Johnson//Becker lawyers have represented more than 700 individuals injured by pressure cooker explosions, including injuries caused by their exploding Gourmia pressure cooker. It has been our honor to assist those individuals seek the justice and compensation that they deserve.
Gourmia Pressure Cooker Warning
On Feb. 24, 2026, The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) issued a warning to consumers to immediately cease using Gourmia Pressure Cookers.
According to the assessment of CPSC, the pressure cooker may have several possible malfunctions or errors that could pose a potential safety hazard to consumers.The lid on the pressure cooker may open while it is pressurizing, potentially allowing hot contents to spray out, which could result in severe second degree burn injuries to consumers. The pressure cooker may feature incorrectly placed volume markings on the inner pot. This could cause consumers to unintentionally overfill the pot, which could result in hot food and liquids to be ejected when the pressure cooker is vented using the quick release method or opened while its contents are pressurized. In addition, the pressure cooker’s float valve, which is designed to raise when there is pressure within the cooker, and drop when there is no pressure, is located inside the handle. This placement may be difficult for consumers to see. Users may not see that the float valve is still raised and may then open the lid when the pressure cooker is under pressure.
There are currently five reports in which hot contents were expelled under pressure. In four of these noted cases, severe burn injuries were reported. There have been at least two lawsuits filed by consumers alleging burn injuries.
Have Gourmia Pressure Cookers Been Recalled?
No. The importer, the Steelstone Group, LLC doing business as Gourmia, of Brooklyn, N.Y., and the retailer, Best Buy Co., Inc. of Richfield, MN, which sold most of the products, have refused to agree to an acceptable recall to address this hazard.
The pressure cookers were sold by Best Buy, other retailers, and e-commerce platforms from 2017 to 2020 for between $50 and $80.
Gourmia Pressure Cooker Safety Claims
A 2015 YouTube video marketing the Gourmia pressure cooker started with a voiceover admitting that “pressure cooker” used to be the “two scariest words” to the home chef.
“We couldn’t help wondering,” the voiceover continues, “why, after all these years, nobody ever came up with a pressure cooker that was smart enough to take the pressure off the cook.”
It’s a bold claim, given that Gourmia was merely making its own entry into a burgeoning field of electric pressure cookers. The spokeswoman, “Beth the Chef,” assured viewers that Gourmia’s “whole new breed of intelligent pressure cookers” was special.
Beth explains: “It’s also safer, with almost a dozen safety features built into every part of the unit.” These and other features, she adds in closing, make the Gourmia pressure cookers “safer, smarter, and seriously better” than competitors.
Gourmia Pressure Cooker Explosions
Though the video skips specifics, in 2020, Gourmia’s website marketed its pressure cooker as having a “patented 12-level lid safety lock system.” Likewise, a Gourmia owner’s manual informed buyers flatly that “the lid cannot be opened until the pressure is fully released.”
Despite those claims, a woman suffered “serious and substantial burn injuries” when her Gourmia pressure cooker lid opened while still under pressure, according to a subsequent lawsuit she filed with Johnson//Becker.
In that instance, the Complaint alleges the lid came off “during the normal, directed use of the pressure cooker, allowing its scalding hot contents to be forcefully ejected from the pressure cooker.”
Gourmia Pressure Cooker Lawsuits
In 2019, one day after she purchased her Gourmia ExpressPot pressure cooker, another woman prepared to use her new appliance by reading through its instructions and learning of its safety mechanisms. After preparing a recipe for barbecue chicken, the woman was still in her kitchen when suddenly she heard a loud “boom!”
She turned to see that her Gourmia cooker had exploded, untouched, spewing hot contents all over the kitchen. The woman was spared the worst because she was on the other side of an open refrigerator door, but still sustained second-degree burns to her shoulder and arm.
A recent Complaint filed by Johnson//Becker against Gourmia’s manufacturer, Steelstone Group, Inc., alleges the pressure cookers are “dangerously defective,” and that Gourmia knew or should have known its product was potentially unsafe.
The Complaint alleges that Gourmia “ignored and/or concealed its knowledge of these defects in its pressure cookers…in order to continue generating a profit from the sale of said pressure cookers, demonstrating a callous, reckless, willful, depraved indifference to the health, safety and welfare” of its own consumers.
Gourmia Pressure Cooker Litigation Guide
Interested in downloading our Pressure Cooker Litigation Guide? Learn more about the pressure cooker litigation team at Johnson//Becker and Meet the Attorney and Co-Chair of our Consumer Products and Mass Tort Department.
Our law firm has extensive experience representing injured burn victims against manufacturers of defective pressure cookers like the Gourmia Pressure Cooker. In the last four years, our lawyers have represented over 700 people in more than 40 states who have been severely burned by exploding pressure cookers.
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Gourmia Pressure Cooker Burn Injuries
Incidents caused by defective Gourmia pressure cookers have resulted in trips to the emergency room, doctor’s offices and a long road to recovery. Victims of faulty pressure cookers have endured extreme pain, both in the moment of explosion and long after the incident, and have lost time at work, socializing, and with their families.
Potential damages that can be caused by an exploding pressure cooker include:
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- First-, Second-, and Third-Degree Burns
- Doctor Visits and/or Hospitalization
- Infection
- Skin Grafts
- Lost Time from Work
- Permanent Scarring and/or Disfigurement
- Post Traumatic Stress Disorder
Why Choose Johnson//Becker for Your Gourmia Pressure Cooker Lawsuit?
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