I've used a pressure cooker before for canning and for cooking chicken, beans and other things that take so long cooking by other methods. I was a little intimidated the first couple of times using mine (and it was an older model) but after reading and following the instructions everything turned out just fine.
Yours being a new cooker should have a good seal already and also has a more fail-proof relief valve I'm sure. Just follow the instructions and you should be okay.
LOL....I can remember standing back away from the thing like it was a bomb!
