[tdburn]

Does anyone else think the instant pot puts out weird smelling food sometimes?

Like almost sour

[avtar]

I had to soak the silicone ring in white vinegar for a couple hours to make it lose its awful out-of-box odour. I also ran it on the two minute steam setting with white vinegar. It's been great since then.

[contingencies]

High pressure and heat capable seals in either rubbers or silicones do leach chemicals when new. Once 'cured' they are OK.

[krrrh]

I found that the ring picks up odors from some dishes that travel to the next. Definitely have had yogurt that was inadvertently flavoured with bone broth. I was pretty good!

[FroshKiller]

The manual that came with my Instant Pot recommended buying separate rings for specific strong-smelling recipes.