Exhaust structure and pressure cooker

The utility model provides an exhaust structure and a pressure cooker. The exhaust structure comprises a cooker cover assembly; the pressure relief assembly comprises an exhaust rod arranged on the cooker cover assembly and a pressure relief valve movably arranged on the top of the exhaust rod in a sleeving mode. The button assembly is connected to the pot cover assembly in a manner of moving up and down; the push rod assembly is movably connected to the pot cover assembly and is provided with a jacking part and a switching part. The push rod assembly is arranged on the cooker cover assembly in parallel, when a user presses the button assembly, downward pressure of the button assembly is converted into horizontal thrust for pushing the push rod assembly to move horizontally through the jacking part, and the horizontal thrust of the push rod assembly drives the pressure release valve to move upwards through the switching part; therefore, the pressure release valve is arranged at the top, so that the exhaust po