What Does ‘Burn’ Mean on My Instant Pot?

Cooking with an Instant Pot is, at best, pretty easy. Pressure cooking barely requires any technique and generally yields perfect results as long as you follow the directions. However, accidents happen, and your Instant Pot is smart enough to let you know that things may go south ahead of time. The prime example of this is the message nobody wants to get: burn.

And to be fair, your Instant Pot’s burn notice can appear pretty scary. What’s not to fear about a sophisticated cooking machine with the power to create tons of pressure and steam relaying a message that something’s gone wrong?