This is my new favorite kitchen tool! Day 1 I was going to pressure cook a meat czcams.com/users/postUgkxG-7WiT7ocumjytOpHDFt632PL0pxXRAg and potato stew, decided I wouldn't eat it that night so I went with a slow cook so I could go to bed and put it away in the morning. I love that versatility! The sauté feature works great and adds tons of extra flavor to dishes, and I can easily sizzle meats in the bottom then deglaze for some restaurant worthy flavors.Big bonus - you can cook a whole frozen chicken in about 2 hours. Amazing! I've seen a couple videos, haven't tried it yet, but I will soon!
Oh my goodness! I could hug you. Thank you thank you so much for this video. I was nearly in tears that my instant pot was broken, but was able to fix it with your help.🥰
The only video that explains how to clean the float valve. Thank you so much! I had misplaced my manual, and after watching many videos about instant pressure cookers, this one was the only one that helped me
Our float valve did not have the rubber gasket. I always thought this was a terrible design as our float valve falls off all the time when we are taking the lid off. This was like "no wonder our instant pot just hasn't worked right ever." I have watched multiple videos and this solved our problem. We ordered a replacement gasket for our float valve.
TIMESTAMPS: 0:48 (1) Not Sealing 1:09 (2) Sealing Ring should be SNUG 1:29 (3) Missing Sealing Ring 1:50 (4) Liquid 2:09 (5) Scorched Food 2:30 (6) Sealing Ring Buildup 2:43 (7) Sealing Ring is Damaged 3:00 (8) Pushing Timer (if has Timer button) 3:17 (9) Dirty where Lid goes on 3:41 (10) Dirty Float Valve 4:40 (11) No Liquid when using Freezer Meals 5:27 (12) Too Much Liquid 5:55 (13) Check the Plug
Thank you. This video has helped me out so much. My instant sometimes reads C7 and it's usually because of scorched food on the bottom or the sealing ring not snug enough.
Thank you sister! #10 saved me from buying a new instant pot! Float valve had popped out during cleaning and got put back in wrong (the rubber seal was outside the pot(don't ask how I managed that) 😂). Thank you!!
THANK YOUU! I was making a pot roast and noticed that it never PRESSURIZED! I went thought your check list and everything was good... until you mentioned that scorched food on the bottom could be the issue. And that it was! It was caked on good haha. I took everything out and cleaned it good put everything back in and it’s doing its job nicely! Thank you so much for this video because I would have never of that would have been the problem!!!!!! 🙏🙏🙏
OMG!!!! I cannot thank you enough!!! The fix for me on my very first try was your #10 (3:41) (10) Dirty Float Valve. My instant pot is now back working. You are the best !!! Many Thanks!!!!
Excellent video with clear, concise directions. It turned out I had a piece of food lodged in my float valve. Without this video I probably would’ve just chucked it and bought a new Insta pot!
I had no idea about the float valve! I took mine apart to clean and noticed that the rubber was cracked! That’s why mine wasn’t pressurizing last night! Thank you for your video!!!!
I have both 3 and 6 qt instant pots, and find that filling to the max line in the 3 qt pot, even with lots of liquid works just fine. The same recipe doubled in the 6 qt pot either never pressures up or takes so long that the food is overcooked. After checking the specs I found that the 3 qt pot is 700 watts and the 6 qt pot is only 1000 watts, so its under powered for its size and takes too long to heat up a full pot.
Shout out to you!!!! I had just bought a new gasket/seal and it worked fine for the first couple uses.. then I got a food burn alert twice… thought I didn’t add enough water so I over did it! Didn’t get the food burn alert but noticed there was no pressure/no steam on natural or quick release, so I reluctantly did all of these steps and it works fine now, thank you!!!!
Great video. Just an FYI that caused me some problems when the lid suffered a "gravity incident". The net result was a broken piece of plastic that happened to be covering the safety valve pin. This pin is spring loaded but sits in a framework that is hidden from view. If that pin is under tension, when the lid is put on, the popup valve will not seal. if it doesn't pull the safety catch inside the lid... the system will not come to pressure. The fix is simple. Take a 1/2" square piece of plastic and drill a 1/4" hold from one side to the other.... slide that over the pin and it will compress the spring, keeping tension on the safety pin. If anyone has problems, I can send a photo. It isn't worth a youtube video but will safe your day if you need your instantpot! :)
Thank you for posting these tips! Also, I made 24(!) of your IP freezer meals and froze them right before we all had to stay at home for 8 weeks. Granted, I had plenty of time to cook from scratch at that point 😉 but instead used that time to make dozens of face masks for my family, friends and community. It was a blessing not to have to worry about meal prep!
Thank you SO much!! My IP would not pressurize and I thought it was broken. I watched your video, went through the check list, and it turned out that I needed to clean my float valve! It is working fine now! Thank you again!
Without going through all the process of going through Customer Service with the dastardly C6 error, and being a gift with no receipt, was eventually given a new Instant Pot. (Had the newer double release valves.) After all of that, 6 months ago, Today....the C8 error code came up today. First, Thank you for going through your lists with me again, it saved me a lot of time initially. Although, after all of that, retrying and having some steam releasing at different spots on the cover, I found out it was the Instant Pot Silicone Steamer basket handles had come apart every time I replaced the cover!! I finally double tucked the handles, replaced the lid...and Voilla!! Success!! Great channel! Thank you... keep you the great content!
I'm new to having an instant pot, I haven't used it yet, but am watching all the tips and trouble shooting video's. I would just like to add, as I live in the UK, if nothing else works, don't forget to check the fuse in your electric plug. Thanks for great video!
Thank you so much! I cleaned my valve for the first time after your video. Didn't know that was a thing. It wasn't pressurizing. I was having issues with closing the lid. The button was blocking. Now the button isn't blocking but it's not pressuring still. I have enough liquid, the seal seems ok. It comes to some kind of pressure and starts counting down but never up to pressure with the button popping up.
I didn't think it would work because the IP display read like it came to pressure, counted down 3 minutes, then acted like it was done - but when I went to release the pressure - I saw it hadn't pressurized - which explained the burn notice from just before, when I could've sworn I'd put enough water in... but I cleaned the float valve the way you said, and it's working right again. Thank you!!!
Thank you for this video. I think I might have fixed my problem, since I cleaned all the little parts, and around where the lid sits. That part does accumulate bits! I cleaned it all out and am trying rice now. The weird thing about tonight's chicken recipe was that not only did it not achieve pressure, it started the cooking countdown without the pressure!
Mine has done that too. I’ve also had gaskets unseat around the metal in one place and it spew stuff everywhere. We bought new gaskets but I don’t think they fit snug enough so I guess I will be ordering the clear ones. I always push the gasket down to make sure it’s on correctly but it came up in one area I heard it make a popping noise.
As we speak my instant pot is not pressurizing. I’ve used it for well over a year with no problems and last time I used it ...it spewed steam & liquid on my newly painted walls & blinds. 😩So I put it away for months. I was scared to use it again. I got my nerve up and the same thing is happening. So I’m letting the pressure come down and I’m going to go check with your checklist. At this point I know only that it’s plugged in! Thanks for the ideas
I had some non-sealing problems but found out that when I use this plastic/rubber trivette which had huge hoops on the edges the rubber hoop on one side would interfere with the gasket and caused a leak so I got those BURN messages from time to time. The hoops are tall enough that they rise some inch and a quarter above the side of the stainless pot. I think that this rubberized trivette was originally used on the Foodi but I'm not sure. Anyways not using it anymore solved my problem. Other items to look out which you mentioned sure is a time saver - THANKS!
You just saved me tons of headache! I have a green silicon instant pot basket and my pot wouldn’t come to pressure. After reading your note I took the basket out and it fixed my problem!
OH THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU !!! I was going crazy while cooking in my IP bcuz I couldn't figure out why it wasn't sealing. YOU where the only one I found who said if your food is scorched on the bottom, that could be the reason. I couldn't smell scorched food but decided to take the food out and look. EUREKA !!! Cleaned the pot, put the food back in and VOILA ! :)
I don't have an instant pot yet but am really weighing the pros and cons of getting the 6 qt. am a family of 1 so even filling it would be pleanty. I love your channel and your recipes..I am 82, doing weight watchers so I am trying to make my food healthier yet I hate to cook!! Yep I said it...it's just no fun for one! I order 99% of my food on line and have it delivered from Walmart so convenience is my middle name plus saving time for doing things l really enjoy. Didn't mean to ramble so much but I really enjoy your program....hoping to hear about your adventure on road to Sacramento and moving! God Bless.
Thank you so much for the video ! I freaked out when my pressure cooker stopped pressurising! I used your tips and it's pressurising again! Thank you so much !!!❤
THANK YOU SO MUCH!!! I legit struggled for almost an hour, watched other non helpful videos, almost tore my hair out & then almost thru my instant pot in the trash ×_× Then I finally put ur video on. I followed along like u said & sure enough my sealing ring was NOT SNUG. FML I will be hitting subscribe! U just saved my Christmas roast 🙏🏽 THANK YOU to infinite & beyond!!!
I see a tiny bit of steam coming out of top, plus it will hiss and squeal, but it won't pressurize. I've tried ALL these ideas; no luck, and it's brand new!- - So, what NOW? I'M SO JEALOUS! Everyone's enjoying theirs, everyone but me. :(
@@offtomilan I've gotten where, if I'm patient, it usually quits sputtering. If it doesn't, it still works. We've decided to buy a smaller pressure cooker for the main use, so we'll get an instant pot. But which one???????????????????
I was about to throw the whole thing out!! After buying a new seal and new inner pot! Thank you!! It works fine now! Just a little cleaning detail did the trick!
Inside my sealing/venting valve there was a metal clip that came off and rested at the bottom of the steam valve area. This kept the valve so very slightly elevated so it was venting in the sealed position. Fix is just putting the metal clip back into the bottom of the valve.
Thorough, thanks! It was the tiniest bit of grime on the float valve and possibly grime on the area where the lid sits. It helped me to have a very thin brush to clean the pressure relief valve.
Ok didn’t look at the date you made this video but couldn’t figure out why my instant pot wasn’t pressurizing... I had put in a packet of brown gravy and 2 cups of beef broth... ERROR gravy scorched on the bottom [just like you said] and after a frustrating three times thinking my instant pot had a terrible problem it was operator [oops] error. Cleaned bottom spotless, put in ONLY broth... and it’s now pressurized and cooking a fine roast.... thanks for your video.
Thanks for this video. I have another brand of pressurized cooker that was not pressurizing, I followed your steps and now it's working properly. Thank you.
I cooked my soufflé twice and it didn’t nothing - it always works great- so was sad it may be broken. Yeah, I was broken lol. I had it in my new white ceramic round soufflé dish on the rack, so excited .... without water 🤪 THANK YOU!!! Loving it and obviously, learning how to use it!
Sometimes if it seems like it is taking too long to seal, I push down on the handle of the lid. It just needs a bit more contact. Then the button pops right up. You probably included the reason for the slow sealing in your list. Thanks for a nice terrible shooting list!
Hi Jonette,,, I have had that problem as well. My other problem is when I do your solution, the float valve pops up, but the timer still doesn't start counting down. I have to then , unplug, turn it back to Pressure, then my clock is set at the original time I have set, then press the minus button, just to take away a few min of cooking time then it works. This is becomeing a very often problem. Any suggestions. got it for christmas, so i don't think its the ring, I clean all parts right after dinner? hmmmm , been looking at some new gaskets from Amazon. Thanks for any help.
OMG, you just saved my world. My pressure cooker is LIFE and is used everyday. I was in such distress trying to figure out why it wouldn’t pressurize. Thank you!
So I looked up, "Instant pot not pressurizing" and your video came up. I believe it was #8 that was the problem. Food on the outside of the instant pot letting pressure out. I didn't see the few grains of rice... thank you!
Everything you've mentioned in your video is good to go on my pot but it's still not pressurizing 😫 Just spent all this time prepping dinner and my pot isn't working. So upset right now. I've made this meal before and set everything exactly as I always do and I've only used this pot about 6 times since I got it for Christmas. I'm really ticked off right now because it's too new to be having problems. Thank you for the suggestions though 😪
Just got a new Instapot for Christmas. I cooked one thing, cleaned it. Now onto a Roast for tonight and now, it states C7 after pressurizing for 20 mins. UGHHHH Came to your video and hope these tips work LOL
Hi! Great video! I was having a problem bringing the pot to pressure because my valve was actually on backwards and I didn't notice. LOL. I honestly don't know how it got that way, but there you go.
Thank you, thank you, thank you! Yes it wasn't pressurizing! And I am new to the Instant Pot, so I had pushed timer instead of manual. So simple a problem but I didn't realize it should have been manual. I would have given up, it's been 30 minutes of why isn't it getting pressure? So I would have put it in my Dutch Oven and gone digging into what the heck is going on, tomorrow! So, easy and you saved the on- time dinner tonigh. :)
I think there's also a possibility that the tiny silicone cap on the float valve deteriorates just like the silicone sealing rings. I'm currently waiting for a replacement float valve to arrive to see if that fixes the problem my (2.5 yr old) Instant Pot has been having for the last couple of weeks. I suspect we should be replacing this little silicone cap whenever we get a new sealing ring.
Did you fix the problem? I have an IP Lux and the float valve sealing ring is hard to find. It is pressurizing but I'm losing too much steam until it does.
Ok I am going to add this. Somehow, I accidentally changed my temperature to Celsius. I also reinput my altitude. I did all the steps on this video yesterday. And nothing, so i had to use slow cook. 😢. Then today checked the Anti-block sheild and cleaned that. went through the "Getting started" portion of manual. And now my pressure cooker button works😊. I have the max
I was so happy I watched your video. I took off the seal on the float valve. First I dropped the float and couldn't find it for 5 minutes. Then I was washing the seal and it went down the drain somehow even though the drain mesh was in place. Now I'm sure I will definitely have no pressure. 😭😭😭😂
#14: If you cook a lot of rice like me, keep a can of compressed air on your kitchen countertop. I find it sometimes only takes one dry rice grain in the top of the black metal locking mechanism around the top of the cooker to prevent a good seal. So the first thing I do is blow out all around the black metal seal!
I have a Mealthy MultiPot (I bought because of the higher ratings lower price) but ...this worked that that too. THANK YOU! It was indeed SCORCHED. Dang onion puree!
Thank you for posting this. The only thing I had to do was to wash that doohickey (even though it didn't look dirty). I'm giving it one more try. If it continues to not pressurize, I guess it is going to the e-waste facility. :( This is the first time in years that I have had a problem. Perhaps it's all worn out although I have rarely used it.
The instant pot ring got chewed up mice! I was away for a few days, and when I came back there were droppings on the lid, which had been left upside down on top of the pot. The next time the pot was used it wouldn't seal, and after inspecting the ring carefully, I discovered that the whole edge of the ring had been chewed up all the way around.
I have tried everything. A new silicone ring carefully in place. Pressure release and float valves cleaned. Toothbrushed the lld area and that's all clean. Insert pot clean and undamaged. Power cord fit correct, and I still get EC on the screen with delay start flashing green and all the other pre-set buttons flashing too. 2018 Christmas present. What the life expectancy of the IP anyway?
Super helpful video. My instant pot’s rubber ring was not put on correctly so the pot wasn’t letting me close the lid and I was getting extremely frustrated as my 20 month old was crying 🤣 mommies life. Anyway THANK YOU!!
I just did all the steps hope now is gonna work , this makes me so mad because it s brand new and it takes me 3 hours to cook beans and when I let the pressure out there is no pressure just a tiny bit , everything was clean and neat inside no build up food nothing but I took it out wash and put back on let s see if it s gonna work now I am cooking beans for almost 2 hours now beans that should be cooked in 20 min in a conventional pressure cooker
I cleaned my float valve last weekend. Was surprised when I used my IP just now that the float valve did not come up when pressure cooking. But it seemed to cook everything just fine. Weird.
I am guilty of the Venting setting, rather than Sealing....and, of not checking the plug at the back of my iPot...it can slip a little....Thanks for this video!
I was just making chicken broth and it was releasing steam all over the place. I just took the lid off (making sure it wasn’t pressurized first) and flipped the sealing ring and now it’s working fine. I was watching IP’s video on the sealing ring and it said that it doesn’t matter which way you put the sealing ring in, but apparently it does matter. And this is the original sealing ring that came with the IP. It seems to be working fine now. Let’s see....
Love my instant pot. I have the pioneer woman one. (So pretty) However, my child dropped it and the handle came off of the actual pot not handle. It is working, but I noticed it's now taking longer to pressurize and cook. In fact, it took 20 minutes to cook 2 non frozen chicken breasts. Usually that would only take maybe 10 minutes. Was hoping to find a solution. Will try to deep clean and see if that works. Hopefully, he didn't damage it.
Wow I’ve used instant pot several years and i’ve never taken the float valve out to cleaned. That might be why it sputters sometimes and i go back and make sure the valve is really on seal.
I am in the UK and was over the moon when I was able to buy and Instant pot that up until last year we couldn't get over here. I have had no problems up until today. I put a joint of port in on slow cook. It came up 2 and a half hours, however, I added another hour to it and also more on top. However, when I went to dish it up, it did not appear to be cooked. I set it on an hour pressure on top and when I just took it out to dish up found it was still raw in the middle. Not sure why this is I have cooked pork before and it as been OK. This time it has been over 3 hours on slow cook another hour on pressure and still not done even though it appears to be working.
This is my new favorite kitchen tool! Day 1 I was going to pressure cook a meat czcams.com/users/postUgkxG-7WiT7ocumjytOpHDFt632PL0pxXRAg and potato stew, decided I wouldn't eat it that night so I went with a slow cook so I could go to bed and put it away in the morning. I love that versatility! The sauté feature works great and adds tons of extra flavor to dishes, and I can easily sizzle meats in the bottom then deglaze for some restaurant worthy flavors.Big bonus - you can cook a whole frozen chicken in about 2 hours. Amazing! I've seen a couple videos, haven't tried it yet, but I will soon!
Oh my goodness! I could hug you. Thank you thank you so much for this video. I was nearly in tears that my instant pot was broken, but was able to fix it with your help.🥰
Thank you so much, I was just about to go get a new instant pot. You saved me $100. It was a dirty float valve.💕
The only video that explains how to clean the float valve. Thank you so much! I had misplaced my manual, and after watching many videos about instant pressure cookers, this one was the only one that helped me
Our float valve did not have the rubber gasket. I always thought this was a terrible design as our float valve falls off all the time when we are taking the lid off. This was like "no wonder our instant pot just hasn't worked right ever." I have watched multiple videos and this solved our problem. We ordered a replacement gasket for our float valve.
TIMESTAMPS:
0:48 (1) Not Sealing
1:09 (2) Sealing Ring should be SNUG
1:29 (3) Missing Sealing Ring
1:50 (4) Liquid
2:09 (5) Scorched Food
2:30 (6) Sealing Ring Buildup
2:43 (7) Sealing Ring is Damaged
3:00 (8) Pushing Timer (if has Timer button)
3:17 (9) Dirty where Lid goes on
3:41 (10) Dirty Float Valve
4:40 (11) No Liquid when using Freezer Meals
5:27 (12) Too Much Liquid
5:55 (13) Check the Plug
Thanks 😊
Thank you. This video has helped me out so much. My instant sometimes reads C7 and it's usually because of scorched food on the bottom or the sealing ring not snug enough.
Thank you sister! #10 saved me from buying a new instant pot! Float valve had popped out during cleaning and got put back in wrong (the rubber seal was outside the pot(don't ask how I managed that) 😂). Thank you!!
THANK YOUU! I was making a pot roast and noticed that it never PRESSURIZED! I went thought your check list and everything was good... until you mentioned that scorched food on the bottom could be the issue. And that it was! It was caked on good haha. I took everything out and cleaned it good put everything back in and it’s doing its job nicely! Thank you so much for this video because I would have never of that would have been the problem!!!!!! 🙏🙏🙏
OMG!!!! I cannot thank you enough!!! The fix for me on my very first try was your #10 (3:41) (10) Dirty Float Valve. My instant pot is now back working. You are the best !!! Many Thanks!!!!
Excellent video with clear, concise directions. It turned out I had a piece of food lodged in my float valve. Without this video I probably would’ve just chucked it and bought a new Insta pot!
I had no idea about the float valve! I took mine apart to clean and noticed that the rubber was cracked! That’s why mine wasn’t pressurizing last night! Thank you for your video!!!!
I have both 3 and 6 qt instant pots, and find that filling to the max line in the 3 qt pot, even with lots of liquid works just fine. The same recipe doubled in the 6 qt pot either never pressures up or takes so long that the food is overcooked. After checking the specs I found that the 3 qt pot is 700 watts and the 6 qt pot is only 1000 watts, so its under powered for its size and takes too long to heat up a full pot.
I am having problems to put on the 3 quarts Instant Pot. Can you help me?
Shout out to you!!!! I had just bought a new gasket/seal and it worked fine for the first couple uses.. then I got a food burn alert twice… thought I didn’t add enough water so I over did it! Didn’t get the food burn alert but noticed there was no pressure/no steam on natural or quick release, so I reluctantly did all of these steps and it works fine now, thank you!!!!
You're welcome!!
Great video. Just an FYI that caused me some problems when the lid suffered a "gravity incident". The net result was a broken piece of plastic that happened to be covering the safety valve pin. This pin is spring loaded but sits in a framework that is hidden from view. If that pin is under tension, when the lid is put on, the popup valve will not seal. if it doesn't pull the safety catch inside the lid... the system will not come to pressure. The fix is simple. Take a 1/2" square piece of plastic and drill a 1/4" hold from one side to the other.... slide that over the pin and it will compress the spring, keeping tension on the safety pin. If anyone has problems, I can send a photo. It isn't worth a youtube video but will safe your day if you need your instantpot! :)
Pls send I need that
Thank you for posting these tips! Also, I made 24(!) of your IP freezer meals and froze them right before we all had to stay at home for 8 weeks. Granted, I had plenty of time to cook from scratch at that point 😉 but instead used that time to make dozens of face masks for my family, friends and community. It was a blessing not to have to worry about meal prep!
Thank you SO much!! My IP would not pressurize and I thought it was broken. I watched your video, went through the check list, and it turned out that I needed to clean my float valve! It is working fine now! Thank you again!
Without going through all the process of going through Customer Service with the dastardly C6 error, and being a gift with no receipt, was eventually given a new Instant Pot. (Had the newer double release valves.) After all of that, 6 months ago, Today....the C8 error code came up today. First, Thank you for going through your lists with me again, it saved me a lot of time initially. Although, after all of that, retrying and having some steam releasing at different spots on the cover, I found out it was the Instant Pot Silicone Steamer basket handles had come apart every time I replaced the cover!! I finally double tucked the handles, replaced the lid...and Voilla!! Success!! Great channel! Thank you... keep you the great content!
My pot will work in "pressure" mode, but when I push "yogurt " it beeps at me and says, "lid". What's going on?
I'm new to having an instant pot, I haven't used it yet, but am watching all the tips and trouble shooting video's. I would just like to add, as I live in the UK, if nothing else works, don't forget to check the fuse in your electric plug. Thanks for great video!
Thank you so much! I cleaned my valve for the first time after your video. Didn't know that was a thing. It wasn't pressurizing. I was having issues with closing the lid. The button was blocking. Now the button isn't blocking but it's not pressuring still. I have enough liquid, the seal seems ok. It comes to some kind of pressure and starts counting down but never up to pressure with the button popping up.
I didn't think it would work because the IP display read like it came to pressure, counted down 3 minutes, then acted like it was done - but when I went to release the pressure - I saw it hadn't pressurized - which explained the burn notice from just before, when I could've sworn I'd put enough water in... but I cleaned the float valve the way you said, and it's working right again. Thank you!!!
Wow! I'm glad everything is working now! You are most welcome.
Thank you for this video. I think I might have fixed my problem, since I cleaned all the little parts, and around where the lid sits. That part does accumulate bits! I cleaned it all out and am trying rice now. The weird thing about tonight's chicken recipe was that not only did it not achieve pressure, it started the cooking countdown without the pressure!
Mine has done that too. I’ve also had gaskets unseat around the metal in one place and it spew stuff everywhere. We bought new gaskets but I don’t think they fit snug enough so I guess I will be ordering the clear ones. I always push the gasket down to make sure it’s on correctly but it came up in one area I heard it make a popping noise.
THANK YOU. I had no idea that I had to take that float valve out to clean it.
Thanks- I was about to panic, but the float valve fixed it... thank you many times
My led panel is not working properly it's not showing my numbers fully what would I do
Thanks so much for those tips and I hope my unit will give me great service for a long time before I have any of those problems.
As we speak my instant pot is not pressurizing. I’ve used it for well over a year with no problems and last time I used it ...it spewed steam & liquid on my newly painted walls & blinds. 😩So I put it away for months. I was scared to use it again. I got my nerve up and the same thing is happening. So I’m letting the pressure come down and I’m going to go check with your checklist. At this point I know only that it’s plugged in! Thanks for the ideas
I had some non-sealing problems but found out that when I use this plastic/rubber trivette which had huge hoops on the edges the rubber hoop on one side would interfere with the gasket and caused a leak so I got those BURN messages from time to time. The hoops are tall enough that they rise some inch and a quarter above the side of the stainless pot. I think that this rubberized trivette was originally used on the Foodi but I'm not sure. Anyways not using it anymore solved my problem. Other items to look out which you mentioned sure is a time saver - THANKS!
You just saved me tons of headache! I have a green silicon instant pot basket and my pot wouldn’t come to pressure. After reading your note I took the basket out and it fixed my problem!
OH THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU !!! I was going crazy while cooking in my IP bcuz I couldn't figure out why it wasn't sealing. YOU where the only one I found who said if your food is scorched on the bottom, that could be the reason. I couldn't smell scorched food but decided to take the food out and look. EUREKA !!! Cleaned the pot, put the food back in and VOILA ! :)
SO glad we could help!
This actually really helped our sealing ring wasn't pressed snuggly and that's why we have an issue this evening, thanks again. 🙏💖
I don't have an instant pot yet but am really weighing the pros and cons of getting the 6 qt. am a family of 1 so even filling it would be pleanty. I love your channel and your recipes..I am 82, doing weight watchers so I am trying to make my food healthier yet I hate to cook!! Yep I said it...it's just no fun for one! I order 99% of my food on line and have it delivered from Walmart so convenience is my middle name plus saving time for doing things l really enjoy. Didn't mean to ramble so much but I really enjoy your program....hoping to hear about your adventure on road to Sacramento and moving! God Bless.
If you haven't got one yet they do make a 3qt as wel.
Might want to check out Ninja Foodi.
Thank you so much for the video ! I freaked out when my pressure cooker stopped pressurising! I used your tips and it's pressurising again! Thank you so much !!!❤
You’re so so welcome!
Thank you! Cleaned the float valve and it worked perfectly!!
THANK YOU SO MUCH!!!
I legit struggled for almost an hour, watched other non helpful videos, almost tore my hair out & then almost thru my instant pot in the trash ×_×
Then I finally put ur video on. I followed along like u said & sure enough my sealing ring was NOT SNUG. FML
I will be hitting subscribe! U just saved my Christmas roast 🙏🏽 THANK YOU to infinite & beyond!!!
I see a tiny bit of steam coming out of top, plus it will hiss and squeal, but it won't pressurize. I've tried ALL these ideas; no luck, and it's brand new!-
- So, what NOW?
I'M SO JEALOUS! Everyone's enjoying theirs, everyone but me. :(
Got mine two days ago and having the same problem. I'll keep looking for a solution.
Jennifer W Return it! Walmart will take it back! Or simply exchange it
@@offtomilan I've gotten where, if I'm patient, it usually quits sputtering. If it doesn't, it still works.
We've decided to buy a smaller pressure cooker for the main use, so we'll get an instant pot. But which one???????????????????
Thank you for the correct information. Easy to understand directions well spoken.. yeah I can cook now..
I was about to throw the whole thing out!! After buying a new seal and new inner pot! Thank you!! It works fine now! Just a little cleaning detail did the trick!
Yay! Glad to help!
Inside my sealing/venting valve there was a metal clip that came off and rested at the bottom of the steam valve area. This kept the valve so very slightly elevated so it was venting in the sealed position.
Fix is just putting the metal clip back into the bottom of the valve.
Thorough, thanks! It was the tiniest bit of grime on the float valve and possibly grime on the area where the lid sits. It helped me to have a very thin brush to clean the pressure relief valve.
Nice work!
I was about ready to call up the brand company lol you saved me soo much time and headache!!
Ok didn’t look at the date you made this video but couldn’t figure out why my instant pot wasn’t pressurizing... I had put in a packet of brown gravy and 2 cups of beef broth... ERROR gravy scorched on the bottom [just like you said] and after a frustrating three times thinking my instant pot had a terrible problem it was operator [oops] error. Cleaned bottom spotless, put in ONLY broth... and it’s now pressurized and cooking a fine roast.... thanks for your video.
Omg thank you, thanks to you I figured out why mine wasn’t running on 👍🏼
Thanks for this video. I have another brand of pressurized cooker that was not pressurizing, I followed your steps and now it's working properly. Thank you.
Oh I'm so glad!
Thank you so much for sharing this. I’ve never had a problem before and I knew you’d be able to help me figure out what was wrong. 😘
I cooked my soufflé twice and it didn’t nothing - it always works great- so was sad it may be broken. Yeah, I was broken lol. I had it in my new white ceramic round soufflé dish on the rack, so excited .... without water 🤪 THANK YOU!!! Loving it and obviously, learning how to use it!
Wonder if u can help,have checked everything,but pressure cooker goes on and about 15 mins later I get the OPEN message,why would this be ,thank you
Thank you so much for this video, my float valve was stuck in a weird position because of some metal button on the side
I am so happy to watch this video right before I start using my power pressure cooker xl. Thanks for your clear and limpid tutorial.
Glad it was helpful!
You rock!! Ty ty was missing that little plastic float valve cover, had actually found in floor and thank the lord kept it!
Oh yay!!
Oh yay!!
Sometimes if it seems like it is taking too long to seal, I push down on the handle of the lid. It just needs a bit more contact. Then the button pops right up. You probably included the reason for the slow sealing in your list. Thanks for a nice terrible shooting list!
Hi Jonette,,, I have had that problem as well. My other problem is when I do your solution, the float valve pops up, but the timer still doesn't start counting down. I have to then , unplug, turn it back to Pressure, then my clock is set at the original time I have set, then press the minus button, just to take away a few min of cooking time then it works. This is becomeing a very often problem. Any suggestions. got it for christmas, so i don't think its the ring, I clean all parts right after dinner? hmmmm , been looking at some new gaskets from Amazon.
Thanks for any help.
Oh My Gosh!!! Step number 3 - (check) Who knew you needed water in the pot to cook those sweet potatoes! lol Thank you so much for being on CZcams!
OMG, you just saved my world. My pressure cooker is LIFE and is used everyday. I was in such distress trying to figure out why it wouldn’t pressurize. Thank you!
THE DAMN SEALING RING!! Thank you! You saved my dinner.
So I looked up, "Instant pot not pressurizing" and your video came up. I believe it was #8 that was the problem. Food on the outside of the instant pot letting pressure out. I didn't see the few grains of rice... thank you!
My instapot went right back to normal, thank you ❤
You are a god send!!! I am not sure which of the 13 steps did it but I think Im good.
Everything you've mentioned in your video is good to go on my pot but it's still not pressurizing 😫
Just spent all this time prepping dinner and my pot isn't working. So upset right now. I've made this meal before and set everything exactly as I always do and I've only used this pot about 6 times since I got it for Christmas. I'm really ticked off right now because it's too new to be having problems. Thank you for the suggestions though 😪
This is how I’m feeling now! You do your other parts of your dinner & the pot just stays at “On.” 😡😳 only used a handful of times
Just got a new Instapot for Christmas. I cooked one thing, cleaned it. Now onto a Roast for tonight and now, it states C7 after pressurizing for 20 mins. UGHHHH Came to your video and hope these tips work LOL
Hi! Great video! I was having a problem bringing the pot to pressure because my valve was actually on backwards and I didn't notice. LOL. I honestly don't know how it got that way, but there you go.
Ha ha!! Oh no! Hopefully you got everything figured out!
Thank you for your video, my instant pot did not come on because it was not quite plugged into the Pot plug.
I did not know how to clean the pressure valve. So thank you for the info!
You are so welcome! Thanks for coming over!
Thank you, thank you, thank you! Yes it wasn't pressurizing! And I am new to the Instant Pot, so I had pushed timer instead of manual. So simple a problem but I didn't realize it should have been manual. I would have given up, it's been 30 minutes of why isn't it getting pressure? So I would have put it in my Dutch Oven and gone digging into what the heck is going on, tomorrow! So, easy and you saved the on-
time dinner tonigh. :)
Floaty valve not fitting properly was the cause! 4:22! Thank you.
🤦🏾♀️ I was doing PIP (pot in pot) grits and forgot to put a cup of water in the main pot. Thank you for your help! 🤗
Me too!!!
I think there's also a possibility that the tiny silicone cap on the float valve deteriorates just like the silicone sealing rings. I'm currently waiting for a replacement float valve to arrive to see if that fixes the problem my (2.5 yr old) Instant Pot has been having for the last couple of weeks. I suspect we should be replacing this little silicone cap whenever we get a new sealing ring.
Did you fix the problem? I have an IP Lux and the float valve sealing ring is hard to find. It is pressurizing but I'm losing too much steam until it does.
Thank you very much I made pulled pork with thick bbq sauce and it took for ever to get to pressure , next time I will had 1cup broth 😀cheers
thanks your video helped me seems i lost my float valve ring . gonna order replacement from amazon.
Ok I am going to add this. Somehow, I accidentally changed my temperature to Celsius. I also reinput my altitude. I did all the steps on this video yesterday. And nothing, so i had to use slow cook. 😢. Then today checked the Anti-block sheild and cleaned that. went through the "Getting started" portion of manual. And now my pressure cooker button works😊. I have the max
I’ve of your tips solved my issue. Thank you.
I was so happy I watched your video. I took off the seal on the float valve. First I dropped the float and couldn't find it for 5 minutes. Then I was washing the seal and it went down the drain somehow even though the drain mesh was in place. Now I'm sure I will definitely have no pressure. 😭😭😭😂
That was very helpful. Far more helpful than anything from the manufacturer.
This video was sooo helpful Thank you! I was so bummed I thought my insta pot was broken. Your tips fixed it Thank you!
Thank you for this vid!!! The bottom of the pot was caked up with food so we transferred to pot on stove
#14: If you cook a lot of rice like me, keep a can of compressed air on your kitchen countertop. I find it sometimes only takes one dry rice grain in the top of the black metal locking mechanism around the top of the cooker to prevent a good seal. So the first thing I do is blow out all around the black metal seal!
I have a Mealthy MultiPot (I bought because of the higher ratings lower price) but ...this worked that that too. THANK YOU! It was indeed SCORCHED. Dang onion puree!
Thank you for posting this. The only thing I had to do was to wash that doohickey (even though it didn't look dirty). I'm giving it one more try. If it continues to not pressurize, I guess it is going to the e-waste facility. :( This is the first time in years that I have had a problem. Perhaps it's all worn out although I have rarely used it.
The instant pot ring got chewed up mice! I was away for a few days, and when I came back there were droppings on the lid, which had been left upside down on top of the pot. The next time the pot was used it wouldn't seal, and after inspecting the ring carefully, I discovered that the whole edge of the ring had been chewed up all the way around.
Thank you!!! I was so frustrated but I found that little metal thingie was dirty. Now I'm making soup with our left over Thanksgiving turkey!
Great tips. After cleaning the lid rim and float valve, my instant pot works again. Thank you!
You are so welcome!
thank you so much for this video! My pressure cooker just pressurized as I was about to go through all of these steps!!!
I have tried everything. A new silicone ring carefully in place. Pressure release and float valves cleaned. Toothbrushed the lld area and that's all clean. Insert pot clean and undamaged. Power cord fit correct, and I still get EC on the screen with delay start flashing green and all the other pre-set buttons flashing too. 2018 Christmas present. What the life expectancy of the IP anyway?
Super helpful video. My instant pot’s rubber ring was not put on correctly so the pot wasn’t letting me close the lid and I was getting extremely frustrated as my 20 month old was crying 🤣 mommies life. Anyway THANK YOU!!
Thank you for the help!!
I had a little float valve issue!!!
I just did all the steps hope now is gonna work , this makes me so mad because it s brand new and it takes me 3 hours to cook beans and when I let the pressure out there is no pressure just a tiny bit , everything was clean and neat inside no build up food nothing but I took it out wash and put back on let s see if it s gonna work now I am cooking beans for almost 2 hours now beans that should be cooked in 20 min in a conventional pressure cooker
Thank you!!!! Saved me a return
I followed your tips and did some cleaning and it worked. Thanks so much
Glad it helped!
My problem was your very first point, sealing! Not the ring though, somehow my knob had gotten turned around! Thanks for the video!
Thank you I wasn’t hitting manual first I was hitting stew then start
thank you very much por this tutorial video honestly I was really convinced that I have to trough away my instant pot thanks again
I cleaned my float valve last weekend. Was surprised when I used my IP just now that the float valve did not come up when pressure cooking. But it seemed to cook everything just fine. Weird.
I am guilty of the Venting setting, rather than Sealing....and, of not checking the plug at the back of my iPot...it can slip a little....Thanks for this video!
Thank you so much! You saved dinner!
You're welcome!!
Yay! It was my sealing ring. Thank you for sharing
I was just making chicken broth and it was releasing steam all over the place. I just took the lid off (making sure it wasn’t pressurized first) and flipped the sealing ring and now it’s working fine. I was watching IP’s video on the sealing ring and it said that it doesn’t matter which way you put the sealing ring in, but apparently it does matter. And this is the original sealing ring that came with the IP. It seems to be working fine now. Let’s see....
Seriously so easy for it to not pressurize. My valve was in the right position had to tap the back and it stopped whistling.
Thank you! Cleaned as u said and it worked again as brand new 😊
You're welcome! Glad to help!
it worked for me ,thankyou !
thank you it was the float valve needed cleaning
Glad we could help!
Love my instant pot. I have the pioneer woman one. (So pretty) However, my child dropped it and the handle came off of the actual pot not handle. It is working, but I noticed it's now taking longer to pressurize and cook. In fact, it took 20 minutes to cook 2 non frozen chicken breasts. Usually that would only take maybe 10 minutes. Was hoping to find a solution. Will try to deep clean and see if that works. Hopefully, he didn't damage it.
Thank you so much! You solved my problem. And you have a great way about you! Smart and humble.
Yea that's great and thanks but I lost my little black turning knob that comes off and on and I have to find out how to replace this part.
Oh! I love the way you say, your little knob!! Lol
Wow I’ve used instant pot several years and i’ve never taken the float valve out to cleaned. That might be why it sputters sometimes and i go back and make sure the valve is really on seal.
I am in the UK and was over the moon when I was able to buy and Instant pot that up until last year we couldn't get over here. I have had no problems up until today. I put a joint of port in on slow cook. It came up 2 and a half hours, however, I added another hour to it and also more on top. However, when I went to dish it up, it did not appear to be cooked. I set it on an hour pressure on top and when I just took it out to dish up found it was still raw in the middle. Not sure why this is I have cooked pork before and it as been OK. This time it has been over 3 hours on slow cook another hour on pressure and still not done even though it appears to be working.
Mine takes forever to pressurize...let’s off tons of steam but takes 10-20 minutes to pressurize and uses up all the liquid
Christine Gentry sane problem. Hope you figure it out!
Exactly my problem also. Used it 10-15 times over 16 months. So out of warranty and tips here didn't solve my problem.