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Sicomatic® - fast & healthful
The name Silit is closely associated with the development of the pressure cooker. One of the first pressure cookers was Siko by Silit. Siko stands for "safety cooking pot". It was the fastest pressure cooker of all times - with three cooking levels.
If you heat up liquids in a hermetically sealed pot, steam is generated, it creates an overpressure and thus also an increased temperature. This leads to a reduction of cooking times for foods - thus the term pressure cooking.
Pressure-cooking saves energy.
Because water takes up a thousand times more space in vapor than in liquid form, the pressure which is generated must be regulated by a valve. Thus the valve plays an important role in the cooking process.
The qualitative differences in products on the market are considerable. In more than 80 years of research and development Silit has continually optimized the Sicomatic® pressure cookers in terms of design and technology.
Trust the original - trust Sicomatic®.
The Sicomatic® principle - Unique valve system State-of-the-art valve technology guarantees safe and healthful cooking. The steam is released evenly and gently. The maintenance-free valve need not be disassembled for cleaning. Simply rinse off under running water. Hermetic system The hermetic system, which consists of an operating valve and a completely sealed pressure indicator system, prevents any unnecessary release of steam. This way you need less cooking water. You save time and energy during parboiling and cooking periods. The hermetically sealed Sicomatic® prevents foods from losing their aroma and preserves essential vitamins and minerals.
Two preset cooking levels
Setting I - gentle cooking level: for stewing and steaming foods which require short cooking times such as fish, poultry and vegetables. Constant temperature: 107° C.
Setting II - fast cooking level: for cooking foods which require longer cooking times such as meat and stews. Constant temperature: 119° C.
Cooking times (examples) with Sicomatic® without Sicomatic®
Boiled potatoes 8 min. versus 20 min.
Side of beef 25 min. versus 1.5 hrs.
Whole chicken 30 min. versus 2.0 hrs.
Cauliflower 6 min. versus 20 min.
Green beans 8 min. versus 15 min.
Our advice: always read product manual and instructions before using a pressure cooker.
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