Reasons your Instant Pot WON'T Come to Pressure--And how to fix it!

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Troubleshooting all the various reasons an electric pressure cooker or Instant Pot may not seal properly and how to fix the issue so you can get back to pressure cooking with success.

[Billavery]

Thanks. I am a new to cooking and had the same exact issue today. In fact I was cooking beans and ended up throwing them away. I probably was not waiting long enough. You have a great little video here and make it easy to understand.

[marksmith]

Hi there. Not a sealing issue but thought i would share a tip to speed up time for instant pot to come up to pressure. Most of meals i make (thanks to your channel) I use the saute function so after scraping the pot to free those flavourful crusties I leave it on saute (high setting) put the lid on then switch to pressure cook. Comes up to pressure quickly for me anyway. Maybe this has been suggested already but if not I hope it helps:)

[dkyelak]

Yep- I checked the sealing ring and made sure it was sealed. Problem solved. Thanks!

[BethyTank]

You saved me!! I was starting and restarting my soup having an anxiety attack cuz I couldn’t figure out why the timer wouldn’t start. I was cooking a whole pot of soup and turns out I just wasn’t waiting long enough!!! Thank you thank you thank you!!!

[BrickGirl]

THANK I played around with my ring put it back in and it’s finally pressurizing!!!! Your video saved meeee!

[rachelreichert]

Thank you so much! I just checked and my sealing ring was not secured. Now it seems to be working. I so appreciate your video :)

[TastySchu]

Thank you SO much for this! You fixed my "problem" within 1 min of this video 🤦‍♀️. So glad you explained things for us newbies. You're awesome!!! 😊❤👍

[virginiafleishans]

Clear and concise explanations. Thank you!

[dorcasbockelman]

A Mind Full Mom this was just the information I needed. Thank you!!

[Kuderik]

All she had to say was you need to saute FIRST. to preheat the pressure cooker. That worked for me. Thanks.

[SexyHooligans]

Thank you so much for the gasket lid in fridge .. you saved me!

[Hacker-xeyv]

I went 2 years trashing youtube instant pot recipes not knowing my Instant Pot duo wasn't working properly from the time I bought it. Everything was undercooked. New gaskets, cleaned the valves and vent, nothing worked. Finally discarded it and bought a new one. Also a Duo but with a little different vent controls. Everything works great now.

[johnlark]

I came to this video to fix my instant pot, and low and behold it now appears to be working. Just thinking about watching this fixed my instant pot like a miracle.

[spikerztuber]

Main problem I've ever encountered is when I've prepared the food, put it in the Instant Pot and turned it on. A few minutes later hear the error message- oops, forgot to put water in it. LOL Thanks for the video!

[catherine]

Thank you for this video! I forgot to put the sealing ring in! It never would have occurred to me that I forgot this step. 😭😭😅🤣

[shanequinn]

Hi, I have the same pot bought here in Australia under HomeMaker Brand. I recognised the 2 lid knobs exactly the same. I think your advice with the Twist Vent Knob is right but you didn't mention the other pressure push valve beside it. This push valve (red on mine) has no spring to keep it closed so ex-factory my pot can NEVER build up any pressure due to this valve that stays open by gravity. All it does is shoot out steam to make it look like pressure. Even just one atmosphere pressure 14.4psi is enough to scald or 2nd degree burn your arm. Car radiator caps are 14psi and many drivers know how these can blow steam. Proper steam cooking is just too dangerous for these thin aluminium pots so they are almost a scam. Still I applaud your warning and help.

[BigBen]

Thanks AMFM ! I am a mechanic and I was stumped. lol

[BlackdogADV]

Excellent video, thanks so much. The editing was great.

[lochorobetty]

Mine is Hoffman's brand. Started using it first time and pressure not adjusting to high it's on medium and am cooking beans also the pressure valve not floating up so what do i do?

[danehuntsman]

I found this a very informative video! It answered my questions perfectly! Nice and succinct with good info. Thank you!