
This is a wonderful canner! You can use it for 7 quart jars if pressure canning or 19 pint jars,10 on bottom, 9 on top. For water bath canner, you can also use up to 7 quart jars and 19 pint jars. This unit includes two racks for stacking the pint jars. The manual is very thorough. Do not forget to grease this canner with olive oil or vaseline since there is no gasket. It is wonderful to not have to replace a gasket ever. The manual recommends not using this canner on a smooth top stove. I have seen people do it without any issues, but the manufacturer recommends that you do not.
We ordered this on Friday and by Thursday the next week we had it in hand. Once we got it home we started checking it out. Noticed that around the rim of the pot there was a lot of mistooling that was done to cut it away from the slag. The we noticed a small indentation on the lid. Could not find anything about this in the manual and was hard to figure out if it was supposed to be there or not. We decided to send this one back. Returning it was straight forward and with the RMA number there was a prepaid shipping lable. They even went ahead and shipped the replacement before receiving the old one. After getting the new one in hand it became readily apparent what the marking in the top was. It was an arrow to line up the lid with the indentation on the bottom. So in the end it was bad pot out of the factory. All in all it's a great product they just need to do a better job of.
This is the canner you need to do everything! My husband recommended we get the one that cooks at a higher temperature in case we want to can beans. Well made and ready to go.
This pressure canner is the 'berries'! I was dubious and scared to use it but whipped out a batch of black beans yesterday that were easy - peasy! It's a high quality product, well made and timeless! Love the Bakelite screw handles and heavy aluminum. Quality USA craftsmanship. With the price of food expected to JUMP in the coming months, this work horse will be put to the test as we can as much of the summer harvest as we can.
I love this pressure canner! It's easy to use, comes with VERY good instructions and recipies and is of the highest quality I have seen for a combo pressure canner/cooker. If you are planning on home canning low acid foods you MUST can them under pressure. This product will do that and is also useful as a pressure cooker.
The canner is awesome. It DOES work on a glass top range just fine. Overstock's packaging is HORRIBLE. It seems they just took it off the shelf and slapped a postage sticker on it. They ended up sending me two because the first one was actually dented from apparently being dropped. Overstock blamed UPS, made them take the financial hit, and quickly sent another one. The second one arrived with beat up packaging but the canner seemed fine and worked as it should. I canned lots of delicious hormone free Zaycon chicken. YUM! I pleaded with them to package the second one better but they did not do this. We all know the delivery people manhandle our packages. It's up to the seller to protect the product from this situation. Overstock did not do this at all.
This is a great investment for anyone who wants to can. I love that I can have one vessel for both pressure and water bath canning, PLUS this doubles as a pressure cooker. Also nice that there is no gasket to worry with and clean. My husband and I joke that the All-American will be passed down to our daughter one day, I believe it will last that long!
I received this two weeks ago and have already canned about 20 jars each of ground bison, cubed beef, and chicken. We have an organic rancher nearby with crazy low prices. They had suggested this canner to preserve the meat. Now I can buy 20 pounds of local bison at a time and save it for instant spaghetti, chili, etc.... We have tried a few jars already. The chicken turns out perfect and moist through the all-american canner. (Oh, I have even canned little pint jars of chili for my preteen to have for instant lunches. He loves this). My kitchen has been taken over by mason jars and this huge canner but it's my new favorite toy. One more thing...I have a glass top stove. It has worked fine on top. Sure we risked it, but no problem with the ceramic stove. I wouldn't move the canner if I were you. Keep it still until it's cooled so I doesn't scratch.
I cannot say if this canner/cooker is good or not. When the box arrived, it clearly said on the box in capital letters: IMPORTANT: DO NOT USE ON GLASS, CERAMIC, OR FLAT TOP RANGES. I did not see this caveat on Overstock's product description. I own a glass top range so I never even got to take it out of the box. Too bad, it sounded like a great product based on other reviewers.
This item is a gift for a friend for Christmas, It has not been opened or tried yet, probably will not be used until next fall. The item price was excellent and item was received quickly. This product has an excellent reputation and do not expect any change.
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