There's a sort of satisfying pleasure to carefully turning your Instant Pot's pressure-release valve to "open" and watching the symphony of steam that pours out, signaling that dinner is done. Less fun is watching that same steam spurt droplets of moisture onto your upper cabinets or kitchen shelves. Not only is it annoying to clean up, but it also might be doing potential damage to the wood and paint.
When my family moved into a smaller kitchen — one without an unobstructed length of countertop — I started to worry about my painted cabinets getting hit, even grazed, by the joyful blasts of steam from my pressure cooker. Here's what you need to know about how Instant Pot steam might affect your cabinets and how you can protect your kitchen.
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