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Selecting the Right Pressure Canner

Parts of a Presto Pressure Cooker

Parts of a Pressure Canner

Pressure cooker and canner photos and tips from our customers. Valuable for fellow Americans replacing the same parts and preserving our historical heritage. Will you share yours? It's practical "knowledge to do" you pass on.

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magic seal 7 16 cover with air vent and over pressure plug
Magic Seal 7-16

Old All American 921 Lid Petcock
Vintage All American 921 with Petcock

Co op model A Pressure Canner
Co-op Model A made by National Presto Industries

Magic Seal 7 A Model
Magic Seal Model 7-A

Vintage All American No 7 Lid Label
Vintage All American Number 7

0406 Mirro Canner Lid
Mirro 0406 Pressure Canner

National Presto 4 quart cooker before 1950 label
Presto 1950's National 4 Quart Pressure Cooker

Cover Wearever 534 03 4 quart cooker
Wearever 053-403 4 Quart Pressure Cooker

Magic Seal 7 16 64 NP 5517A 2218188
Magic Seal 7-16 Vintage 1947 (Montgomery Ward)

made of honor vintage canner
1946 Maid of Honor - Unknown Model #

Mirro Matic 396M
1951 Mirro-Matic 396M

Vintage Cook Rite Pressure Cooker
Vintage Cook Rite Pressure Cooker


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What's the big deal about pressure cooking?
Basics for pressure cooking / canning
What pressure cookers and pressure canners are approved for safe use on a smooth glass-top or induction stoves?
How is cooking time measured?
Is there a difference when cooking just a little food in a pressure cooker?
Does altitude affect pressure cooking?
When should a cooking rack or basket be used?
Stainless Steel or Aluminum?
Is pressure cooking and canning really safe? Food poisoning? Explosions?
What methods clean aluminum and stainless steel cookers?
Pressure Cooker Comparison Guide

How do I find my model number?
How do I replace the rubber gasket? How often?
How do I care for my gasket?
Testing and Replacing your pressure canner gauge.
Caring for pressure cooker / canner vents and weights (and petcocks on some older models)
Is the toggle switch (control value) on old All American Canner replaceable?
Can I get a replacement lid?
Which safety fuse / over pressure plug do I need?
The Mirro regulator weight & vent pipe you list for my model look different than the original. Are they safe?
Is measuring a gasket helpful in finding the replacement?
What is the difference between gasket number 3004 and 9882?
Is there a parts distributor in Canada?
Leakage under the pressure regulator?
Leakage between the cover and the body?
Leakage around automatic air vent?

Canning Jar Preparation
Preparing Canning Jars for water bath or pressure canner processing
How tightly should the bands be applied?
Altitude Charts
How to check the jar seal
I just canned 7 qt of tomatoes in a Presto 16 qt canner and 1 of the jars broke. Can I use an insert to separate the jars? The bottom rack that came with the canner I used on the bottom of the canner.

Waterbath Canning vs. Pressure Canning


Pressure Canning-for nonacid foods
Canning in Glass Jars
Did My jars seal?
Rules for Successful Pressure Canning
More Mirro Canner Info
What Bacteria does pressure canning kill?

Fermentation Defined
How to Ferment: Important factors for quality fermentation.
What's so great about fermentation?
What are the tradeoffs between fermenting crock styles and shapes?
Fermenting in Glass Jars
Why can't you ferment in an airtight container?
How long does it take to make sauerkraut?
How does one make sauerkraut?
How to Make Appalachia Apple Beer
Cracks in my crock: is it still usable?
Cleaning Mold in Cracks
What to do about surface mold and yeast growth
Strategies to reduce surface mold
The different styles of fermentation crock lids
Pounding Tools
Storage
How can I make tap water chlorine-free?



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