resulted in soggy skin (in spite of browning as instructed) and bones that were sort of mushy. I can see how you could make really delicious stock with bones but it's not as appealing when it's for your main course. Clean up is a breeze with the nonstick surface. Overall this is working out better than I expected! 6.5 qt capacity is plenty big too. The outside surface is not withstanding the test of time! by .. Zoe O. Sentochnik (Zeus in CT) Whenever I get a new appliance I use it a lot to become familiar with it and have consequenlty learned to pressure cook. I do like the speedy process and the delicious results, but my pressure cooker insert pot is wearing way before it's time. It's a non-stick surface and I have been VERY cautious to only stir with wooden or silicone kitchen spoons, etc, but the outside of the pot is the same finish and all along the outside base on the bottom the finish is wearing away. I've only had the pressure cooker 1 month and love the low maintenance aspect of the electric pressure cooker, but the eroding of the outside surface has me scared and wondering actually how good it is to be using a pot with the finish wearing away and exposed. There's been a lot of controversy with the non-stick type surfaces. I just bought myself a Kuhn-Rikon ALL stainless steel pot and now that I've learned to use a pressure cooker, I think I'm going to turn to the Swiss made brand instead. I'll have better peace of mind about knowing what vapors aren't leaching into my food at dinner time. WOW by .. Anne P. Lamb (Bermuda) After watching Jacques Pepin on PBS one Sunday use one of these I decided to take a look at one. I did my homework and read all the reviews including the one from the gentleman who could not seem to get it to work, and then did at a later date. I bit the bullet and ordered my cooker. I have not used a pressure cooker in years, mainly because they took so long to get up to pressure on the cooktop and because of the large amounts of hissing and spitting that went on during cooking. I have to report that this model is easy to use, very quiet,and a cinch to clean. Lamb curry in 20 minutes! Deliciously tender beef ribs in 55 minutes. And oh I forgot it browns as well so you get the wonderful taste of a fond and the look of roast meat instead of some insipid grey looking food.