If your in the US you can order from several places. None of it’s hard. Most digital PC’s you can’t use for jars but I steam mine rather than use a PC for 90 mins or so. Plus if not doing bulk stick with the the brf recipe for now it’s cheap and easy.
I have a digital farberware pressure cooker and I works perfectly.. doesn't crack or bake any jars that I've put in it.. the only problem is the size.. I can only do four quart jars at a time..
four pint jars in pic
Interesting most say not to use them but it says for canning. Hell steaming works perfect for me and my big gumbo pot let’s me steam a bunch
For reference I can do 24 or so at a time
Yes,, 60°f 's isn't warm enough.. mine colonize fairly quick in a incubator and and ok at room temperature(70's) but lately I've seen slower colonizing at 69°f .took two weeks for them to start at that temp.. normally when I use 80 in the incubator, the start to finish time is two weeks..
Yeah the drawback to the digital is I can't stack .. I used to Steam too.. with pretty good results.. I bought this for cooking food but here and there I'll throw a couple jars in there for 30 minutes.. much quicker then steaming.. I wasn't knocking you by any means.. I was just stating that I use a digital with no problems..100% success rates, no contaminations and no brakes..For reference I can do 24 or so at a time
The lid doesn't have to latch on the pot or anything.. just fit snuggly so not must steam gets out and to build a bit of pressure.. if the lid doesn't seal tightly you can use tin foil to make a gasket to prevent steam loss and help build pressure in the pot..
Hey I have a instapot and I pressure cooked 7 jars, however moisture got underneath the foil and the holes on the lid started rusting. What am I doing wrong? Too much water? Went on for too long?
Did you wash the lids in bleach at any time prior? Bleach etches off the coating on some lids or rust will form around the punched holes . Mine rust if I leave them in the cooker over night to cool.. so I now remove then once the pressure drops and dry and cover them with a towel to cool the rest of the way.. if you can't clean the rust off, you'll may have to get new ones
I vacuum sealed several large bags of my composted stuff and steamed them I’ll be injected them tomorrow. Also have some morels I’m about to start.
Yeah I left them in over night. How long do you leave them in the PC after pc’ing? And you do 90 mins? Also there was moisture underneath the foil, is that normal? Was there too much water?
I only PC mine for 30 to 45 minutes but 90 is fine if you're to familiar on how good it works.. I remove the jars shortly after the pressure valve is down (about an hour)
Thank you. I got them on a heat mat just now, so we'll see if that will jump start them.
Be careful heat mats can make the temps inside the jar to become too high. Watch for contamination.