Setting 0
Cooking without steam pressure
In addition to the steam setting, you
can also use your Sicomatic
®
t-plus
as a conventional pot for water and
energy-efficient cooking.
Cooking with the Sicomatic
®
t-plus
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Modern pressure cookers like the Sicomatic
®
t-plus
have 3 settings.
0- Cooking without steam pressure
1. Gentle cooking setting 1
2. Fast cooking setting 2
These three settings assure the cooking of fragile,
delicate foodstuffs as well as dishes with a normally
longer cooking time.
The Sicomatic
®
t-plus has 3 settings that can be easi-
ly and comfortably set by the slide control.
What do we actually mean by 3 settings?
Pressure and temperature are physically related to
one another, i.e. the higher the pressure, the higher
the temperature. When cooking without steam
pressure, you cook without any pressure from the
operating valve at all.
If you have selected setting 1 the transparent opera-
ting valve opens from a pressure of 0.2 bar/20 kPa
upwards. This limits the temperature in the pressure
cooker to approx.105°C. The release of a lot of steam
therefore indicates that the power setting is too high.
Setting 2 works on the same principle, however with a
pressure of 0.9 bar/90 kPa and approx. 119°C.
Setting 2
(approx. 119°C / 2nd white ring)
It is important for cooking and braising
dishes with a longer cooking time,
preserving juicing and sterilizing, e.g.
for all robust foodstuffs like meat,
soup and stews.
Setting 1
(approx. 105°C / 1st white ring)
It is used for steaming and stewing
delicate foodstuffs with a short
cooking time. The food is placed in
inserts and is thus not leached out by
the cooking water, e.g. in the case of
delicate vegetables and fish.
The current Sicomatic
®
t-plus generation is
technically unrivalled.
The Sicomatic
®
t-plus features a unique valve system
with torsion springs. If the preselected setting is ex-
ceeded, there is no sudden and alarming steam emis-
sion but a very gentle gradual release of steam. On
some pressure cookers with two settings, delays in
switching down the heat result in the required setting 1
temperature being considerably exceeded. The valve
system on the Sicomatic
®
t-plus prevents this. A gentle
steam release is triggered as soon as the setting tem-
perature is only slightly exceeded. Switch down the
heat now to prevent a further rise in temperature.
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