- Sales Rank: #110136 in Kitchen & Housewares
- Size: 4 litre
- Brand: Futura
- Model: F55
- Dimensions: 7.00" h x
10.00" w x
16.00" l,
.0 pounds
Features
- Shielded safety valve
- Long lasting gasket
- Non-corroding hard anodised surface
- Pressure locked safety lid
- Stay cool handle
This is a stainless steel 4.0 litre pressure cooker with an automatic pressure regulator.
Customer Reviews
Most helpful customer reviews
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful.
Great pressure cooker!
By Veda Rao
Let me start off by saying that this is one Indian product I love to recommend. Hawkins pressure cookers are way better than any Indian brands like Prestige, Mantra etc. They are hands down better than international brands like Presto too. If you use pressure cookers everyday then Hawkins is the best and safest choice out there. I have had a 9 liter and a 5. 5 liter for over 16 years, so yes I know what I am talking about.Now Hawkins Futura is a step up in technology. Stainless steel and clad with an aluminium core. They are very heavy and those features account for the fast cooking. Another point is that they are induction compliant.Look out for some things. In the US never buy them when they have been removed from their original package. I have had bad experience with some local vendors exchanging the original parts. Thankfully this Amazon seller turned out to be honest and prompt. Initially, I had to endure a bad rubber gasket smell when I used to take the cooker to wash after cooking. Luckily, that smell disappeared in a couple of weeks.Many of my friends complain that it is heavy and the counter clock locking mechanism of the lid is hard. Personally I believe that a heavy vessel does better cooking and that if you master the lid locking mechanism ( just as it is mentioned in the booklet that comes with the purchase), it becomes second nature. Last but not the least it is money well saved if your investment lasts a long time and brings comfort to you. Don't you agree? I am rooting for this purchase to last the next decade.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful.
A Fine, Extremely Useful and Attractive Pressure Cooker
By Enthusiast
Of all the different makes and models I have owned and used over the years, this one is my favorite. I prefer it even over the much more expensive European pressure cookers, both aesthetically and functionally.The lid design, though unusual, is actually easier to use than the more common types, once you adapt to it; and it only takes a short time to adapt. Now I much prefer this design, and can use it easily with just one hand, unlike most of the others.The gasket seals immediately and tightly, and it holds pressure right away, unlike many of the others. There is no waiting for the gasket to seat, and no waiting for other valves or plugs to seat, which is common with other pressure cookers, and delays cooking. The overpressure relief system is solid (a fusible plug), instead of a loose pop-up unit (like the ones in the Presto, Prestige, and many other pressure cookers).The Futura has become the go-to, heavy-duty workhorse around here. It is often used six or seven times per day, day after day. And it keeps performing flawlessly; it's always ready for more, with no complaints or issues. It is much less finicky and fiddly than most other pressure cookers.The cooking takes a lot less time than with traditional cookware. Meals are quick, and the cooking is very consistent.The gasket is smaller and better designed than those in other cookers. The overall design of the Futura also seems unusually intelligent, and a step ahead of the rest of the field. It must have had a very bright and artistic designer. The gasket simply works better, and is also substantially longer lasting. When it finally does need replacing, it is much less expensive to replace. Kuhn Rikon gaskets are many times more expensive (25.00 vs 4.00), and need to be replaced much more often. The inconvenience and cost of replacement add up to quite a bit over the years (time and hundreds of dollars). In addition to Kuhn Rikon, most other brands (Fagor, Magefesa, WMF among them) also require more frequent and more expensive gasket replacement. The Futura gaskets are exceptionally durable and reliable. When the (typically much larger) gaskets on other cookers start to leak, as they do over time, cooking becomes less and less convenient, and the ability to hold pressure declines. It is great to have the Futura with its more effective and trouble-free design.Also, the condensing steam flows over the much larger gaskets and gasket surfaces that are common to other cookers. This carries the plasticizers and other chemicals (that typically migrate to the exposed surface of the gaskets, from within the synthetic gasket materials) into the food or water inside the cooker. The Futura design gets around this, and is much cleaner.There is an easy technique for releasing all pressure from the Futura, without having to hold the pressure release handle down: simply remove the handle. It's very easy. There is a spring clip that is designed to allow this. I do it all the time when steaming vegetables and other foods.Steamers are very useful for pressure cooking. The fold-open many-petaled-lotus types of steamers are perfect for steaming all kinds of things in this Futura. They fit beautifully, and clean-up is simple because only water contacts the cooker. There are no food residues inside the pressure cooker, so cleaning involves nothing more than pouring out the water.This model is beautiful to look at and have around. I can see why it was displayed in an art museum. Someone did an unusually good job with the design, both in terms of functionality and in terms of aesthetics.It is fast-cooking at the standard pressure (15 psi); but it is easy to make it even faster. Just put a small weight on top of the pressure regulator. I'm sure that Futura doesn't recommend this; but there is an overpressure safety device looking over things and preventing excessive build up of pressure; and this technique has worked beautifully for many, many meals here without a hitch. I usually just use an inverted tablespoon as a weight, with the tip of the spoon in the steam slot, and the handle of the spoon resting atop the cooker's handle. You don't want to use something too heavy, but a little added weight there is fine, and accelerates the cooking even more.Non-induction stainless is actually preferable in some ways to induction stainless (though both are fine for most people). If you need to use the Futura with induction, there are adapter plates that are made for this, and I've seen them for sale here on Amazon.There is a good video demonstration of how easy the Futura lid system is to operate once you've done it a few times. The video can be found on the most popular video site by entering the words 'Reklama TV Futura USA.' At about seventeen seconds into the video, you can see how smoothly and swiftly the lid can be operated. The Australian woman in this short video is demonstrating an anodized version of the cooker. I've used both the anodized and the stainless, and the stainless version is actually even easier and smoother than the anodized. Both are fine cookers. The stainless version is my preference.This is my all-time favorite pressure cooker.Hope some of that is useful information. This is the top of the line, from a highly respected company in India, a country with more people than the US and Europe combined, and where pressure cookers are far more widely used and appreciated than here in the US. They've done an extraordinarily fine job with this one. Highly recommended.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful.Futura Stainless Steel 4 Liter Pressure Cooker
By ChancesR
Wow... and wow. This stainless model is my 2nd Futura Pressure Cooker (and as someone who has cooked for over 55 years) is in my opinion, the best pressure cooker on the market. I wanted the Stainless model since I did not like the finish on the regular models so the price differential is worth it to me. If ever there was a "fool-proof" pressure cooker - it the Futura by Hawkins and they can consider this a love note from a seasoned cook. The LID is manufactured in such a way that you must turn it sideways, to put it in place - which then the lid is actually located INSIDE THE RIM of the base (pot)... with the sealer ring (gasket) running around the top of this lid. The handle then is revolved so that the oval lid is facing correctly, and the top handle is then snapped into the bottom handle via squeezing and snapping on the SS fitting. Once you have learned how to turn the lid sideways, you are finished with the process. Except for those who should probably not be cooking - leaving this on the stove until it dries out - in which case I am told if the ring (gasket) fails, the valve blows... never the lid - and you've wrecked your stove -- other than THAT, there are no possible dangers or drawbacks. I do note some others remarking about having issues when making rice, but I would detract from those remarks because this is a "pressure" cooker and anything with a VALVE can easily clog due to rice starch... so learning the French method of making rice by 1st heating the rice along with a small amount of oil before cooking -- and then "not" overloading the cooker - should solve even that issue. This is the best, quickest way to make tough inexpensive cuts of meat, into mouth watering edibles for your family... soups in nothing flat - it really has NO shortcomings except the due diligence and cooking ability of the user. 10-stars in my book!!! My 1st model cooks on in the home of a close friend - who loves it just like I did.
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