Category "pressure-canner"

Head space in Weck jars

I splurged and bought some Weck jars for canning. I purchased the .5 liter tulip jars. I notice that they have a substantially larger mouth than Ball/Kerr j

Food safety and botulism indicators for pressure canned goods

Several months ago I canned some ham and pea soup, following this recipe verbatim. All went well and the jars have been sitting in my dark pantry ever since. Th

What should be the weight of an 80 kPa pressure canner jiggler/pressure regulator valve?

I've recently bought a dial-gauge pressure canner here in China. It uses a steel jiggler/pressure regulator/counterweight which seems to be modern standard, hav

Pressure canner physics

I have this pressure canner at home which unfortunately does not include a thermometer. The vessel has a volume of 18 liters. The procedure that I am following