I'm looking for another canner and was considering the All American - the two we have now are Presto. Has anyone used the 30 or 41 quart All American with two layers of quart jars at once? It almost seems too much. On the other hand, I'm considering just the 15.5 quart because I haven't done...

My wife and I are in the market for a pressure canner. What do you think are some of the better ones on the market? We have decided to get away from factory made canned foods and start canning our own. By next spring we would like to have everything ready to go to grow and can our own foods...

I have got to strike while the iron is hot ... I have been showing my wife some canning videos on youtube and she got excited and said ... "That should be our next prepping purchase ... " So ... which canner do y'all suggest? Thanks, Alec

Hello all...I just bought a pressure cooker and I'm new to the how's for's where's and why's of using one. I bought it primarily for meats,fish...etc. in qt. jars and I know it's about pressure and time in doing anything in Qts,pints. But how would do rice in one or whatever else that...

A good pressure cooker, can be used over open fire, use to cook rice, since this staple is in most preps having a means to cook it besides just boiling would be nice. Might as well eat well off all the food you store up. Makes great tender fluffy rice. Use it to cook meats that normally may be...

People here have been sharing they can chicken and beef. Well, what about Jimmy Dean Sausage? Can we fry it, drain it, then can it? If so, how long do we process it? We've decided to get into the meat canning thing ASAP as we don't want to be without meat when/if SHTF. Kathy

I ordered this off ebay, it was new in the un open box for $25.00. The individual that was selling it said they wanted a larger unit, however I think 6 Qts will be great for cooking dried beans and various other things for me and my wife. I even got a cookbook for the pressure cooker throwed in...

I have canned tomatoes and cucumber in a hot water bath. Can I can meat via hot water or do I have to use a pressure cooker?

Where I have been to search about oven canning, there are many people who claim their grannies did it all the time with great success but then vehemently warn against it. Now days the "official" stance is not even to do water bath canning anymore. My Mom canned a lot of things open kettle. You...

I am pressure canning 12 quarts of chicken soup. 6 quarts at a time. Did all my reading, first time using pressure canner. The first batch went up to 11 pounds of pressure, kept it there for 90 minutes, like recipe called for. Took it off burner, let pressure go down, then took weight off...

So as i read here and other sites i understand that ANYthing with meat in it needs a pressure canner/cooker. is this correct? my dad and i made some home made sauce a few weeks ago and canned it in quart jars. we boiled it for about 40 minutes or so. is it safe to eat soon? will it just limit...

Greetings, I remember my Grand'ma was using almost every day a pressure cooker to cook vegetables or beef. Instead of taking 2 hours, it was taking only 30 minutes. I know nothing about those except it was fun as a id to see the metal thing over it doing tchit-tchit-tchit-tchit because of the...