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National Presto Industries is a company founded in 1905 in Eau Claire, Wisconsin. [2] Originally called "Northwestern Steel and Iron Works" the company changed its name to the "National Pressure Cooker Company" in 1929 and then National Presto Industries, Inc. 1953. [ 3 ]
A stovetop pressure cooker. A pressure cooker is a sealed vessel for cooking food with the use of high pressure steam and water or a water-based liquid, a process called pressure cooking. The high pressure limits boiling and creates higher temperatures not possible at lower pressures, allowing food to be cooked faster than at normal pressure.
In 1970, they acquired the Chicago-based Naxon Utilities Corp., makers of a little-known product called the "Bean-Pot" slow cooker. [7] Rival re-introduced the Bean Pot as the Crock-Pot in 1971, along with a book of slow-cooker recipes, and it quickly became one of their top products. [6]
A modern, oval-shaped slow cooker. A slow cooker, also known as a crock-pot (after a trademark owned by Sunbeam Products but sometimes used generically in the English-speaking world), is a countertop electrical cooking appliance used to simmer at a lower temperature than other cooking methods, such as baking, boiling, and frying. [1]
Presto! Recording Studios, in Lincoln, Nebraska; Presto Studios, a computer game development company; National Presto Industries, manufacturer of kitchen appliances; Great Taste Coffee Makers, a.k.a. Presto, a Philippine Basketball Association team; Presto AB, Swedish manufacturer and international reseller of protection against fire and accidents.
1921 Presto Lite car battery ad from Canada. Prestolite Electric Incorporated is a global manufacturer and supplier of alternators, starters, electrical equipment, and services to the transportation, industrial, military, marine, agricultural and construction industries.
Pressure cooker fragment believed by the FBI to be part of one of the explosive devices used in the 2013 Boston Marathon bombings. A pressure cooker bomb is an improvised explosive device (IED) created by inserting explosive material into a pressure cooker and attaching a blasting cap into the cover of the cooker. [1]
Parabolic Solar Cooker. A solar cooker is a device which uses the energy of direct sunlight to heat, cook or pasteurize drink and other food materials. Many solar cookers currently in use are relatively inexpensive, low-tech devices, although some are as powerful or as expensive as traditional stoves, [1] and advanced, large scale solar cookers can cook for hundreds of people. [2]