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.
Yeah I basically just use mine as a slow cooker and yogurt maker. Probably would have been better for me** to just get a dirt cheap crockpot that could be put on a dimmer.
EDIT: clarified that I wasn't telling OP what they should have done, I was saying what I probably should have done instead of getting an instapot.