Abstract: An inexpensive, cost-effective press lock cooker for cooking poultry, meat, and fish. The press lock cooker allows the user to simply, quickly, and inexpensively cook poultry, meat, and fish of varying sizes and shapes in the restaurant or home environment by simply locking the cover over the food to be cooked and by optionally adjusting the height of the cover over the food to regulate the food's contact surface with the frying pan, the thickness of the poultry, meat, and fish that is cooked, the time it takes to cook, and the crispiness of the food.