For dinner, I went to make rice. We were having leftover gumbo. I keep my mini Instant Pot on the counter and that’s what I always use for rice. I had boiled eggs in it yesterday and washed it but before I cooked rice in it, I wanted to scrub it. Eggs. Chicken butts. I have a problem with that. So, I took the insert out and scrubbed it. Sprayed it with antibacterial spray. Rinsed it. Dried it and set it down but not inside the pressure cooker.
Dumped the rice in the cooker. Dumped the water in the cooker. Where is all that water coming from? There was no insert and the water and rice went right through the pot but some of the rice is stuck in the bottom.
That’s the cooker sitting upside down on the porch. I was going to take it apart but there’s a weird screw in there. Vince came in.
Me: Will you do something for me and not ask any questions?
Vince: Maybe.
Me: The little pressure cooker is out on the porch. Will you look at that weird screw and see if you can get it apart?
Vince: Why do you need to get it apart?
Me: You can’t ask questions but there’s rice in there.
Vince: Why is there rice in there?
Me: Too many questions!
He said he can take it apart. If I’ve ruined it, let’s home there’s a mini Instant Pot on the Black Friday sales somewhere. I love that little pot.
Valerie Zagami says
Those weird screws drive me crazy!! We all have those moments, you must have been thinking about knitting!
Cilla Tyler says
What qt capacity is the mini? I have a 3 qt and 6 qt. The 3qt holds a lot. I was using the embroidery machine today and the screw on the hoop fell off. I loosened had loosened it to far. Toby finally had to figure out how to screw it back in. I never would have thought of what he did. Nope, no questions.
Nelle Coursey says
I have done things like that a lot! Thought I was the only one!
Ruth Chow says
I’m hoping for an instant mini pot Black Friday special too! I hope you post it if there is one. That’s how I got my regular sized instant pot!
Kathy Wilson says
Judy, I’ve done the same thing. The day I learned of my husband’s lung cancer, I put chicken breasts and potatoes and broth in the Instant Pot. It was signaling BURN. The broth was leaking all over the counter. Opened it up. Insides looked fine. Then lo and behold, I see the insert in the drainer! I cleaned it out as best I could, turned it on its side on paper towels for about a week. Wanted to make sure it was dry inside. Remarkably it worked fine. Hope I never do that again!
VickiT says
Judy if it’s ruined, I did see a WalMart black friday sales flyer preview and they have the 8 quart InstaPot for $59 which I’m sure given the bargain that is, it will go quickly.
dezertsuz says
Here’s hoping Vince can make it all right. That’s actually a pretty normal thing to do. =)
Rebecca in SoCal says
Yep, I’ve put something in the Instant Pot without the insert! Fortunately, I think it was just water, so I just had to dry it out. I did change my cooking plan for the evening.
JEANIE says
I did the same thing. I just let it set for 2 wks to dry out on its own. It was fine.
Valerie says
I’ve done this twice and my pot survived! The plain water wasn’t bad to clean up, but the first time was a horrible thick sauce. Yuck! I think I’ve learned.
Linda in NE says
My husband won a huge set of every kind of screw driver as a door prize at a car show, plus there’s some weird ones in another small set. I don’t know what they’re all for but I should be able to take just about anything apart! Getting it put back together might be another story. LOL
Twyla says
It came to me one time after a disaster that I was a very productive woman on overload. That’s when I learned to let it go. And no one needs to say anything critical to this overloaded woman. But you do make me feel better when you admit your booboos. Thanks.