Pressure cooking vessel

A pressure cooking vessel, comprising:

• (a) a housing defining a cylindrical chamber including a cylindrical chamber wall, a closed bottom;
• and an open top, said chamber wall defining a central vertical axis;
• (b) a removable lid which encloses said open top;
• and
• (c) draining bars extending into said cylindrical chamber on opposing sides of said central vertical axis;
• (d) wherein said cylindrical wall and said draining bars define an internal cooking space having an elongated cross-section in the horizontal direction at least somewhere along said central vertical axis.

A method of cooking food, comprising the steps of:

• placing food on a rack having a rectangular cross-section in the horizontal plane;
• then
• inserting said rack through the open top of a cylindrical pressure cooking vessel;
• then closing the top of said pressure cooking vessel;
• then heating said pressure cooking vessel, raising the internal pressure in said pressure cooking vessel to a pressure above the ambient, and cooking said food;
• then lifting said rack out of said vessel, rotating said rack 90 degrees;
• and
• lowering said rack onto a pair of opposed draining bars projecting inwardly into said cooking vessel.