WHAT ARE YOU CANNING TODAY?

[tortoise]

My favorite feature is jar warming - it holds indefinitely so I'm not stressing about prepping my ingredients and having everything hot at the same time

 

[tripletfeb]

I have this Carey electric pressure canner/cooker that my hubby got me years ago from the local farm store. I love it! Very convenient and it is also a crock pot/browner too! I can fit 5 pint jars or 4 quart jars in it at a time, which works for my smaller batches of stuff I can

 

[Trying2keepitReal]

I have read that the electric pressure canners have not been approved by the Nation Center for Home Food Preservation to use the USDA pressure canner recipes as they were formulated for stove top pressure canners. I believe I also read an article supporting the same from the Extension office in Utah regarding a trial/testing period that the University of Utah did.

I use a traditional stove top pressure canner, mainly for veggies like corn and beans.

 

[tripletfeb]

I have read that the electric pressure canners have not been approved by the Nation Center for Home Food Preservation to use the USDA pressure canner recipes as they were formulated for stove top pressure canners. I believe I also read an article supporting the same from the Extension office in Utah regarding a trial/testing period that the University of Utah did.

I use a traditional stove top pressure canner, mainly for veggies like corn and beans.

I would be interested to read those articles. Do you have links? If the electric canners get up to and maintain the same PSI, how would they not be safe?

 

[Trying2keepitReal]

I would be interested to read those articles. Do you have links? If the electric canners get up to and maintain the same PSI, how would they not be safe?

Sure! Here are a few that I found. From what I have found most (not sure if all I haven't researched all of them) pressure canners are also pressure cookers, which seems to be the concern.

National Center for Home Food Preservation | NCHFP Publications | Burning Issue: Canning in Electric Multi-Cookers

https://s3.wp.wsu.edu/uploads/sites/2071/2013/12/electric-pressure-cookers-and-canning-times-font-.pdf#:~:text=in%20my%20electric%20pressure-cooker%20appliance%3F%20Manufacturers%20of%20electric,to%20pro-duce%20a%20safe%20canned%20product.%20Important%20Fact%3A

Why Electric Pressure Cookers Are Not Pressure Canners

Electric Programmable Pressure Cookers, such as the "Instant Pot, are being used for small batch pressure canning. This fact sheet explains research showing why this is a food safety hazard, with a high risk of producing home canned foods that could develop the deadly botulism toxin. Other...

extension.usu.edu

 

[tortoise]

I have read that the electric pressure canners have not been approved by the Nation Center for Home Food Preservation to use the USDA pressure canner recipes as they were formulated for stove top pressure canners. I believe I also read an article supporting the same from the Extension office in Utah regarding a trial/testing period that the University of Utah did.

I use a traditional stove top pressure canner, mainly for veggies like corn and beans.

The Presto digital pressure canner is currently the only one that is safe. I was happy to pay much more and wait for months to get it because of this.

Presto Precise® Digital Pressure Canner

Finally, an electric canner that safely processes low-acid foods.

www.gopresto.com

 

[NH Homesteader]

Thanks for the link @tortoise ! I may need one…

 

[Trying2keepitReal]

The Presto digital pressure canner is currently the only one that is safe. I was happy to pay much more and wait for months to get it because of this.

Presto Precise® Digital Pressure Canner

Finally, an electric canner that safely processes low-acid foods.

www.gopresto.com

awesome thank you!!! I am adding it to my list. I would love to try this over my on the stove pressure canner

 

[Finnie]

Sure! Here are a few that I found. From what I have found most (not sure if all I haven't researched all of them) pressure canners are also pressure cookers, which seems to be the concern.

National Center for Home Food Preservation | NCHFP Publications | Burning Issue: Canning in Electric Multi-Cookers

https://s3.wp.wsu.edu/uploads/sites/2071/2013/12/electric-pressure-cookers-and-canning-times-font-.pdf#:~:text=in%20my%20electric%20pressure-cooker%20appliance%3F%20Manufacturers%20of%20electric,to%20pro-duce%20a%20safe%20canned%20product.%20Important%20Fact%3A

Why Electric Pressure Cookers Are Not Pressure Canners

Electric Programmable Pressure Cookers, such as the "Instant Pot, are being used for small batch pressure canning. This fact sheet explains research showing why this is a food safety hazard, with a high risk of producing home canned foods that could develop the deadly botulism toxin. Other...

extension.usu.edu

I will have to look at these links when I get a chance. When I was buying my GoWISE multi cooker, I read a lot, and it sounded like as long as it is large enough to hold 4 quart jars, then it should be safe to use. Because anything smaller than that changes the amount of time that the tested recipes require. The GoWISE holds four quart jars. But to tell the truth, I have not pressure canned anything in it yet because I’m new to canning and still a little bit afraid of pressure canning.

 

[Hinotori]

I think the issue has more to do with the pressuring down times that stovetop pressure canners go through. Those times are taken into account. I don't know how the electric ones work on that, but I know an idiot who uses a pressure cooker for canning so they can avoid the depressuring time.