Pressure Cooker Failure

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.