7. Pressure Cookers Without Safety Valves
Early pressure cookers revolutionized home cooking but came with a risky trade-off. Without the reliable safety valves found in today’s models, pressure could rapidly build to hazardous levels. The result? Sudden explosions that sent scalding food and metal fragments flying, causing severe burns and kitchen chaos. Modern pressure cookers now include multiple safety mechanisms, but these early versions taught many home cooks a painful lesson about the dangers of unregulated steam.
