Went to the emergency room yesterday after the InstaPot blew up on me. Just 1st degree burns and some awesome drugs. Bandages off today, a little tender but not bad.
Burns are my belly and my arm wrist to elbow including my thumb.
Totally worth the $250 copay going in!
PS: My wife was making soup and said the lid was steaming from the sides a bit. The pressure release valve wasn’t releasing pressure in either position and the lock plunger wasn’t doing anything. I figured no pressure so I’d just tighten it right and boom. Scary for a bit and hurt like hell for an hour. Lucky me for sure!
All I kept thinking is my granddaughter would have been standing there if she was over. So we’re getting rid of the pressure cooker. The risk isn’t with the convenience.
Glad you’re ok!!
I’ve got a newer instapot and it has a switch at the top the vents extremely well.
I’d vent and relock it in that situation.
If the vent didn’t work I’d unplug it and leave it alone for the rest of the day out of paranoia. Too scared of this happening.
Unplugging it and leaving it is the right thing to do for sure.