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Big W: Michelle Bridges Pressure Cooker - 6LT: $40 (Was $79)

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Big W: Michelle Bridges Pressure Cooker - 6LT: $40 (Was $79)
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Easy to use, easy to handle, easy to open and close, the Michelle Bridges 6 Litre Pressure Cooker is for everyone to use every day! This handy Pressure Cooker will have your delicious and nutritious meals ready in minutes!

Product Features:

8/10 Stainless steel bodyEasy opening with a special button and ergonomic handle designed to provide a better gripCapsule base is made of 3 layers (steel + aluminium + steel) to assure great heat conductivityCompatible with halogen, gas, electric, ceramic and induction cookersIncludes Michelle's favourite pressure cooker recipesCapacity: 6 litresOverall Dimensions: 26 x 40 x 40cm

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  • guidedlight on 12/04/2015 - 16:48
    +2

    This is actually a pretty good deal. Good find.

  • Diji1 on 12/04/2015 - 16:50
    +24

    Quite why Michelle Bridges is an authority on pressure cookers I have no idea.

    I guess that's what ya get when you try to dress your product in a veneer of health & wellness using symbols.

    Also: would bang.

    • iridiumstem on 12/04/2015 - 16:54
      +3

      I just love how the photo of her looks like it has been cut out from somewhere else with scissors and stuck there with glue or something.

      • 51722 on 12/04/2015 - 16:56
        +1

        All it needs now is googly eyes.

      • Jackson on 12/04/2015 - 17:01
        +1

        And she looks awkward as, like you took her on a date and came back from the bar to see her getting onto someone

        • marquise on 12/04/2015 - 18:57
          +16

          Like she was pressured into it

        • Jackson on 12/04/2015 - 20:29
          +3

          @marquise: in my case. she's more likely to get a dutch oven

        • konazz on 13/04/2015 - 18:52

          @Jackson:

          ha… that was too hot to handle

    • c64 on 12/04/2015 - 20:47
      -1

      Also: would bang.

      this is what she used to look like. rib cage poking out. eeeewww!

      http://resources1.news.com.au/images/2015/02/25/1227238/0338…

      • stevarja on 13/04/2015 - 02:14
        +1

        sigh, unzip

      • insular on 13/04/2015 - 10:22
        +1

        love handles of the fitness world

  • Jackson on 12/04/2015 - 16:59
    +2

    This is definitely a great price, best I could find on a new one anywhere. I got the last one at Eastgardens yesterday, however the staff there not only didn't know that it had dropped from $79 (despite the fact it was on a full page ad in the Telegraph Friday), they said they had no stock and thought it must have been a new item, which would be strange then to be sold out).

    Just cooked a full chicken in mine today, not sure if there's something wrong with it, heats up and pin pops but then when I turn it down the pin drops after a few minutes which I don't think is supposed to happen. Having said that there didn't seem to be a lot of steam escaping (only small amounts coming from the 2 valves) so it could have been that there wasn't enough water or I need to keep the stove on a higher setting. If anyone has any advice it would be appreciated.

    Apart from that no complaints, worked on my induction cooktop, good size, doubles as a large saucepan/small pot, no Teflon coating in case that's a concern, next cheapest one from a store wad a similar tefal for $89 at victoria's basement. Comes with a steam tray and short wire stand for it.

    • GreenGuava on 12/04/2015 - 18:20
      +3

      As you mentioned, lack of heat and liquid could be possible reasons for the cooker not building up enough pressure. The manual should normally will give you an idea of minimum levels of liquid required in the cooker for it to work properly.

      Another possibility might be that the lid isn't completely sealing. Perhaps the gasket isn't seated properly? Might be an idea to take it out and re-seat it if you haven't tried that yet.

      With all that said, how did the chicken turn out? Was it cooked properly? If so there might not be an issue at all?

      • Jackson on 12/04/2015 - 20:23
        +1

        I did check the gasket twice so that was fine unless defective but on observation it looks fine. I used 750mL of liquid as per a recipe but this didn't take me to the minimum line so that may have been it (I didn't see that first time round due to the steamer being in the way and adding the liquid later.

        Chicken was great, very moist even in the breast, however the skin was browned before cooking so you didn't get that crispy burned on skin, if this was needed I would recommend putting it in the oven uncovered for 10minutes on high afterwards. I ended up giving it an hour despite the recipe being 40min, but that was with me opening the thing a couple of times to check stuff and stuffing around, my next attempt should be no issues. Potatoes and carrots were well done but very tasty and not at all waterlogged,and the stock that was left over from the chicken (I used half water and half white wine) was amazing and had really travelled through the vegetables. You could have added noodles to this stock and been happy with that. Overall quite happy with a first attempt, but would work even better for shanks or a curry (I just had a chook that was hitting its use by)

  • altomic on 12/04/2015 - 17:50
    +9

    Michelle Bridges Pressure Cooker

    it's also got a voice chip installed. so when you cook anything unhealthy then the machine starts talking to you about making positive choices instead so that you eat healthier and improve yourself.

    They tried a commando Pressure Cooker with the same voice chip design but testing found it too aggressive.

  • jv on 12/04/2015 - 17:57

    Michelle Bridges Pressure Cooker

    Did she make it? Or just design it??

    • GreenGuava on 12/04/2015 - 18:12
      +8

      Lol, neither. More likely some marketing and merchandising people got together, found a factory somewhere in China and ordered a few container-loads of cookers branded with her name and image.

    • phunkyfeelone on 12/04/2015 - 19:54
      +36

      She made it. She personally went into the factory, stamped out the components and assembled every one of them.
      She stood next to George Foreman while he made grills, in the background Paul Newman bottled pasta sauce.

      • sparkles on 12/04/2015 - 21:18

        Where was Jamie Oliver?

        • jv on 12/04/2015 - 22:15
          +10

          Where was Jamie Oliver?

          At Woollies.

        • missalicia on 13/04/2015 - 06:59

          @jv: so sorry jv, I meant to upvote your comment - clumsy fat fingers :(

      • PSX on 13/04/2015 - 00:00
        +5

        In the background, I think Paul Newman would be having a little lie down, he died about 7 years ago! Sound very unhygienic to have him mixing the pasta sauce or is there a little bit of Paul in every bottle?

      • Jackson on 13/04/2015 - 18:38

        I take offence to you including Paul Newman. My understanding is that he actually started off making his stuff from his own farm.

        • phunkyfeelone on 13/04/2015 - 22:51
          +1

          You can take your fence, the gate and the letterbox wherever you want.

          Michelle started making pressure cookers as a young girl, now fulfilling her lifelong ambition.

        • Jackson on 14/04/2015 - 07:48
          +1

          @phunkyfeelone: I am letting Paul Newman know that you are donating these items to him. He expects the fence I the mail a week after the letterbox

      • syousef on 17/04/2015 - 06:22

        Breaking news: Factory exploded due to clash of egos. More to follow.

    • twister292 on 13/04/2015 - 01:26

      Most likely neither; just her named on a pressure cooker made by a third-party on contract.

      • null and void on 13/04/2015 - 10:12

        its a rebadged baccarat pressure cooker - curtis stone also rebadges the same brand under his name

        • twister292 on 13/04/2015 - 20:47

          Which means it's pretty decent for the price

  • bargaino on 12/04/2015 - 18:44
    +4

    Who is she? I'd guessed some TV chef, but googling … its worse - reality tv. I'm not sure if people who watch that stuff should be trusted with a potential bomb.

    • Jabba the Hutt on 12/04/2015 - 19:17
      +19

      Damn. Am almost as devastated as the day I learned Dr Dre was not some highly-respected and admired headphone designer who earned his title via a PhD in acoustic engineering :-/

    • sparkles on 12/04/2015 - 21:21
      +2

      Not just "reality TV". She's mastered the branding of her name to pretty much every possible health and fitness related item. And apparently now she is officially loaded according to BRW.
      http://www.brw.com.au/p/lists/rich-women/2015/michelle_bridg…

  • UglyPanda on 12/04/2015 - 20:14
    +1

    Link to the product

    http://www.bigw.com.au/home-gifts/kitchen/michelle-bridges-p…

    • Jackson on 12/04/2015 - 20:26

      Just noting that the product appeared sold out online the same day the ad was in the paper, but not sure if they are getting more in, if it's a clearance items they may not.

  • PinzVidz on 13/04/2015 - 07:12
    +2

    Who?

    • dtc on 13/04/2015 - 09:59
      +2

      I'm constantly amazed that people go online with comments such as 'who', given that MB is an extremely well known person. It doesn't (as people seem to think) show that the celebrity is not worth knowing about or hasn't accomplished anything; it shows the poster is completely out of touch with society.

      Anyway… this is a good price. I have the Aldi pressure cooker (which is good) and I think it was more expensive than this.

      • bargaino on 13/04/2015 - 10:58
        +2

        I'm amazed you don't know what a rhetorical question is. GP is saying "I never heard of her."

        it shows the poster is completely out of touch with society.

        Out of touch with the lowest levels of popular culture perhaps? Lots of people do not watch trash-TV or advertising.

        Its very easy to pull the plug on commercial TV these days, thanks to the internet.

        the celebrity is not worth knowing about or hasn't accomplished anything;

        Would that not be a fair comment? She ain't no Jaimie Oliver.
        She writes weight-loss books for the barely-literate morons (I use that word in the technical non-pejorative sense) who watch her TV show in between the adverts.
        And we all know that weight-loss books achieve nothing for the buyers.

        Now I'm off to buy a self-help book "37 Easy Ways to be less of a Snob."

        • dtc on 13/04/2015 - 15:54
          +4

          No, if s/he was saying 'I never heard of her' s/he would say 'I never heard of her'

          By saying 'who' s/he is saying 'this person is worth so little and is pathetic that I will use a term showing my disdain'

          I'm not saying MB is famous, but she has been on TV shows, writes for newspapers, has had several No1 selling books, has branded stuff all through Woolworths/Big W. She has done much more than you or I. If you actually don't know who she is, then you really really are not paying attention to what is going on

          If someone said 'who' about me, fair call. But about someone who has done something, its just displaying his/her own ignorance - and proudly, as if we should applaud.

        • bargaino on 13/04/2015 - 16:23

          @dtc:

          Well, I'd never heard of her, and consider myself educated, so I take offence at your claim.
          To be fair, I just sought out her column, … its on Fairfax, so can't be all bad, … actually quite good.
          Sorry Michelle for judging you for being on a trash-TV show.

          If you actually don't know who she is, then you really really are not paying attention to what is going on

          Or maybe I just don't read the "lifestyle" columns. I proudly wouldn't know a Kardashian either if I bumped into one.

        • Jackson on 13/04/2015 - 18:45

          @manic: everyone considers themselves 'educated', it's a bit like asking people if they think they're a good driver, they are all apparently 'above average'.

          I also cringe a bit as a first reaction when I hear people are taking her advice, however I have seen her on TV a couple of times being interviewed and she doesn't seem as stupid as one more get think she could be having spent so much time on her body

  • mushtato on 13/04/2015 - 08:23
    +1

    wow, ready for some soups ~ great deal.

  • No Child Support on 13/04/2015 - 09:25

    New to the pressure cooker scene, is there a chance that the valve could fail, thus, trapping all the pressure in and KABOOM in the kitchen?

    • yaziyo on 13/04/2015 - 12:36
      +4

      Not on your life, my Hindu friend

      (I don't actually know the answer)

    • Jackson on 13/04/2015 - 18:48

      You shouldn't leave it more than 2/3 full, and on high, and even there there are at least 2 or more safety features preventing that from happening. I am not saying turn it on and go to sleep, but it would be highly unlikely. Even if you did you may only cause damage to the pot and nothing else.

    • marquise on 14/04/2015 - 10:46
      +2

      Biggest tip for those new to pressure cookers:
      You cannot make KFC in this!

      • [Deactivated] on 15/04/2015 - 01:42

        Why? Does it have a rubber gasket? I'd be very surprised if it does nowdays. I expect the valve could well be soft plastic squeeze-bottle junk just like the Kmart one tho.

        • marquise on 15/04/2015 - 02:06

          Thanks for the link. Believe me I really wanted to make KFC in my pressure cooker, but everything online says not to fry in it. Even the manual.

          Even now after reading your posts, I am still too chicken shit to try it. I have previously burnt down a kitchen before, so I'm still a bit traumatised by that. As much as I love KFC.

          EDIT: Looks like you edited your really long post?

        • [Deactivated] on 15/04/2015 - 09:04

          @marquise:

          Yeah, sorry - I haven't been feeling the best, and not thinking very clearly. So thought I probably would come across with the wrong attitude. I've done more than enough of that, caused my wife to give up on me - and don't want to cause anyone else grief.

          If you're concerned, the main worry people have is the oil 'spurting out'. Books like anything 'Miss Vickie' perpetuate that. We've never had it happen - not even close. In fact, the oil temp drops to well below frying point due to the steam created. In fact we struggled to try and maintain the temp but couldn't do it no matter how hard we tried.

          We had more trouble from things like rice. Because of the foaming other foods cause from the starch, for example.

          As soon as you lock on the lid, moisture begins turning to steam, which forces down the temp of the oil. I really do think it's a falacy and the people that ring alarm bells have either never done it themselves or would know that - or they would have had the same trouble with any overfilled liquid in a PC.

          HOWEVER for those reading along, or later on, I don't trust cheap pressure cookers now after pulling the valve in the one at Kmart apart. It's pressure relief valve looked like soft plastic in an accordion-type config. Never seen such a piece of junk before! (I think they were clearance so thankfully gone from stores now.)

          Anyway, what I was saying above is, if you're concerned, just fry a few pieces at a time - or - fry them all with the lid off - even in another saucepan, till the right colour. Remove from the oil, put some kind of trivet in the PC, put the chicken on the trivet so they're not sitting in water (which would remove the coating), lock the lid on - and experiment with cooking times. If it doesn't come out cooked - just lid back on another few minutes at a time, until you get the right time.

          Maybe in the oven on low heat afterwards to dry it out, which we used to do after in the oil anyway.

          You could also buy one of those induction hotplates for about $50 on ebay. Should vastly reduce the risk of oil catching on fire if it ever did come out of any safety release mechanisms.

          I'll put this bit back in:

          This PC is 6L. Our first PC was 7L. Realistically, it was a little small for an entire big chicken cut into pieces. So whilst we did it, we bought a bigger one. So in a 6L (not this one I don't believe it's safe) I would either put half the chicken in and do it twice, but either way, brine the chicken in the PC… put water to the max line… then pour it out later to know the MAX oil to put in - and try to use oil at LESS than that level.

          https://www.ozbargain.com.au/node/117019

          I believe that's the main thread from ages ago. I thought there was more than one, but cannot find the others now.

        • marquise on 15/04/2015 - 14:45

          @realfamilyman: Thanks for being so considerate, though I didn't take much offence to your post. Sorry to hear about the marital issues. =(

        • phunkyfeelone on 16/04/2015 - 21:35
          +1

          @marquise:

          Too chicken shit to make shit chicken ;-)

          Buy a pressure cooker, chicken, oil, spices, herbs, prep time, cook time, cleaning, etc.

          Or just go to KFC…

          Option B. thanks!

    • [Deactivated] on 15/04/2015 - 09:08

      Most PC have a few safety systems now. If the valve blocks for some reason, the ring releases out the side for example. That said, I can't believe the junk Kmart & BigW have brought into this country the last few years.

  • [Deactivated] on 13/04/2015 - 09:58

    Make sure you can get spare parts for this. i.e. The gasket/sealing ring, the pressure release valve. Otherwise it's a throw-away item - some may be fine with that tho. Oh - and take the pressure valve out at the store and have a look at it. The one I tentatively recommended at KMart some months ago, I had a closer look at. It's valve is terrible - a silicon squeezy-bottle thing, like those of us that use to refill ink jets years ago. (Maybe still do.) It should still last a few years. But if you want something that lasts longer, as always, you get what you pay for. You're looking for a valve with no soft-plastic junk in it, when you unscrew it.

    • wowzz on 17/04/2015 - 14:57

      Which is the pressure valve? The knob to set low or high pressure can be taken out for a wash. Is this what you mean? I did not see any silicon or rubber bits in there, looks like it's all metal inside. Or did you mean the safety valve that cannot be removed with an o-ring on it?

  • tc4101 on 13/04/2015 - 10:14
    +3

    Id buy this if only none of my money went to Michelle Bridges

    • [Deactivated] on 13/04/2015 - 14:25

      The money has probably already gone there whether you buy it or not.

      • tc4101 on 13/04/2015 - 15:57

        Not really, if it dont sell they won't renew her face on it for the future

        • Jackson on 13/04/2015 - 18:49

          They may not have sold enough already seeing as it's half price so even then it may not matter

  • pyr0maniac on 13/04/2015 - 18:23

    Anyone know of any stores with stock in Brisbane?

  • alxjpow on 13/04/2015 - 19:04

    Thanks OP, have been looking at buying one for a while and this was the ticket. Plenty of stock in Big W South Yarra.

  • jupis100 on 13/04/2015 - 19:58

    I bought one but it doesn't have a manual. Help

    • [Deactivated] on 15/04/2015 - 01:06

      There's only 3 subscribers. So someone may provide a scan if you PM people. But you shouldn't need one. It will either either have one or two settings - high and low - just read or download some pressure cooking cookbooks. ebookandpdf and ebookee for example. Or youtube. They all work the same and everyone has a different hotplate anyway, which makes it near impossible to get times exactly right, even with instructions. Or search online for any pressure cooker manual really. It will have nearly the same instructions how to clean the valve, wash the stainless - all basic common stuff.

  • kmcwhae on 14/04/2015 - 22:28

    Late to this but some Great Comments… that was too hot to handle, love handles etc valve screwed. Well done to all concerned. Luved it.

  • pilotg2 on 15/04/2015 - 10:37

    They loads available at Lakeside Joondalup store.

  • futaris on 15/04/2015 - 15:23

    Just grabbed two from Garden City. There is one more on the shelf.

  • terrys on 16/04/2015 - 14:41

    Went for this today, but none on show at Marion - however the Tramontina 6L is going for $50, tho still showing as $99 on the sticker. Two left of those there. It wasn't listed in the catalogue.

  • jackspratt on 17/04/2015 - 14:05

    Bought one today at Karrinyup - two left.

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