My lid is jammed on my Fagor duo 8 quart. There is an uncooked pudding inside. Can anyone help. I have tried to open it but with no luck.
916273
Did you press the thumb release upward and did the pressure button drop down?
916274
Well it was probaly put on crooked and maybe with out any oil on the gasget so is jamed so pull the release button back on the handle and get somebody with enough power to twist it open.
816728
Try putting some olive oil around the gasket THEN put it on and put the lid on. that ought to solve the problem.
510938
I have had this problem also..I took 2 inch metal pain scraper put it on one of the humps on the lid and tapped it with a hammer. It took a few tries but it jarred it enough so I could unscrew it. Good Luck!
1274637
Sorry Barbara, I gave my copy of the recipe book (came with my new pressure cooker) to my daughter-in-law, along with my old 20 yr old Nordic pressure cooker. I'm sure if you contact the Nordic people they will send you one.You can get a new sealing ring through them so I hope you are lucky on the book.Sheila.
2067663
Make sure you have the appropriate amount of water per type of food you are cooking. If that doesn't help cal them:) They have great customer service I would call them and they will probably send a replacement!
273301
I'd send it back and get a good one. Mine works fine. I wind it up and then put what i'm cooking on it and press down and it rotates until I lift the cooked food off from it and it stops rotating. Yours should work something like this. Good luck. By the way, I have enjoyed using mine. I never had one before, but it's doing the job.
1469021
Maybe the liquid in the container isn't freezing (ahead of time, in the freezer) like it should. I'd contact Cuisinart directly.
912222
Try twisting the lid on and off. Sometimes that can allow the latch on the bowl to release.
2208734
My wife had same problem when she loaded each side and then presssing the two sides together. She solved it by not loading the two halves and then pressing it together. It came out perfectly when she assembled the two halves and then pressed the butter in from the slot on the bottom!
191440
The bowl and lid are not seated properly. This is for your protection. If the lid is not on properly you could cut yourself. First place the bowl on the machine without the lid. Turn it until it snaps into place. then put just the lid on (minus the inserts) and turn until the lid is properly snapped on the bowl. Then put the insert with the silver stick on it into the bowl. Now switch the machine on. It should work now. Please let me know how you make out. If you have trouble doing this, you can go to your nearby Williams-Sonoma. They can show you how.
31454
I'm sorry that didn't work.I'd definitely go to their website to get the customer service number (I had it at hand until a few days ago when I no longer needed it) Maybe they're a company with good customer svc who will replace your parts and/or entre pitcher. I think I'd mention the many lid complaints in the reviews.Good luck!Nancy
1942308
This happened to my lid handles from this crock pot and the other one I had from the same brand. I think there is something defective about it. If you look at the reviews you will see this happened to a number of people. Might just want to buy a different brand of crock pot.
865402
Lol!!! Yours was probably dried out. I just slid my fingernail in the lid opening and pop it right up
1811864
I don't have this problem. Check if the top inside plate and other removable items on the lid are tightly snapped in.
158091
I haven't see the lid by itself, but I have a feeling that if someone would contact Nordic Ware directly, I bet they could help you with a new lid. I have had great success with going direct to handle a problem. Give it a try and good luck!
890985
We had this problem early on too, and it is very annoying. However, it happens because the bail (the metal wire hoop around the rim of the lid that holds the gasket in place) is not exactly in the middle or top of the V-Shape gasket all the way around. First step is to ensure it is by running your fingers around it and looking to make sure the gasket is as snug as it can be against the bail's wire. Next place the lid carefully on the pot, properly aligning the lug locks. Then twist evenly once it is level. We also found if we didn't put the lid on properly in the first go and fiddled with the lid, the probability of the gasket being mis-centered and failing to seal was high. Better to redo when you suspect the gasket may be improperly seated, than to go ahead with the doubt, heat up and then have to redo with a hot lid (un-fun, as you probably well know). The gasket and it's bail are more fiddly than sealing a pressure cooker should be, but that is the worst feature of the Secura. Once you get in the habit of ensuring the gasket is properly in place and get the lid set, and twist it to seal, it is a very reliable and wonderful cooking unit. So, now take a deep breath, properly seat the gasket, align the locking lugs, and smoothly twist. Set the time and mode, and you are done!
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The gear on ours broke also. I think something got wedged in it. It was making a grinding noise when trying to close, and I stupidly pushed the lid down. The whole gear fell in the trash. Maybe if the gear assembly were encased, it wouldn't have gotten clogged with debris? Anyway, I especially miss my automatic lid when I have a handful of gunk to throw away, and it gives me the willies knowing everybody touches the lid with goop on their hands.