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.
A little of both, really. It shouldn’t have steam coming out of the sides and the release valves should release. I have one. It doesn’t seal well unless I push down on the lid for a bit. The float valve never seems to work properly.
That said, if I saw steam coming out of the sides I would just unplug it and step away.
What I should have done. But I wouldn’t have this awesome story to share…
Oh and I forgot the winner of the evening was Rosie, one of our dogs. She immediately went to clean up mode…
Good dog💛
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Have a Rosie on standby. Lesson learned.
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