When the power goes out..and living in Louisiana..it does...You often face losing items in your freezer, lacking a generator I would advise having keeping your "old" non-electric canning equipment handy...
I love my Presto Digital Canner! It was SO worth the investment. I had a standard pressure canner for more than a year and never used it. Got the Digital canner and I’ve used it quite a few times with great success. I love how easy it is to control the pressure (a challenge I have now that I have tried the stove top canner because my stove is a little wonky). Wish the digital canner was a bit bigger but it’s been terrific for all the reasons you outlined.
Hi Ashley, thanks for this article on canning. I am “homesteading” as much as I can in my backyard city lot, hoping to grow a majority of my food this year. I planted enough potatoes in hopes to harvest 50 lbs! Peas, lettuce and spinach are growing in my zone 6b since I discovered winter sowing. Now I just need to figure out how to over-winter those without a root cellar (in my cement floor basement) as well as winter squash, etc. I look forward to learning more from you and becoming more self-sustaining!
I can’t begin to tell you how excited I am to get your email this morning. I run out of freezer space every year by the end of gardening season and having a ceramic top stove isn’t conducive for canning. I was unaware that there was finally an electric canner. This is going to be life changing for me. Thank you so much for sharing and going into so much detail!!
I have both the presto electric canner and the instant pot max duo after watching a very scientific test done by the woman from Red Rose Homestead. The woman is a math/physics professor. Sadly my max duo quit working. However I did love it very much. I’m currently using the presto brand. I was deathly afraid of the big older dial canners. I’m finally hearing about people using the electric ones, and LOVE the fact that you are acknowledging them. If more people like you endorse them, the more people will be willing to accept and use them. This would open the world of food preservation and self reliance to many more people! Thanks for sharing!
What about the Megachef and Nesco digital pressure canners? A comparative testing would be great if you could research and report on these more affordable models.
Instant Pot does make an electric canner, and I have one! Rose Red Homestead (YouTube) tested all the electric canners several months ago and although I don’t remember all the details, the Instant Pot Max was shown to be very safe. It has a digital readout of temperature, pressure, and time. Unfortunately, it only holds 4 pint jars at a time, but I still use it often and feel absolutely comfortable using it. Do you have information that it’s not safe?? Thank you.
Thank you for this article. I have the instant pot max and am dismayed to learn that it’s not safe. I also have a Carey and would like to know why you do not consider that as also as safe as the Presto you reviewed.
I wholeheartedly share your views about the Digital Pressure Canner. I'm an old guy who's family has canned food for decades (or more!) I have a number of pressure canners due to family passing, etc. Alone now, I purchased a Presto Digital Pressure Canner because of the ease and convenience. I love it. With this canner, I can load it up after supper, get it to the vent stage and press the button - then go into the TV room and fall asleep watching the news while the canner does the rest, safely. I can't say enough about this canning tool. Indeed you are right when you say it will change how canning is done. More meals in a jar recipes, please!
Apr 6, 2023·edited Apr 6, 2023Liked by Ashley Adamant
good morning. i am definitely in the 'interested in canning & yet am completely daunted by the idea' category. as a total newbie i'm wondering if freezing food better maintain nutrients? ... or are canning & freezing pretty much equal in this regard? thank you!
I pressure can bone broth on a regular basis and this would make my life so much simpler. :) Thanks for sharing! I clicked through to read your review and then it went straight into my amazon cart.
Hi Ashley! I know there's been a Cary pressure canner out for a while, but I have heard from many people that that one is not approved by the government because of a lack of ability to test that it holds correct pressure during the entire canning process. Do you know if the Presto is approved? Or what makes it different from the Cary? I would LOVE to get an electric pressure canner, but I have been hesitant to do so because of what I heard about the Cary.
Check out the InstaPot Max. It has a canning feature, the others do not. Cans 4 pints, perfect for me. And I've only been canning about a year thanks to that InstaPot. Haven't used it for anything else but canning. It is on my agenda tho. Thank you for this wonderful site.
When the power goes out..and living in Louisiana..it does...You often face losing items in your freezer, lacking a generator I would advise having keeping your "old" non-electric canning equipment handy...
I love my Presto Digital Canner! It was SO worth the investment. I had a standard pressure canner for more than a year and never used it. Got the Digital canner and I’ve used it quite a few times with great success. I love how easy it is to control the pressure (a challenge I have now that I have tried the stove top canner because my stove is a little wonky). Wish the digital canner was a bit bigger but it’s been terrific for all the reasons you outlined.
Hi Ashley, thanks for this article on canning. I am “homesteading” as much as I can in my backyard city lot, hoping to grow a majority of my food this year. I planted enough potatoes in hopes to harvest 50 lbs! Peas, lettuce and spinach are growing in my zone 6b since I discovered winter sowing. Now I just need to figure out how to over-winter those without a root cellar (in my cement floor basement) as well as winter squash, etc. I look forward to learning more from you and becoming more self-sustaining!
Very timely all things considered. Thank you.
I can’t begin to tell you how excited I am to get your email this morning. I run out of freezer space every year by the end of gardening season and having a ceramic top stove isn’t conducive for canning. I was unaware that there was finally an electric canner. This is going to be life changing for me. Thank you so much for sharing and going into so much detail!!
I have both the presto electric canner and the instant pot max duo after watching a very scientific test done by the woman from Red Rose Homestead. The woman is a math/physics professor. Sadly my max duo quit working. However I did love it very much. I’m currently using the presto brand. I was deathly afraid of the big older dial canners. I’m finally hearing about people using the electric ones, and LOVE the fact that you are acknowledging them. If more people like you endorse them, the more people will be willing to accept and use them. This would open the world of food preservation and self reliance to many more people! Thanks for sharing!
Oops- that should have been Magefesa, not megachef🙄
What about the Megachef and Nesco digital pressure canners? A comparative testing would be great if you could research and report on these more affordable models.
Instant Pot does make an electric canner, and I have one! Rose Red Homestead (YouTube) tested all the electric canners several months ago and although I don’t remember all the details, the Instant Pot Max was shown to be very safe. It has a digital readout of temperature, pressure, and time. Unfortunately, it only holds 4 pint jars at a time, but I still use it often and feel absolutely comfortable using it. Do you have information that it’s not safe?? Thank you.
Thank you for this article. I have the instant pot max and am dismayed to learn that it’s not safe. I also have a Carey and would like to know why you do not consider that as also as safe as the Presto you reviewed.
I wholeheartedly share your views about the Digital Pressure Canner. I'm an old guy who's family has canned food for decades (or more!) I have a number of pressure canners due to family passing, etc. Alone now, I purchased a Presto Digital Pressure Canner because of the ease and convenience. I love it. With this canner, I can load it up after supper, get it to the vent stage and press the button - then go into the TV room and fall asleep watching the news while the canner does the rest, safely. I can't say enough about this canning tool. Indeed you are right when you say it will change how canning is done. More meals in a jar recipes, please!
good morning. i am definitely in the 'interested in canning & yet am completely daunted by the idea' category. as a total newbie i'm wondering if freezing food better maintain nutrients? ... or are canning & freezing pretty much equal in this regard? thank you!
I pressure can bone broth on a regular basis and this would make my life so much simpler. :) Thanks for sharing! I clicked through to read your review and then it went straight into my amazon cart.
Hi Ashley! I know there's been a Cary pressure canner out for a while, but I have heard from many people that that one is not approved by the government because of a lack of ability to test that it holds correct pressure during the entire canning process. Do you know if the Presto is approved? Or what makes it different from the Cary? I would LOVE to get an electric pressure canner, but I have been hesitant to do so because of what I heard about the Cary.
Check out the InstaPot Max. It has a canning feature, the others do not. Cans 4 pints, perfect for me. And I've only been canning about a year thanks to that InstaPot. Haven't used it for anything else but canning. It is on my agenda tho. Thank you for this wonderful site.
How many watts and amps does the electric pressure canner use?
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