Breville BPR600XL Fast-Slow Cooker

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #7053 in Kitchen & Housewares
  
• Size: One Size
• Color: Stainless Steel
• Brand: Breville
• Model: BPR600XL
• Number of items: 1
• Dimensions: 13.00" h x
  11.25" w x
  13.25" l,
  11.00 pounds
  

Features

• If you want to cook fast, pressure cook on low, medium or high. Or if you want to cook slow, slow cook for up to 8 hours
• Safety locking lid, safety valve and pressure release button
• Sauté, sear, slow cook, pressure cook, pressure steam, and keep warm with countdown timer
• Stainless steel construction with 3-way safety system
• Included accessories; stainless steel steaming tray and trivet, heat resistant spatula, serving spoon and measuring cup

• If you want to cook fast, pressure cook on low, medium or high. Or if you want to cook slow, slow cook for up to 8 hours
• Safety locking lid, safety valve and pressure release button
• Sauté, sear, slow cook, pressure cook, pressure steam, and keep warm with countdown timer
• Stainless steel construction with 3-way safety system
• Included accessories; stainless steel steaming tray and trivet, heat resistant spatula, serving spoon and measuring cup

Product Description

Do you have all the time in the world, or no time at all? The Breville BPR600XL 6 Quart Pressure Cooker & Slow Cooker keeps pace with you. One appliance that does both; tender meat in minutes using pressure, or flavor layering up to 8 hours when slow cooking. Sauté and sear onions and meats directly in the cooking bowl. Pressure steam vegetables, poultry or seafood in minutes. Layer delicate flavors over many hours for succulent, melt-in-the-mouth meals, or achieve the same results in no time when you're under pressure. Fully programmable, with integrated safety features so you can set and forget, the Fast Slow Cooker's 6 Quart capacity is perfect for when friends drop in for dinner.

Customer Reviews

Most helpful customer reviews

26 of 29 people found the following review helpful.
Love this appliance!
By CSIdaho
I am not sure what happened with the other reviewer but- I love this appliance. I have used it multiple times since it's arrival-even though I am new to pressure cooking. I cook all of our meals due to living in a very remote area. And, as I was getting tired of the crockpot (using it 3 to 4 times a week), I decided to give this a whirl after a friend bought a similar product off of a shopping network and raved about it. I feel the one star review is not justified. This machine pressure cooks well and safely- I have used the pressure cooking to make pasta, roasted chicken and a beef roast as well as a steamer for steamed veggies. I plan on trying the rice pressure cooking soon. I have used it as a slow cooker for 2 dishes, with the same success I have with my regular crockpot. I look at the 6 hours a a 'high' setting and 8 as more of a low,even though there is no heat adjustment.PROS:Excellent results with pressure cookingLove that I can sear or brown ground beef in this and then not dirty yet another pan and have the mess on the stoveAlso love that you can remove the meat and reduce the sauce right in the unitIt is very VERY easy to cleanIt has a steamer basket and rack insert (to keep meat from being submerged in liquid if you want to dry roast a cut of meatFlexibility of cooking quickly (my pasta dish was done in FIVE minutes) or using a slow cooker methodTimer on pressure cooker does not start until proper pressure is reached- eliminating the worry of timingIf food is not done- simply close the lid and pressure cook a bit moreCONS:I cook apple butter and spaghetti sauce in my crock and most likely won't be able to do this in this pressure cooker.Maybe the price, but this seems to be the 'going rate' for these products.I HIGHLY recommend this appliance to busy household without hesitation!

11 of 11 people found the following review helpful.
Great for cooking beans at high altitude
By A. Rippey
We live at 8,500 ft above sea level. Beans normally take 1.5 days or more in a crock or longer on the stove and they cook uneven here, making the beans a bit toothy/hard in spots. This Breville is amazing in that it takes 15 minutes to cook thicker beans like kidneys. If you are a beginner to pressure cookers, I'm offering a tip. Remember that the 15 minutes they specify is for "pressure cooking". That means, the pressure has to reach the amount required to start cooking. Total time (minus soaking, which I do overnight) is 45 minutes to 1 hour. At first try, I thought something was wrong with our Breville's timer/count down because I set it to our kitchen timer and count down took a while to start. For higher altitude, the times allotted in the book are right on the money. No additional cooking time is necessary. I highly recommend this product but be aware that the timer doesn't start until the correct amount of pressure is reached.

8 of 8 people found the following review helpful.
Valuable Cooking Tool
By JungleLuxe
This cooker has opened up new meal options for our household. The ability to determine at 5 pm that we would like to serve tacos made with fresh refried beans rather than planning that the night before is liberating! No more overnight bean-soaking! Lentils and quinoa in a couple of minutes? No problem. We are trying to avoid eating anything that comes from a can, and this machine has enabled us to completely give up canned beans. We have become addicted to a healthy, 30-min black bean soup that I make by tossing a chopped onion and a few cloves of garlic, along with a generous sprinkle of cumin, into the cooker with the beans for 25 min, then puree with a bit of Sriracha and salt/pepper to taste when it's done. Sprinkle with chopped green onion and a crumble of goat cheese, and it's gorgeous and delicious.The machine is beautiful and looks great on the counter with our other stainless appliances, which is good because we have been using it nearly daily. I'm a little bit accident-prone, and the safety features of this machine give me a very high comfort level. I have had a bit of a learning curve because I've never used a pressure cooker before, and this one cooks much faster than the standard stove-top models, so online time estimates for various foods that refer to standard pots don't apply. The process of learning how to cook in this pot has been minimal, though, and I've only screwed up one food: artichokes, which I've found cook in 3 minutes in this pot. I cooked them for 8 minutes and they turned to mush :) If you cook beans for too long, they are unaffected. For those who end up buying this cooker, I've found that lentils take 8 min, black or pinto beans 22 or so, but I usually do 25 to be safe. I typically let the machine cool and depressurize on its own, but you can release the steam through a valve if you're in a hurry.I'm so glad we made the investment in this cooker, which I expect to use for many years of healthful cooking - I love it!