I love love love my Wolfgang Puck Pressure Cooker!  I don't have this exact model, mine's a 7qt, but it's basically the same.  I remember my mother using a pressure cooker often when I was a child and I was always afraid of them.  The newer models these days are basically fool proof.  There's a locking mechanism that doesn't allow you to open the cooker until the pressure it released.  I will cook just about anything in it.  I make most of my weekly meals in my pressure cooker.  It cooks in usually less than half the time of cooking on the stove.  I make a lot of soups & stews, meats,...