Use and Care Manual

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5. If the pressure drops and little or no steam comes out of the pressure valve,

raise the burner heat just until a gentle, steady stream of steam is released

and can be maintained.

6. While cooking, never inadvertently shake the pressure cooker. This can

cause the automatic valve to release steam, which will create a drop in

pressure.

NOTE TO ELECTRIC STOVE USERS

Since the coils on an electric stove retain heat for a long time, food often becomes

overcooked when the burner is turned down for simmering (when cooking time is

started). To compensate for that, we recommend using the Two-Burner Method:

Turn on one burner to medium heat and bring your cooker to pressure. Turn on

the second burner to low so that once pressure has been achieved and steam

starts to come out of the operating valve on your cooker you can carefully move

the pressure cooker with oven mittens to the low burner and start the pressure

cooking time. You can then turn off the burner with the medium heat. Make sure

you don’t lower the heat too much on the low burner; there should always be a

steady stream of steam coming out of the pressure valve when cooking. If there

is no more steam coming out of the operating valve and/ or the pressure indicator

drops, raise the heat until steam starts coming out of the operating valve, and

adjust the cooking time by 1 or 2 minutes.

Releasing Pressure After Cooking

Always check your recipe to determine if the pressure cooker should be cooled

down naturally, or whether the quick release method should be used. The ZAVOR

EZLock Pressure Cooker also features an automatic release position on the pres-

sure valve that can be used for releasing pressure automatically when cooking

foods such as stews, meats, poultry, soups. You can choose one of the following

3 methods to release the pressure.

1. Natural Release Method: To use this method, remove the pressure cooker

from the hot burner and let the pressure drop and cool down naturally.

Depending on the amount of food and liquid in the cooker, this method

can take from 10-15 minutes. Once pressure has totally been released, the

pressure indicator has dropped and there isn’t any more steam coming out

of the operating valve, go to # 4 in this section.