Well ... I'm ready to let you down results my tests of the smokehouse-pressure cooker.
Advantages of the Brand 6060 pressure cooker:
1. With hot smoking there is absolutely no smoke in the room.
2. With cold smoking, the smoke is easily removed by the hood. Cold smoking still causes heating from the charring agent, which is a plus for me, since the product is still thermally processed.
3. Smoking is possible in a combined mode (cold + hot smoking), which is convenient for dishes that do not tolerate prolonged heat treatment, for example, for fish. In this case, the product turns out to be sufficiently smoked and not steamed.
4. Since this is a pressure cooker, the smoking process takes much less time than smoking under normal conditions (at normal pressure).
5. The smoker can also be used as a pressure cooker with an additional bowl and an additional silicone seal ring. At the same time, there is absolutely no smoky aroma and aftertaste even in milk, milk porridge and baked goods.
6. The smokehouse can also be used as a multicooker in the "Quenching" and "Frying" modes.These modes work at normal pressure: "Frying" without a lid, "Quenching" without a pressure regulator.
7. The operating time of all programs is adjustable from 1 minute.
8. While the smokehouse is in operation, you can pause it by pressing "Stop" and change the operating time of the mode. It is very comfortable!
9. The timer has both "plus" and "minus", you can adjust the time in both directions. This is convenient, especially if you need to set, for example, 80 minutes.
10. With a long press on the "Stop" button, you can reset all settings.
11. It is possible to use a deferral.
12. The smokehouse signal is very pleasant and not loud. For me, this is a big plus: it won't wake anyone up, and you won't flinch if you're standing next to me. And from another room, I personally heard the signal, quietly, but heard.
Disadvantages of Brand 6060 pressure cooker:
1. The degree of rotation of the chip cup in the fixed position is quite large. I do not know if this can be fixed without changing the mold. Ideally, of course, the cup would be fixed so that it could not rotate itself and would not be removed from the heating element during awkward movement (a couple of times it fell from the heating element - I accidentally caught it).
2. The cable is not firmly seated in the socket. It does not fall out of me, of course, it is removed with a little effort, but it causes alertness, swinging up and down.
3. The silicone legs on the shelf and the smoker itself fall out easily.
My recommendations for editing instructions:
- It would be nice to indicate the temperature of the "Fry" mode in the instructions.
- On the page with the device device, correct the numbering and correct the number of gratings in the paragraph about the shelf - there are five of them!
- You can specify in the instructions how to take out the main bowl with an inclination towards yourself to the right so that the contacts do not come into contact with the walls of the case.
- Indicate in the instructions for the silicone legs of the shelf that they do not need to be removed.
- Indicate in the instructions that in the "Frying" mode, the lid must not be closed or covered, the smokehouse must remain open!
- Indicate in the instructions where and how to install the drip tray.
- Indicate in the instructions how exactly to install the silicone gasket ring, better with pictures (you can take my photos from the 19th test).
- Indicate in the instructions that the water left over after smoking cannot be used for food - it contains carcinogens !!!
- Indicate that salting products for cold smoking should be less than usual, otherwise it will be oversalted.
- Note that chips for cold smoking need much less than for hot smoking (for hot, no more than 1 tablespoon, for cold - 1 tsp).
- Note that when smoking cold, it is better to place food away from the charring agent and the cup, so that they do not turn red from heating.
- Indicate in the instructions exactly how the indicator and the pressure regulator behave during the operation of the smokehouse (under what conditions moisture can come out: with excessive pressure from the regulator, when the liquid boils and before the valve closes, when moisture remains in the lid after washing it, etc. . P.).
- Section "Using the appliance", page 7, point 3. "Close the lid of the pressure cooker". In this section, it would be good to once again point out about the lid on the "Fry" mode.
- Section “Using the Instrument”, page 8 point 4. “Install a pressure regulator, if necessary”. When is it necessary and when is it not? It would be nice to indicate here whether the smokehouse can be operated at normal pressure without a pressure regulator.
- Section “Operation of the device”, page 8 point 10. “Before opening the cover, it is imperative to relieve pressure! To do this, tilt the pressure regulator to the side ... ”What? You must specify how to do this.
- Section "Hot smoking", page 9: "Place the charcoal bowl on the heating element until it clicks." There is no click. Here it would also be good to indicate how exactly the cup is installed on the charring agent: first, the hole is rectangular, then the round. It would be nice to show a picture (you can take my photo from photos of a smokehouse or any other). Likewise for cold smoking.
- Section "Hot smoking", p.9: "Pour in a small amount of water 80-100 ml ..." This amount of water does not cover the bottom of the bowl, and the lower heating element works on hot smoking, so the service life of the cover of the main bowl may be reduced. I always pour enough water to cover the bottom of the bowl, which is at least 220 ml.
- The instructions indicate that the "Soup / Stew" mode can be used in three modes "Soup" for liquid dishes under pressure, "Steaming" under pressure and "Stewing" without pressure. You can also mention that under pressure, you can cook not only liquid dishes and steam, but also "stew" under pressure.
- Smokehouse service section. P. 18: "Thoroughly wash the O-ring, collection container and inside of the lid." Container for collecting what?
Perhaps I missed something ...