Originally Posted by
milepig
Yes. The Instant Pot always smells like the last thing we cooked, but the smell doesn't seem to affect the taste of the next item.
That having been said, we're retired our Instant Pot after only a few attempts. Everything just makes the pot go to "BURN' before pressuring up. We've double and triple checked everything and it just always burns.
To troubleshoot burning in pressure cookers: 1) food amount too small for size of pot so the food burns by the time the pot comes up to pressure; 2) food is too dense and the heat burns the food exterior before heating/cooking the interior of the food (usually beans, risotto etc); 3) the heat is too high (trying to bring up to pressure too quickly).
For stove top unit, I would recommend turning down the heat and using a flame tamer, or using the correct food amount to pot size ratio, or food type to pot shape. For an electric PC such as the IP, and the amount of food is in correct ratio to the size of pot, maybe you have a defective unit?