Can you overcook food in a pressure cooker? STOP Overcooking Meat in Your Pressure Cooker! ⋆ hip pressure ... Jun 22, 2017 Unfortunately, once you overcook a piece of meat in the pressure cooker, there's no going back. ... The same slab of beef, for example, can have different pressure cooking times based on how it is sliced. Because the size dictates how quickly the heat will get to the center of the meat.