can I use this for pressure canning
1195374
This burner has not been tested for pressure canning. The larger burner is rated at 900 watts. The smaller burner is rated at 650 watts. We advise following the guidelines of your particular pressure canning unit to determine if this burner is suited to your needs.
1433810
No, it will only work as a steamer or juicer. My suggestion would be to buy an All American canner for canning.
422174
This one seems too small. The Presto site discusses canning. A cooker with a pressure gage would let you make sure I got it hot enough.
1206772
I was surprised by this post so I went to the USDA web site and was refered on to the Natinal Center for Home food Preservation I copied this straight out of the Canning Tomatoes section "Use of a pressure canner will result in higher quality and more nutritious canned tomato products. If your pressure canner cannot be operated above 15 PSI, select a process time at a lower pressure.
957436
I'm not sure. This was designed for water bath canning. The water in a pressure canner can reach 240 degrees F, higher than the 212F in a water bath canner.
1342484
You should not use this pressure cooker to can in. Please see: http://nchfp.uga.edu/publications/uga/using_press_canners.html the recommendation is to only use a canner that you can fit 4 QUART jars in.
396174
Yes, but you don't need it unless you are doing a lot of canning at 5 or 10 pounds of pressure because the canner comes with a regulator that tells you when you hit 15 pounds. When the regulator jiggles just back off to whatever pressure you want to use is indicated on the gauge.
1386561
No, this is a pressure cooker and does not get to the required heat for any form of safe pressure canning.
908777
I wanted to but found out to do canning, you must have a pressure cooker designed for that purpose. In other words, it must have a pressure gauge on top of the cooker to measure the pressure. Needless to say, one of those is on my wish list~!!! :)
1324556
yes. this is solely a water bath canner (or could be used as a very large stock pot), definitely not able to be used as a pressure canner. a pressure canner is a completely different piece of equipment.
2221413
Cannot be used for canning, would not be safe!!! If you have the jar attachment it can be used to store dried herbs and dehydrated vegtables.
1875830
This is a pressure cooker not a pressure canner. Pint ball jars will not fit, ..unless you want to use it as a water bath canner without the lid. If that is the case there are cheaper and better choices for that. It does come with an instruction manual with recipes.
827757
I measured mine today. It is true, you cannot use the rack that comes with it, but I have a ~5-inch little trivet that works really well. I checked--you can put 3 pint jars in it while sitting on my little trivet. (NEVER put the jars directly on the bottom.) I read the instruction book, and there is a reference to a Ball canning lid being ok to use in it. They do not say you can use it to pressure can, but I am taking that reference as being that it is ok to use it to can (ALWAYS WITH CARE!) You must not overfill the unit. My unit only takes 3 pint jars--no quarts. Another consideration is that a proper "canner" came with a rack to hold each jar in place so they do not bang each other. I am going to take chunks of aluminum foil and wad it loosely up and stuff it in a loop between the pint jars to hold them apart. For my first attempt I may sit it out on the deck, just in case :-), but I really do not think there should be a problem.
1481804
If you're referring to the glass-type electric range, yes you can use the pressusre canner on it. I used to have a glass top range and canned every summer for several years on it. Hope this helps.
598587
If you are pressure canning you don't need to add any more water. I recommend getting the Ball Blue Book. It will answer any question you may have about safe canning
134353
5 pint jars will fit in the 6 qt size. These and most digital pressure cookers and not designed for pressure canning. But if you want to hot water bath can, it will work, but would be much slower than a stove top canner. This brand would probably be the best for pressure canning if you want to risk it though because it is the only one I know of that has a pressure read out. It is however not a true pressure read, just an interpolated temperature sensor under the pot.
432514
Yes, in fact that is the main reason I purchased this. I used it for canning, and it worked great on my glass top stove.