Best Buy recalling nearly 1 million pressure cookers and inner pots

NEW YORK (AP) — Best Buy is recalling nearly 1 million pressure cookers and separate inner pots due to a defect that can cause hot foods to spew out, posing burn hazards.

The cookers were sold under the Insignia brand. They have incorrect volume markings on their inner pots that can cause consumers to overfill them. The Consumer Product Safety Commission says that as a result, hot food and liquids can be ejected from the device when it’s vented or opened.

Best Buy has received 31 incident reports of the cookers’ contents being expelled under pressure, including 17 burn injuries.

The 930,000 Insignia Multi-Function Pressure Cookers and inner pots under recall were sold online and in stores nationwide from October 2017 through June of this year.

For the six- and eight-quart pressure cookers, the CPSC listed the model numbers NS-MC60SS8, NS-MC60SS9 and NS-MC80SS9.

It applies to separately-sold inner cooker pots with the same capacities as well, according to the CPSC. In those, NS-MCRP6NS9 and NS-MCRP6SS9 are their model numbers.

Best Buy is offering free pot replacements.