Using electric pressure cookers for small ... found that during the canning process electric pressure cookers like Instant Pot and Power Pressure Cooker XL didn’t kill that bacteria in foods ...

One manufacturer says its cooker reaches the pressure required for canning, but that alone does not prove the food in the jars is heated throughout at the same rate. . .

A: They aren’t the same, and understanding the difference is important to preserving foods safely. A pressure cooker is a saucepot with a rubber seal that locks and traps steam to cook foods ...