My pressure cooker exploded chili all over the kitchen ceiling last night

I was making a big batch of budget chili with dried beans (to save like $4) and I forgot to soak them long enough... next thing I know the steam valve gets clogged and BOOM. Red beans and tomato sauce everywhere, including a big splatter on the ceiling fan. I spent an hour scrubbing it with dish soap and a sponge mop, and my apartment still smells like a chili factory. The worst part is I ruined 3 pounds of beans I bought bulk for $2.50. Anyone else had a kitchen gadget fail in a spectacularly messy way?

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rowanw313d ago

Man, that really stinks... I had a similar thing happen with my instant pot when I was cooking split pea soup and forgot to deglaze the bottom. The whole lid blew off and plastered hot green goo across the cabinets and up onto the light fixture. Took me three passes with a scrub brush to get the dried bits off the ceiling tiles. Hope your landlord doesn't notice the chili stain like mine did with the pea soup...

smith.blair3d ago

Oh man, @rowanw31 you nailed it with that pea soup story (green goo sounds even worse than red chili, honestly). The deglazing thing is something I learned the hard way too after a lentil stew disaster that glued itself to the stovetop and took a putty knife to scrape off. That ceiling fan splatter is the real kicker though, because now every time I turn it on I get a faint whiff of chili seasoning and a little shower of dried bean bits onto the counter. At least your landlord didn't inspect the ceiling tiles too close, mine just noticed the faint red ring around the light fixture and sent a maintenance guy who laughed for five minutes before handing me a magic eraser.