Buffalo 15 Quart Pressure Cooker Stainless Steel - Large Canning Pot with Lid for Home, Commercial Use - Easy to Clean Induction Stove Top Pressure Canner, Can Cooker - SG Certificate QCP415

The media could not be loaded. I purchased the 32-Quart pressure cooker in order to make large quantities of nutrient dense chicken bone broth and soup.Some call-outs:- 32 quarts is big so it takes a little while to build up pressure (around 30 minutes from the time I turn on the pressure cooker usually)- It's easy to clean. Remove the rubber ring and clean it with a brush, wash top and bottom of lid and use the poking tool to clean the vent holes quickly, and then clean the base. It's huge so I have to tip it over the sink and spray rinse the inside.- The lid is supposed to be stored upside down on top of the pressure cooker for some reason so your lid is exposed to open air, if you care- There is a max line for dry beans about 1/3 of the way up the pot- There is a max line for liquids 2/3 of the way up the pot. Both lines are laser etched and sometimes hard to see until you find the right angle- It's VERY HEAVY when full of bones and waterThis makes preparing large amounts of food easy and efficient. My freezers are full of soup and chili, vacuum sealed in mason jars.UPDATE: 7/16/2018This is still a 5 star pressure cooker. One thing I noticed; the 32 quart lid doesn't always seal perfectly, although the cooker always works (just have to use slightly higher heat if not perfectly sealed). To get a perfect seal I run the lid under water for a second bottom side up, flip and drip the water into the sink, then place the top on the cooker.My Bone Broth Ratio:- Bones of 7 or 8 chickens that weighed 4 to 5 lbs. at the time of purchase (with meat on. I roast the chickens, strip them, then freeze the bones until I have enough)- 12 quarts of vegetable scraps (celery butts and tips, carrot buts and tips, ginger scraps, tips and green part of leeks. I keep them in the freezer and add to the pile as I cut veggies)- 12 quarts of water (this fills the pressure cooker to the max fill line. I suggest finding the max line before you start cooking because it's hard to see with steam flying everywhere)- I cook the bone broth under pressure for 2 hours 45 min, 3 hours if I have time. Allow to depressurize for 30 minutes after.- I strain the bone broth and immediately make soup or chili (While bone broth is delicious, I'm unable to drink it by itself. Wish I could).The pressure-cooked bones should disintegrate between your fingers. I grind them in the food processor into a paste to make treats for my dog. I wouldn't recommend this unless you cook the bones under pressure for at least 3 hours and check to make sure they break apart easily between your fingers. I hear chicken bones can be a severe choking hazard for dogs otherwise so be careful.

Pressure cook 30-35 pounds of chicken at one time for my dogs. Cook for 2 hours and the bones are soft enough to feed to the dogs so I do not have to debone the chicken and the dogs also get the minerals in the bones. Win, Win. It would be better if it has a pressure gauge.

I bought this because it is stainless steel and almost twice the size of a normal pressure cooker, plus it will fit in my dishwasher. My All-American pressure canner is much bigger (larger than both my dishwasher and my sink, so I have to wash it in the shower) and several things I want to pressure cook I don't want in aluminum because of the acids and harder-to-clean nature of bare aluminum. I am planning to use this for regular cooking, not canning. A regular consumer pressure cooker is barely big enough to make chicken stock from a small chicken. But I should be able to make stock from two chickens at a time in this one, or a small turkey.The "special cleaning needle" is hidden inside the styrofoam on top, I threw it away without seeing it and had to go back for it after reading the manual.The manual itself is in four languages, and the English version (the only one I can read) isn't what I'd call good English. But it isn't unreadable, just a little weird.I don't see any kind of safety-lock to prevent it from being opened under pressure. The manual says it does have a safety lock though. I don't think I'll test it to find out.I definitely want the 37 quart, and will probably buy one, and I'll just wash it in the shower.EDIT It is now the day after receiving (and using it) and I'm still very happy with it. While I wrote the last review I had 14 pounds of chicken cooking down to broth. I got two gallons of broth out of it, plus a pint of schmaltz. I'm even more certain now I really want the 37 quart version.EDIT Having used it twice now, I've noticed a difficulty. I need a lot of heat to bring this whole thing up to pressure, and food touching the bottom can burn adding an unwanted color to what should be a light broth. I've solved that by ordered a canning rack to go in the bottom to keep my food from touching the heated surface.

this is specifically for the 32qt commercial seriesDoes not come with canning rack... Was about to use the smaller unit I ordered more recently for the first time, but need to order a rack... Guess I should have opened the box before now... I suspect that none of the Buffalo Canners come with canning racks, so plan ahead.Otherwise, an attractive and solid unit. Will update reviews after I've used them.Consider this review to be generally positive for now. Just be aware...

It is really good an convenient