Wolfgang Puck 5-quart Electric Pressure Cooker (Refurbished)

I love my Wolfgang Puck pressure cooker. I had never used a pressure cooker before, and I use this almost daily. Food comes out wonderfully flavored. This makes food easy and simple to fix, and extremely quick. My sister also has one of these. In fact she recommended it to me and I am very thankful to her.

• Please tell us about the quality of the product. Excellect quality
• How accurate was the on site description of the product? Extremely accurate.

My unit - the 7 quart model just died. It is displaying the dreaded E4 error message. Two months past my extended warranty coverage. Overstock will not honor the warranty. Google confirms a common problem with all the Wolfgang Puck models and this error message. It's an electronics problem and can't be fixed. Loved it while it worked but it's better to invest in a more reliable manufacturer. The timing on this stinks, couldn't have been worse!!

• Did the color match the color displayed onsite? yes
• How is the quality of the product? OK while it works
• Did the description onsite accurately describe the product? Yes

It looked as if it would be difficult to use and I was so wrong. It's great and really quite easy compared to the models from years ago. You had to be a "wiz" at using those. Sometimes the lid would blow off and food would be all over the kitchen. My mother had such a model. The instructions are easy to use and you can use it the first time without a worry in the world. The nice thing is you can buy a "lessor" cost of meat and it will cook tender. The insert is an extra special feature. Steaming rice and cooking' potatoes for Potatoe Salad is a snap. I highly rate this as an asset to every kitchen.

I thought I'd give electric pressure cooking a whirl, and boy-oh-boy am I glad I lucked out and found this refurbished model on Overstock.com. Love, love, love it. Makes PERFECT rice, every time, no matter what, in 6 minutes! Pot roast, beef stew, pulled pork, chicken, beef stroganoff, green chile stew - all huge successes with the husband and kids! Easy to use, great safety features - like the lid will NOT open if there is still steam pressure (that is easy to release via the valve). Some people claim that they have problems with the settings of "rice", "meat", "veggies", etc vs. the typical high, medium and low......but I just set the setting to what I have the most of in the pot - usually meat - and everything I've used it for (2 dozen times in 3-4 weeks) has turned out to be perfection. A few people on other sites have complained about getting an error message after a while and it appears to be due to a faulty seal. I went over to wphousewares.com and ordered an extra seal gasket for $11. So I hope I can avoid that problem if it arises. All the other parts are very sturdy and do not look like they will wear out any time soon! Pressure Cooker recipe books can be picked up on xxx for pennies! :)