[Electronics-Talk] Pressure Cookers

[Peter Donahue]

Good evening everyone,

	Another source of equipment ratings is: http://www.americastestkitchen.com

	If you can't find an accessible electric pressure cooker that cooks food exactly as you like it there's always the good old stove-top model. Modern versions are far safer and more reliable than those used by your grandparents.

Peter Donahue



-----Original Message-----
From: Electronics-Talk [mailto:electronics-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Brad Hodges via Electronics-Talk
Sent: Saturday, September 02, 2017 6:49 PM
To: Ashley Bramlett via Electronics-Talk
Cc: Brad Hodges
Subject: Re: [Electronics-Talk] Pressure Cookers

Greetings:


On my Instant Pot I can feel the buttons. They are those bubble-like controls which stand out just a bit from the smooth control panel.


If you don't want a smart cooker, I would suggest checking some ratings 
sites such as sweethome.com or consumersearch.com for suggestions. Most 
of these appliances use the same kind of controls, or at least that is 
what I have observed. Note, they may use complex menu systems, remember 
you may want to set times and temperatures etc. I think that is part of 
the popularity of the phone-based Instant Pot. Checking them for control 
accessibility or manageability in the store may or may not be practical.


Brad




On 9/2/2017 7:40 PM, Ashley Bramlett via Electronics-Talk wrote:
> can you feel the buttons on the instant pot?
> Do the buttons beep or something as you press them to activate them?
> I'm also someone who does not want to use and depend on a fancy phone 
> when cooking, so like Pam, I'm wondering what is out there without the 
> app.
>
> -----Original Message----- From: David Andrews via Electronics-Talk
> Sent: Saturday, August 19, 2017 5:25 PM
> To: Discussion of accessible home electronics and appliances
> Cc: David Andrews
> Subject: Re: [Electronics-Talk] Pressure Cookers
>
> The Instant Pot is pretty widely used in the blind community. They
> have models, that include bluetooth, and apparently the app, on an
> iPhone is accessible. It is also possible to get a non-bluetooth
> model, and control it.  You will have to either braille the buttons,
> or make a chart of what each button does.  It is a little
> complicated, different buttons change cooking time by different
> amounts, but a blind person can use it with a little preparation.
>
> I made a chart of buttons and times, and got a couple cookbook put
> into Braille, and recorded, so have figured it out.
>
> Dave
>
> At 02:38 PM 8/19/2017, you wrote:
>>
>>
>> Good afternoon everyone,
>>
>>
>>
>>                 I came across some books on Bookshare.org concerning
>> pressure cookers. I know there are pressure cookers one can use on 
>> the stove
>> but am curious to know if there are any electrick ones and how usable 
>> they
>> are by the blind. I recall wen I was at Perkins in the 1970s that only
>> students with residual vision were taught to use pressure cookers. 
>> Yup this
>> is the nation's premier school for the blind caving into the 
>> higherarchy of
>> sight. Shame on them!
>>
>>
>>
>>                 I found some books and videos about using a pressure 
>> cooker
>> from America's Test Kitchen and from none other than Jacque Peppin. 
>> Leave it
>> to the personal chef of French President Charles Degaul to observe 
>> that one
>> can tell how high the pressure is by listening to the intensity of 
>> the hiss
>> the unit makes a technique a blind cook can use to use pressure cookers
>> safely and with ease.
>>
>>
>>
>>                 Pressure cookers have come along ways since I was in 
>> school
>> and there are other tips and tricks blind persons have figured out to 
>> use
>> them independently. Sindce the focus here is electronics any feedback 
>> about
>> electric pressure cookers and how they can be used by the blind will 
>> be very
>> much appreciated. All the best.
>>
>>
>>
>> Peter Donahue
>
>
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