Thank you for changing your channel to all approved canning recipes. I very much appreciate learning how to do things the safe way. This is a great no-nonsense way to learn about canning. THANKS LEISA!!! your the best.
I bought my 23qt Presto in 2017 for $70 on Amazon. That is the year we moved out of the city to a very large country place, 44 acres. The canner sat in my daughter's closet for a couple of years while we lived in a camper and built a house. I don't know why but I had a serious compulsion to get it. Premonition maybe. I am so glad I did! I love that thing. It is amazing and a true workhorse! I had not canned for years and I had given my canner and jars to my sister-in-law.
For ladles, I've used a 1 cup liquid measuring cup for years and years and years. It's easier to maneuver and pour exactly into the funnel and i can rest it on the side of the cook pot with the measuring cup's handle as i wipe the jars, do the lids and place them in the canner.
We tried steam canning for the first time yesterday and had a 60% frailer rate. We also threw away our "only available during co-vid" lids yesterday. We ordered "for jars lids" for the summer canning season. Thank you for all of your research! We are looking forward to a successful canning season.
I have a presto pressure canner small one workers for my family I'm a newby to pressure canner..so far so good I dehydrated veggies and canner for tomatoes A Lot!!!!
I picked up a all American 921 @ a flea market for $60 then I found a bran new 1 on ebay for $25 it was marked as a pressure cooker. Now I have 2 921’s!!!
Finding used jars would be a god send but around where I live there must be quite a few canners because I can't find any anywhere. Love your videos and look forward to the next ones . Thanks Leisa!
I started canning with this channel 4 years ago and i got the Presto canner, 7 qt, 16/18 pint. By far, the BEST investment I have ever made, and that Includes my house and car. Use it wisely and it will outlast you. For me, the other stuff is not needed. Perfect for beginning canners but get the jiggler too. You won't regret it.
Thank you for this video, my oldest daughter wants to start canning this is the perfect video for her , I’ll be sending to her . I already told her she can have her grandmas presto.
Thanks, Leisa, for the ForJars discount! They really are just the best. I'll never get taken again by an Amazon product sold as Ball but in reality some nameless brand from China.
Back in the dark days of late fall covid, i got an email from Lehman's, asking if i wanted to be on the waitlist for an AA 921. I said Yes It ended up being $279. Now they are like $499. Had to wait a few months but feel i did okay Great and educational video, btw. Well done!
That's where I bought mine in 2021. I had ordered some bulk regular and wide mouth lids from them in 2020, and they were put on backorder. Due to the US not being able to get the materials needed from China, no US company was able to make lids. The same thing was happening with cans. Anyway, it took almost a year (I was able to find some Ball lids at Walmart every once in a while to suit my needs), with them keeping me posted and asking if I wanted to keep the order or cancel. I kept it. When they finally sent them , they included 60 extra of each size to thank me for my patience. So, when I had to replace my old canner, I decided on AA and bought it from them ... same price. I can't believe how expensive they have gotten. Sad, too, because when I bought mine, I didn't know they came in colors!
@@danniemcdonald7675 I also got the offer for the lids and went on the list. I think it was 14 months before that big sleeve of lids arrived. Thanks to folks like Leisa, who recommended getting ahead of the crowd, I stocked up on lids and some jars all winter. Just from the grocery store. So I was in good shape, tho I still have to hound the family to return my jars😅
I’m sharing this to all my pantry-jealous friends and family! I so appreciate your consistent, expert, safe, conscientious advice and tutorials 💜 and while I will still feel safe using an electric canner sometimes for small batches, based on my research and experience with it, your advice is spot on as always. Starting canning knowing nothing with a glass top stove that didn’t always get hot enough, looking into an electric Nesco worked for me and I watched it pass repeated third party testing. BUT As I trust myself and gained confidence and better tools, I feel much better about relying on tried and true, sustainable tools that work with or without power. I love love my thrifted presto. And I neeed the funnel with the filter. That’s going in my next order!
I have a pressure canner, not a pressure cooker. I did my research and believe it is safe. I have traditional pressure canners. I have to say I love my new electric pressure canner for small batches. Larger quantities are much better in a standard pressure canner. I have an AA I bought used. It looked like it was never used!!!! My Presto is great, too. I am laughing at the water bath canner. I use my stock pot more than my blue canners. L❤️ve your videos
Hi Leisa, I love canning and always have. My mother taught me how when I still lived at home. We worked like a well oiled machine when we were canning tomatoes. There was never a lapse in time and we just kept going in batches. I miss her the most when I can tomatoes. I've only ever used a Presto. I have three. I am 66 years old and I think I want to be buried with them. That way I won't have to go shopping when I get to the afterlife.
My grandmother had wooden and metal spoons, a metal funnel and a huge water bath canner she used in her wood stove. She had a drying rack that hung over the wood stove and two granddaughters who were well roasted when she canned as our room was above the kitchen wood stove!! LOTS of jars!
My mom used the pressure lid ajar when water bathing it ever so lightly it clicked unknown to her.. the result was not good. She lifted the lid while there was some pressure. Whoosh!!! I recommend putting the pressure canning lid in another room and replacing it with the dutch oven lid or some such for water bath. You are a national treasure.
I have the 16 qt and can double stack Kerr 1/2 pints. My local Ace Hardware ordered the extra rack for $15ish. Thought for meats pints are to much for a single person if we get to a no power situation without the ability to store left overs...
When you were talking about the Ball water bath canner with the spigot it reminded me of my husbands stainless steel deep fryer pan with a spigot. I use it for making broth. After Christmas I have at least two turkey carcasses and usually 4 so I throw all that in the deep fryer pot because it’s big enough for it all to fit and then I use the spigot to fill my jars ( after I have strained all the bits out). Works great!
And speaking of deep Fryers - you mentioned that the aluminum steam canner got a pin hole - this is why we now have a stainless steel deep fryer pan - our aluminum one got a pin hole in it on Thanksgiving a few years back! That was scary since we didn’t know until we had the oil in the pan and on the burner! No one was hurt and we were able to acquire a new pan on Thanksgiving!
Thanks for an interesting and informative video! I think another essential thing would be a book of approved recipes, though, to learn how to properly can foods.
I have two T-Fal 22 quart canners. I highly recommend this canner. They are pretty much idiot proof. It has a knob to set to your altitude. It has a gauge to see where your pressure is. There is no jiggler. I love my canners. Rudy from Alaskan Prepper also has this one and he loves his too.
so awesome. i've been looking at picking up a canner and it turns out kelowna bc is one of the two places that ForJars is based out of! gonna pick one up tomorrow. excited to get into canning thank you Leisa!
I'm blessed to say, 95% of my canning things are at least 50 years old, with some, like grandma's spoon, decades older than that. I have added new things in through the years 😊
I remember my first 2 pressure canners. The first one was a 16qt Presto, brand new. It sat in the box for more than a year. I was afraid to use it. It wasn't because I was afraid it would blow up, or because I'd poison someone. I was afraid I'd damage my (expensive for me) investment. One day at a garage sale, I found another one, an 18qt Presto. It was missing the rack, pressure dial and regulator. Someone had disassembled it. BUT, I had watched enough PC videos to know what I was looking for. I found the dial and regulator in a bowl with assorted gadgets and the rack was on another table. I put it all together and it was complete...for a whopping $2.00!!! If I screwed up that one, I wasn't going to cry. My first canning project was (what I now know is called) UGLY CHICKEN, LOL! It's still the first one I go for, just because it has sentimental value.
Yeah, I was waiting on my new Presto from Amazon, when I got a used from someone's shed. And then replacement gauge, gaskets, and the emergency plugs. 😊
This is a great video! I finally broke down and bought the steam canner! It came today, and I can't wait to use it. Few days before I bought the knife you recommend and picked up the pointy curved one too. I love a good knife! 😂
(yeah I know it's a second comment lol) I have the other style of steam canner, it's basically a really large stock pot that came with a jar rack and a fancy lid with the dial gauge in it that tells you when you are up to the right temperature (same gauge as on yours). I like that it's very multi purpose. It's a steam canner, it can also be used as a water bath canner (same lid & gauge) or just as normal stock pot for making soups or jams or whatever. It's also induction capable which makes it more "future proof" if we ever have to get rid of our gas stove.
Hi Leisa, I had to laugh when you were talking about the electric pressure canner vs. the stove top one. When you said that if you lose power you can still can. I unfortunately can not can when we have no power, my house is electric, so I am screwed no matter what. :)
a few years ago I found a canning utensil set in a thrift store, it includes a timer which needed new batteries which I did replace. I do not can but I couldn't pass up this deal
Strainer - Lowes sells a paint strainer 2 to a package, keep clean and they will last a very long time. Canning funnel - hubs even uses it to pour dry cereal into jars. Pokey Joe - no reason for anybody to use other than me. All jars gifted have BTJB on them. Bring the jar back!
I had a Ball electric water bath canner and multicooker, it was an awesome bit of kit. I lived in a rented apartment with a glass top stove, so using a heavy pot full of water and jars was not an option (stoves are expensive if/when they shatter). I used the heck out of that electric water bath canner, and when I finally got rid of it (because we were moving overseas) I sold it to a lady that was going to use it to steam tamales for her home business. Important thing to note though.....this was all several years before steam canners were approved as a replacement for water bath canning. If steam canning had been approved back then, I'd never have bought the electric water bath canner because a steam canner is much lighter and wouldn't have broken the stove. The one thing I'm curious about is the jar wrench (that funny looking gadget that kind of looks like a cross between the number 8 and a set of plastic coated tongs). I got one in the "canning kit" that I bought when I started. I've never ever used it. I don't know of anyone that's ever used it. My mother had one that lived her kitchen (she didn't do any canning) and she never used it. My grandmother (who did a lot of canning) had one and never used it. What even is it supposed to be for? It's awkward as heck to try to use it to hold a jar when you're putting the lid & ring on. Mine just lives at the bottom of the bucket where I store my unused lids.
Opening jars, maybe? Got in a kit for OPENING jars and it has a Big plastic bobby pin, [[ papa O, mama O, baby O ]] for multiple size lug lids, to get them off without whacking it and denting the lid. Which breaks the seal and is now useless for water-bath canning.
@@angelal6700 Maybe, but I've tried it for opening jars and it doesn't work well for that. My go-to for jar opening (after I try with my hands) is a "church key" the thing you use for opening home canned jars, all you usually need to do for commercially processed jars is break the vacuum, then the lid is easy to remove.
The towel in the bottom is no longer recommended- I suggest the canning rings or a round cake rack or I use my instapot rack. We were told it can affect the water flow
I live alone and find that I rarely get all the way through 1/2 pint jar of jam. I plan to use quarter pints that I found for sale in Walmart. I think those quarter pint jar sizes would be perfect when making mushroom sauce or bruschetta topping as well as practical sized jam and preserve jars. One quick question, actually two. Do I can, using water bath only or steam, the same As for pints? And 2nd can I triple stack them? By the way, I love watching your videos they always make me smile. thank you.
" And 2nd can I triple stack them?" I believe you can stack as high as you have racks for separating the layers, AND still have the one inch of water over the top layer of jars.
@redhatpat9387 1 inch of water is for waterbath canning only. You cannot stack in a steam canner and I dont recommend in a water bath. Yes you can in a pressure canner
Have 16 qt Presto; have found that water bathing QTs is a challenge and a mess because 1 in above is so near rim. Hope to get steam canner this year. If not, will stick with pints.
Do you have any thoughts on the Mirro brand pressure cooker? My mother had a 396-M in a 6-quart that she used for many years, so it is probably from the 50’s or 60’s. So excited that I found replacement parts for it ! (Gasket, pressure regulator, canning rack).
I had one for years garage sale purchase for few dollars it worked well but when I got to where I could afford a presto I did that was even given two small all American canners I passed those along liked my presto too much now have the 23 qt love love and finding I use both the 23 get it loaded and going fill the smaller one and by time it’s ready and going the 23 just reached the 10 minute exhaust the little one catches up to within five minutes by time both have reached pressure time I just did 25 pints of broth and o pint of sterile water in one stretch Monday. Great set up
One "Shiney" tool I want is the Walmart timer that has 4 (!) alarm settings. Not too pricy but well worth it to get a single timer that can go through a full canning cycle, instead of having to reset repeatedly & possibly forget.
I'm still trying to find a 12k btu propane burner sturdy enough for a Presto. I have doubts about the little Gas One. Lowest 15k btu. Just in case no power and have to can it all up. Can't afford a All American plus the weight. I like mechanical timers. Can take it with me if I wonder out of range of a stove timer for a bit.
@@SuttonsDaze Thanks for checking out the diffuser. I've been wondering about that for a while. I feel the need to have a backup way to can up my meat freezers just in case.
the woman who has the channel Disabled And Prepping has a InstantPot Max that can do presure canning of up to 4 pints. she uses that because she can't lift out of taller pots or handle larger pots of water. pints are just the size she likes plus she only does small batches anyway
Off-topic a little here, but I have canning question. I just came into a good quantity of cucumbers and I would like to put them up as relish. however there is a time constraint. Can I shred them and then freeze them to can at a later date?
Leisa, you instructing on how to use the jar lifter tongs made me laugh... show me you are a canner by showing me how much you don't know about canning, right?? I watched a lady one day that not only used those upside down, but she was taking a fermented recipe and converting it to a water bath canning recipe, because she had been doing it for years. People leaving comments asking her why she didn't wait for the 10 days, like the recipe she showed said, and she said it was just how she had always done it and it was great. I pointed out that it was a fermenting recipe and she replied, "Thank you." I'm not sure she understood...lol.
Leisa I have an 18 quart presto pressure canner. Do they not make them anymore, & will the parts for the other canners fit it? I bought it used last year & watched your videos to learn to can. I am 75 years old & had never canned in my life, but I seen it on marketplace & bought it from a lady that was scared to use it. She had bought it used also. I have canned so much meat & potatoes but now I’m wondering if I got a good deal!! If the other parts won’t fit this one then I am in trouble. It has been working like a charm. I haven’t used it yet this year because I need to get my gauge checked for this year & just haven’t gotten around to it. Will they fit???
Check with your hardware store or Leman's on line. I go to an ACE hardware that is staffed with people that can and are knowledgeable about parts. Take you canner in with you.
My sister wants to learn to can but with her health issues she can’t lift the heavy canner. Is there one you can recommend that might be lighter? She definitely can’t lift the Presto 23 qt that I have.
The amount of water the Presto requires is negligible. Put pot on the stove, fill with a pitcher put filled jars of product in the canner. There is no reason to move the canner until the jars have been removed and by then the water level is lower than when you start. I'm disabled and have had to learn ways to work around heavy lifting.
Leisa, I never thought about it before... but can we stack jars in the steam canner? I have a steam canner and I love it, but never even considered stacking a rack and more jars in it.
Most of my pressure canners are used. So long as its not a really old one. Stick with presto or all american and know that you'll need to replace the gasket and gauge at the least.
Finally got a 16qt presto canner. My 1st pressure canner. I went for the smaller one because its lighter for me to lift and its only me in my house. Ugly meats and stock here i come.
I just finished cutting up 10 lbs of rhubarb. 3 1/2qts were frozen. The rest which measured 4 quarts were processed according to Ball recipe for stewed rhubarb. My question. I only had enough to fill 5 pints. Is this normal? Thought I would have 7 or 8 pints. Thanks.
Why keep your jars out of the oven? I don't do that except after i wash them I stick them in the oven, we have gas so the temp is usually 100ish. Is that bad? I'm semi pro in my journey, getting close to pro though.
Canning jars are not tempered for dry heat. You can compromise the integrity of the glass. But mostly, the comment was aimed at NOT PROCESSING any contents in your jars in the oven.
@@redhatpat9387 ok, got it, thanks. Who processes canning jars in the oven? I've never heard of that, Been canning for about 20 years and all I've ever done was water and pressure canning.
@@user-gs3pv6if7i I think she mentioned it (again) in her vid about canning corned beef: how lots of people starting posting lots of off beat/"I've always done it this way" videos that did not follow USDA approved methods.
@@user-gs3pv6if7i OH, there are people on the internet with all kinds of unsafe "rebel" canning methods. Down load the USDA canning book; print if you like and read about what is or is not an approved method.
Leisa, I got an AA for Christmas about 10yrs ago and I love it. I have the 921, but would LOVE to be able to get the next size up. TY, for ALL of your great informational videos.🫂😍
2 person family so I use MOSTLY pints. I would not give up my 23 qt canner to nobody! Love Presto! 25 years now.
I very much agree, they would get more luck getting aproval for someone to lauch into space without a rocket around them than get my canners off me 🙂💜
I’m starting to can SATURDAY ❣️❣️❣️ Yeah….65 years old and realize with what’s happening around us, I am diving in and preparing.
You got this!
Thank you for changing your channel to all approved canning recipes. I very much appreciate learning how to do things the safe way. This is a great no-nonsense way to learn about canning. THANKS LEISA!!! your the best.
Great job, Leisa explaining all the ends & outs and short cuts of canning. Thank you for helping the newbies.
Ok!!! You made me do it!! 23 pints of ground beef now on the shelf!!! Thanks Leisa.
Perfect!
Taco Tuesday!, lasagna Wednesday, sloppy Joe Saturday!, shepherds pie Sunday!
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I bought my 23qt Presto in 2017 for $70 on Amazon. That is the year we moved out of the city to a very large country place, 44 acres. The canner sat in my daughter's closet for a couple of years while we lived in a camper and built a house. I don't know why but I had a serious compulsion to get it. Premonition maybe. I am so glad I did!
I love that thing. It is amazing and a true workhorse! I had not canned for years and I had given my canner and jars to my sister-in-law.
I had purchased that ladle because I'm LEFT HANDED. Now I NEED those funnels. Love that they show head space! Thanx Leisa - U R a doll.
You are so welcome!
For ladles, I've used a 1 cup liquid measuring cup for years and years and years. It's easier to maneuver and pour exactly into the funnel and i can rest it on the side of the cook pot with the measuring cup's handle as i wipe the jars, do the lids and place them in the canner.
I sometimes use a coffee mug as a ladle. 🤣
Thank you for another great video. It’s seems I am never to old to learn something new. Or at least be reminded of things I have forgotten.
THANK YOU FOR THE TEACHING MOMENT , THANK YOU LEISA
We tried steam canning for the first time yesterday and had a 60% frailer rate. We also threw away our "only available during co-vid" lids yesterday. We ordered "for jars lids" for the summer canning season. Thank you for all of your research! We are looking forward to a successful canning season.
I use a (new unused) round toilet brush to clean my jars. It is the perfect shape and the bristles are hard to clean thoroughly.
I use a baby bottle brush work's just as well.😉😍
Fabulous idea! Much stronger scrub than a bottle brush and will hold a dishcloth wrapped around it as well.
I have a presto pressure canner small one workers for my family I'm a newby to pressure canner..so far so good I dehydrated veggies and canner for tomatoes A Lot!!!!
I picked up a all American 921 @ a flea market for $60 then I found a bran new 1 on ebay for $25 it was marked as a pressure cooker. Now I have 2 921’s!!!
Score!!!
I'm still looking for an AA at yard sales. I love that you got a great deal on something the seller didn't have a clue about!
Finding used jars would be a god send but around where I live there must be quite a few canners because I can't find any anywhere. Love your videos and look forward to the next ones . Thanks Leisa!
Look at estate sales and garage sales that's where I got most of mine. Just check real good for chips
Hi, Leisa! Thank you for sharing! My 16qt Presto was just delivered & I have 5 lbs of strawberries. I will be jam’n this weekend! 😊
You got this!
@@SuttonsDaze You have given me the courage to start canning. Thank you! 😊
I started canning with this channel 4 years ago and i got the Presto canner, 7 qt, 16/18 pint. By far, the BEST investment I have ever made, and that Includes my house and car. Use it wisely and it will outlast you. For me, the other stuff is not needed. Perfect for beginning canners but get the jiggler too. You won't regret it.
Thank you for having only approved canning lessons , it’s scary what’s out there. Now I can share your videos with confidence
Wonderful video!! I still have my Goldie, too...lots of canning memories...
Wonderful!
Thanks for all the info
Thank you for this video, my oldest daughter wants to start canning this is the perfect video for her , I’ll be sending to her . I already told her she can have her grandmas presto.
Agree on the electric canners. Too many chances of things going wrong with digital. Give me my old faithful.
Thanks, Leisa, for the ForJars discount! They really are just the best. I'll never get taken again by an Amazon product sold as Ball but in reality some nameless brand from China.
Back in the dark days of late fall covid, i got an email from Lehman's, asking if i wanted to be on the waitlist for an AA 921. I said Yes
It ended up being $279. Now they are like $499. Had to wait a few months but feel i did okay
Great and educational video, btw. Well done!
That's where I bought mine in 2021. I had ordered some bulk regular and wide mouth lids from them in 2020, and they were put on backorder. Due to the US not being able to get the materials needed from China, no US company was able to make lids. The same thing was happening with cans. Anyway, it took almost a year (I was able to find some Ball lids at Walmart every once in a while to suit my needs), with them keeping me posted and asking if I wanted to keep the order or cancel. I kept it. When they finally sent them , they included 60 extra of each size to thank me for my patience. So, when I had to replace my old canner, I decided on AA and bought it from them ... same price. I can't believe how expensive they have gotten. Sad, too, because when I bought mine, I didn't know they came in colors!
@@danniemcdonald7675 I also got the offer for the lids and went on the list. I think it was 14 months before that big sleeve of lids arrived.
Thanks to folks like Leisa, who recommended getting ahead of the crowd, I stocked up on lids and some jars all winter. Just from the grocery store. So I was in good shape, tho I still have to hound the family to return my jars😅
I’m sharing this to all my pantry-jealous friends and family! I so appreciate your consistent, expert, safe, conscientious advice and tutorials 💜 and while I will still feel safe using an electric canner sometimes for small batches, based on my research and experience with it, your advice is spot on as always. Starting canning knowing nothing with a glass top stove that didn’t always get hot enough, looking into an electric Nesco worked for me and I watched it pass repeated third party testing. BUT As I trust myself and gained confidence and better tools, I feel much better about relying on tried and true, sustainable tools that work with or without power. I love love my thrifted presto. And I neeed the funnel with the filter. That’s going in my next order!
I have a pressure canner, not a pressure cooker. I did my research and believe it is safe. I have traditional pressure canners. I have to say I love my new electric pressure canner for small batches. Larger quantities are much better in a standard pressure canner. I have an AA I bought used. It looked like it was never used!!!! My Presto is great, too. I am laughing at the water bath canner. I use my stock pot more than my blue canners. L❤️ve your videos
Hi Leisa, I love canning and always have. My mother taught me how when I still lived at home. We worked like a well oiled machine when we were canning tomatoes. There was never a lapse in time and we just kept going in batches. I miss her the most when I can tomatoes. I've only ever used a Presto. I have three. I am 66 years old and I think I want to be buried with them. That way I won't have to go shopping when I get to the afterlife.
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My grandmother had wooden and metal spoons, a metal funnel and a huge water bath canner she used in her wood stove. She had a drying rack that hung over the wood stove and two granddaughters who were well roasted when she canned as our room was above the kitchen wood stove!! LOTS of jars!
Fabulous explanation especially for the newbies learning the how to can x 😊😊😊
I'm a newly. You just answered a whole list of my questions. Thank you.
Glad it was helpful!
I just ordered my presto 23 gt. I have had my original for 28 years and it is still hanging in there.
My mom used the pressure lid ajar when water bathing it ever so lightly it clicked unknown to her.. the result was not good. She lifted the lid while there was some pressure. Whoosh!!! I recommend putting the pressure canning lid in another room and replacing it with the dutch oven lid or some such for water bath. You are a national treasure.
Great tip
I have the 16 qt and can double stack Kerr 1/2 pints. My local Ace Hardware ordered the extra rack for $15ish. Thought for meats pints are to much for a single person if we get to a no power situation without the ability to store left overs...
When you were talking about the Ball water bath canner with the spigot it reminded me of my husbands stainless steel deep fryer pan with a spigot. I use it for making broth. After Christmas I have at least two turkey carcasses and usually 4 so I throw all that in the deep fryer pot because it’s big enough for it all to fit and then I use the spigot to fill my jars ( after I have strained all the bits out). Works great!
And speaking of deep
Fryers - you mentioned that the aluminum steam canner got a pin hole - this is why we now have a stainless steel deep fryer pan - our aluminum one got a pin hole in it on Thanksgiving a few years back! That was scary since we didn’t know until we had the oil in the pan and on the burner! No one was hurt and we were able to acquire a new pan on Thanksgiving!
Thanks for an interesting and informative video! I think another essential thing would be a book of approved recipes, though, to learn how to properly can foods.
Thank you, Leisa. Its so helpful to go over the basics every now and then. You are such a God send to all of us.
I have two T-Fal 22 quart canners. I highly recommend this canner. They are pretty much idiot proof. It has a knob to set to your altitude. It has a gauge to see where your pressure is. There is no jiggler. I love my canners. Rudy from Alaskan Prepper also has this one and he loves his too.
I have a 23 Quart canner. Now I will learn how to use it.
You can do this!
Pressure can jars of water! Once you learn to can you will view the grocery store in an entirely different light.
so awesome. i've been looking at picking up a canner and it turns out kelowna bc is one of the two places that ForJars is based out of! gonna pick one up tomorrow. excited to get into canning thank you Leisa!
You should talk to your buddies over at for jars and ask them to make racks, 8-10-12” I bet they would sell a lot.
I'm blessed to say, 95% of my canning things are at least 50 years old, with some, like grandma's spoon, decades older than that. I have added new things in through the years 😊
The best
I have a 1964 and a 1971 Mirro canners. ❤️
I remember my first 2 pressure canners. The first one was a 16qt Presto, brand new. It sat in the box for more than a year. I was afraid to use it. It wasn't because I was afraid it would blow up, or because I'd poison someone. I was afraid I'd damage my (expensive for me) investment. One day at a garage sale, I found another one, an 18qt Presto. It was missing the rack, pressure dial and regulator. Someone had disassembled it. BUT, I had watched enough PC videos to know what I was looking for. I found the dial and regulator in a bowl with assorted gadgets and the rack was on another table. I put it all together and it was complete...for a whopping $2.00!!! If I screwed up that one, I wasn't going to cry. My first canning project was (what I now know is called) UGLY CHICKEN, LOL! It's still the first one I go for, just because it has sentimental value.
Yeah, I was waiting on my new Presto from Amazon, when I got a used from someone's shed.
And then replacement gauge, gaskets, and the emergency plugs. 😊
I’m having trouble staying focused so I’m saving this video for future reference ❤
This is a great video! I finally broke down and bought the steam canner! It came today, and I can't wait to use it. Few days before I bought the knife you recommend and picked up the pointy curved one too. I love a good knife! 😂
Me too!
(yeah I know it's a second comment lol)
I have the other style of steam canner, it's basically a really large stock pot that came with a jar rack and a fancy lid with the dial gauge in it that tells you when you are up to the right temperature (same gauge as on yours). I like that it's very multi purpose. It's a steam canner, it can also be used as a water bath canner (same lid & gauge) or just as normal stock pot for making soups or jams or whatever. It's also induction capable which makes it more "future proof" if we ever have to get rid of our gas stove.
Hi Leisa, I had to laugh when you were talking about the electric pressure canner vs. the stove top one. When you said that if you lose power you can still can. I unfortunately can not can when we have no power, my house is electric, so I am screwed no matter what. :)
Or, you could find an alternative heat source and still can........ like I did
Each of my Presto canners have a full set of tools in its tote. I was tired of not having the basics when I traveled to can with someone.
Very nice video. Thanks for such details.
Totally awesome and accurate video ,hey thanks and keep em coming
I've used a towel in the bottom of my stock pot and most recently I used a cake pan cooling rack from the dollar store. Man, I need a steam canner.
The new Ball Blue Book is out!
Good stuff! Thanks for sharing safe processes. Love your channel!!
Thanks for watching!
Great information! Thank you for sharing.
Usda endorses the Presto digital electric canner.
No it doesn't
a few years ago I found a canning utensil set in a thrift store, it includes a timer which needed new batteries which I did replace. I do not can but I couldn't pass up this deal
Strainer - Lowes sells a paint strainer 2 to a package, keep clean and they will last a very long time. Canning funnel - hubs even uses it to pour dry cereal into jars. Pokey Joe - no reason for anybody to use other than me. All jars gifted have BTJB on them. Bring the jar back!
I had a Ball electric water bath canner and multicooker, it was an awesome bit of kit. I lived in a rented apartment with a glass top stove, so using a heavy pot full of water and jars was not an option (stoves are expensive if/when they shatter). I used the heck out of that electric water bath canner, and when I finally got rid of it (because we were moving overseas) I sold it to a lady that was going to use it to steam tamales for her home business.
Important thing to note though.....this was all several years before steam canners were approved as a replacement for water bath canning.
If steam canning had been approved back then, I'd never have bought the electric water bath canner because a steam canner is much lighter and wouldn't have broken the stove.
The one thing I'm curious about is the jar wrench (that funny looking gadget that kind of looks like a cross between the number 8 and a set of plastic coated tongs). I got one in the "canning kit" that I bought when I started. I've never ever used it. I don't know of anyone that's ever used it. My mother had one that lived her kitchen (she didn't do any canning) and she never used it. My grandmother (who did a lot of canning) had one and never used it. What even is it supposed to be for? It's awkward as heck to try to use it to hold a jar when you're putting the lid & ring on. Mine just lives at the bottom of the bucket where I store my unused lids.
Goodness! How do you get hot jars out of the canner?
Opening jars, maybe?
Got in a kit for OPENING jars and it has a
Big plastic bobby pin, [[ papa O, mama O, baby O ]]
for multiple size lug lids, to get them off without whacking it and denting the lid. Which breaks the seal and is now useless for water-bath canning.
@@angelal6700 Maybe, but I've tried it for opening jars and it doesn't work well for that. My go-to for jar opening (after I try with my hands) is a "church key" the thing you use for opening home canned jars, all you usually need to do for commercially processed jars is break the vacuum, then the lid is easy to remove.
The towel in the bottom is no longer recommended- I suggest the canning rings or a round cake rack or I use my instapot rack. We were told it can affect the water flow
I live alone and find that I rarely get all the way through 1/2 pint jar of jam. I plan to use quarter pints that I found for sale in Walmart. I think those quarter pint jar sizes would be perfect when making mushroom sauce or bruschetta topping as well as practical sized jam and preserve jars. One quick question, actually two. Do I can, using water bath only or steam, the same As for pints? And 2nd can I triple stack them? By the way, I love watching your videos they always make me smile. thank you.
Yes, same time as pints
" And 2nd can I triple stack them?"
I believe you can stack as high as you have racks for separating the layers, AND still have the one inch of water over the top layer of jars.
@redhatpat9387 1 inch of water is for waterbath canning only. You cannot stack in a steam canner and I dont recommend in a water bath. Yes you can in a pressure canner
Have 16 qt Presto; have found that water bathing QTs is a challenge and a mess because 1 in above is so near rim.
Hope to get steam canner this year. If not, will stick with pints.
Do you have any thoughts on the Mirro brand pressure cooker? My mother had a 396-M in a 6-quart that she used for many years, so it is probably from the 50’s or 60’s. So excited that I found replacement parts for it ! (Gasket, pressure regulator, canning rack).
I am not familiar with working with the Mirro, sorry
I had one for years garage sale purchase for few dollars it worked well but when I got to where I could afford a presto I did that was even given two small all American canners I passed those along liked my presto too much now have the 23 qt love love and finding I use both the 23 get it loaded and going fill the smaller one and by time it’s ready and going the 23 just reached the 10 minute exhaust the little one catches up to within five minutes by time both have reached pressure time I just did 25 pints of broth and o pint of sterile water in one stretch Monday. Great set up
my InstantPot rack would fit in a stock pot to put jars in
Perfect!
One "Shiney" tool I want is the Walmart timer that has 4 (!) alarm settings. Not too pricy but well worth it to get a single timer that can go through a full canning cycle, instead of having to reset repeatedly & possibly forget.
I just use the timer on my phone. And I write down the end time on a piece of paper or a dry erase board.
I use Alexa and she will set multiple timers and name them.
I'm still trying to find a 12k btu propane burner sturdy enough for a Presto. I have doubts about the little Gas One. Lowest 15k btu. Just in case no power and have to can it all up. Can't afford a All American plus the weight.
I like mechanical timers. Can take it with me if I wonder out of range of a stove timer for a bit.
I will be testing out the diffuser soon
@@SuttonsDaze Thanks for checking out the diffuser. I've been wondering about that for a while. I feel the need to have a backup way to can up my meat freezers just in case.
Wonderful overview! Thank you! Val C
the woman who has the channel Disabled And Prepping has a InstantPot Max that can do presure canning of up to 4 pints. she uses that because she can't lift out of taller pots or handle larger pots of water. pints are just the size she likes plus she only does small batches anyway
Its like using a cell phone to drive
Hola buenas tardes desde España 🇪🇦,por favor me podrías decir si estas conservas las podra guardar yo en un clima caluroso y húmedo, gracias ❤
Yes, but for for as long as if you had a cooler dryer place
Off-topic a little here, but I have canning question.
I just came into a good quantity of cucumbers and I would like to put them up as relish. however there is a time constraint. Can I shred them and then freeze them to can at a later date?
You may find them to be really soft
I don't have any of those yet* I use 2 Granite Ware pressure canners.
Another great video! Thank you!
Thanks for watching!
Leisa, you instructing on how to use the jar lifter tongs made me laugh... show me you are a canner by showing me how much you don't know about canning, right?? I watched a lady one day that not only used those upside down, but she was taking a fermented recipe and converting it to a water bath canning recipe, because she had been doing it for years. People leaving comments asking her why she didn't wait for the 10 days, like the recipe she showed said, and she said it was just how she had always done it and it was great. I pointed out that it was a fermenting recipe and she replied, "Thank you." I'm not sure she understood...lol.
Leisa I have an 18 quart presto pressure canner. Do they not make them anymore, & will the parts for the other canners fit it? I bought it used last year & watched your videos to learn to can. I am 75 years old & had never canned in my life, but I seen it on marketplace & bought it from a lady that was scared to use it. She had bought it used also. I have canned so much meat & potatoes but now I’m wondering if I got a good deal!! If the other parts won’t fit this one then I am in trouble. It has been working like a charm. I haven’t used it yet this year because I need to get my gauge checked for this year & just haven’t gotten around to it. Will they fit???
Check with your hardware store or Leman's on line. I go to an ACE hardware that is staffed with people that can and are knowledgeable about parts. Take you canner in with you.
I no longer have a stove but I would like to learn how to pressure can. What can I use to do this?
Camp stove. And propane/butane gas ccylinders . Seen that on Alaskan YT channels.
My sister wants to learn to can but with her health issues she can’t lift the heavy canner. Is there one you can recommend that might be lighter? She definitely can’t lift the Presto 23 qt that I have.
Have her try the Presto 16 qt, its about half the size, thats as light as they come
@@SuttonsDaze thank you. I think I may surprise her with one since it is more affordable for me to do right now.
The amount of water the Presto requires is negligible. Put pot on the stove, fill with a pitcher put filled jars of product in the canner. There is no reason to move the canner until the jars have been removed and by then the water level is lower than when you start. I'm disabled and have had to learn ways to work around heavy lifting.
Great information.❤
Small racks came from stove top pressure cookers.
Can you double stack small jars in steam canner? I just got one and have not used it yet
They don't recommend it
What do you know about Pur jars? I have been seeing them here and there.
They've been around since 2020ish. Jars are fine, mixed reviews on the lids
Leisa, I never thought about it before... but can we stack jars in the steam canner? I have a steam canner and I love it, but never even considered stacking a rack and more jars in it.
No, its not recommended
So...do canning jars have a max life expectancy? Or could i buy old blue jars on marketplace and be ok?
They don't recommend using the vintage blue jars
I really want to lear. How to can. In your opinion, is it safe to buy a used pressure canner?
Most of my pressure canners are used. So long as its not a really old one. Stick with presto or all american and know that you'll need to replace the gasket and gauge at the least.
Finally got a 16qt presto canner. My 1st pressure canner. I went for the smaller one because its lighter for me to lift and its only me in my house. Ugly meats and stock here i come.
Hi 👋 ❤
I just finished cutting up 10 lbs of rhubarb. 3 1/2qts were frozen. The rest which measured 4 quarts were processed according to Ball recipe for stewed rhubarb. My question. I only had enough to fill 5 pints. Is this normal? Thought I would have 7 or 8 pints. Thanks.
No, its normal. I had 12 cups that didnt fill 5 pints
@@SuttonsDaze oh thanks. I usually just can peaches and jams. Branching out. ☺️💕
I have a presto 23 qt canner in my Amazon cart. Do they know when the for jars canner will be back in stock?
Not at this time
Why keep your jars out of the oven? I don't do that except after i wash them I stick them in the oven, we have gas so the temp is usually 100ish. Is that bad? I'm semi pro in my journey, getting close to pro though.
Canning jars are not tempered for dry heat. You can compromise the integrity of the glass. But mostly, the comment was aimed at NOT PROCESSING any contents in your jars in the oven.
@@redhatpat9387 ok, got it, thanks. Who processes canning jars in the oven? I've never heard of that, Been canning for about 20 years and all I've ever done was water and pressure canning.
@@user-gs3pv6if7i I think she mentioned it (again) in her vid about canning corned beef: how lots of people starting posting lots of off beat/"I've always done it this way" videos that did not follow USDA approved methods.
@@user-gs3pv6if7i OH, there are people on the internet with all kinds of unsafe "rebel" canning methods. Down load the USDA canning book; print if you like and read about what is or is not an approved method.
I have a digital canner because i was told that i can't pressure can on my induction stove
I wondered if the presto pressure canner or one of the steam canners would work on an induction cooktop.
Presto makes a canner for induction stove tops now. I believe they're kind of pricey though.
Can you use the jiggler on an all American?
It has its own version
@@SuttonsDaze thanks
Leisa, I got an AA for Christmas about 10yrs ago and I love it. I have the 921, but would LOVE to be able to get the next size up. TY, for ALL of your great informational videos.🫂😍
Very nice!