- Aluminum steam canner with removable rack holds up to 7 quart-size jars
- Cool-touch side handles promotes safe, secure handling and transport
- Large dome lid with air holes for proper ventilation doubles as 15-quart kettle
- Hand wash with hot, soapy water; not recommended for use on glass-top stove
- Measures approximately 13 by 13-1/5 by 9-1/2 inches; 1-year limited warranty
Product Description
The Back to Basics Steam Canner helps save you time and energy during canning season. Uses less water than conventional water bath canners thus reducing preheating time significantly. Simple and easy to use for both the novice and seasoned canner…. More >>
Back to Basics 7-Quart Aluminum Home Steam Canner
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#1 by Avid Camper on May 30, 2010 - 12:49 pm
I have been home canning for almost 30 years. I have tried every method of food preservation there is. I have canned/preserved just about every food there is. I have read extensively on the subject of home food preservation. I am not a home economist, but I know they would agree with me when I say… PLEASE, PLEASE DO NOT USE THIS STEAM CANNER TO HOME CAN FOOD. IT IS NOT A SAFE, RELIABLE METHOD OF CANNING. You may be lucky and have good results OR you may be unlucky and harm yourself and your family. Why would you take a chance with your, or your loved ones, health? Please DON’T take a chance when there are safe, reliable canners and methods available. Contact your local county extension office or go to the USDA website—www.usda.gov, look under Food and Nutrition, then go to Food Preservation, Home Canning. Then, please, choose a SAFE, RELIABLE CANNER and do it the safe way. As for the idea of speed, use a pressure canner. It can be used for low and high acid foods and is quicker than a water bath canner. It is really the only canner you need and they come in various sizes. Again, consult your local county extension office or the USDA website. PLEASE! UPDATE FROM COMMENTS POST: The USDA (United States Department of Agriculture) has studied this steam canner method, as have numerous state and county agencies, along with several universities which specialize in this field and several foreign countries, such as Canada, including several of their provincial agencies. This steam canner method IS NOT safe for home canning. The only method of safe steam canning for home use is PRESSURE canning. Again, to anyone considering this method, PLEASE, PLEASE don’t.
Rating: 1 / 5
#2 by A.W. on May 30, 2010 - 2:41 pm
I have been canning with a friend with her equipment for several years, and decided it was time to purchase my own. I found this steam canner appealing since I have back trouble and was concerned about lugging those full pots of hot water around the kitchen. Food safety is important to me, as it should be to every home cook, so before purchasing I checked out a large number of references online & in books about the safety of steam canning vs. water bath canning. I was unable to find even one food safety expert who says steam canning is safe, even for high-acid foods.
Here is what one expert says, but it’s pretty representative: “Older canning methods are unreliable and, for that reason, aren’t used or recommended today for home-canning. Occasionally, these methods are “revived” as being faster and easier than water-bath or pressure canning, but using any of the following methods is like playing Russian roulette with your food safety. Just because your grandmother used one of the following methods doesn’t make it safe to use today…Steam method: This method uses a shallow, covered pan with a rack in the bottom. After the filled jars are placed in the pan, steam circulates around the jars. This method is unsafe because the jars aren’t evenly heated and the steam isn’t pressurized to superheat the food and destroy microorganisms. Don’t confuse this method with pressure canning.” (Canning & Preserving for Dummies. by Karen Ward, 200, ISBN 0764524712)
I am a little alarmed that Amazon carries this item.
Rating: 1 / 5
#3 by Elizabeth S. O'ferrell on May 30, 2010 - 3:09 pm
This is a good canner and does the job well. I purchased it to replace another one I had and gave to my daughter. The only fault I can find is that the rack inside does not keep the jars straight. They tend to fall sideways. The old one I had used a metal plate instead of a wire rack and worked much better.
Rating: 4 / 5
#4 by Theodore C. Mueller on May 30, 2010 - 5:36 pm
We can food each summer and wanted to save water. The steam canner reduces the use of water to process the food by 3/4ths the normal “water bath” method. It takes about the same ammount of time to process but the saving of excessive water useage is great.
Rating: 5 / 5
#5 by D. Race on May 30, 2010 - 7:22 pm
I purchased the Steam Canner because we had a lot of Pears from two trees and wanted to save as much as possible for future use. My wife has had a pressure cooker and water bath canner in the past. This is by far the best system we have used for canning and highly recommend used it.
Rating: 5 / 5