>>322984>You don't START with an expensive tool, you start with an inexpensive one that does the job well enough to get into it, which are around $80 here.I've helped family do canning for a very long time (I fondly remember helping my great-grandmother make chow-chow 40 years ago). Her canner is still being used by a cousin of mine. I'm not looking to replace one in a year or two, I'm looking at a good canner that'll handle several quart jars. I've been water bath canning for a long time and have enough garden now that I feel the need to upgrade. I think I'm going to wind up with a 22 qt Mirro off of ebay. That's what I used as a kid and the ones with a jiggler are easier and safer than the ones with a pressure gauge and regulator set. The gauge set has to be tested every so often to make sure you're cooking at the right pressure. The weight doesn't.
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