About Presto
Presto is the brand name National Presto Industries, Inc. uses for its housewares and small electric appliances. The company's own history page says it was founded in 1905 in Eau Claire, Wisconsin, and that it gave the Presto name to a saucepan-style pressure cooker in 1939. The same page records the company introducing an automatic, submersible stainless steel coffee maker in 1958.
Presto's coffee makers category lists three stainless steel electric percolators: the 12-cup 02811, the cordless-serve 12-cup 02815, and the 6-cup 02822. All three count a cup as about five ounces, brew at about a cup a minute according to Presto, keep coffee hot automatically, and carry a one-year limited warranty. The wider product directory runs from pressure cookers and canners to slow cookers, multi-cookers, deep fryers, skillets, griddles, waffle makers, popcorn poppers, and vacuum sealers.
Brand website: gopresto.com
What Presto makes
Presto's range runs wider than the products we review. The lines that earned places in our roundups are marked with a star:
Electric Percolators
Stainless steel electric percolators in 12-cup, cordless-serve 12-cup, and 6-cup sizes. The three we feature come from this line (featured on Brew Gazette)
Pressure Cookers
The product category the Presto name was first given to, according to the company history page
Canners and Canning Kits
Canning equipment listed in Presto's current product directory
Slow Cookers and Multi-Cookers
Countertop cooking appliances in the current directory
Skillets, Griddles, and Fryers
Electric skillets, griddles, and deep fryers listed in the current directory
Waffle Makers and Popcorn Poppers
Breakfast and snack appliances listed in the current directory
Why we recognized Presto
The Brew Gazette Top Brand recognition isn't paid for and can't be applied for. We award it to the brands whose products consistently stand out in our category roundups. Presto earned it on the strength of the products below, evaluated the same way every product on this site is: checked against the specs, brewing standards and verified buyer reviews, and judged on what matters in the cup.
Presto products we rated highly
Presto 02811 Stainless Steel 12-Cup Electric Coffee Percolator
The 02811 brews anywhere from 2 to 12 cups, which matters in a percolator because the basket has to be loaded for the batch you are actually making. Presto lists an 800-watt element and a brew rate of about a cup a minute, and the pot drops to an automatic keep-warm when the cycle ends. Presto describes the build as stainless steel including the filter basket and perk tube.
Read our Percolators guide →
Presto 02815 Black Stainless Steel 12-Cup Cordless Coffee Percolator
The 02815 lifts off its power base so you can pour at the table without a cord, and the cord wraps into the base for storage. Presto spells out the stainless steel pot, perk tube, grounds basket, and lid, and the glass cover lets you watch the perk. It brews 4 to 12 cups with an automatic keep-warm and a matte black exterior.
Read our Percolators guide →
Presto 02822 Stainless Steel 6-Cup Electric Coffee Percolator
The 02822 brews 2 to 6 cups, a sensible size for one or two drinkers, because a percolator makes better coffee when the basket is loaded in proportion to the pot. Presto lists a 500-watt element, an automatic keep-warm, and stainless steel construction including the filter basket and perk tube.
Read our Percolators guide →What earned Presto the recognition
- Three stainless steel electric percolators, from a 6-cup pot to a cordless-serve 12-cup, so a household can pick the size that matches how much it actually brews.
- A brew rate Presto states as about a cup a minute across the line, with a signal light for when coffee is ready and automatic keep-warm on each pot.
- The 02815 adds a pot that lifts off its power base for cordless pouring, with the stainless perk tube, grounds basket, and lid named on Presto's own product page.
- A one-year limited warranty stated on each of the three percolator product pages.
- A manufacturer whose own company history places its founding in 1905 and records a stainless steel automatic coffee maker in 1958.