I wonder what the gasket is made of and if they still sell the gasket.
I was going to bring up pressure frying and was scared to here.
One of the reasons I read that they recommend not doing it is the gasket in the pressure cooker might melt due to higher temperatures.
None of mine have gaskets and you pressure fry at a lower pressure anyway.
Taken from wiki.
In
cooking,
pressure frying is a variation on
pressure cooking where meat and
cooking oil are brought to high temperatures while pressure is held high enough to cook the food more quickly. This leaves the meat very hot and juicy. A receptacle used in pressure frying is known as a
pressure fryer.
KFC pressure-fried chicken.
The process is most notable for its use in the preparation of
fried chicken in many commercial
fried chicken restaurants.
Pressure frying is mostly done in industrial kitchens. Ordinary pressure cookers are generally unsuitable for pressure frying, because they are typically designed for a maximum temperature around 121 °C (250 °F) whereas oil can reach temperatures well in excess of 160 °C (320 °F) which may damage the gasket in an ordinary pressure cooker causing it to fail. Attempting to pressure fry using a first generation pressure cooker can be very dangerous.
[1] Second generation cookers are somewhat safer, but can still be dangerous if proper precautions, like opening fill limits, are not taken.
[2]
Pressure fryers operate at a lower pressure than pressure cookers.
[3] The
gasket in a pressure cooker's lid can be melted by boiling oil, which can result in burn injuries to anyone in the vicinity.
[3]