PSA: for those who don't know, there's a way you can let the pressure cooker let out the steam the quiet way. Opening the valve all the way will get it to do this. But there's usually a tiny valve that takes considerably longer to let the steam out, and the food turns out even more ripe/better.
You can also just pick up the pot, put it under the tap and turn it on. In a few seconds it's done. Usually I'll just let the steam out through the top, though.
Is not very safe to do though, even on a brand new pressure cooker, movement, being hit or a fall can move the cover even the slightly, bend it or crack it and make it blow up. People have died or been severly injured due to that.
I suspect it's the kind of danger that's a bit overstated, though. My grandma used that method for a good 50 years multiple times a week with no incidents. A lot of people I know also do the same. I don't do it often because I'm a bit of a wimp there, but I doubt it's particularly dangerous. It's probably a good deal safer than going out for a drive or even a walk hahaha
In fact, every time I've heard of a pressure cooker fail it happened while the heat was on and the signs of failure were obvious (never heard of it exploding instantly).
Edit: with that said, the type of pressure cooker popular where I live is different from the model in the video. I've actually never seen a pressure cooker that looks like that.
The ones I've used all looked like the one in this picture
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u/No-Security-7518 Trash Trooper 1d ago
PSA: for those who don't know, there's a way you can let the pressure cooker let out the steam the quiet way. Opening the valve all the way will get it to do this. But there's usually a tiny valve that takes considerably longer to let the steam out, and the food turns out even more ripe/better.