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crazybean
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Electric cooker for AA941
#22462057 - 11/01/15 12:31 PM (8 years, 2 months ago) |
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Is there any electric cooker that may be used for AA941?
In the kitchen we have hob with 4 induction cooker. As it is glass made (and expensive), I am not going to try anything stupid. I was considering buying smaller pressure cooker, but I am not going to risk anything even with twice smaller PC.
I have been considering to purchase stand alone induction cooker. They have decent power. I can use induction converter (fancy name for round piece of soft iron). Than I realised that there exists stand alone electric cookers (non-inductive). But I wonder, if anything is durable enough to withstand AA941. Or at least AA921/Presto. (I am even considering buying 21 litre model to be used indoor). I know that perfect solution would be AA steriliser, but they cost fortune (after calculating shipping and import charges).
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Gr0wer
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Re: Electric cooker for AA941 [Re: crazybean]
#22462690 - 11/01/15 02:46 PM (8 years, 2 months ago) |
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The all americans are not induction rated, they are 100% cast aluminum. They don't have magnetic bottoms. Your options are propane turkey burner, which most good burners can withstand the weight of a loaded aa941. The other option is an electric cooktop with the heated metal coils. I've seen people here use 1500w electric countertops burners to heat 55 gal drums. You will need to prop up some bricks or plates to support the weight of the pressure cooker and not rely on the stove to hold much weight. I would say a 21 quart you can get away with no supports but the 941 is a monster especially once filled and would need some additional support.
here is a 120v model but it seems your overseas? If your sticking with a 941 i would probably find a heavy duty burner that hooks to a 30A+ 240V dryer or stove outlet. If you have natural gas in the house and plan on doing a lot of pressure cooking it may be cheaper to get a turkey burner and convert it to run on natural gas. This would take some plumbing of your gas lines more than likely but save tremendously over time with energy expenses especially vs propane. http://www.amazon.com/Cadco-CSR-3T-Countertop-Hi-Power-120-Volt/dp/B003Z4A0CQ/ref=sr_1_5?ie=UTF8&qid=1446413717&sr=8-5&keywords=1500w+burner
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crazybean
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Re: Electric cooker for AA941 [Re: Gr0wer]
#22466707 - 11/02/15 01:44 PM (8 years, 2 months ago) |
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I do not have natural gas in the house. I have settled for smaller 8 litre PC that I will be using for sterilising erlemeier bottles, spawn bottles, etc. But for big SACO substrate bags I will have to use 941 outdoor.
I have figured out that I could use crepe maker. They are 16" wide and should fit 941 perfectly. But wonder if they can handle weight
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Gr0wer
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Re: Electric cooker for AA941 [Re: crazybean]
#22466713 - 11/02/15 01:47 PM (8 years, 2 months ago) |
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Induction cookers will not work with an aluminum pressure cooker. You will need to use a cooker with a heated coil element.
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Re: Electric cooker for AA941 [Re: Gr0wer]
#22466825 - 11/02/15 02:19 PM (8 years, 2 months ago) |
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Perhaps I could use thick iron circle with some kind of support. And place inductive cooker bellow the iron circle. Tight fit is not required as magnetic field would heat the circle. I am loosing all benefits of induction, but I guess this is doable.
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Re: Electric cooker for AA941 [Re: crazybean]
#22466845 - 11/02/15 02:22 PM (8 years, 2 months ago) |
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That's posssible. They even make heat transfer plates to do that. If you don't already have the burner why not just get the heated coil type or propane turkey burner?
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Gr0wer
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Re: Electric cooker for AA941 [Re: Gr0wer]
#22468063 - 11/02/15 07:16 PM (8 years, 2 months ago) |
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Or you can always go with the more expensive electric sterilizers.
http://www.allamericancanner.com/elecsterilizer.htm
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Re: Electric cooker for AA941 [Re: Gr0wer]
#22468227 - 11/02/15 07:50 PM (8 years, 2 months ago) |
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Quote:
Gr0wer said: Or you can always go with the more expensive electric sterilizers.
http://www.allamericancanner.com/elecsterilizer.htm
he said they were too expensive after VAT. america still makes things, apparently.
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