Pressure Cooker History Timeline

1st Generation Pressure Cookers

- May 1689: Denis Papin, a French physicist demonstrates his invention 'steam digestor' to Royal Society in London for cooking bones

- 1915: The term 'pressure cooker' first appeared in the 'Journal of Home Economics'.

- 1917: USDA (United States Department of Agriculture) establishes 15 psi as an operating pressure standard for pressure cooking

- 1939: The first commercially manufactured pressure cooker was introduced at New York World's fair

- 1953: National Presto Company introduces Aluminum Presto pressure cookers in USA.

- 1959: HD Vasudeva starts to manufacture 'Hawkins Cookers' in India in collaboration with LG Hawkins of England

-1959: TTK group starts to manufacture 'TTK Prestige' pressure cookers in India in collaboration with Prestige UK

2nd Generation Pressure Cookers

- 1949: Kuhn Rikon introduces spring-valve design replacing jiggle valve in Switzerland

- 1990: Kuhn Rikon introduces spring-valve design replacing jiggle valve in USA

3rd Generation Pressure Cookers

- January 9, 1991: Yong-Guang Wang (Chinese scientist) files first electric pressure cooker patent. The patent is owned by Midea (China), world's largest manufacturer of electric pressure cookers

Electric Pressure Cookers

Electric pressure are very popular in USA, but not manufactured in USA. Over last three decades,

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