Pressure cookers are in wide use in Europe and gaining in USA. In USA I used
Kuhn-Ricon (swiss made, considered the best in the world and quite
expensive) for many, many years. There are many other brands: made in Spain,
Germany, Portugal.
The one which exploded outside the motorhome on campside in Portugal last
autumn was made by Magefesa. It is very good cooker.
Cooking is an art and who cooks is an actor. And actor shall not leave the
stage. Apparently the cooker wasn't closed properly. The person was away and
escaped scolding. But his motorhome didn't. Ark.