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Exactly. "Most people have some concept of urban legends of exploding pressure cookers in their grandmother's kitchens," says Mr Qin. Am in Europe, literally

Exactly. "Most people have some concept of urban legends of exploding pressure cookers in their grandmother's kitchens," says Mr Qin. Am in Europe, literally everyone has a pressure cooker, never heard about them actually exploding.

JoeAltmaier 10y ago
Water heaters have many times the risk of exploding, and nobody blinks. Its strange how cookers got that reputation.
- ams6110 10y ago
  Was wondering the same thing. I had an old one and the pressure relief mechanism looked pretty foolproof. Basically just a weight sitting on top of a vent tube -- when the pressure got high enough, the weight was lifted and the pressure released.
- jml7c5 10y ago
  Presumably it's because people typically don't stand near water heaters, so there's less risk of injury in the event of an explosion.
  - JoeAltmaier 10y ago
    http://citywideplumbingpros.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/water-heater-explosion.jpg http://citywideplumbingpros.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/w...
fragmede 10y ago
There are some things like pressure cookers exploding that are just "known", despite them not really being true. Ford cars are less made in America than Japanese brands; an electric blanket won't burn your house down; no one is hiding metal pins in Halloween candy to hurt children. "Urban legend" describes these sort of thing, but how do you even begin to fight them with marketing in some form. If Mr Qin had wanted to do marketing at the beginning, some segment of the market is going tune out the instant pressure cooker is mentioned.
- BeetleB 10y ago
  >There are some things like pressure cookers exploding that are just "known", despite them not really being true. Umm... It would have just taken you a simple Google search before writing that comment...
rprospero 10y ago
The first time I ever encountered a pressure cooker was when my science instructor had to take a week off to recover from the injuries she sustained when hers ruptured.
hsod 10y ago
I'm an American and I just bought one and I've been kind of wary around it, even going into the other room while it cooks. I know it's irrational, but I find I keep thinking about the Boston bombings.
- masklinn 10y ago
  > I know it's irrational, but I find I keep thinking about the Boston bombings. It's worse than irrational, unless you've filled your pressure cooker with explosives and plugged the pressure relief valves it's not going to do anything except boil empty.
  - hsod 10y ago
    That seems to fall under the category of irrational?
the-dude 10y ago
Am in Europe, haven't seen a pressure cooker in use since the '70s.
- narag 10y ago
  Maybe because the newer ones are different and you don't identify them as such? Old: https://lasrecetasdecasa.files.wordpress.com/2012/10/ollapresion.jpg https://lasrecetasdecasa.files.wordpress.com/2012/10/ollapre... New: https://www.worten.es/i/10acef2d003a99a785ece3ca0a0281ef4dd9bfd2 https://www.worten.es/i/10acef2d003a99a785ece3ca0a0281ef4dd9...
janfoeh 10y ago
Happened to my parents and me, back in the mid-90s. Luckily, nobody was in the kitchen the moment it happened. All I remember is that it left a decent dent in the vent hood above the stove, and Gulasz... Gulasz everywhere. Then again, I was also right next to an exploding Mokka / Espresso stovetop cooker, so maybe I am simply unlucky :) I still own a pressure cooker and use it regularly - a cheap one from IKEA at that.
- narag 10y ago
  I remember somethin similar with spagetti bolognesa, but it wasn't the pot fault, but a friend that mistakenly thought it was already cold enough. She had some burns and instead of a feast, the guests had to become an emergency cleaning squad. Fortunately the dessert was saved: a condensed milk can also made in the pot into delicious toffee.
  - janfoeh 10y ago
    Yikes. I hope your friend did not suffer any permanent damage. Thanks for telling me about the recipe! I never knew Dulce de Leche could be made in a pressure cooker - that's on my to do list for tomorrow now.
BeetleB 10y ago
>Am in Europe, literally everyone has a pressure cooker, never heard about them actually exploding. Happens frequently with cheap ones in 3rd world countries.

JoeAltmaier 10y ago

Water heaters have many times the risk of exploding, and nobody blinks. Its strange how cookers got that reputation.

ams6110 10y ago
Was wondering the same thing. I had an old one and the pressure relief mechanism looked pretty foolproof. Basically just a weight sitting on top of a vent tube -- when the pressure got high enough, the weight was lifted and the pressure released.
jml7c5 10y ago
Presumably it's because people typically don't stand near water heaters, so there's less risk of injury in the event of an explosion.
- JoeAltmaier 10y ago
  http://citywideplumbingpros.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/water-heater-explosion.jpg http://citywideplumbingpros.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/w...

fragmede 10y ago

There are some things like pressure cookers exploding that are just "known", despite them not really being true. Ford cars are less made in America than Japanese brands; an electric blanket won't burn your house down; no one is hiding metal pins in Halloween candy to hurt children. "Urban legend" describes these sort of thing, but how do you even begin to fight them with marketing in some form. If Mr Qin had wanted to do marketing at the beginning, some segment of the market is going tune out the instant pressure cooker is mentioned.

BeetleB 10y ago
>There are some things like pressure cookers exploding that are just "known", despite them not really being true. Umm... It would have just taken you a simple Google search before writing that comment...

rprospero 10y ago

The first time I ever encountered a pressure cooker was when my science instructor had to take a week off to recover from the injuries she sustained when hers ruptured.

hsod 10y ago

I'm an American and I just bought one and I've been kind of wary around it, even going into the other room while it cooks. I know it's irrational, but I find I keep thinking about the Boston bombings.

masklinn 10y ago
> I know it's irrational, but I find I keep thinking about the Boston bombings. It's worse than irrational, unless you've filled your pressure cooker with explosives and plugged the pressure relief valves it's not going to do anything except boil empty.
- hsod 10y ago
  That seems to fall under the category of irrational?

the-dude 10y ago

Am in Europe, haven't seen a pressure cooker in use since the '70s.

narag 10y ago
Maybe because the newer ones are different and you don't identify them as such? Old: https://lasrecetasdecasa.files.wordpress.com/2012/10/ollapresion.jpg https://lasrecetasdecasa.files.wordpress.com/2012/10/ollapre... New: https://www.worten.es/i/10acef2d003a99a785ece3ca0a0281ef4dd9bfd2 https://www.worten.es/i/10acef2d003a99a785ece3ca0a0281ef4dd9...

janfoeh 10y ago

Happened to my parents and me, back in the mid-90s. Luckily, nobody was in the kitchen the moment it happened. All I remember is that it left a decent dent in the vent hood above the stove, and Gulasz... Gulasz everywhere. Then again, I was also right next to an exploding Mokka / Espresso stovetop cooker, so maybe I am simply unlucky :) I still own a pressure cooker and use it regularly - a cheap one from IKEA at that.

narag 10y ago
I remember somethin similar with spagetti bolognesa, but it wasn't the pot fault, but a friend that mistakenly thought it was already cold enough. She had some burns and instead of a feast, the guests had to become an emergency cleaning squad. Fortunately the dessert was saved: a condensed milk can also made in the pot into delicious toffee.
- janfoeh 10y ago
  Yikes. I hope your friend did not suffer any permanent damage. Thanks for telling me about the recipe! I never knew Dulce de Leche could be made in a pressure cooker - that's on my to do list for tomorrow now.

BeetleB 10y ago

>Am in Europe, literally everyone has a pressure cooker, never heard about them actually exploding. Happens frequently with cheap ones in 3rd world countries.