Are Pressure Cookers Safe?
Yes they most certainly are providing you follow the manufacturers instructions. Over the years there have been horror stories about exploding pressure cookers – I even have a story of my own which was a disaster that resulted from my own stupidity and was in no way the fault of the pressure cooker. I was having dinner guests over and had a couple of chickens in the pressure cooker. I was running out of time and want to add the veggies but instead of waiting for the pressure to reduce I forced the lid off the base. Well the lid flew out of my hand and sailed around the kitchen, bouncing of the wall onto the floor, the food was left dripping from the walls and the ceiling. Consequently we didn’t have chicken for dinner. As I say it was my own fault and had I followed the manufacturers instructions and simply run cold water over the lid until the pressure reduced – all would have been well. And yes I did have the pressure gauge tested after this incident. Things have changed since then a
