As your gardens come into full production, some of you may be wanting to buy a Pressure Canner to preserve those items that cannot be safely processed in a Water Bath Canner
Please join the UCCE San Bernardino County Master Food Preservers for a head start on doing it safely. Upcoming classes are posted here: https://www.facebook.com/pages/San-Bernardino-County-Master-Food-Preserver-Program/151357558269364
In my Internet travels I ran across a website that sells canning supplies and has assembled the most complete comparison chart for currently available Pressure Canners.
You can save the chart by pulling down the edit tab, choose SELECT ALL, pull down the FILE tab, choose SAVE AS, change the SAVE AS TYPE line to save as a text file press SAVE. Done.
This chart includes capacities for 4 oz., 12 oz., 24 oz., Half Gallons as well the usual suspects, wide mouth and regular pints and quarts. The number of layers needed is also shown, as are canner dimensions.
The dimensions can be important if you have cabinets over your stove top as the taller as larger capacity canners may not fit. Don't forget to allow room to maneuver the top and lock down screws if your canner is so equipped.
I have not done business with this company, so I cannot provide any recommendation. They do have an extensive selection of canners, tools, supplies, and parts.
Red Hill General Store
http://www.pressurecooker-outlet.com/Pressure-Canner-Comparison-Chart.htm
I hope some of you find this useful. This information is hard to find even from the manufacturers websites.
Darrell Fluman
MFP, UCCE San Bernardino County
https://www.facebook.com/pages/San-Bernardino-County-Master-Food-Preserver-Program/151357558269364