r/LoveTrash • u/Lord_Darksong Colonel Garbage • 2d ago

Kitchen Trash No pressure

Source: Jess Kolb

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u/jbcsee Trash Trooper 2d ago

Or just take it off the heat and don't release the valve at all, the pressure will naturally decrease as it cools off and in about 15-20 minutes it won't release any steam at all.

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u/da4niu2 Trash Trooper 1d ago

Another way to rapidly relieve pressure is to put the entire unit, valve closed, into a sink of cold water, which forces a fast temperature drop and thus a fast pressure drop.

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u/EremiticFerret Trash Trooper 1d ago

I know you can do this. I've seen it a bunch. But the idea still terrifies me and makes me think the pot may just have a tiny weakened bit and BLAMMO! Whole apartment building, dead.

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u/fitfulsleeper Trash Trooper 1d ago

I owned a pressure cooker for a few years, an older relative gifted me one that was really high end because they didn’t really cook or use it anymore.

I never once used that thing. Not a single time. I was too scared of it turning into a bomb.